Martin McDonagh’s dark Irish comedy The Banshees of Inisherin has emerged as the frontrunners for the 80th Golden Globes, as nominations revealed for the 2023 awards ceremony.
In a terrific feat, McDonagh’s entire leading cast, which includes an Irish ensemble of Colin Farrell, Kerry Condon, Brendan Gleeson, and Barry Keoghan, have all been nominated for their performances. Speaking with IFTN earlier this year, McDonagh explained that each of these four characters were written specifically with each actors in mind.
The film picked up eight nominations with McDonagh himself receiving three nominations across Best Screenplay – Motion Picture, Best Director – Motion Picture, as well as Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.
Domhnall Gleeson has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television category for his performance on The Patient, alongside F. Murray Abraham (The White Lotus), Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird), Richard Jenkins (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story), and Seth Rogen (Pam and Tommy).
Speaking about his nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture, Brendan Gleeson said: “This is sensational! I’m thrilled and grateful, thanks Golden Globes. It’s joyous to be able to share the good news with Martin (x2), Colin, Kerry, Barry, and Carter on behalf of everyone involved in The Banshees’. Doubly so with my lovely Domhnall. Happy Days!”
Colin Farrell added to Gleeson’s sentiment following his own nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: “What a team effort and a joy it was to bring The Banshees to life… to be able to celebrate with the whole gang like this and represent all the crew members who are watching at home, makes the whole thing all the sweeter! As Brendan said, ‘Happy Days’ and thanks Golden Globes!”
Kerry Condon, who celebrates her first Golden Globe nomination in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture, said: “I’m over the moon, and this is a dream come true. Thank you so much to the HFPA! I’m having the best time on this journey.”
This year's nominees across 27 categories spanning film and TV were revealed by George and Mayan Lopez, the father-daughter stars and creators of NBC’s Lopez vs. Lopez, in Beverly Hills on Monday afternoon.
Celebrating its 80th edition, the Golden Globes has confirmed that it will return to NBC next January following a hiatus with the long-time network partner earlier this year. This came following a slew of controversial revelations about the operations of The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).
Earlier this year, NBC, which has broadcast the Awards since 1996, declined to air the 79th edition of the awards show as a result of an entertainment industry boycott, sparked by Los Angeles Times exposés in February 2021. The article revealed that the Golden Globes organization, HFPA, contained a membership lacking any Black representation and a history of engaging in suspect financial practices and unethical conduct.
Since then, HFPA has implemented numerous reforms, including the banning of members accepting gifts from contenders and introduction of a hotline for reporting misconduct. 103 internationally based voters and 21 additional members, who are U.S.-based journalists working for outlets abroad, have been added to the membership. According to the HFPA, the organisation now has a voting pool that is 52 percent female and 51.5 percent racially and ethnically diverse.
These reforms were accompanied by the news back in July that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had been acquired by Eldridge Industries and has since turned into a for-profit entity.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, HFPA president Helen Hoehne said: “This is really not the old HFPA anymore. Over the past 18 months — almost two years now — we took a deep look inward and listened to the criticism. … And we built a new infrastructure that transformed our organization, and the awards show into something that is more diverse, transparent, and responsive.”
More categories have also been created by the HFPA by breaking up its supporting actor and supporting actress honours into separate awards for ongoing TV series and limited/anthology series or TV movie. The supporting acting TV categories previously included contenders from ongoing TV series, limited series, and TV movies.
The 2023 Golden Globes will be hosted by Jerrod Carmichael and air live from the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, January 10th on NBC and Peacock.
Full list of Irish nominees below:
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Todd Field, Tár
Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Diego Calva, Babylon
Daniel Craig, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Adam Driver, White Noise
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ralph Fiennes, The Menu
Best Director — Motion Picture
James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Baz Luhrmann, Elvis
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Carey Mulligan, She Said
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brad Pitt, Babylon
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Triangle of Sadness
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
F. Murray Abraham, The White Lotus
Domhnall Gleeson, The Patient
Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird
Richard Jenkins, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Seth Rogen, Pam and Tommy
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Hildur Guðnadóttir, Women Talking
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
John Williams, The Fabelmans
Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Click here for full list of 2023 Golden Globe nominations.