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Well, folks, awards season is officially back in session.
The 83rd Golden Globe Awards lit up the Beverly Hilton yesterday, bringing with them some of the biggest wins of the year and a sense of where the industry’s momentum is headed in 2026. Hosted once again by sharp and unflinching comedian Nikki Glaser, the ceremony unfolded against a politically tense backdrop in the US.
Yes, the Golden Globes, without a doubt the most important thing happening in the world right now,” Glaser deadpanned in her opening monologue, before skewering everything from Warner Bros.’ uncertain future to the Epstein files. It was brisk, topical, and unafraid to look directly at the room.
The night belonged to two films that could not be more different. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, a blistering satire on radical politics, swept the comedy categories, winning Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), Best Director, and Best Screenplay, with Teyana Taylor taking Best Supporting Actress. Anderson used his moment to praise studio head Michael DeLuca for backing filmmaker-first cinema. “That’s how you get Sinners. That’s how you get One Battle After Another,” he said, standing alongside fellow auteurs Chloe Zhao and Ryan Coogler in a rare moment of visible solidarity.
Not far behind was Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, a quiet family drama that earned Stellan Skarsgård the Best Supporting Actor trophy.
Grief, however, emerged as the night’s dominant theme. Hamnet, Chloe Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, won Best Film (Drama), with Jessie Buckley also taking home Best Actress for her performance. Timothée Chalamet continued his steady glide toward modern movie-star inevitability, winning Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Marty Supreme, a buzzy sports dramedy that plays to both his charm and his twitchy intensity.
Here’s a closer look at the major winners of the 2026 Golden Globe Awards:
Chalamet finally broke his Globe drought with Marty Supreme, playing a ping-pong prodigy with restless ambition. "My dad instilled in me a spirit of gratitude growing up: Always be grateful for what you have,” said Chalamet. “It’s allowed me to leave this ceremony in the past empty handed, my head held high, grateful just to be here. I’d be lying if I didn’t say those moments didn’t make this moment that much sweeter.”
Rose Byrne’s win came with one of the night’s most endearing footnotes. While she accepted the Globe for playing a mother navigating her child’s eating disorder, her husband Bobby Cannavale was at a reptile expo in New Jersey, helping their sons adopt a bearded dragon. “He’s doing God’s work,” Byrne deadpanned.
Taylor delivered the night’s most stirring speech. “To my Brown sisters and little brown girls watching tonight—our softness is not a liability,” she said. Her role as a revolutionary in Paul Thomas Anderson’s political satire was fierce and magnetic, anchoring the film’s emotional pulse.
Skarsgård was recognised for a performance built almost entirely on restraint. Playing an emotionally distant filmmaker, he lets silence do most of the work, giving Sentimental Value its quiet gravity.
Moura’s win doubled as a message to Brazil. “If trauma can be passed along through generations, values can too,” he said. Playing a political refugee, Moura brought gravity and moral clarity to a film about memory and exile.
Buckley’s portrayal of a grieving mother earned her a Globe in a film that treats loss as lived experience rather than spectacle. Hamnet emerged as the evening’s emotional centre, with Buckley grounding its ache in quiet resilience.
Anderson credited Warner’s Michael DeLuca for letting filmmakers take risks. “That’s how you get Sinners. That’s how you get One Battle After Another,” he said. The film led the night, cementing Anderson’s most outward-facing era yet.
In the press room, the singers behind “Golden” addressed young Asian girls directly. “Being an Asian woman is a superpower,” said Ejae. Audrey Nuna urged them to “be your full self,” while Rei Ami added, “You can make the rules.”
The Studio, Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire, took Best Comedy Series in a meta full-circle moment—its Globes episode now mirrored by reality. “We just pretended to do this,” Rogen laughed. “And now it’s happening.”
Netflix’s Adolescence swept four awards. Stephen Graham dedicated his win to his late mother and thanked his wife for “saving my life.” Erin Doherty, swearing mid-speech, honoured therapists worldwide. Sixteen-year-old Owen Cooper became the youngest-ever winner in his category.
Playing a novelist confronting an alien virus, Seehorn joked, “I meant to get a prescription for beta blockers, but I did not.”
Picking up her third Globe, Smart quipped, “What can I say? I’m a greedy bitch.”
Williams took home her third Golden Globe for portraying a terminally ill woman reclaiming agency and desire.
Graham won for his devastating work in Adolescence, dedicating the award to his late mother and thanking his wife for “saving my life.” As both star and co-creator, he carried the series’ emotional weight, grounding its one-shot intensity in deeply human stakes.
Doherty, who plays a child psychologist, delivered one of the night’s most candid speeches. “Life can be tough. Mental health is everything, so thank you, therapists,” she said—after swearing in disbelief.
At just 16, Cooper became the youngest-ever winner in his category.
The Globes’ first podcast honour went to Poehler, who shrugged, “When awards shows get it right, it makes sense.” It was a small moment, but a telling one about how storytelling keeps evolving.