Daily TribuneThe 32-year-old newly minted Golden Globe nominee is vying for the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture for Emilia Pérez and Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy for Only Murders in the Building
Karla Sofía Gascón
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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
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Selena Gomez has a lot to thank for after being nominated in two categories at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.
The 32-year-old newly minted Golden Globe nominee is vying for the Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Film for Emilia Pérez and Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy for Only Murders in the Building.
“I don’t even know what to write… I’m so proud of @zoesaldana and I am so grateful and honored @goldenglobes,” she said in an Instagram story.
Saldaña is nominated alongside Gomez in the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture category. Emilia Pérez is also nominated for Best Picture Musical or Comedy, Best Picture Non-English Language, Best Director Motion Picture for Jacques Aduiard, Best Female Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Karla Sofía Gascón, Best Screenplay Motion Picture for Jacques Aduiard, Best Original Score Motion Picture for Clément Ducol and Camille and Best Song Motion Picture for “El Mal” and “Mi Camino.”
In Emilia Pérez, Gomez plays Jessi, the wife of Mexican drug lord Juan “Manitas” del Monte (Karla Sofía Gascón) who has privately identifies as female. An attorney names Rita (Saldaña) helps Manitas fake their own death so she can receive gender-affirming surgery, becoming Emilia Pérez.
Some wicked nods
Worldwide box office hit Wicked, meanwhile, got four nominations in total.
Wicked is gunning for the Best Picture, Best Female Actor Motion Picture for Cynthia Erivo, Best Supporting Female Actor Motion Picture for Ariana Grande and the Cinematic & Box Office Achievement.
“oh my goodness oh my goodness.... i am floored and honored to be recognized by members of the
@goldenglobes. crying (of course)... It’s impossible to find my words, but I am simply, so deeply grateful for this acknowledgement. and congratulations to my brilliant, dear sister @cynthiaerivo, and all of our Ozian family on this celebration of our work. i can’t possibly express my gratitution,” Grande wrote on Instagram.
Tony-, Emmy- and Grammy-winning Broadway star Cynthia Erivo is defying gravity with her lone Golden Globe nomination. She said, “Now that my feet are hovering off the ground, I cannot even come close to properly expressing what this moment means to me. Not just because of this individual nomination, but because I get to watch as this project and my
@wickedmovie family are celebrated, too. Being a part of this project has been a dream come true, and playing Elphaba, a woman who speaks to everyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong and lets them know they have the power to defy gravity, has been the honor of a lifetime.”
Below is the list of complete nominees for film:
Best Film — Drama
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5
Best Film — Musical or Comedy
Anora
Challengers
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked
Best Female Actor in a Film — 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 Male Actor in a Film — 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 Female Actor in a Film — Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Zendaya, Challengers
Best Male Actor in a Film — 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 Film — Animated
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best Film — 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 Female Actor
in a Supporting Role in a Film
Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Film
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 Director — Film
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 — Film
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 Original Score — Film
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
The Wild Robot
Best Original Song — Film
“Beautiful That Way,” The Last Showgirl
“Compress/Repress,” Challengers
“El Mal,” Emilia Pérez
“Forbidden Road,” Better Man
“Kiss the Sky,” The Wild Robot
“Mi Camino,” Emilia Pérez
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Gladiator II
Inside Out 2
Twisters
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Cecil B Demille Award
Viola Davis
Visit https://goldenglobes.com/articles/nominations-announced-for-82nd-annual-golden-globes/ for the full list of nominees. The Golden Globes will air live on 5 January 2025 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.
