Saoirse nominated for Golden Globe award
OLIVIA Colman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Helena Bonham Carter are among the British nominees ahead of the 77th Golden Globe Awards.
Colman was recognised for her portrayal of the Queen in Netflix’s regal drama The Crown, while her co-star Bonham Carter received a nod in the supporting category for playing Princess Margaret.
Waller-Bridge is up for best performance by an actress in a TV comedy for Fleabag, while the show is also nominated for best comedy. Her co-star Andrew Scott is nominated for supporting actor, while Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer is nominated alongside Colman.
Overall, The Crown bagged the joint most nominations in the TV categories with four alongside Chernobyl and Unbelievable.
In the film categories, Netflix’s drama Marriage Story leads the way on six, ahead of The Irishman and Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood on five.
Kit Harington is nominated for best actor in a TV drama series for his turn in the final season of Game Of Thrones and is up against Brian Cox for Succession, Tobias Menzies for The Crown, Rami Malek for Mr Robot and Billy Porter for Pose.
Dame Emma Thompson is nominated for best performance by an actress in a musical or comedy film for Late Night. Cynthia Erivo is nominated for best performance by an actress in a drama film for Harriet and is up against Irish-American actress Saoirse Ronan for Little Women.
Christian Bale and Jonathan Pryce are nominated for best performance by an actor in a drama film, while Sir Anthony Hopkins is up for supporting actor in a film for The Two Popes. Sir Anthony is up against Tom Hanks, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Brad Pitt.
The Golden Globes, overseen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, recognise the best in TV and film each year. The awards, presented by Ricky Gervais, will take place on January 5.