<I>Mank</I> & <I>The Crown</I> lead Golden Globe nominations
February 3, 2021

Mank & The Crown lead Golden Globe nominations

HOLLYWOOD — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the nominees for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Sarah Jessica Parker, six-time Golden Globe winner, and Taraji P. Henson, Golden Globe winner, disclosed the nominees.Netflix leads the list of nominees for both television and film distributors with 20 and 22. Mank is the leading motion picture, with six nominations. The Crown is the leading television series, with six nominations.

For the first time in the history of the Golden Globes, the nominations were announced virtually, following the current safety measures during the Covid pandemic. The 78th Golden Globes will take place on February 28th on NBC. The event will be hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, returning for the fourth time, after hosting in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Fey and Poehler will share duties from their respective cities, with Fey on the East Coast and Poehler on the West Coast. Fey will be live from New York’s Rainbow Room, Poehler will be live from the Beverly Hilton, in Beverly Hills, and nominees, from various locations around the world.

In addition to the categories announced today, the 2021 Golden Globes will honor Jane Fonda with the Cecil B. deMille Award, and Norman Lear with the Carol Burnett Award. Lear will be the third recipient of the recently created Carol Burnett Award, which honors contributions to television.

As previously announced, Satchel and Jackson Lee, children of filmmaker and three-time Golden Globe nominee Spike Lee and producer and philanthropist Tonya Lewis Lee, will serve as the 2021 Golden Globe Ambassadors.

The following is the list of categories and nominees:

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
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM (Four By Two Films; Amazon Studios)
HAMILTON (Walt Disney Pictures / RadicalMedia / 5000 Broadway Productions / NEVIS Productions / Old 320 Sycamore Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
MUSIC (Pineapple Lasagne Productions / Landay Entertainment; Vertical Entertainment / IMAX)
PALM SPRINGS (Party Over Here / Limelight Productions; NEON / Hulu)
THE PROM (Netflix / Dramatic Forces / Storykey Entertainment; Netflix)

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
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE (DreamWorks Animation; Universal Pictures)
ONWARD (Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
OVER THE MOON (Netflix / Pearl Studio / Glen Keane Productions; Netflix)
SOUL (Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
WOLFWALKERS (Cartoon Saloon / Melusine; Apple / GKIDS)

BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE
ANOTHER ROUND (DENMARK) (Zentropa Entertainments; Samuel Goldwyn Films)
LA LLORONA (GUATEMALA / FRANCE) (La Casa de Producción / Les Films du Volcan; Shudder)
THE LIFE AHEAD (ITALY) (Palomar; Netflix)
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

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
THE CROWN - NETFLIX (Left Bank Pictures / Sony Pictures Television)
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY - HBO (HBO / Afemme / Monkeypaw / Bad Robot / Warner Bros. Television)
THE MANDALORIAN - DISNEY+ (Lucasfilm Ltd.)
OZARK - NETFLIX (MRC Television)
RATCHED - NETFLIX (Fox21 Television Studios)   

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
OLIVIA COLMAN    THE CROWN
JODIE COMER    KILLING EVE
EMMA CORRIN    THE CROWN
LAURA LINNEY    OZARK
SARAH PAULSON    RATCHED

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
JASON BATEMAN    OZARK
JOSH O'CONNOR    THE CROWN
BOB ODENKIRK    BETTER CALL SAUL
AL PACINO    HUNTERS
MATTHEW RHYS    PERRY MASON

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
EMILY IN PARIS - NETFLIX (Darren Star Productions / Jax Media / MTV Studios)
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT - HBO MAX (HBO Max / Berlanti Productions / Yes, Norman Productions / Warner Bros. Television)
THE GREAT - HULU (Hulu / Civic Center Media / MRC)
SCHITT'S CREEK - POP TV (Not A Real Company Productions / Canadian Broadcast Company / Pop TV)
TED LASSO - APPLE TV+ (Apple / Doozer Productions / Warner Bros. Television / Universal Television)   

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
LILY COLLINS    EMILY IN PARIS
KALEY CUOCO    THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
ELLE FANNING    THE GREAT
JANE LEVY    ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST
CATHERINE O'HARA    SCHITT'S CREEK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
DON CHEADLE    BLACK MONDAY
NICHOLAS HOULT    THE GREAT
EUGENE LEVY    SCHITT'S CREEK
JASON SUDEIKIS    TED LASSO
RAMY YOUSSEF    RAMY

BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
NORMAL PEOPLE - HULU (Hulu / BBC / Element Pictures)
THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT - NETFLIX (Netflix)
SMALL AXE - AMAZON STUDIOS (BBC Studios Americas, Inc / Amazon Studios)
THE UNDOING - HBO (HBO / Made Up Stories / Blossom Films/David E. Kelley Productions)
UNORTHODOX - NETFLIX (Studio Airlift / RealFilm)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
CATE BLANCHETT    MRS. AMERICA
DAISY EDGAR-JONES    NORMAL PEOPLE
SHIRA HAAS    UNORTHODOX
NICOLE KIDMAN    THE UNDOING
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY    THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
BRYAN CRANSTON    YOUR HONOR
JEFF DANIELS    THE COMEY RULE
HUGH GRANT    THE UNDOING
ETHAN HAWKE    THE GOOD LORD BIRD
MARK RUFFALO    I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SUPPORTING ROLE
GILLIAN ANDERSON    THE CROWN
HELENA BONHAM CARTER    THE CROWN
JULIA GARNER    OZARK
ANNIE MURPHY    SCHITT'S CREEK
CYNTHIA NIXON    RATCHED

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SUPPORTING ROLE
JOHN BOYEGA    SMALL AXE
BRENDAN GLEESON    THE COMEY RULE
DANIEL LEVY    SCHITT'S CREEK
JIM PARSONS    HOLLYWOOD
DONALD SUTHERLAND    THE UNDOING