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Golden Globe Awards 2026: The Complete List of Winners and Nominees

January 12, 2026

The 83rd Golden Globe Awards took place in Los Angeles, honoring the exceptional achievements in film and television from the past year. The night was dominated by Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” and the historical drama “Hamnet” in the film categories, while Netflix’s “Adolescence” proved to be the juggernaut of the television section.

Film Categories

Best Motion Picture – Drama

WINNER: Hamnet (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

WINNER: One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
No Other Choice (Neon)
Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)

Best Motion Picture – Animated

WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Arco (Neon)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle (Aniplex/Crunchyroll)
Elio (Disney)
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain (Gkids)
Zootopia 2 (Disney)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Disney)
F1 (Apple Original Films)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount)
Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Wicked: For Good (Universal)
Zootopia 2 (Disney)

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

WINNER: 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

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

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

WINNER: 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

WINNER: 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

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

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER: Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)

Best Director – Motion Picture

WINNER: 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 – Motion Picture

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

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

WINNER: Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)
Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)
Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)
Kangding Ray (Sirāt)
Max Richter (Hamnet)
Hans Zimmer (F1)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

WINNER: “Golden” — KPop Demon Hunters (Joong Gyu Kwak, et al.)
“Dream As One” — Avatar: Fire and Ash
“I Lied to You” — Sinners
“No Place Like Home” — Wicked: For Good
“The Girl In The Bubble” — Wicked: For Good
“Train Dreams” — Train Dreams

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

WINNER: The Secret Agent (Brazil)
It Was Just An Accident (France)
No Other Choice (South Korea)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirāt (Spain)
The Voice Of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Television Categories

Best Television Series – Drama

WINNER: The Pitt (HBO Max)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Pluribus (Apple TV)
Severance (Apple TV)
Slow Horses (Apple TV)
The White Lotus (HBO Max)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

WINNER: The Studio (Apple TV)
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX On Hulu)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Best Television Limited Series or Anthology

WINNER: Adolescence (Netflix)
All Her Fault (Peacock)
The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Black Mirror (Netflix)
Dying for Sex (FX On Hulu)
The Girlfriend (Prime Video)

Best Performance by a Female Actor – Drama Series

WINNER: Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)
Kathy Bates (Matlock)
Britt Lower (Severance)
Helen Mirren (Mobland)
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)

Best Performance by a Male Actor – Drama Series

WINNER: Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
Diego Luna (Andor)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
Mark Ruffalo (Task)
Adam Scott (Severance)

Best Performance by a Female Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

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

Best Performance by a Male Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

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

Best Performance by a Female Actor – Limited Series/TV Movie

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

Best Performance by a Male Actor – Limited Series/TV Movie

WINNER: Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror)
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

WINNER: Erin Doherty (Adolescence)
Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)
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

WINNER: Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)
Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus)
Tramell Tillman (Severance)
Ashley Walters (Adolescence)

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

WINNER: Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Mortality)
Bill Maher (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)
Sarah Silverman (Postmortem)

Podcast Category

Best Podcast

WINNER: Good Hang With Amy Poehler (Spotify)
Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard (Wondery)
Call Her Daddy (SiriusXM)
The Mel Robbins Podcast (SiriusXM)
Smartless (SiriusXM)
Up First (NPR)

Source: Africa Publicity