Nominees 2017

From playing a superhero in spandex to the first man in U. S.

Boasting impressive range, Mahershala Ali defines every role that he plays with his strong physical presence and emotional intensity, regardless of the size of his text, or the medium. Ali’s other works include Free State of Jones, in which he held his own against Matthew McConaughey, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, and Netflix's MARVEL's Luke Cage series.

In Paul Verhoeven's Elle, an original, provocative, and disturbing movie about rape, Isabelle Huppert renders a brilliant performance. Dominating the film from first scene to last, she plays a meaty and flashy role that allows her to display the entire gamut of emotions, based on an incredible range of skills.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson began performing at age six but his breakthrough performance was in the John Lennon biopic, Nowhere Boy (2009), where he met his future wife, director Sam Taylor-Wood. He was 19 then.

Ruth Negga, Golden Globe best actress nominee for Loving, says that she felt like she was born to play real-life Virginia woman Mildred Loving who was prosecuted by the state for marrying a white man in 1958 (Joel Edgerton in the movie). Mildred was unable to wed her white partner, Richard, because of state laws prohibiting interracial marriage.

As directed by the Chilean director Pablo Larraín, and scripted by Noah Oppenheim, Jackie.

Actress Emma Stone, 28, receives her third Golden Globe nomination for the role of an ambitious and loveable aspiring actress in the musical La La Land that combines fairytales and reality. She loved musicals already as a kid, and used to go to see them on stage with her mom.

At only 40 Colin Farrell has made 50 films. The Irish actor from Castleknock, Dublin has that rare career where he gets to mix genres, work with Hollywood’s most famous directors and still get the chance to go off and try projects that are edgy and experimental.

Being a little brother is not easy, be it in life or in an industry littered with siblings who never made it or were nothing more than a one-hit-wonder. But Casey Affleck was never in danger of falling into that category.

At the peak of her career, Amy Adams is easily among the most accomplished actresses of her generation.  She is also one of the busiest and most versatile performers working today.