Richard Gadd’s stalking dramedy Baby Reindeer was the biggest British winner at the Golden Globes last Sunday, snagging two television awards: Best Limited TV Series and Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Gunning, who played Martha. Creator and star Gadd narrowly missed out on Best Actor In A Limited Series, with Irishman Colin Farrell clinching the prize for his role in The Penguin. In film, the only Brit commended was Peter Straughan for penning the screenplay for Conclave. The Gateshead-born writer is best known for his work co-writing/adapting the likes of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Goldfinch (2019) and both series of Wolf Hall.
Brits who missed out on a prize across the film categories include Kate Winslet for her role in war photography biopic, Lee, Daniel Craig and Ralph Fiennes for their leading roles in Queer and Conclave respectively, Cynthia Erivo for her starring role in Wicked, Hugh Grant for his part in Heretic, Aardman for their claymation comedy Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Felicity Jones for her supporting role in The Brutalist. The latter was a big winner of the evening, bagging three prestigious prizes: Best Film – Drama, Best Actor – Drama for lead star Adrien Brody, and Best Director for Brady Corbet.
In TV, Brits were popular nominees, but sadly not big winners in 2025. British nominees include: Slow Horses and The Day of the Jackal for Best TV Series – Drama, as well as Gary Oldman and Eddie Redmayne for their leading roles in each respectively; The Gentlemen for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy; Emma D’Arcy and Keira Knightly for their leading roles in House of the Dragon and Black Doves respectively; Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet and Ewan McGregor for their leading roles in Feud: Capote vs the Swans, The Regime and A Gentleman in Moscow respectively (honourable mention for Irishman Andrew Scott for his part in Ripley); and Scotsman Jack Lowden for his supporting role in Slow Horses.
Not a great year, but we’re sure they were all happy just to be nominated….
