Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley land Golden Globe nominations for Hamnet roles
Ellen O'Donoghue
Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley have been nominated for Golden Globes for their performances in
Irish author Maggie O'Farrell has also been nominated with Chloé Zhao for best screenplay for the film.
The Kildare and Kerry stars are up for Best Supporting Actor and Best Female Actor for their roles.
Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Elordi, Sean Penn, Adam Sandler and Stellan Skarsgard go up against Mescal in the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture category at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards.
Jennifer Lawrence, Renate Reinsve, Julia Roberts, Tessa Thompson, and Eva Victor round out the Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture category with Buckley.
Hamnet was also nominated for best picture in the drama category, along with and
is the adaptation of O’Farrell’s book about William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, and is set for release in Irish cinemas next month. The screenplay was co-written by O'Farrell and director Zhao.
Zhao has also been nominated for best director for her work on the adaptation, alongside Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another, Ryan Coogler for Sinners, Guillermo Del Toro for Frankenstein, Jafar Panahi for It Was Just An Accident, and Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value.
Wicked actress Ariana Grande and Frankenstein star Jacob Elordi are also among the nominees for the awards.
The nominations were revealed in a ceremony in the US on Saturday, with Grande nominated for her role as Glinda in Wicked: For Good and Elordi for his role as the Creature in Frankenstein.
Joining Grande in the best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture category is Emily Blunt for her role in The Smashing Machine, Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value, Amy Madigan for Weapons, and Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another.
In the comedy or musical best picture category, the nominees were Blue Moon, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, Nouvelle Vague, and One Battle After Another.
The best male actor in a drama film category saw Joel Edgerton nominated for Train Dreams, Oscar Isaac for Frankenstein, Dwayne Johnson for his role in The Smashing Machine, Michael B Jordan for Sinners, Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent, and Jeremy Allen White for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.
For best male actor in a comedy or musical film, Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for One Battle After Another, Timothee Chalamet for Marty Supreme, George Clooney for Jay Kelly, Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon, Lee Byung-Hun for No Other Choice, and Jesse Plemons for Bugonia.
In the best female actor in a comedy or music film, Rose Byrne was nominated for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Cynthia Erivo for Wicked: For Good, Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue, Chase Infiniti for One Battle After Another, Amanda Seyfried for The Testament Of Ann Lee, and Emma Stone for Bugonia.
Winners will be announced at the 83rd Golden Globes, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, on January 11th.
Additional reporting: PA
