Selena Gomez on Golden Globe nods: ‘Honored and grateful’

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+.