Mixed night for UK at Golden Globes as big names miss out
The UK came away with wins in five categories, down slightly on 2024’s total of six.
The UK enjoyed modest success at the 2025 Golden Globes with a handful of wins, though many high-profile nominees missed out.
The dark comedy drama Baby Reindeer, produced by British-based company Clerkenwell Films, was named best limited TV series, while Yorkshire-born Jessica Gunning picked up best TV supporting actress for her role in the show as Martha Scott.
Baby Reindeer was denied a hat trick of victories, however, as its Scottish creator and star Richard Gadd was pipped to best actor in a limited TV series by Ireland’s Colin Farrell, who won for playing the Batman villain Penguin in the HBO drama of the same name.
British screenwriter Peter Straughan won best screenplay for Conclave, a thriller depicting a scheming group of cardinals as they meet to elect a new pope.
The movie’s British star, Ralph Fiennes, had been nominated in the best film actor (drama) category, but was beaten by US actor Adrien Brody for his performance in The Brutalist, a study of a Hungarian architect attempting to build a life in the US after the Second World War.
The Brutalist, a co-production between the US, Hungary and the UK, was named best film drama.
The UK’s only other success came in the category for best original score, which was won by British composer Atticus Ross and US musician Trent Reznor for their joint work on the sports drama Challengers.
In total, the UK came away with wins in five categories, down slightly on 2024’s total of six, but higher than 2023 (two) and 2022 (four).
The best performances by the UK at the Golden Globes so far this century came in 2020 and 2021, with 10 wins in both years, driven by the success of TV dramas Succession and The Crown.
British nominees who missed out on a gong this year include Kate Winslet, who received two nominations, one for best actress in a limited TV series, for her role as a dictator in The Regime; and one for best film actress (drama), for her performance as model turned war correspondent Elizabeth Miller in Lee.
Other UK stars who went away empty-handed included Daniel Craig, who was nominated for his role in the period romantic drama Queer; Cynthia Erivo, for the blockbuster musical Wicked; Hugh Grant, for his turn in the psychological horror Heretic; Eddie Redmayne, star of TV thriller The Day Of The Jackal, and Tilda Swinton, for her performance in the suspenseful drama The Room Next Door.
