Nicole Kidman, Sarah Snook and Kodi Smit-McPhee nominated for Golden Globes

Aussies Nicole Kidman, Sarah Snook and Kodi Smit-McPhee are all up for Golden Globes while Jane Campion’s controversial film also scored big. SEE NOMINATIONS HERE.

Nicole Kidman, Sarah Snook and Kodi Smit-McPhee lead Australia’s hopes at the revived Golden Globe awards.

Kidman was recognised for her performance as American TV icon Lucille Ball in the Aaron Sorkin-directed Being the Ricardos while Adelaide-born Smit-McPhee was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his turn as a frail young man in Jane Campion’s acclaimed The Power of the Dog.

Another South Australian, Snook, was recognised for her consistently stellar performance as Shiv Roy in Succession, the HBO hit (available to watch on Binge) which also scored the most nominations in the TV category.

Nicole Kidman and writer-director Aaron Sorkin on the set of Being the Ricardos. Picture: Amazon

All up, Campion’s sexually-charged western scored seven nominations while Belfast, Kenneth Branagh’s drama set in his hometown during Northern Ireland’s “Troubles”, also landed seven nods.

New Zealander Campion and Branagh are also vying for best director and best screenplay, while their films are up for best drama.

Alongside Smit-McPhee, British actor Benedict Cumberbatch was also nominated for Power of the Dog, scoring a best actor for his role as a menacing cowboy in Campion’s film.

Going up against Kidman in the Best Actress category are Olivia Colman, who won a Globe in 2019 for The Favourite, for her role in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel The Lost Daughter.

Australian actor Kodi Smit-McPhee has received rave reviews for his performance in Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. Picture: Supplied

Rounding out the strong category are Kirsten Stewart, who plays Princess Diana in Spencer, Jessica Chastain for televangelist tragedy The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and Lady Gaga in Ridley Scott’s true crime hit, House of Gucci.

Aussie Smit-McPhee will compete against Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar), Jamie Dornan and Ciarin Hands (Belfast), and Troy Kotsur (CODA).

In the supporting actress category, Kirsten Dunst earned a nomination for her role in The Power of the Dog, while Outlander star Caitriona Balfe was nominated for Belfast.

Ruth Negga (Passing), Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), and Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) round out the category.

Australian star Sarah Snook scored a Golden Globe nomination for her role in Succession. Picture: HBO

Cooper Hoffman, the teenage son of Philip Seymour Hoffman, is up for best actor in a comedy or musical for his debut screen role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age comedy, Licorice Pizza. The musician Alana Haim, who stars alongside Hoffman in the film, is up for Best Actress in the equivalent category.

Succession leads the TV categories, with nominations for best drama series as well as stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook. Nods for Jennifer Aniston and Billy Crudup helped Morning Wars to four nominations, a number also achieved by Ted Lasso.

New Zealand director Jane Campion with Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst all received Golden Globe nominations for The Power of the Dog. Picture: AFP

Global sensation Squid Game picked up three nominations while Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay’s apocalypse satire, scored four nominations, for best comedy or musical, McKay’s screenplay and for its stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence. Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story also took four, as did King Richard, in which Will Smith plays the father of Venus and Serena Williams.

In the Best Director category, Campion and Branagh will go up against Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter), Steven Spielberg (West Side Story) and Dennis Villeneuve (Dune).

The contentious Golden Globes were cancelled last year, after a scathing Los Angeles Times report called into question the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s ethics, financial practices and lack of diversity (the organisation had zero Black members at the time).

Though they will take place on January 9, they will not be televised after US network NBC pulled the plug last year.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Belfast

CODA

Dune

King Richard

The Power of the Dog

Benedict Cumberbatch as a menacing ranch hand in The Power of the Dog. Picture: Supplied

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos

Lady Gaga, House of Gucci

Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Nicole Kidman, Alia Shawkat and Nina Arianda in Being the Ricardos. Picture: Amazon

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Mahershala Ali, Swan Song

Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Will Smith, King Richard

Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE

Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar

Jamie Dornan, Belfast

Ciarán Hinds, Belfast

Troy Kotsur, CODA

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Aussie Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog. Picture: Netflix

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE

Caitriona Balfe, Belfast

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Ruth Negga, Passing

BEST DIRECTOR

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Denis Villenueve, Dune

Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson and Maggie Gyllenhaal at a screening for The Lost Daughter. Picture: AFP

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Adam McKay, Don’t Look Up

Aaron Sorkin, Being the Ricardos

BEST PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Cyrano

Don’t Look Up

Licorice Pizza

Tick, Tick … Boom!

West Side Story

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up

Peter Dinklage, Cyrano

Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick … Boom!

Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza

Anthony Ramos, In The Heights

Andrew Garfield is up for a Globe for his role as famed Broadway composer Jonathan Larson in Tick, Tick ... Boom. Picture: Getty Images/AFP

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Marion Cotillard, Annette

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

Jennifer Lawrence, Don’t Look Up

Emma Stone, Cruella

Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

BEST TV SERIES – DRAMA

Lupin

Morning Wars

Pose

Squid Game

Succession

BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES – DRAMA

Brian Cox, Succession

Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game

Billy Porter, Pose

Jeremy Strong, Succession

Omar Sy, Lupin

Sarah Snook and Brian Cox both received Globe nods for Succession. Picture: HBO

BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES – DRAMA

Uzo Aduba, In Treatment

Jennifer Aniston, Morning Wars

Christine Baranski, The Good Fight

Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Pose

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

The Great

Hacks

Only Murders in the Building

Reservation Dogs

Ted Lasso

Jennifer Aniston with her Morning Wars co-star Steve Carrell. Picture: Getty Images

BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Anthony Anderson, black-ish

Nicholas Hoult, The Great

Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building

Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

Hannah Einbinder, Hacks

Elle Fanning, The Great

Issa Rae, Insecure

Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish

Jean Smart, Hacks

Martin Short and Steve Martin with Selena Gomez star in Only Murders in the Building. Picture: Hulu

BEST MINISERIES OR TV FILM

Dopesick

Impeachment: American Crime Story

Maid

Mare of Easttown

The Underground Railroad

BEST ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TV FILM

Jessica Chastain, Scenes from a Marriage

Cynthia Erivo, Genius: Aretha

Elizabeth Olsen, WandaVision

Margaret Qualley, Maid

Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown

BEST ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR TV FILM

Paul Bettany, WandaVision

Oscar Isaac, Scenes from a Marriage

Michael Keaton, Dopesick

Ewan McGregor, Halston

Tahar Rahim, The Serpent

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV FILM

Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus

Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick

Andie MacDowell, Maid

Sarah Snook, Succession

Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

Jennifer Coolidge, with Connie Britton, was recognised for her performance in The White Lotus. Picture: Getty Images

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV FILM

Billy Crudup, Morning Wars

Kieran Culkin, Succession

Mark Duplass, The Morning Show

Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso

O Yeong-su, Squid Game

BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED

Encanto

Flee

Luca

My Sunny Maad

Raya and the Last Dragon

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

King Richard, “Be Alive” — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson

Encanto, “Dos Oruguitas”— Lin-Manuel Miranda

Belfast, “Down to Joy” — Van Morrison

Respect, “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” — Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, Carole King

No Time to Die, “No Time to Die” — Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell

Originally published as Nicole Kidman, Sarah Snook and Kodi Smit-McPhee nominated for Golden Globes