The talented Cate Blanchett has been nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of an older, married woman who engages in a lesbian affair with a young shop assistant, in the movie Carol.
The nomination puts Cate on track to becoming one of the greatest actors of her generation.
She already has two Oscars, and only two women – Meryl Streep (who has three) and Katharine Hepburn (who won four) have more than that.
Cate also has three Golden Globes, for Elizabeth, Blue Jasmine, and for her portrayal of a young Bob Dylan in I’m Not There.
Cate is a graduate of the Australian film school, NIDA. She intends to move to the US this year.
She was joined on the list of nominees for the Golden Globes by the great George Miller, who got a nod in the Best Director category for Mad Max: Fury Road.
The sublime Ben Mendelsohn is also on the list, for his portrayal of a troubled son in the series drama, Bloodline.
Also on the list of nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio, whose movie, The Revenant, isn’t yet out. Early reports suggested that Leo gets raped by a bear in the film, but that’s not true. He does, however, sleep inside the carcass of a dead horse.
Leo has won a couple of Globes, but never the Oscar, which is curious, because he’s been brilliant in films like Django, and Gangs of New York, and arguably even in The Great Gatsby.
Others on the list of Globes nominees include Lady Gaga, who appears in American Horror Story and – more than four decades after he first burst onto screens – Sylvester Stallone, who received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Creed.
But Carol leads the charge, with five nominations.
The Globes will be held on January 10, with Ricky Gervais as host.
The full list of nominations is seen below:
Film
Best Picture, Drama
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck
Best Director
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Best Actress, Drama
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Actor, Drama
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Will Smith, Concussion
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actor, Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Best Actress, Musical or Comedy
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Lily Tomlin, Grandma
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Best Supporting Actress
Jane Fonda, Youth
Alicia Vikander, Ex-Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Paul Dano, Love and Mercy
Best Screenplay
Room
Spotlight
The Big Short
Steve Jobs
The Hateful Eight
Best Original Song in Motion Picture
“Love Me Like You Do,” 50 Shades of Grey
“See You Again,” Furious 7
0“Simple Song No. 3,” Youth
“Writings On the Wall,” Spectre
“One Kind of Love,” Love and Mercy
Best Original Score
Carol
The Danish Girl
Inside Out
The Revenant
1Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Animated Film
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep
The Peanuts Movie
Best Foreign-Language Film
2The Club
The Fencer
Mustang
Son of Saul
Brand New Testament
TELEVISION
Best Television Series Comedy or Musical
Casual
3Mozart in the Jungle
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Orange Is the New Black
Veep
Best Television Drama
Empire
Game of Thrones
4Narcos
Outlander
Mr. Robot
Best Actress, Television Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
5Robin Wright, House of Cards
Best Actor, Television Drama
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Best Actor in a Television Series Comedy or Musical
6Aziz Anzari, Master of None
Gael García Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Best Actress in a Television Series Comedy or Musical
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Jamie Lee-Curtis, Scream Queens
7Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
American Crime
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
Wolf Hall
8American Horror Story: Hotel
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series 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
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
9Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
Sarah Hay, Flesh & Bone
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Damien Lewis, Wolf Hall
0Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Tobias Menzies, Outlander
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Judith Light, Transparent
Maura Tierney, The Affair
1Regina King, American Crime
