Golden Globes season is almost upon us, and the recent nominations are a testament to that. The reveal of the nominations for the 82nd annual Golden Globe happened on December 9, with globally acclaimed film and TV projects such as Wicked, Gladiator II, Anora, Emilia Pérez, A Complete Unknown, Baby Reindeer, The Bear, Shōgun, and Slow Horses featuring in the list. Hollywood stars Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut announced the film and television nominees, and it is set to air live on January 5.
In light of all these, we all witness several Black entertainers making this list with impressive performances. Actors like Wicked leading lady Cynthia Erivo and Gladiator II’s Denzel Washington made the Golden Globe nominee list, with their film projects still making waves at the box office. This nomination also makes it the 11th nomination Denzel Washington is receiving at the Golden Globes. Viola Davis is also receiving the “Cecil B. DeMille Award for Career Achievements in Film.”
This year has undoubtedly been outstanding for Black actors, and these feats reflect that. Let’s find out more with this complete list of the Black nominees up for a 2025 Golden Globe.
- Cynthia Erivo
Film – Wicked
Category – Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Denzel Washington
Film – Gladiator II
Category – Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Zendaya
Film: Challengers
Category: Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- Colman Domingo
Film: Sing Sing
Category: Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
- Quinta Brunson
TV Show: Abbott Elementary
Category: Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Donald Glover
TV Show: Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Category: Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series
- Ayo Edebiri
TV Show: The Bear
Category: Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Jamie Foxx
Stand-up: Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was
Category: Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
- Zoe Saldaña
Film: Emilia Pérez
Category: Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
And here’s the full list of Golden Globe 2025 nominees:
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama
- Donald Glover, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”
- Jake Gyllenhaal, “Presumed Innocent”
- Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
- Eddie Redmayne, “The Day of the Jackal”
- Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun”
- Billy Bob Thornton, “Landman”
Best Original Score — Motion Picture
- Volker Bertelmann, “Conclave”
- Daniel Blumberg, “The Brutalist”
- Kris Bowers, “The Wild Robot”
- Clément Ducol, Camille, “Emilia Pérez”
- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, “Challengers”
- Hans Zimmer, “Dune: Part Two”
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- “Baby Reindeer”
- “Disclaimer”
- “Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story”
- “The Penguin”
- “Ripley”
- “True Detective: Night Country”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
- Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
- Hugh Grant, “Heretic”
- Gabriel LaBelle, “Saturday Night”
- Jesse Plemons, “Kinds of Kindness”
- Glen Powell, “Hitmen”
- Sebastian Stan, “A Different Man”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series
- Liza Colon-Zayas, “The Bear”
- Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
- Dakota Fanning, “Ripley”
- Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”
- Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”
- Kali Reis, “True Detective: Night Country”
Best Motion Picture — Non-English Language
- “All We Imagine as Light”
- “Emilia Pérez”
- “The Girl with the Needle”
- “I’m Still Here”
- “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
- “Vermiglio”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Television Series
- Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun”
- Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
- Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”
- Jack Lowden, “Slow Horses”
- Diego Luna, “La Maquina”
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”
Best Original Song — Motion Picture
- “Beautiful That Way,” by Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt (from “The Last Showgirl”)
- “Compress/Repress,” by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Luca Guadagnino (from “Challengers”)
- “El Mal,” by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard (from “Emilia Pérez”)
- “Forbidden Road,” by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek (“Better Man”)
- “Kiss The Sky,” by Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack & Ali Tamposi (from “The Wild Robot”)
- “Mi Camino,” by Clément Ducol and Camille (from “Emilia Pérez”)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
- Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
- Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
- Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
- Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
- Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha All Along”
- Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”
- Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”
- Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
- Sofia Vergara, “Griselda”
- Naomi Watts, “Feud: Capote vs. The swans”
- Kate Winslet, “The Regime”
Best Motion Picture — Animated
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Moana 2”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
- Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez”
- Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
- Margaret Qualley, “The Substance”
- Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
- Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”
Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
- Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
- Sean Baker, “Anora”
- Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, “The Brutalist”
- Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
- Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”Peter Straughan, “Conclave”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
- Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
- Ted Danson, “A Man on the Inside”
- Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
- Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
- Jason Segel, “Shrinking”
- Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
- Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”
- Kevin Kline, “Disclaimer”
- Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
- Ewan McGregor, “A Gentleman in Moscow”
- Andrew Scott, “Ripley”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama
- Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
- Emma D’Arcy, “House of the Dragon”
- Maya Erskine, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
- Keira Knightley, “Black Doves”
- Anna Sawai, “Shōgun”
- Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Best Director — Motion Picture
- Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
- Sean Baker, “Anora”
- Edward Berger, “Conclave”
- Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
- Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
- Payal Kapadia, “All We Imagine as Light”
Best Television Series — Drama
- “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
- “The Diplomat”
- “Shōgun”
- “Squid Game”
- “Slow Horses”
- “The Day of the Jackal”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
- Yura Borisov, “Anora”
- Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
- Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
- Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
- Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
- Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”
