After winning the Jury Prize and Interpretation Prize for her costars Selena Gomez, Carla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldana and Adriana Paz at the recent Cannes Film Festival, Emilia Perez keeps the momentum going!
Nominated 10 times, French director Jacques Audiard’s film leaves with 4 statues: Best Musical, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña and Best Original Song for “El Mal” (also nominated for “Mi Camino”). .
Emilia Perez (co-produced by Saint Laurent Productions) portrays the gender transition of a Mexican drug trafficker. It is the first French film to be nominated in the Best Comedy/Musical category since 2012’s Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist.
The other big winner of the night: The Brutalist
Brady Corbett’s mural, Brutalist, which is scheduled to hit our theaters on February 12, walks away with three Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Actor in a Drama for Adrien Brody, and Best Director. Brady Corbett.
The film tells the story of the Hungarian-born Jewish architect Laszlo Toth’s life for almost thirty years. Returning from a concentration camp, he immigrated to the United States with his wife after the end of World War II to experience his “American Dream”.
Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres won best actress in a drama for Walter Salles’ I’m Still There, while Demi Moore walked away with the Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy for French film Coralie Fargeat, The Substance.
Demi Moore takes it #Golden Globe: “Today I celebrate it as a sign of my integrity and the love that drives me, and for the gift of doing what I love and reminding you that I belong.” https://t.co/QUzDz2Lepj pic.twitter.com/CWCzDX2xOi
— Variety (@Variety) January 6, 2025
During the speech, the American actor said:I’ve been doing this for 45 years and it’s the first time I’ve earned anything as an actor.“before addition “Today I celebrate it as a sign of my wholeness and the love within me, and a gift to do what I love and to remind myself that I belong in this world.”
On the acting side, Kieran Culkin replaces Robert Downey Jr. for Best Actor in a Comedy for “Real Pain.”
Complete winners of the 2025 Golden Globes
Best Drama Film: Brutalist
(2024 winner: Oppenheimer)
Also named:
- September 5
- Conclave
- Dune – Part 2
- The Nickel Boys
- a complete stranger
Best Actress in a Drama: Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
(2024 Winner: Lily Gladstone – Killers of Flower Moon)
Also named:
- Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl
- Angelina Jolie – Maria
- Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
- Tilda Swinton – The Next Room
- Kate Winslet – Lee Miller
Best Actor in a Drama: Adrien Brody – Brutalist
(2024 winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer)
Also named:
- Timothée Chalamet – a complete stranger
- Daniel Craig – queer
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes – The Conclave
- Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Best Comedy or Musical: Emilia Perez
(Winner 2024: Bad Creatures)
Also named:
- real pain
- Anora
- challengers
- substance
- evil
Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical: Demi Moore – Substance
(Winner 2024: Emma Stone – Bad Creatures)
Also named:
- Amy Adams – Nightcrawler
- Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
- Carla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Perez
- Mike Madison – Anora
- Zendaya – Challengers
Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical: Sebastian Stan – a different man
(Winner 2024: Paul Guimat – Winter Break)
Also named:
- Jesse Eisenberg – Real Pain
- Hugh Grant – the heretic
- Gabrielle LaBelle – Saturday Night
- Jesse Plemons – Faces of Kindness
- Glenn Powell – Hitman
Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez
(Winner 2024: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – Winter Break)
Also named:
- Selena Gomez – Emilia Perez
- Ariana Grande – Wicked
- Felicity Jones – Brutalist
- Margaret Quall – Substance
- Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin – Real Pain
(Winner 2024: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer)
Also named:
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Edward Norton – a complete stranger
- Guy Pearce – Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
- Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
Best achievement: Brady Corbett – Brutalist
(Winner 2024: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer)
Also named:
- Jacques Audiard -Emilia Perez
- Sean Baker – Anora
- Edward Berger – Conclave
- Coral Farjit – Substance
- Payal Kapadia – Everything we imagine is light
Best case scenario: Conclave – Peter Straughan
(Winner 2024: Anatomy of a Fall)
Also named:
- real pain -Jesse Eisenberg
- Anora -Sean Baker
- Brutalist -Brady Corbett and Mona Fastvold
- Emilia Perez – Jacques Audiard
- substance – Coral Farjit
Best Animated Film: stream
(Winner 2024: The Boy and the Heron)
Also named:
- Memories of a snail
- A wild robot
- Moana 2
- On the contrary 2
- Wallace and Gromit: Palm of Revenge
Best foreign language film: Emilia Perez (France)
(Winner 2024: Anatomy of a Fall)
Also named:
- Everything we imagine in light (India)
- Wild Fig Tree Seeds (Germany)
- I’m still here (Brazil)
- Young Lady with a Needle (Denmark)
- Vermilio or Mountain Bride (Italy)
Best music: Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
(Winner 2024: Oppenheimer)
Also named:
- Brutalist – Daniel Bloomberg
- Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
- Dune – Part 2 – Hans Zimmer
- Emilia Perez – Clement Ducol and Camille
- A wild robot -Chris Bowers
Best Original Song: Emilia Perez – “El Mal”
(Winner 2024: Barbie – “What Was I Made For”)
Also named:
- A Better Man – “The Forbidden Way”
- challengers – “compression/inhibition”
- Emilia Perez – “Mi Camino”
- The last show – “Beautiful So”
- A wild robot – “Kiss the Sky”
Best Box Office Performance: evil
(Winner 2024: Barbie)
Also named:
- Alien: Romulus
- BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Gladiator II
- A wild robot
- On the contrary 2
Source: Allocine

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