Golden Globes nominations 2021: Full list of nominees as Netflix and Brits dominate film and TV awards

On February 3, Hollywood actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P Henson announced the film and television nominations for the 72nd annual Golden Globes, as voted for by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association – kicking off this extremely unorthodox awards season.

Streamer Netflix dominated in both categories, with 22 movie nods and 20 in TV. 

In film, Mank led the way with six nominations, while The Trial of the Chicago 7 racked up five nods, and The Father, Nomadland and Promising Young Woman all took four. In TV, The Crown scored a right royal six nominations, with Schitt’s Creek on five, and Ozark and The Undoing on four.

There’s plenty of British interest this year, including Vanessa Kirby nominated for Pieces of a Woman, Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman for The Father, Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman, Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal, Gary Oldman for Mank, Jodie Comer for Killing Eve, Dev Patel for The Personal History of David Copperfield, Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and the Black Messiah, and multiple British nods for The Crown. Rather surprisingly, James Corden also featured for his divisive performance in The Prom. The late Chaswick Boseman is nominated for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

When is the Golden Globes 2021 awards ceremony?

The broadcast will take place on Sunday February 28 at 5pm PT/8pm ET (or 1am on March 1 UK time) – almost two months later than its normal calendar slot, due to the pandemic. Still to be confirmed is whether presenters and nominees will be there in person or operating remotely.

This year’s awards ceremony will be hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who last helmed the event in 2015 (as well as in 2013 and 2014). But, in a first for the Globes, it will be beamed from two different locations, with Fey broadcasting live from the Rainbow Room at the Rockefeller Center in New York, while Poehler is at the Globes’ usual home, the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California. The Oscars previously held bicoastal ceremonies in the mid-1950s.

Spike Lee’s children, Satchel and Jackson, will be the 2021 Golden Globe Ambassadors, handing out trophies to the winners.

Golden Globes film award nominations 2021 

Best Motion Picture – Drama

• THE FATHER (Trademark Films; Sony Pictures Classics)
• MANK (Netflix; Netflix)
• NOMADLAND  (Highwayman / Hear/Say / Cor Cordium; Searchlight Pictures)
• PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (LuckyChap Entertainment / FilmNation Entertainment; Focus Features)
• THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (Marc Platt Productions / Dreamworks Pictures; Netflix)

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – Drama

• VIOLA DAVIS (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
• ANDRA DAY (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) 
• VANESSA KIRBY  (Pieces Of A Woman)
• FRANCES MCDORMAND (Nomadland)
• CAREY MULLIGAN (Promising Young Woman)

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – Drama

• RIZ AHMED (Sound of Metal) 
• CHADWICK BOSEMAN (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
• ANTHONY HOPKINS (The Father) 
• GARY OLDMAN (Mank)
• TAHAR RAHIM  (The Mauritanian

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

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Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – Musical or Comedy

• MARIA BAKALOVA (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) 
• KATE HUDSON  (Music)
• MICHELLE PFEIFFER (French Exit)
• ROSAMUND PIKE (I Care A Lot)
• ANYA TAYLOR-JOY (Emma) 

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – Musical or Comedy

• SACHA BARON COHEN (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) 
• JAMES CORDEN (The Prom)
• LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA (Hamilton)
• DEV PATEL (The Personal History of David Copperfield)
• ANDY SAMBERG (Palm Springs)

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

• ANOTHER ROUND (Denmark)
• LA LLORONA (Guatemala / France) 
• THE LIFE AHEAD (Italy) 
• MINARI (USA) (Plan B; A24)
• TWO OF US (FRANCE / USA) (Paprika Films; Magnolia Pictures)

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture

• GLENN CLOSE (Hillbilly Elegy)
• OLIVIA COLMAN (The Father)
• JODIE FOSTER (The Mauritanian)
• AMANDA SEYFRIED (Mank)
• HELENA ZENGEL (News Of The World)

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

• SACHA BARON COHEN (The Trial of The Chicago 7)
• DANIEL KALUUYA (Judas And The Black Messiah) 
• JARED LETO (The Little Things) 
• BILL MURRAY (On The Rocks)
• LESLIE ODOM JR. (One Night In Miami…) 

Best Director – Motion Picture

• EMERALD FENNELL (Promising Young Woman)
• DAVID FINCHER (Mank)
• REGINA KING (One Night in Miami…)
• AARON SORKIN (The Trial Of The Chicago 7)
• CHLOÉ ZHAO (Nomadland)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

• EMERALD FENNELL (Promising Young Woman)  
• JACK FINCHER (Mank)
• AARON SORKIN (The Trial Of The Chicago 7)
• FLORIAN ZELLER, CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON (The Father)   
• CHLOÉ ZHAO (Nomadland)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (The Midnight Sky) 
• LUDWIG GÖRANSSON (Tenet) 
• JAMES NEWTON HOWARD (News Of The World)  
• TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS (Mank)
• TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS, JON BATISTE  (Soul)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

• “FIGHT FOR YOU” — (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH) Music by: H.E.R., Dernst Emile II Lyrics by: H.E.R., Tiara Thomas
• “HEAR MY VOICE” — (THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7) Music by: Daniel Pemberton Lyrics by:    Daniel Pemberton, Celeste Waite
• “IO SÌ (SEEN)” — (THE LIFE AHEAD) Music by:  Diane Warren Lyrics by: Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi
• “SPEAK NOW” — (ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…) Music by: Leslie Odom Jr, Sam Ashworth Lyrics by: Leslie Odom Jr, Sam Ashworth
• “TIGRESS & TWEED” — (THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY) Music by:    Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq Lyrics by: Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq