Thursday, December 12, 2013

Golden Globes Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Among Nominees

The 71st annual Golden Globe nominations are here, and the finalists for the awards' actress categories came with a only few significant surprises. Because the Globes honor both film and television in separate comedy/musical and drama categories, the awards offer four Best Actress categories.



Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"

Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"

Judi Dench, "Philomena"

Emma Thompson, "Saving Mr. Banks"

Kate Winslet, "Labor Day"



Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams, "American Hustle"

Julie Delpy, "Before Midnight"

Greta Gerwig, "Frances Ha"

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Enough Said"

Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"



Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"

Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black"

Taylor Schilling, "Orange is the New Black"

Kerry Washington, "Scandal"

Robin Wright, "House of Cards"



Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Zooey Deschanel, "New Girl"

Lena Dunham, "Girls"

Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"

Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"



No major shocks came with the actress nominations, even though Kate Winslet had fallen off the radar of most awards pundits. Winslet's competition was thinner with the Globes' genre-based categories. The only strong contender she topped was "Blue is the Warmest Color" star Adèle Exarchopoulos.



The TV categories found more surprises, mainly in the omission of "Homeland" lead Claire Danes, who won last year and made the Screen Actors Guild shortlist on Wednesday. Also snubbed were Tina Fey ("30 Rock") and Laura Dern ("Enlightened").



Last year's winners were Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty") and Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings Playbook") on the film side, and Claire Danes ("Homeland") and Lena Dunham ("Girls") in the TV categories.



Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde and Aziz Ansari announced the nominations on Thursday morning. The awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will take place Jan. 12, 2014, with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosting, just as they did last year.

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