As Hollywood looks ahead to the Golden Globe Awards, scheduled for January 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, this year's ceremony is shaping up as one of the most potentially historic in recent memory, with Latino actors Benicio del Toro, Diego Luna and Wagner Moura poised to break important records.
The nominations, announced in early December, placed One Battle After Another firmly at the center of the awards conversation after emerging as one of the most nominated films of the year, alongside heavyweight titles like Wicked: For Good, Hamnet and Sinners. With the Globes once again serving as the unofficial kickoff to awards season, the mix of major studio projects, international contenders and boundary pushing talent has set the stage for record breaking nights and long overdue firsts.
According to research from VegasInsider.com, among the most closely watched possibilities is whether One Battle After Another could challenge the long standing Golden Globes record held by La La Land for the most wins by a single film in one ceremony. On the acting side, the Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical race carries historic weight, with nominees Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good) and Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another) positioned to become only the second Black woman to ever win in the category, and the first in more than three decades following Angela Bassett. International representation is also front and center, as Lee Byung hun, nominated for No Other Choice, could become both the first South Korean and the first Asian actor to win Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical at the Globes.
The directing category could also make history in multiple ways. Chloé Zhao, nominated for Hamnet, is poised to potentially become the first woman to claim multiple Golden Globe wins for Best Director, further solidifying her place among the industry's most influential filmmakers. At the same time, Ryan Coogler, nominated for Sinners, could become the first Black director to win in the category, a milestone that would mark a significant shift in the awards body's history. Together, these nominations underscore a season increasingly defined by broader representation and overdue recognition across genres and backgrounds.
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On the television side, age and longevity narratives add another layer of intrigue. Claire Danes, nominated for The Beast in Me, could join a select group of performers who have won five or more Golden Globes for acting, while Jeremy Allen White, nominated once again for The Bear, has the opportunity to match or surpass records held by Michael J. Fox and Alan Alda in the Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical category. Meanwhile, Steve Martin, nominated for Only Murders in the Building, could become the oldest male actor ever to win a Golden Globe if he takes home the prize at age 80. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Owen Cooper, nominated for Adolescence, could break records as the youngest Supporting Actor winner on television, placing him among the youngest male Globe winners in the ceremony's history. All signs point to a Golden Globes night where legacy, youth and global voices collide in ways the show has rarely seen before.
OVERALL RECORDS
- "One Battle After Another" could tie or break the record of "La La Land" for the most wins by a single film during one Golden Globes ceremony - "La La Land" won 7 awards and "One Battle After Another" is nominated for 9 Golden Globes in 2026; "Sentimental Value" (8 nominations) or "Sinners" (7 nominations) could also tie the record of "La La Land" if they win all of their nominations ("Sentimental Value" got 8 nominations, however, 2 of them are in the same category so unless a rare case of a winning tie occurs, it can win up to 7 awards)
- Claire Danes could join a rare group of 12 actors who have won 5 or more Golden Globes for acting - Danes has won 4 times in the past and she is nominated again at the 2026 ceremony in the Best Actress in a Limited Series/TV movie category for "The Beast in Me"
- Amanda Seyfried, Jacob Elordi or Jeremy Allen White could join a rare group of 4 actors who managed to win 2 Golden Globes for acting for a different performance in one night (Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver & Joan Plowright); additionally, by winning both awards, either Elordi or Allen White could also become the first male actor to ever win two Golden Globes for acting in one night - Elordi is nominated for "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" in the Best Actor in a Limited Series/TV movie category & for "Frankenstein" in the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture category, Allen White is nominated for "The Bear" in the Best TV Actor - Musical/Comedy category and in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for "Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere" while Seyfried is nominated for "The Testament of Ann Lee" in Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy category and for "Long Bright River" in the Best Actress in a Limited Series/TV movie category
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA
- Jessie Buckley (nominated for "Hamnet") could become the first Irish actress to ever win in the Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama category
BEST ACTRESS - MUSICAL / COMEDY
- Emma Stone (nominated for "Bugonia") could tie the record of Julie Andrews & Rosalind Russell and become the most awarded actress in the Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy category - Stone won two times in the past (for "La La Land" & "Poor Things") and a win in 2026 for "Bugonia" would be her 3rd victory in the category, which is the current record
- Cynthia Erivo (nominated for "Wicked: For Good") or Chase Infiniti (nominated for "One Battle After Another") could become only the second black actress to ever win in the Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy category, following Angela Bassett's win in 1994 for "What's Love Got to Do with It" (and the first one to do so in 30+ years); Erivo already made history by becoming the first black actress to earn multiple nominations in the Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy category
BEST ACTOR - DRAMA
- Wagner Moura (nominated for "The Secret Agent") could become the first Brazilian actor to ever win in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama category (Moura already made history by becoming the first Brazilian actor to ever be nominated in the category)
BEST ACTOR - MUSICAL/COMEDY
- Lee Byung-hun (nominated for "No Other Choice") could become the first South Korean and the first Asian actor to win in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy category
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (nominated for "Sentimental Value") could become the first Norwegian actress to ever win in the Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture category
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Stellan Skarsgård (nominated for "Sentimental Value") could become the first Swedish actor to win in the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture category
- Benicio Del Toro (nominated for "One Battle After Another") could tie the record for the most wins in the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture category (current record: two wins, held jointly by 6 actors) - Del Toro won once before for "Traffic" and he could win again for "One Battle After Another"
BEST DIRECTOR
- Chloé Zhao (nominated for "Hamnet") could become the first female director to ever win in the Best Director category on multiple occasions - she first won for "Nomadland"
- Ryan Coogler (nominated for "Sinners") could become the first black director to win in the Best Director category
- Jafar Panahi (nominated for "It Was Just An Accident") could become the first Iranian to win in the Best Director category
- Joachim Trier (nominated for "Sentimental Value") could become the first Danish-Norwegian to win in the Best Director category
CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
- "Wicked: For Good" could become the first continuation to win in the Cinematic and Box Office achievement category and the first one to do so consecutively - its first installment won in the same category last year
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- Hans Zimmer (nominated for "F1") could tie the record for the most wins in the Best Original Score category - the record is currently held jointly by John Williams, Maurice Jarre & Dimitri Tiomkin who won 4 times each while Zimmer has won 3 times (for "Dune", "Gladiator" & "The Lion King"), so a win in 2026 could be his 4th
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- Pixar Animation Studios could extend their record as the most awarded animation studio in the Best Animated Feature Film category at the Golden Globes if they win their 10th Golden Globe for "Elio"
BEST SCREENPLAY
- Ryan Coogler (nominated for "Sinners") could become the first black winner in the Best Screenplay category
- Chloé Zhao (nominated for "Hamnet") could become the first Chinese winner in the Best Screenplay category
- Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier (nominated for "Sentimental Value") could become the first Scandinavians to win in the Best Screenplay category- Vogt is Norwegian while Trier is Danish-Norwegian
TV CATEGORIES
BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES - DRAMA
- Sterling K. Brown (nominated for "Paradise") could tie the record for the most wins in the Best Actor in a TV Series - Drama category (current record: two wins, held jointly by 5 actors) - Brown won once before for "This Is Us" and he could win again for "Paradise", which would also make him the first black actor to ever win twice in the category
- Diego Luna (nominated for "Andor") could become the first Mexican to ever win in the Best Actor in a TV Series - Drama category
BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES - MUSICAL/COMEDY
- Steve Martin (nominated for "Only Murders in the Building") could become the oldest male actor to win a Golden Globe, regardless of a category - the current record is held by O Yeong-Su who was 77 years old when he won for "Squid Game" in 2022 and Martin is 80 years old
- Jeremy Allen White (nominated for "The Bear") could join Michael J.Fox and Alan Alda and become only the third actor to ever win in the Best Actor in a TV Series - Musical/Comedy category 4 or more times - Alan Alda won 6 times, Michael J.Fox 3 times and Jeremy Allen White 3 times (for "The Bear"), so a win in 2026 could be his 4th, which would also tie the record of Alan Alda for the most consecutive wins in the category (4)
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES - MUSICAL/COMEDY
- Ayo Edebiri (nominated for "The Bear") has a chance to become the first black actress to ever win twice in the Best Actress in Television Series - Musical/Comedy category
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES / ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE
- Matthew Rhys (nominated for "The Beast in Me") could become the first Welsh actor to win in the Best Actor in a Limited Series/TV movie category
- Paul Giamatti (nominated for "Black Mirror") could tie the record for the most wins in the Best Actor in a Limited Series/TV movie category (current record: two wins, held jointly by Al Pacino, Robert Duvall & James Garner) - Giamatti first won in 2008 for "John Adams" and he could win again in 2026 for "Black Mirror"
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES / ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE
- Michelle Williams (nominated for "Dying For Sex"), Claire Danes ("The Beast in Me") or Amanda Seyfried (nominated for "Long Bright River") could tie the record for the most wins in the Best Actress in a Limited Series/TV movie category (current record: two wins, held jointly by Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Ann-Margret & Judy Davis ) - Williams previously won for "Fosse/Verdon", Danes won for "Temple Grandin" while Seyfried won for "The Dropout"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - SERIES, MINISERIES OR TV FILM
- Owen Cooper (nominated for "Adolescence") could become the youngest winner in the Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series category. The record is currently held by Chris Colfer who was 20 when he won for "Glee" in 2010 and Cooper will be 16 at the time of the 2026 Golden Globes ceremony. Additionally, it would make Cooper the second youngest Golden-Globe-winning male actor of all time, just behind Ricky Schroder who was 9 years old when he won in the (now defunct) New Star Of The Year in a Motion Picture category for "The Champ" in 1980.
BEST PERFORMANCE IN STAND-UP COMEDY ON TV
- Ricky Gervais (nominated for "Ricky Gervais: Mortality") could become the first comedian to ever win on multiple occasions in the Best Performance in a Stand-up Comedy on TV - he first won in 2024 for "Armageddon" and he could win his second Golden Globe for "Mortality"
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