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Golden Globes 2016 nominations: The complete list

Chloe Best
Lifestyle Features Editor
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With the Golden Globes due to kick-start awards season on Sunday, some of Hollywood's biggest stars will be battling it out to take home the prestigious accolades recognising both film and television's biggest successes.

Read the full line-up of nominees below and get the lowdown on what you can expect on the night with our need-to-know Golden Globes guide.

Film:

Best motion picture – drama

  • Carol
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant
  • Room
  • Spotlight
LeonardoDiCaprio © Photo: Rex

The Revenant has been nominated for Best Motion Picture

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – drama

  • Bryan Cranston, Trumbo 
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
  • Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
  • Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
  • Will Smith, Concussion

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – drama

  • Cate Blanchett, Carol
  • Brie Larson, Room
  • Rooney Mara, Carol
  • Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
  • Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
EddieRedmayne © Photo: Getty Images

The Danish Girl co-stars Alicia Vikander and Eddie Redmayne are both nominated for awards

Best motion picture – comedy or musical

  • The Big Short
  • Joy
  • The Martian
  • Spy
  • Trainwreck

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – comedy or musical

  • Christian Bale, The Big Short
  • Steve Carell, The Big Short
  • Matt Damon, The Martian
  • Al Pacino, Danny Collins
  • Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – musical or comedy

  • Jennifer Lawrence, Joy 
  • Amy Schumer, Trainwreck 
  • Melissa McCarthy, Spy 
  • Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van Lily 
  • Tomlin, Grandma
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Jennifer Lawrence has been nominated for her role in Joy

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture

  • Jane Fonda, Youth
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
  • Helen Mirren, Trumbo
  • Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
  • Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture

  • Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
  • Idris Elba, Beast of No Nation
  • Mark Rylance, The Bridge of Spies
  • Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
  • Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best director

  • Todd Haynes, Carol
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
  • Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
  • George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road 
  • Ridley Scott, The Martian
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Mad Max: Fury Road has been nominated for a number of awards

Best screenplay

  • Room
  • Spotlight
  • The Big Short
  • Steve Jobs
  • The Hateful Eight

Best foreign language film

  • The Brand New Testament
  • The Club
  • The Fencer
  • Mustang
  • Son of Saul

Best animated feature film

Anomalisa

Inside Out

Shaun the Sheep Movie

The Good Dinosaur

Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie

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Carol has been nominated for five awards

Best original song

  • Love Me Like You Do, Fifty Shades of Grey
  • One Kind of Love, Love & Mercy
  • See You Again, Fast and Furious 7 
  • Simple Sound #3, Youth 
  • Writing’s on the Wall, Spectre

Best original score

  • Carol
  • The Danish Girl
  • Inside Out
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant

Television

Best television series – drama

  • Empire
  • Game of Thrones
  • Mr Robot
  • Narcos
  • Outlander
Empire © Photo: Rex

Empire has been nominated for the best television series - drama award

Best performance by an actor in a television series – drama

  • Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
  • Wagner Moura, Narcos
  • Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
  • Rami Malek, Mr Robot
  • Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Best television series – comedy

  • Casual
  • Mozart in the Jungle
  • Orange Is the New Black
  • Silicon Valley
  • Transparent
  • Veep

Best performance by an actor in a television series - musical or comedy

  • Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
  • Aziz Ansari, Master of None
  • Rob Lowe, The Grinder
  • Will Forte, Last Man on Earth
  • Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk

Best performance by an actress in a television series - musical or comedy

  • Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
  • Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
  • Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
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Lady Gaga is nominated for her first Golden Globe

Best performance by an actress in a television series – drama

  • Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
  • Caitriona Balfe, Outlander 
  • Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
  • Taraji P Henson, Empire 
  • Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best performance by an actress in a miniseries or motion picture made for television

  • Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
  • Sarah Hay, Flesh & Bone
  • Felicity Huffman, American Crime
  • Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
  • Queen Latifah, Bessie

Best performance by an actor in a miniseries or motion picture made for television

  • Idris Elba, Luther
  • Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
  • David Oyelowo, Nightingale
  • Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
  • Patrick Wilson, Fargo
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Orange is the New Black has been nominated for the best drama series - comedy award

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television

  • Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
  • Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
  • Regina King, American Crime
  • Judith Light, Transparent
  • Maura Tierney, The Affair

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television

  • Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
  • Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
  • Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodlines
  • Tobias Menzies, Outlander
  • Christian Slater, Mr Robot

Best miniseries or motion picture made for television

  • American Crime
  • American Horror Story: Hotel
  • Fargo
  • Flesh and Bone
  • Wolf Hall

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