Golden Globes 2024 nominations: Three Australians in running for top awards

A trio of Australian stars have been nominated for the Golden Globes, including Margot Robbie in Barbie, which bodes well for the Oscars.

Benedict Brook in the US

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December 12, 2023 - 9:18AM

Barbenheimer dominates 2024 Golden Globe nominations

Three Australians have been nominated for the 2024 Golden Globes which were announced in Los Angeles on Monday morning (US time).

Margot Robbie, Sarah Snook and Elizabeth Debicki all got nods for the awards which will be held on January 7.

The Golden Globes is one of the most prestigious film and TV awards ceremonies alongside the Oscars, Emmys, Screen Actors’ Guild Awards and the BAFTAs.

Global movie megahit Barbie has led the field with eight nominations while rival Oppenheimer is just one nomination behind.

The two films, which were released on the same day and whose subject matters could not be more different, led to the “Barbenheimer” cultural moment.

“It’s amazing that they maintained that momentum,” the Globes’ new executive vice president Tim Gray told AFP.

“Last July, people were exclaiming about how popular they are, but I think nobody was confident that they were going to dominate the awards. But they did.”

But the top nominated production across the board was HBO’s TV drama Succession, about the warning Roy family dynasty, which aired on Foxtel and Binge in Australia.

Margot Robbie has been nominated for her star turn in Barbie. Picture: Warner Bros Pictures

A good run at the Golden Globes bodes well for the Oscars, the nominations for which have yet to be announced.

However, the gongs, formerly awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), had been mired in controversy since 2021 after it emerged not one of its 87 members who decided on who wins was black.

The 2022 broadcast was cancelled as the HFPA reformed. It returned in 2023 and the awards, now under new management, will be hoping it has finally moved on from the scandals.

(L-R) Cedric the Entertainer, Helen Hoehne and Wilmer Valderrama announce the nominations announcement for the 81st Golden Globe Awards, December 11, 2023, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Valerie MACON / AFP)

Australia’s Sarah Snook, who played scheming Shiv in Succession, was nominated for best actress in a drama. She will have to best Helen Mirren in Yellowstone spin off 1923, Bella Ramsey in HBO’s acclaimed computer game translation The Last of Us and Imelda Staunton from The Crown to snag the Golden Globe.

But at least Snook, who has acted in Packed to the Rafters and The Secret River, won’t have to battle against her own TV family in the category. Fellow Succession actors Brain Cox, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong are all up for the award of best actor in a drama. While Succession actors are also nominated three times for best supporting actor in a musical, comedy or drama.

Additionally, Succession is nominated for best drama series as well as best supporting actor in a musical, comedy or drama for J Smith-Cameron’s portrayal of Jerry.

Sarah Snook is up for a gong for her portrayal of Shiv Roy in Succession. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images for AFI)

Australia’s Elizabeth Debicki took one of The Crown’s four nominations for her acclaimed portrayal of Princess Diana in the royal saga which has in recent years received controversy for its blurring of fact and fiction in the house of Windsor.

Prior to The Crown, Debicki was in Rake, The Kettering Incident and The Night Manager on TV and movies The Great Gatsby and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and Vol 3.

The battle of “Barbenheimer” continues with Barbie and Oppenheimer snagging eight and seven awards respectively. They go head to head in several categories.

Neighbours’ alumnus Margot Robbie, who also produced the film which has now grossed more than $2 billion at the box office, will find out in just a few weeks if she has won the award for best actress in a musical or comedy.

Her competition includes Emma Stone in Poor Things, Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings and Natalie Portman in May December.

Australian actor Elizabeth Debicki has been applauded for her portrayal of Princess Diana in The Crown.

Ryan Gosling’s portrayal of Ken in Barbie has earned him a best supporting actor nom alongside Timothée Chalamet for the upcoming Wonka remake.

Barbie director Greta Gerwig is nominated twice, including for best director.She will go up against Oppenheimer’s Christopher Nolan. Barbie is also up for best musical or comedy with no less than three nominations in the best original song category – Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish and Mark Ronson are all in the running.

Singer Taylor Swift has got a surprise nomination for her tour film The Eras Tour in the

cinematic and box office achievement in motion pictures.

Full Golden Globes 2024 nominations

Film categories (TV below)

Best picture (drama)

Anatomy of a Fall

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

The Zone of Interest

Best picture (musical or comedy)

Air

American Fiction

Barbie

The Holdovers

May December

Poor Things

Best actress (drama)

Annette Bening, Nyad

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall

Greta Lee, Past Lives

Carey Mulligan, Maestro

Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla

Best actress (musical or comedy)

Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple

Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings

Natalie Portman, May December

Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves

Margot Robbie, Barbie

Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best actor (drama)

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon

Colman Domingo, Rustin

Barry Keoghan, Saltburn

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers

Cillian Murphy is one of Oppenheimer’s seven nominations. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)

Best actor (musical or comedy)

Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario

Timothée Chalamet, Wonka

Matt Damon, Air

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Joaquin Phoenix, Beau Is Afraid

Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best supporting actress

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

Jodie Foster, Nyad

Julianne Moore, May December

Rosamund Pike, Saltburn

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Golden Globe nominees’ Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie attend the Barbie European premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on July 12, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images)

Best supporting actor

Willem Dafoe, Poor Things

Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Charles Melton, May December

Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Best director

Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Greta Gerwig, Barbie

Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Celine Song, Past Lives

US actor Wilmer Valderrama (C) speaks during the nominations announcement for the 81st Golden Globe Awards, December 11, 2023, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Valerie MACON / AFP)

Best screenplay

Barbie, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach

Poor Things, Tony McNamara

Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan

Killers of the Flower Moon, Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese

Past Lives, Celine Song

Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

Best original score

Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things

Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer

Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and The Heron

Mica Levi, The Zone of Interest

Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon

English singer-songwriter Dua Lipa could get a Golden Glove for her song Dance the Night from Barbie . (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Best original song

Addicted to Romance by Bruce Springsteen – She Came to Me

Dance the Night by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Dua Lipa and Caroline Ailin – Barbie

I’m Just Ken by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – Barbie

Peaches by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond and John Spiker – The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Road to Freedom by Lenny Kravitz – Rustin

What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell – Barbie

Best animated film

The Boy and The Heron

Elemental

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Suzume

Wish

Best picture (non-English language)

Anatomy of a Fall

Fallen Leaves

Io Capilano

Past Lives

Society of the Snow

The Zone of Interest

Cinematic and box office achievement in motion pictures

Barbie

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

John Wick: Chapter 4

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1

Oppenheimer

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Pedro Pascal is nominated for The Last of US. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)

TV awards

Best drama series

1923

The Crown

The Diplomat

The Last of Us

The Morning Show (called Morning Wars in Australia)

Succession

Best musical or comedy series

Abbott Elementary

Barry

The Bear

Jury Duty

Only Murders in the Building

Ted Lasso

Best limited series, anthology series or TV movie

All the Light We Cannot See

Beef

Daisy Jones & The Six

Fargo

Fellow Travelers

Lessons in Chemistry

Best actress (drama)

Helen Mirren, 1923

Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us

Keri Russell, The Diplomat

Sarah Snook, Succession

Imelda Staunton, The Crown

Emma Stone, The Curse

Best actor (drama)

Brian Cox, Succession

Kieran Culkin, Succession

Gary Oldman, Slow Horses

Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us

Jeremy Strong, Succession

Dominic West, The Crown

(L-R) Brian Cox, Sarah Snook, Jeremy Strong, Matthew Macfadyen and J. Smith-Cameron from Succession. All are up for Golden Globes (Picture: Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

Best actress (musical or comedy)

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

Elle Fanning, The Great

Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building

Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face

Best actor (musical or comedy)

Bill Hader, Barry

Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building

Jason Segel, Shrinking

Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Best supporting actress (musical, comedy or drama)

Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown

Abby Elliott, The Bear

Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets

J. Smith-Cameron, Succession

Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building

Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

Best supporting actor (musical, comedy or drama)

Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (known as Morning Wars in Australia)

Matthew Macfadyen, Succession

James Marsden, Jury Duty

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear

Alan Ruck, Succession

Alexander Skarsgard, Succession

Best actress (limited series, anthology series or TV movie)

Riley Keough, Daisy Jones & The Six

Brie Larson, Lessons in Chemistry

Elizabeth Olsen, Love & Death

Juno Temple, Fargo

Rachel Weisz, Dead Ringers

Ali Wong, Beef

Matt Bomer is nominated for his role Fellow Travelers set at the height of the US McCarthy witch-hunts (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME)

Best actor (limited series, anthology series or TV movie)

Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers

Sam Claflin, Daisy Jones & The Six

Jon Hamm, Fargo

Woody Harrelson, White House Plumbers

David Oyelowo, Lawmen: Bass Reeves

Steven Yeun, Beef

Best stand-up comedian on television (limited series, anthology series or TV movie)

Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

Trevor Noah, Trevor Noah: Where Was I

Chris Rock, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage