75th Golden Globes Nominees

There’s a seeming effortlessness with which Frances McDormand embodies her starring role in writer-director Martin McDonagh’s darkly comedic crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. But the six-time Golden Globe nominee – who was additionally honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1993 as part of an ensemble cast award for Robert Altman’s Short Cuts – wants to make clear that impression is actually something of an illusion.

There’s a seeming effortlessness with which Frances McDormand embodies her starring role in writer-director Martin McDonagh’s darkly comedic crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. But the six-time Golden Globe nominee – who was additionally honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1993 as part of an ensemble cast award for Robert Altman’s Short Cuts – wants to make clear that impression is actually something of an illusion.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Lady Bird)Already nominated for three Golden Globes at the age of just 23, Saoirse Ronan isn’t merely one of her generation’s most lauded actresses – she’s also amongst its most versatile, with her nominations spread out across all three film performance categories recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. First up was her nod for Actress in a Supporting Role, for 2007s Atonement, followed by Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, for 2015s Brooklyn, and, now, Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, for this past year’s Lady Bird.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Get Out)Daniel Kaluuya is an English actor earning much deserved critical acclaim for his role in Get Out. He appeared in the British television shows; Skins, The Black Mirror episode; Fifteen Million Merits, he played the character Tea Leaf in the series, Psychoville and the BBC horror drama The Fades.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture (Lady Bird)Laurie Metcalf began acting in Chicago with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. During the 80s and 90s she played Jackie Harris on the hit TV show Roseanne, a role for which she won three Emmy awards.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture (Downsizing)The life of Hong Chau, 38, whose performance as Ngoc Lan Tran in Downsizing earned her a nomination in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture category, could be a movie in itself. Born to Vietnamese parents, who were among the “boat people” who fled Vietnam after the war in 1979, Hong was born in a refugee camp in Thailand.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)Sam Rockwell is an American actor who has appeared in over 70 movies including; Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, directed by George Clooney, Matchstick Men along side Nick Cage, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Seven Psychopaths, The Green Mile, Galaxy Quest, Iron Man 2, Cowboys and Aliens. This year has been busy for the versatile actor who straddles the line between character actor and leading man.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (Darkest Hour)Gary Oldman has had a long and successful career in independent films such Sid and Nancy and, Nil by Mouth, which he also directed, wrote, and produced. That film won Best British Film and Best original screenplay.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Baby Driver)If Ryan Gosling danced his way into moviegoers’ hearts in 2016 with La La Land, in 2017 it was Ansel Elgort who did the same, in Baby Driver. And, like Gosling before him, Elgort now finds himself nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture (I, Tonya)Allison Janney had dreams of becoming an Olympic figure skater when she was young. But because of an accident at age 17, when she ran through a sliding glass door and seriously injured herself (with a scar on her leg to remind her of the incident) Janney gave up on that dream.