Celebrities walk the Golden Globes red carpet with golden statues and champagne glasses

Golden Globes 2026: Nikki Glaser Hosts Historic Night

At a Glance

  • Nikki Glaser hosts the 2026 Golden Globe Awards live on January 11
  • One Battle After Another leads movie nominations with nine total
  • The White Lotus tops TV with six nods
  • Why it matters: First-ever Golden Globe for Best Podcast crowns new category

Nikki Glaser takes the stage to host the 2026 Golden Globe Awards, airing live at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, Jan. 11, on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. The ceremony honors the year’s standout films and television series, with One Battle After Another leading the film pack and The White Lotus dominating the television categories.

Movie Front-Runners

One Battle After Another enters the night with nine nominations, the most of any film. Close behind, Sentimental Value secured eight nods and Sinners earned seven.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

  • Frankenstein
  • Hamnet
  • It Was Just an Accident
  • The Secret Agent
  • Sentimental Value
  • Sinners

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Blue Moon
  • Bugonia
  • Marty Supreme
  • No Other Choice
  • Nouvelle Vague
  • One Battle After Another

Best Motion Picture – Animated

  • Arco
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle
  • Elio
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Little Amélie or The Character of Rain
  • Zootopia 2

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
  • F1
  • KPop Demon Hunters
  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
  • Sinners
  • Weapons
  • Wicked: For Good
  • Zootopia 2

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

  • It Was Just an Accident – France
  • No Other Choice – South Korea
  • The Secret Agent – Brazil
  • Sentimental Value – Norway
  • Sirāt – Spain
  • The Voice Of Hind Rajab – Tunisia

Acting Honors

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

  • Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
  • Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
  • Julia Roberts – After the Hunt
  • Tessa Thompson – Hedda
  • Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

  • Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
  • Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein
  • Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine
  • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
  • Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
  • Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  • Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
  • Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
  • Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
  • Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
  • Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

  • Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
  • George Clooney – Jay Kelly
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
  • Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
  • Lee Byung-Hun – No Other Choice
  • Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

  • Emily Blunt – The Smashing Machine
  • Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
  • Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
  • Amy Madigan – Weapons
  • Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

  • Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
  • Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
  • Paul Mescal – Hamnet
  • Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
  • Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
  • Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Creative Arts Categories

Best Director

  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners
  • Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
  • Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
  • Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
  • Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Screenplay

  • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
  • Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners
  • Jafar Panahi – It Was Just An Accident
  • Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
  • Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet

Best Original Score

  • Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
  • Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
  • Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
  • Kangding Ray – Sirāt
  • Max Richter – Hamnet
  • Hans Zimmer – F1

Best Original Song

  • “Dream As One” – Avatar: Fire and Ash – Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen
  • “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters – Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-Jae (Ejae), Mark Sonnenblick
  • “I Lied To You” – Sinners – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson
  • “No Place Like Home” – Wicked: For Good – Stephen Schwartz
  • “The Girl In The Bubble” – Wicked: For Good – Stephen Schwartz
  • “Train Dreams” – Train Dreams – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner

Television’s Top Series

The White Lotus leads television contenders with six nominations, followed by Adolescence with five.

Best Television Series – Drama

  • The Diplomat
  • The Pitt
  • Pluribus
  • Severance
  • Slow Horses
  • The White Lotus

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

  • Abbott Elementary
  • The Bear
  • Hacks
  • Nobody Wants This
  • Only Murders in the Building
  • The Studio

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Adolescence
  • All Her Fault
  • The Beast in Me
  • Black Mirror
  • Dying for Sex
  • The Girlfriend

Television Acting Honors

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama

  • Kathy Bates – Matlock
  • Britt Lower – Severance
  • Helen Mirren – Mobland
  • Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
  • Keri Russell – The Diplomat
  • Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama

  • Sterling K. Brown – Paradise
  • Diego Luna – Andor
  • Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
  • Mark Ruffalo – Task
  • Adam Scott – Severance
  • Noah Wyle – The Pitt

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

  • Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
  • Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
  • Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building
  • Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
  • Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
  • Jean Smart – Hacks

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

  • Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
  • Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
  • Glen Powell – Chad Powers
  • Seth Rogen – The Studio
  • Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
  • Jeremy Allen White – The Bear

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Claire Danes – The Beast in Me
  • Rashida Jones – Black Mirror
  • Amanda Seyfried – Long Bright River
  • Sarah Snook – All Her Fault
  • Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex
  • Robin Wright – The Girlfriend

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television

  • Jacob Elordi – The Narrow Road to the Deep North
  • Paul Giamatti – Black Mirror
  • Stephen Graham – Adolescence
  • Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story
  • Jude Law – Black Rabbit
  • Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

  • Carrie Coon – The White Lotus
  • Erin Doherty – Adolescence
  • Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
  • Catherine O’Hara – The Studio
  • Parker Posey – The White Lotus
  • Aimee Lou Wood – The White Lotus

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

  • Owen Cooper – Adolescence
  • Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
  • Walton Goggins – The White Lotus
  • Jason Isaacs – The White Lotus
  • Tramell Tillman – Severance
  • Ashley Walters – Adolescence

New Category Debuts

This year introduces Best Podcast to the Golden Globes lineup. Nominees include:

  • Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
  • Call Her Daddy
  • Good Hang with Amy Poehler
  • The Mel Robbins Podcast
  • Smartless
  • Up First

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy

  • Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?
  • Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life
  • Kevin Hart: Acting My Age
  • Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
  • Ricky Gervais: Mortality
  • Sarah Silverman: Postmortem
Film reel wrapped with nine gold ribbons stands between two smaller reels showing eight and seven nominations with dark blue

Winners will be updated live throughout the ceremony.

Author

  • My name is Daniel J. Whitman, and I’m a Los Angeles–based journalist specializing in weather, climate, and environmental news.

    Daniel J. Whitman reports on transportation, infrastructure, and urban development for News of Los Angeles. A former Daily Bruin reporter, he’s known for investigative stories that explain how transit and housing decisions shape daily life across LA neighborhoods.

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