Ariana Grande, Paul Mescal and Jacob Elordi among Golden Globe Awards nominees

Wicked actress Ariana Grande, Hamnet actor Paul Mescal and Frankenstein star Jacob Elordi are among the nominees for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards.

The nominations were revealed in a ceremony in the US on Saturday, with Grande nominated for her role as Glinda in Wicked: For Good, Elordi for his role as the Creature in Frankenstein, and Mescal for his performance as William Shakespeare in Hamnet. Joining Grande in the best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture category is Emily Blunt for her role in The Smashing Machine, Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value, Amy Madigan for Weapons, and Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another. Elordi and Mescal are nominated in the best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture category alongside Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn for their roles in One Battle After Another, Adam Sandler for his role in Jay Kelly and Stellan Skarsgard for Sentimental Value. The nominations for best director are Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another, Ryan Coogler for Sinners, Guillermo Del Toro for Frankenstein, Jafar Panahi for It Was Just An Accident, Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value, and Chloe Zhao for Hamnet. The best picture nominees in the drama category were Frankenstein, Hamnet, It Was Just An Accident, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Values, and Sinners. In the comedy or musical best picture category, the nominees were Blue Moon, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, Nouvelle Vague, and One Battle After Another. In the drama category for best actress in a motion picture, the nominees were Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, Jennifer Lawrence for Die My Love, Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value, Julia Roberts for After The Hunt, Tessa Thompson for Hedda, and Eva Victor for Sorry, Baby. The best male actor in a drama film category saw Joel Edgerton nominated for Train Dreams, Oscar Isaac for Frankenstein, Dwayne Johnson for his role in The Smashing Machine, Michael B Jordan for Sinners, Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent, and Jeremy Allen White for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. For best male actor in a comedy or musical film, Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for One Battle After Another, Timothee Chalamet for Marty Supreme, George Clooney for Jay Kelly, Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon, Lee Byung-Hun for No Other Choice, and Jesse Plemons for Bugonia. In the best female actor in a comedy or music film, Rose Byrne was nominated for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Cynthia Erivo for Wicked: For Good, Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue, Chase Infiniti for One Battle After Another, Amanda Seyfried for The Testament Of Ann Lee, and Emma Stone for Bugonia. Elsewhere, British Netflix series Adolescence has received five nods, including nominations for best limited series, anthology series or television motion picture, and best male actor in a television limited series, anthology series, TV motion picture for Stephen Graham. The awards will be given out at a ceremony on January 11.

Published: 08/12/2025 by Radio NewsHub