The 2025 Golden Globes Awards has kicked off awards season, and The Brutalist with three awards, and Emilia Perez, with four, have become the frontrunners.
It was a night of emotional moments, with Zoe Saldana winning the first award of the evening, breaking down in tears as she accepted the award.
"My heart is full of gratitude," Zoe said in an emotional speech. "This is the first time for me and I am just so blessed."
© Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagZoe won for her work in Emilia Perez, and the film also went on to win Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language, Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical) and Best Original Song, with Zoe returning to the stage to present it to the winners Camille and Clément Ducol.
Brady Corbet won Best Director for The Brutalist, the film also won Best Picture (Drama) while Adrien Brody won Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Film (Drama) for his role as the Hungarian architect who moves to the US post World War II.
Adrien also found himself close to tears as he gave a long and emotional speech, as did Demi Moore as she accepted Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Film (Musical or Comedy) for The Substance.
“Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress and at that time, I took that to mean that this wasn’t something that I was allowed to have, that I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money, but that I couldn’t be acknowledged," the 62-year-old said.
"I believed that, and that corroded me over time, to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it, maybe I was complete. I’ve done what I was supposed to do. And as I was at kind of a low point, I had this magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers script come across my desk called The Substance, and the universe told me that you’re not done."
© A24Sebastian Stan won Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Film (Musical or Comedy) for A Different Man..
When asked what his hardest role to date has been, he admitted it was his role as Donald Trump in The Apprentice, for which he was also nominated.
"That man in orange, Donald Trump, was the hardest," he said. "Not to diminish why I am here talking to you [for A Different Man] but this was a big risk... and looking back at sleepless nights and responsibilities I feel I carried, it is The Apprentice, to honor the vision and the perspective on what we are all having to deal with.
© Penske Media via Getty ImagesIn the TV categories, Shogun was a big winner picking up three acting awards for Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, and Tadanobu Asano. It also won Best TV Series (Drama).
Jessica Gunning also won her first Golden Globe for Netflix's Baby Reindeer; she quipped that the audience almost "saw my Golden Globes" when she nearly tripped.
The Netflix show went on to win Best television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television, and Richard Gadd accepted the award.
"We need stories that speak to the complicated and difficult nature of our times," he said.
© Penske Media via Getty ImagesJeremy Allen White won for The Bear but was not in attendance to accept, while Colin Farrell won for The Penguin and Jodie Foster for True Detective: Night Country.
Jodie went to make a rare comment on her sons, thanking "Kit my scientist son, and and Charlie, my actor son" as she accepted her award.
© Penske Media via Getty ImagesHost Nikki Glaser kicked off the show with a joke about it being "Ozempic's biggest night", before going on to quip about President Donald Trump's re-election, "holding space" for TV, and praising the "hardest working actors in Hollywood... your servers".
Follow along with us for up-to-date winners and everything that happens from inside the Beverly Hilton Hotel…
2025 Golden Globes winners
Best motion picture (Drama)
The Brutalist - WINNER
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5
Best motion picture (Musical or Comedy)
Anora
Challengers
Emilia Pérez - WINNER
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked
Cinematic and box office achievement
Deadpool & Wolverine
Inside Out 2
Gladiator 2
Wicked - WINNER
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The Wild Robot
Twisters
Alien: Romulus
Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture (Drama)
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist - WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (Drama)
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here - WINNER
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Kate Winslet, Lee
Best performance by a male 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 - WINNER
Best performance by a female actor 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 - WINNER
Zendaya, Challengers
Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain - WINNER
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Yura Borisov, Anora
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez - WINNER
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Best director
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet , The Brutalist - WINNER
Edward Berger, Conclave
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
Best screenplay
Emilia Pérez
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
The Substance
Conclave - WINNER
Best original score
The Brutalist
Conclave
The Wild Robot
Emilia Pérez
Challengers - WINNER
Dune: Part Two
Best original song
The Last Showgirl – Beautiful That Way
Challengers – Compress/Repress
Emilia Pérez – El Mal - WINNER
Better Man – Forbidden Road
The Wild Robot – Kiss the Sky
Emilia Pérez – Mi Camino
Best motion picture (Non-English language)
All We Imagine as Light – India
Emilia Pérez – France - WINNER
The Girl With the Needle – Denmark
I’m Still Here – Brazil
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Germany
Vermiglio – Italy
Best motion picture (Animated)
Flow - WINNER
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best television series (Drama)
The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Shōgun - WINNER
Slow Horses
Squid Game
Best television series (Musical or Comedy)
Hacks - WINNER
Abbott Elementary
Only Murders in the Building
Nobody Wants This
The Gentlemen
The Bear
Best television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
Baby Reindeer - WINNER
Disclaimer
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
Best performance by a male actor in a television series (Drama)
Donald Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun - WINNER
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman
Best performance by a female actor 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 - WINNER
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Best performance by a male 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 - WINNER
Best performance by a female actor in a television series (Musical or Comedy)
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along
Jean Smart, Hacks - WINNER
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television
Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun - WINNER
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Jack Lowden, Slow Horses
Diego Luna, La Máquina
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role on television
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer - WINNER
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Dakota Fanning, Ripley
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country
Best performance by a male actor in a limited series, anthology series or a motion picture made for television
Colin Farrell, The Penguin - WINNER
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 a female actor in a limited series, anthology series or a motion picture made for television
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country - WINNER
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Sofía Vergara, Griselda
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Kate Winslet, The Regime
Naomi Watts, Feud Capote vs. the Swans
Best performance in a 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 - WINNER
Ramy Youssef, More Feelings
