2025 Golden Globes nominees include Cynthia Erivo, Ayo Edibiri, Denzel Washington

Jamie Foxx and Denzel Washington are among the esteemed group of actors nominated for the 2025 Golden Globe awards.

Announced on Monday morning (Dec. 9) by Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut, the talent list recognizes entertainers across 27 award categories. 

Jamie Foxx is up for the trophy in the Best Performance In Stand-Up Comedy On Television category for his soon-to-be-released Netflix comedy special Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was… Due on the streamer on Tuesday (Dec. 10), the stand-up is described as detailing his April 2023 medical emergency, through comedy. 

The health scare left him hospitalized and sparked rumors and conspiracy theories.

Washington is up for Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture for his standout role in Gladiator II. 

With the nomination, the 69-year-old counts 11 career Golden Globe nominations, the most of any Black performer in history. 

Additional notable nominees include Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) and Zendaya (Challengers) both competing for Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy, Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) for Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama, and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) for Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture. On the silver screen, Ayo Edibiri (The Bear) and Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) are up for Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy with Donald Glover (Mr. And Mrs. Smith) competing in the Best Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Series – Drama category. 

The 2025 Golden Globe Awards will air live on Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. 

Read through the list of nominees below.

TELEVISION

Best Television Series – Drama 

The Day of the Jackal (Peacock)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Prime Video)
Shōgun (FX/Hulu)
Squid Game (Netflix)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX/Hulu)
The Gentlemen (Netflix)
Hacks (HBO/Max)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

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

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)
The Penguin (HBO/Max)
Ripley (Netflix)
True Detective: Night Country (HBO/Max)

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 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 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
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

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 Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

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 Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role on Television

Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Dakota Fanning, Ripley
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country

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

Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Sofía Vergara, Griselda
Naomi Watts, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
Kate Winslet, The Regime

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

Jamie Foxx, What Had Happened Was
Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die
Seth Meyers, Dad Man Walking
Adam Sandler, Love You
Ali Wong, Single Lady
Ramy Youssef, More Feelings

FILM

Best Motion Picture – Drama 

The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 

Anora
Challengers
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked

Best Motion Picture – Animated 

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

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 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 Motion Picture – Drama

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Performance by an Actress 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
Kate Winslet, Lee

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, Hit Man
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man

Best Performance by an Actress 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
Zendaya, Challengers

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

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 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 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 Original Song – Motion Picture

“Beautiful That Way,” The Last Showgirl, Music and Lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt
“Compress/Repress,” Challengers, Music and Lyrics by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Luca Guadagnino
“El Mal,” Emilia Pérez, Music and Lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
“Forbidden Road,” Better Man, Music and Lyrics by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek
“Kiss The Sky,” The Wild Robot, Music and Lyrics by Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack & Ali Tamposi
“Mi Camino,” Emilia Pérez, Music and Lyrics by Clément Ducol and Camille

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Gladiator II
Inside Out 2
Wicked
Twisters
The Wild Robot