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The 2021 Golden Globes nominations have arrived, and the nominees are unprecedented

2021 golden globes nominations

The 2021 Golden Globes nominations have been announced, and they are...unprecedented to say the least. We churned through a lot of screen time last year, and the nominations are certainly a reminder of this, alongside the reminder of how confused the system/Hollywood truly is. The most unprecedented nominations of course are those for Emily in Paris, the Netflix series that we all secretly watched because it was so bad it's good. Among slightly more predictable TV nominations comes Anya Taylor-Joy for The Queens Gambit, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant for The Undoing, Emma Corrin and Olivia Coleman for The Crown, and Daisy-Edgar Jones for Normal People. For film, we see Michelle Pfeiffer for French Exit, Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman, Frances McDormand for Nomadland. Of course, it wouldn't be an awards show without a diversity issue, and the Globes biggest downfall is the lack of nominations for Michaela Coel for her prolific series I May Destroy You, a noticeable and gaping hole in the list of nominations.

Below, you can see the full list of who has been nominated to potentially take home an Golden Globe on February 28, 2021.

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Emily in Paris (Netflix)

The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)

The Great (Hulu)

Schitt’s Creek (CBC)

Ted Lasso (Apple TV Plus)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Jason Bateman for Ozark

Josh O’Connor for The Crown

Bob Odenkirk for Better Call Saul

Al Pacino for Hunters

Matthew Rhys for Perry Mason

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

Cate Blanchett for Mrs. America

Daisy Edgar-Jones for Normal People

Shira Haas for Unorthodox

Nicole Kidman for The Undoing

Anya Taylor-Joy for The Queen’s Gambit

Best Director – Motion Picture

Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

David Fincher for Mank (Netflix)

Regina King for One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)

Aaron Sorkin for The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

Chloé Zhao for Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 

Maria Bakalova for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Kate Hudson for Music

Michelle Pfeiffer for French Exit

Rosamund Pike for I Care a Lot

Anya Taylor-Joy for Emma

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins for The Father

Gary Oldman for Mank

Tahar Rahim for The Mauritanian

Best Television Series – Drama 

The Crown (Netflix)

Lovecraft Country (HBO Max)

The Mandalorian (Disney Plus)

Ozark (Netflix)

Ratched (Netflix)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama 

Olivia Colman for The Crown

Jodie Comer for Killing Eve

Emma Corrin for The Crown

Laura Linney for Ozark

Sarah Paulson for Ratched

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

Bryan Cranston for Your Honor

Jeff Daniels for The Comey Rule

Hugh Grant for The Undoing

Ethan Hawke for The Good Lord Bird

Mark Ruffalo for I Know This Much Is True

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 

Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

James Corden for The Prom

Lin-Manuel Miranda for Hamilton

Dev Patel for The Personal History of David Copperfield

Andy Samberg for Palm Springs

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Viola Davis for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Andra Day for The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand for Nomadland

Carey Mulligan for Promising Young Woman

Best Motion Picture – Drama 

The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)

Mank (Netflix)

Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

Sacha Baron Cohen for The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya for Judas and the Black Messiah

Jared Leto for The Little Things

Bill Murray for On the Rocks

Leslie Odom, Jr. for One Night in Miami

Best Original Score – Motion Picture 

The Midnight Sky (Netflix) – Alexandre Desplat

Tenet (Warner Bros.) – Ludwig Göransson

News of the World (Universal Pictures) – James Newton Howard

Mank (Netflix) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Soul (Pixar) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 

Lily Collins for Emily in Paris

Kaley Cuoco for The Flight Attendant

Elle Fanning for The Great

Jane Levy for Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Catherine O’Hara for Schitt’s Creek

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

Normal People (Hulu/BBC)

The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)

Small Axe (Amazon Studios/BBC)

The Undoing (HBO)

Unorthodox (Netflix)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

John Boyega for Small Axe

Brendan Gleeson for The Comey Rule

Dan Levy for Schitt’s Creek

Jim Parsons for Hollywood

Donald Sutherland for The Undoing

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)

Hamilton (Walt Disney Pictures)

Palm Springs (Neon)

Music (Vertical Entertainment)

The Prom (Netflix)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture 

Glenn Close for Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman for The Father

Jodie Foster for The Mauritanian

Amanda Seyfried for Mank

Helena Zengel for News of the World

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language 

Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

La Llorona (Shudder)

The Life Ahead (Netflix)

Minari (A24)

Two of Us (Magnolia Pictures)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture 

Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

Jack Fincher for Mank (Netflix)

Aaron Sorkin for The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton for The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)

Chloe Zhao for Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

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

Don Cheadle for Black Monday

Nicholas Hoult for The Great

Eugene Levy for Schitt’s Creek

Jason Sudeikis for Ted Lasso

Ramy Youssef for Ramy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

Gillian Anderson for The Crown

Helena Bonham Carter for The Crown

Julia Garner for Ozark

Annie Murphy for Schitt’s Creek

Cynthia Nixon for Ratched

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Fight for You from Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.) – H.E.R., Dernst Emile II, Tiara Thomas

Hear My Voice from The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) – Daniel Pemberton, Celeste

Io Si (Seen) from The Life Ahead (Netflix) – Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, Niccolò Agliardi

Speak Now from One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) – Leslie Odom Jr, Sam Ashworth

Tigress & Tweed from The United States vs. Billie Holliday (Hulu) – Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq

Best Motion Picture – Animated 

The Croods: A New Age (Universal Pictures)

Onward (Walt Disney Pictures)

Over the Moon (Netflix)

Soul (Walt Disney Pictures)

Wolfwalkers (Cartoon Saloon)

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