The announcement of the nominations for Golden Globe It left a trail of victims (those who were left out of the candidacies) and surprises (those who are candidates and did not even imagine it). But the one who can’t believe what happened is Meryl Streep.
The actress Streep, Princess of Asturias Award winner for the Arts 2023, broke this Monday the record that she herself had set as the most nominated actress in the history of the Golden Globe after receiving a nomination for her participation in the comedy series Only Murders in the Building. The 74-year-old actress went from 32 to 33 nominations accumulated in her career after being one of those selected in the best supporting actress on television section.
She will compete with Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown), Abby Elliott (The Bear), Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets), J. Smith-Cameron (Succession) y Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) at the 81st edition of the awards that will take place in Los Angeles on January 7.
In the series starring Steve Martin and Selena Gomez, Streep played Loretta Durkin, an actress who starred in the musical by Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), with whom she works to find the murderers of the third season.
Of the 33 times that the actress has been nominated, only four have been for television projects and in total she has won eight times.
He won the first Golden Globe in 1980 for his performance in the film Kramer vs. Kramerfollowed by titles like The lover of the French lieutenant, The Devil Wears Prada y The woman of ironamong others.
In 2017, the performer received the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an award given by the Golden Globe Awards that honors the cinematographic career of notable people.
Streep is also the actress with the highest number of nominations for the Oscars awarded by the Hollywood Academy, with 21 nominations, of which she has won three times.
The Golden Globe ceremony, which this year changed owners after controversy over the lack of diversity in 2021, will take place on January 7 in Bevery Hills (Los Angeles) and will be broadcast on the CBS television network first time in four decades.
But there are many more curiosities…
- This year, for the first time, three Irish-born nominees are included: Barry Keoghan (Saltburn), Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) y Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers).
- Leonardo DiCaprio (The Moon Killers) is, at 49 years old, the youngest actor to achieve a total of 12 nominations for a leading film, surpassing Jack Lemmon (he was 54 years old in 1980).
- Lily Gladstone (The Moon Killers) is the first indigenous actress nominated for a film role.
- Timothée Chalamet (Best Leading Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Wonka), 27 years old, is now the youngest man to have competed for the three possible Golden Globes, ousting James Caan (35 years old in 1976). He was previously nominated for call me by your name (2018, drama protagonist) and Beautiful Boy (2019, supporting actor).
- After also being played by Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory1972) y Johnny Depp (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory2006), Willy Wonka is now the first film character to receive three nominations in a row.
- At 80 years old, Robert De Niro (The Moon Killers) is the oldest first-time nominee in this category. The previous record was held by Christopher Plummer (80, The last stationin 2010).
- Martin Scorsese, 81, candidate for The Moon Killers for best director, ousted Ridley Scott (80, All the money in the world2018) as the oldest nominee in the history of this category.
- After 18 years, the prolific Studio Ghibli finally achieved its first nomination for The boy and the heron.
And on television, there are also records
- Successionfrom HBO, earned the most nominations in a single year for any television show (nine), breaking the previous record (eight) shared by The Thorn Birds (1984) y L.A. Law (1990).
- The Crownfrom Netflix, is the first concluded show to earn a Best Drama Series nomination for each of its multiple seasons.
- The actors of Succession Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong are the first co-star trio to compete directly for any of the drama lead awards.
- At 78 years old, Helen Mirren (1923) has supplanted Christine Baranski (69, The Diplomat2022) as the oldest nominee of all time in the Best Actress in a Drama category.
- At 78 years old, Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building) improves his own record for oldest TV comedy lead nominee.
- Matthew Macfadyen, Alan Ruck and Alexander Skarsgård have them Succession the first continuing drama series to receive three nominations in the same Best Supporting Actor category at once.