Golden Globes: The favourites of the 82nd annual prestigious film and TV awards

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The biggest names in Hollywood are gearing up for film and television’s night of nights on Monday, with the 82nd annual Golden Globes set to take place.

Hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser — famous for her brutal celebrity roast skits — the ceremony is set to boast one of the most star-studded line-ups in history, with Ariana Grande, Zendaya, Timothee Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig and Denzel Washington among the nominees across the 27 categories.

The leading nominee with a whopping 10 point difference is Jacques Audiard’s cutting edge musical thriller Emilia Perez — following a Mexican drug lord who transitions into living as a woman.

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The film is in the running for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Director, Best Actress with Karla Sofia Gascon, and Best Supporting Actress with Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez.

That means fierce contenders like hit musical Wicked, thriller-mystery Conclave and postwar historical drama The Brutalist have fallen behind.

The Brutalist’s seven nominations follow Emilia Perez closely with Aussie nominee Guy Pearce for Best Actor.

The Bear leads all TV nominees with five points.

There are 26 nominees who are contenders in the Golden Globes for the first time, including Pamela Anderson, Grande, Dakota Fanning, Glaser, Seth Myers and Saldana.

Sebastian Stan, Kate Winslet and Selena Gomez are the three stars to have scooped up double nominations.

Meanwhile, Steve Martin has been nominated for the fourth year in a row in the category of Best Television Actor in a musical or comedy series, this time for Only Murders in the Building. The 79-year-old American comedian, actor, writer, producer and musician now brings his total nominations to nine but this year could be his first to take home a Golden Globe.

A live telecast will take place on CBS and be streamed on Paramount+ at 9am AWST with host Glaser sure to start the night off with a bang. The host’s very own standup comedy show on HBO, Someday You’ll Die, is a fan favourite for the Best Performance in Stand Up Comedy on TV award.

The Golden Globes 2025 will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

We’ve compiled a list of the nominees and fan favourites so you’re prepared for the big event.

FILM AWARDS

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The fan favourite: The Brutalist

This three-hours-long Brady Corbet film captivated audiences in a brutal depiction of postwar Europe.

Other nominees:

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
A Complete Unknown
Nickel Boys
September 5

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

The fan favourite: Anora

This Palme D’Or winning breakout out romantic comedy is not your typical romcom, taking an unforgettable twist on a would-be fairytale that hits the heart hard.

Other nominees:

Wicked
Emilia Perez
The Substance
A Real Pain
Challengers

Best Director

The fan favourite: Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)

After making an epic period drama film come to life, it’s no surprise Brady Corbet is a fan favourite.

Other nominees:

Sean Baker (Anora)
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez)
Edward Berger (Conclave)
Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light)

Best Screenplay

The fan favourite: Sean Baker (Anora)

Sean Baker — an American filmmaker known for his independent feature films — wrote, directed and edited the film that took audiences by a storm, Anora.

Other nominees:

Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
Peter Straughan (Conclave)
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist)
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez)

Best Actress - Drama

The fan favourite: Angelina Jolie (Maria)

Starring as world-renowned opera singer Maria Callas in the true story Maria, Angelina Jolie showed audiences new reaches of her emotional power.

Other nominees:

Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)
Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door)
Kate Winslet (Lee)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

The fan favourite: Mikey Madison (Anora)

As lead actress in the much-loved film Anora, 25-year-old American actress Mikey Madison gave an incredible performance as “Ani” — an exotic dancer who marries an oligarch’s son.

Other nominees:

Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
Demi Moore (The Substance)
Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez)
Amy Adams (Nightbitch)
Zendaya (Challengers)

Best Actor - Drama

The fan favourite: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)

Adrien Brody — known for his outstanding role in The Pianist — was a huge factor in the riveting story that was The Brutalist as Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Toth.

Other nominees:

Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
Daniel Craig (Queer)
Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

The fan favourite: Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)

Not only did Jesse Eisenberg put on a powerfully hilarious performance in the comedy-drama A Real Pain as one half of a mismatched pair of cousins, the 41-year-old American showed off his other skills as both writer and director.

Other nominees:

Hugh Grant (Heretic)
Sebastian Stan (A Different Man)
Glen Powell (Hit Man)
Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness)
Gabriel LaBelle (Saturday Night)

Best Supporting Actress

The fan favourite: Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez)

Starring as the lead in the musical-thriller Emilia Perez, Zoe Saldana shined as she masterfully balanced humour with exploring more serious topics.

Other nominees:

Ariana Grande (Wicked)
Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
Margaret Qualley (The Substance)
Selena Gomez (Emilia Perez)

Best Supporting Actor

The fan favourite: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)

The other side of the mismatched duo of Jewish American cousins in A Real Pain, 42-year-old Kieran Culkin had audiences engrossed in a story of reconnection as free spirited Benji.

Other nominees:

Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)
Yura Borisov (Anora)
Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)

Best Motion Picture - Animated

The fan favourite: The Wild Robot

Chris Sander’s science fiction animation The Wild Robot follows a curious robot who find herself stranded on an island and had viewers shocked at its emotional depth and stunning cinematography.

Other nominees:

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language

The fan favourite: Emilia Perez

Exploring the journey of a Mexican lawyer who is offered an interesting job helping a notorious cartel boss retire, Emilia Perez had audiences on a thought-provoking yet entertaining roller coaster ride.

Other nominees:

All We Imagine as Light
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
I’m Still Here
The Girl with the Needle
Vermiglio

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

The fan favourite: Wicked

Only released in Australia in November, Jon M. Chu’s Wicked stole hearts as viewers watched a beautiful story unfold coupled by a media frenzy.

Other nominees:

Inside Out 2
Deadpool and Wolverine
Gladiator II
Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The Wild Robot
Twisters

Best Original Score

The fan favourite: Volker Bertelmann (Conclave)

German composer Volker Bertelmann created an unexpectedly beautiful classical score in thriller-mystery conclave.

Other nominees:

Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist)
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Challengers)
Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two)
Clement Ducol & Camille (Emilia Perez)
Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot)

Best Original Song

The fan favourite: El Mal - Clement Ducol, Camille & Jacques Adiard (Emilia Perez)

Zoe Saldana raps about corruption in El Mal before the song transitions to heavy rock, giving audiences a song to remember.

Other nominees:

Kiss the Sky - Delacey, JK Johnson, Maren Morris, M.Pollack & A.Tamposi (The Wild Robot)
Compress/Repress - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Luca Guadagnino (Challengers)
Mi Camino - Celement Ducol & Camille (Emilia Perez)
Beautiful That Way - Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus & Lykke Li (The Last Showgirl)
Forbidden Road - Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek (Better Man)

TV AWARDS

Best TV Series - Drama

The fan favourite: Shogun

An epic adaptation of a classical samurai novel, Shogun tells the story of a turbulent adventure in feudal Japan.

Other nominees:

Slow Horses
Squid Game
The Diplomat
The Day of the Jackal
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Best TV Series - Musical or Comedy

The fan favourite: Hacks

Now a three-season drama, Emmy award-winning drama Hacks dives into a buddy comedy with the not so typical duo of an ageing rich lady with an entitled Gen-Z sidekick.

Other nominees:

The Bear
Nobody Wants This
Abbott Elementary
Only Murders in the Building
The Gentlemen

Best Limited Series

The fan favourite: Baby Reindeer

Very few have not heard of the drama miniseries Baby Reindeer inspired by a true story and created by Richard Gadd when real life muse of the stalker character called the show blatantly false.

Other nominees:

The Penguin
Disclaimer
Ripley
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
True Detective: Night Country

Best Actor in a Drama Series

The fan favourite: Hiroyuki Sanada (Shogun)

Emmy award-winning Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada performed excellently as Lord Yoshii Toranaga and helped recreate a historical gem.

Other nominees:

Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
Eddie Redmayne (The Day of the Jackal)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent)
Billy Bob Thornton (Landman)
Donald Glover (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)

Best Actress in a Drama Series

The fan favourite: Anna Sawai (Shogun)

In a breathtaking production as Lady Mariko, Emmy award-winning Japanese actress Anna Sawai took audiences on a magnificently emotional journey back to Japan in the 1600s.

Other nominees:

Kathy Bates (Matlock)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
Keira Knightley (Black Doves)
Emma D’Arcy (House of the Dragon)
Maya Erskine (Mr. and Mrs. Smith)

Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy Series

The fan favourite: Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)

Charming and hilarious as rabbi Noah, 45-year-old American actor Adam Brody had viewers questioning if his on-screen chemistry with co-star Kristen Bell carried on into real life.

Other nominees:

Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
Jason Segel (Shrinking)

Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy Series

The fan favourite: Jean Smart (Hacks)

Starring as Deborah Vance — a long-time standup comedian living in Las Vegas — Jean Smarts was well-deserving of her lead role.

Other nominees:

Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Kathryn Hahn (Agatha All Along)

Best Actor in a Limited Series

The fan favourite: Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer)

Scottish actor, comedian and writer Richard Gadd starred in his own viral creation Baby Reindeer as himself or bartender ‘Donny Dunn’.

Other nominees:

Colin Farrell (The Penguin)
Andrew Scott (Ripley)
Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)
Kevin Kline (Disclaimer)
Ewan McGregor (A Gentleman in Moscow)

Best Actress in a Limited Series

The fan favourite: Jodi Foster (True Detective: Night Country)

American actress Jodi Foster’s sublime performance as Liz Danvers in True Detective: Night Country helped to blend the detective drama with a thrilling supernatural element.

Night Country helped to blend the detective drama with a thrilling supernatural element.

Other nominees:

Cristin Milioti (The Penguin)
Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer)
Sofia Vergara (Griselda)
Kate Winslet (The Regime)
Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans)

Best Supporting Actor

The fan favourite: Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach — a 47-year-old Emmy award-winning American actor — stars as restaurant manager Richie Jerimovich in the comedy-drama show The Bear with an execution that deserves a chef’s kiss.