The 2025 Golden Globes winners list

All the exciting wins and surprising losses from the first big awards show of the year

By Nardos Haile

Staff Writer

Published January 5, 2025 8:12PM (EST)

Nikki Glaser attends the Red Carpet Rollout for the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
Nikki Glaser attends the Red Carpet Rollout for the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

The 82nd annual Golden Globes really held space for some phenomenal film and television. 

The star-studded evening, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, marked her as the first solo female host in the awards show's history. Glaser, also nominated for her comedy special "Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die" — although she lost to Ali Wong — followed in the footsteps of four-time female hosts and long-time comedy friends Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

This year's nominees highlighted a zest for immersive cinema experiences, whether you've been shushed at the theater for singing "Wicked," gasped at "Dune: Part Two's" score and cinematography, or shipped the love triangle in the sports drama "Challengers."

Television favorites like "Abbott Elementary," "The Bear" and "Squid Game" are still bright spots, seasons into their shows. "Squid Game" even garnered a nomination for best drama television series before its second season launched on Netflix. But one show above all, Shōgun, took home awards by the armful.

Here are the 82nd Golden Globes winners in full:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
"The Brutalist" WINNER
"A Complete Unknown"
"Conclave"
"Dune: Part Two" 
"Nickel Boys" 
"September 5"

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
"Anora"
"Challengers" 
"Emilia Pérez" WINNER
"A Real Pain" 
"The Substance"
"Wicked" 

Best Motion Picture – Animated
"Flow" WINNER
"Inside Out 2" 
"Memoir of a Snail" 
"Moana 2" 
"Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl"
"The Wild Robot"

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
"Alien: Romulus" 
"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"
"Deadpool & Wolverine" 
"Gladiator II" 
"Inside Out 2"
"Twisters"
"Wicked" WINNER
"The Wild Robot"

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
"All We Imagine As Light" 
"Emilia Pérez" WINNER
"The Girl with the Needle" 
"I’m Still Here" 
"The Seed of the Sacred Fig"
"Vermiglio"

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Pamela Anderson — "The Last Showgirl"
Angelina Jolie — "Maria"
Nicole Kidman "Babygirl"
Tilda Swinton — "The Room Next Door"
Fernanda Torres — "I'm Still Here" WINNER
Kate Winslet — "Lee"

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Adrien Brody — "The Brutalist" WINNER
Timothée Chalamet — "A Complete Unknown"
Daniel Craig — "Queer"
Colman Domingo — "Sing Sing"
Ralph Fiennes — "Conclave"
Sebastian Stan — "The Apprentice"

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams — "Nightbitch"
Cynthia Erivo — "Wicked" 
Karla Sofía Gascón —"Emilia Pérez"
Mikey Madison — "Anora"
Demi Moore — "The Substance" WINNER
Zendaya — "Challengers"

Best Performance by a Male 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 — "Hit Man"
Sebastian Stan — "A Different Man" WINNER

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Selena Gomez — "Emilia Pérez"
Ariana Grande — "Wicked"
Felicity Jones — "The Brutalist"
Margaret Qualley — "The Substance"
Isabella Rossellini — "Conclave"
Zoe Saldaña — "Emilia Pérez" WINNER

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Yura Borisov — "Anora"
Kieran Culkin — "A Real Pain" WINNER
Edward Norton — "A Complete Unknown"
Guy Pearce — "The Brutalist"
Jeremy Strong — "The Apprentice"
Denzel Washington — "Gladiator II"

Best Director – Motion Picture
Jacques Audiard — "Emilia Pérez"
Sean Baker — "Anora"
Edward Berger — "Conclave"
Brady Corbet — "The Brutalist" WINNER
Coralie Fargeat — "The Substance"
Payal Kapadia — "All We Imagine as Light"

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" WINNER

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" WINNER
Hans Zimmer — "Dune: Part Two"

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Beautiful That Way” by  Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus and Lykke Li —"The Last Showgirl"
“Compress / Repress” by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross — "Challengers"
“El Mal” by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard — "Emilia Pérez" WINNER
“Forbidden Road” by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek — "Better Man"
“Kiss the Sky” by Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael
Pollack and Ali Tamposi — "The Wild Robot"
“Mi Camino” by Clément Ducol and Camille — "Emilia Pérez"

Best Television Series – Drama
"The Day of the Jackal" 
"The Diplomat"
"Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
"Shōgun" WINNER
"Slow Horses"
"Squid Game"

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
"Abbott Elementary" 
"The Bear"
"The Gentlemen"
"Hacks" WINNER
"Nobody Wants This"
"Only Murders in the Building"

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
"Baby Reindeer" WINNER
"Disclaimer"
"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story"
"The Penguin"
"Ripley"
"True Detective: Night Country"

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kathy Bates — "Matlock"
Emma D’Arcy — "House of the Dragon"
Maya Erskine — "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
Keira Knightley — "Black Doves"
Keri Russell — "The Diplomat"
Anna Sawai — "Shōgun" WINNER

Best Performance by a Male 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" WINNER
Billy Bob Thornton — "Landman"

Best Performance by a Female Actor 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" WINNER

Best Performance by a Male 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"
Jason Segel — "Shrinking"
Martin Short — "Only Murders in the Building"
Jeremy Allen White — "The Bear" WINNER

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Cate Blanchett — "Disclaimer"
Jodie Foster — "True Detective: Night Country" WINNER
Cristin Milioti — "The Penguin"
Sofía Vergara — "Griselda"
Naomi Watts — "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans"
Kate Winslet — "The Regime"

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Colin Farrell — "The Penguin" WINNER
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 a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Liza Colón-Zayas — "The Bear"
Hannah Einbinder — "Hacks"
Dakota Fanning — "Ripley"
Jessica Gunning — "Baby Reindeer" WINNER
Allison Janney — "The Diplomat"
Kali Reis — "True Detective: Night Country"

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Tadanobu Asano — "Shōgun" WINNER
Javier Bardem — "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story"
Harrison Ford — "Shrinking"
Jack Lowden — "Slow Horses"
Diego Luna — "La Máquina"
Ebon Moss-Bachrach — "The Bear"

Best Performance in Stand-up Comedy on Television
Jamie Foxx  — "Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was"
Nikki Glaser — "Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die"
Seth Meyers — "Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking"
Adam Sandler — "Adam Sandler: Love You"
Ali Wong — "Ali Wong: Single Lady" WINNER
Ramy Youssef — "Ramy Youssef: More Feelings"


By Nardos Haile

Nardos Haile is a staff writer at Salon covering culture. She’s previously covered all things entertainment, music, fashion and celebrity culture at The Associated Press. She resides in Brooklyn, NY.

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