2026 Golden Globes Winners
Photo: Rich Polk
The 83rd Annual Golden Globes took center stage last night with comedian Nikki Glaser returning as host, opening the ceremony with a hilarious monologue that set the tone for a night honoring achievements in film, television, and even podcasting. The 2026 Golden Globes officially launched awards season, with top honors going to One Battle After Another, KPop Demon Hunters, and the limited series, Adolescence.
This year, 11 actors and 1 director took won their first Golden Globe:
- Amy Poehler – Best Podcast (Good Hang with Amy Poehler)
- Erin Doherty – Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television (Adolescence)
- Jessie Buckley – Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (Hamnet)
- Noah Wyle – Best Performance By a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama (The Pitt)
- Owen Cooper – Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television (Adolescence)
- Paul Thomas Anderson – Best Director – Motion Picture (One Battle After Another)
- Rhea Seehorn – Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama (Pluribus)
- Rose Byrne – Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
- Seth Rogen – Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy (The Studio)
- Stephen Graham – Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made For Television (Adolescence)
- Teyana Taylor – Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture (One Battle After Another)
- Timothée Chalamet – Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture (Marty Supreme)
- Wagner Moura – Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (The Secret Agent)
2026 Golden Globes Winners
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features) *WINNER
It Was Just an Accident (NEON)
The Secret Agent (NEON)
Sentimental Value (NEON)
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
No Other Choice (NEON)
Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures) *WINNER
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
Arco (NEON)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (Aniplex, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix) *WINNER
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
F1 (Apple Original Films)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures) *WINNER
Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
It Was Just an Accident (NEON) – France
No Other Choice (NEON) – South Korea
The Secret Agent (NEON) – Brazil *WINNER
Sentimental Value (NEON) – Norway
Sirāt (NEON) – Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab (WILLA) – Tunisia
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) *WINNER
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
Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)
Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)
Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent) *WINNER
Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) *WINNER
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
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme) *WINNER
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 IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)
Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) *WINNER
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value) *WINNER
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) *WINNER
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
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) *WINNER
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Sadfie (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
Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)
Ludwig Göransson (Sinners) *WINNER
Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)
Kangding Ray (Sirāt)
Max Richter (Hamnet)
Hans Zimmer (F1)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“Dream As One” –– Avatar: Fire and Ash
Music by: Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen
Lyrics by: Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen
“Golden” –– KPop Demon Hunters *WINNER
Music by: Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun
Lyrics by: Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick
“I Lied to You” –– Sinners
Music by: Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson
Lyrics by: Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson
“No Place Like Home” –– Wicked: For Good
Music by: Stephen Schwartz
Lyrics by: Stephen Schwartz
“The Girl in the Bubble” –– Wicked: For Good
Music by: Stephen Schwartz
Lyrics by: Stephen Schwartz
“Train Dreams” –– Train Dreams
Music by: Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner
Lyrics by: Nick Cave
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
The Diplomat (Netflix)
The Pitt (HBO Max) *WINNER
Pluribus (Apple TV)
Severance (Apple TV)
Slow Horses (Apple TV)
The White Lotus (HBO Max)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX on Hulu)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
The Studio (Apple TV) *WINNER
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Adolescence (Netflix) *WINNER
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 IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Kathy Bates (Matlock)
Britt Lower (Severance)
Helen Mirren (MobLand)
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus) *WINNER
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
Diego Luna (Andor)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
Mark Ruffalo (Task)
Adam Scott (Severance)
Noah Wyle (The Pitt) *WINNER
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)
Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
Jean Smart (Hacks) *WINNER
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)
Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
Glen Powell (Chad Powers)
Seth Rogen (The Studio) *WINNER
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Claire Danes (The Beast in Me)
Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)
Amanda Seyfried (Long Bright River)
Sarah Snook (All Her Fault)
Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex) *WINNER
Robin Wright (The Girlfriend)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror)
Stephen Graham (Adolescence) *WINNER
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
Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)
Erin Doherty (Adolescence) *WINNER
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
Owen Cooper (Adolescence) *WINNER
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
Bill Maher (Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?)
Brett Goldstein (Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life)
Kevin Hart (Kevin Hart: Acting My Age)
Kumail Nanjiani (Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts)
Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Mortality) *WINNER
Sarah Silverman (Sarah Silverman: Postmortem)
BEST PODCAST
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (Wondery)
Call Her Daddy (SiriusXM)
Good Hang with Amy Poehler (Spotify) *WINNER
The Mel Robbins Podcast (SiriusXM)
SmartLess (SiriusXM)
Up First (NPR)
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