Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture–Drama
Maria Bello was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Cooler.
Felicity Huffman was nominated for Best Actress in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical) for Desperate Housewives and Sports Night.
Gwyneth Paltrow received a Golden Globe for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for Shakespeare In Love.
Charlize Theron received a Golden Globe as Best Actress (Drama) for Monster. She also received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
Ziyi Zhang, first nomination.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture–Comedy or Musical
Judi Dench received two Golden Globes; one for Best Actress (Drama) for Mrs. Brown and one for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Telefilm for The Last of the Blonde Bombshells. She also received nominations for Best Actress (Drama) for Iris and Best Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love and Chocolat.
Keira Knightley, first nomination.
Laura Linney was nominated for Best Actress (Drama) for You Can Count On Me and for Best Supporting Actress for Kinsey.
Sarah Jessica Parker has received seven nominations for Best Actress in a Television Series–Musical Or Comedy for Sex and the City, of those she has received four Golden Globes.
Reese Witherspoon was nominated for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for Legally Blonde and Election.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture–Drama
Russell Crowe received a Best Actor (Drama) Golden Globe for A Beautiful Mind. He received Best Actor nominations for The Insider, Gladiator and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, first nomination.
Terrence Howard, first nomination.
Heath Ledger, first nomination.
David Strathairn, first nomination.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture–Comedy or Musical
Pierce Brosnan received a nomination as Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Nancy Astor.
Jeff Daniels was nominated for Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for Something Wild and The Purple Rose of Cairo.
Johnny Depp was nominated for Best Actor (Drama) for Finding Neverland. He received Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) nominations for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Ed Wood, Benny & Joon and Edward Scissorhands.
Nathan Lane was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture–Musical or Comedy for The Bird Cage.
Cillian Murphy, first nomination.
Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Gladiator.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Scarlett Johansson was nominated for three Golden Globes; two for Best Actress (Drama) for A Love Song for Bobby Long and Girl with a Pearl Earring and one for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for Lost In Translation.
Shirley MacLaine received four Golden Globes; two for Best Actress (Drama) for Madame Sousatzka and Terms of Endearment and two for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for Irma La Douce and The Apartment. She received 12 additional nominations; eight for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for Guarding Tess, Used People, Postcards from the Edge, Being There, Sweet Charity, Woman Times Seven, Gambit and Ask Any Girl, two for Best Actress (Drama) for The Children’s Hour and Some Came Running, and two for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay and Out On a Limb. She received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998.
Frances McDormand was nominated for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for Fargo and for Best Supporting Actress in Almost Famous.
Rachel Weisz, first nomination.
Michelle Williams, first nomination.
Best Performance By An Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
George Clooney* received a Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) Golden Globe for O Brother, Where Art Thou? He received three nominations for Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama) for ER.
Matt Dillon, first nomination.
Will Ferrell, first nomination.
Paul Giamatti was nominated for Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for Sideways.
Bob Hoskins received a Golden Globe for Best Actor (Drama) for Mona Lisa. He was nominated for Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Best Director of a Motion Picture
Woody Allen received a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for The Purple Rose of Cairo. He received Best Director nominations for Hannah and Her Sisters, Interiors and Annie Hall. He received Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) nominations for Zelig and Annie Hall. He also received a Best Screenplay nomination for Hannah and Her Sisters, Interiors and Annie Hall.
George Clooney, first nomination in the directing category.
Peter Jackson received a Golden Globe for Best Director for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, for which he also accepted the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Drama). He also received Best Director nominations for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
Ang Lee received a Golden Globe for Best Director for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He also received a Best Director nomination for Sense and Sensibility.
Fernando Meirelles, first nomination.
Steven Spielberg received Golden Globes as Best Director for Saving Private Ryan and Schindler’s List. He received eight additional nominations; seven as Best Director for Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial, The Color Purple, Amistad and A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and one for his screenplay for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
*Please note that Clooney’s three nominations this year is a rare achievement. Last year, Jamie Foxx received three Golden Globe nominations as well.
