Golden Globes 2023: Winners in full as The Fabelmans and Banshees of Inisherin hit big

Steven Spielberg's tale of his childhood and Martin McDonagh's jet-black comedy were the big winners at the Golden Gloves

Steven Spielberg was a big winner at the Golden Globes 2023, scooping a pair of awards for The Fabelmans. (Getty/ Moët and Chandon)
Steven Spielberg was a big winner at the Golden Globes 2023, scooping a pair of awards for The Fabelmans. (Getty/ Mo?t and Chandon)

The Golden Globes ceremony returned to screens this year after being boycotted by NBC in 2022 — and it was Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans and dark comedy The Banshees of Inisherin that won big.

Spielberg's semi-autobiographical drama scooped the prize for Best Motion Picture - Drama, while he picked up Best Director.

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But it as Martin McDonagh's jet-black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin which won the most awards, managing three gongs, winning Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Screenplay, while leading man Colin Farrell won Best Actor – Musical or Comedy.

There were also two wins for the bonkers multiverse sci-fi Everything Everywhere At Once, with stars Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan both winning awards and the latter delivering a memorable, poignant acceptance speech.

Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan in the film THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. Photo by Jonathan Hession.  Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2022 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved.
The Banshees of Inisherin got the most nominations. (Searchlight Pictures)

The Globes returned to screens this year after its organising body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), faced heavy criticism over diversity issues.

After changes behind the scenes, NBC broadcast the ceremony again with UK viewers watching via NBC's streaming service Peacock, which is available through Sky and NOW.

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Martin McDonagh's dark comedy The Banshees of Inisherin led this year's nominations with eight nods, while Everything Everywhere All At Once had six, and the epic period drama Babylon and Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans both had five.

Babylon was ultimately shut out in the major categories, only leaving with a single statuette for Justin Hurwitz's original score.

Damien Chazelle's raucous period drama Babylon won at the Golden Globes 2023 for Best Original Score. (Paramount Pictures)
Damien Chazelle's raucous period drama Babylon won at the Golden Globes 2023 for Best Original Score. (Paramount Pictures)

Several British actors were nominated for top awards, including Daniel Craig (Glass Onion), Dame Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) and Olivia Colman (Empire of Light).

The other homegrown stars up for gongs were Bill Nighy (Living), Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris), Carey Mulligan (She Said), Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse) and Ralph Fiennes (The Menu).

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Brendan Fraser was hotly tipped to win for his role in psychological drama The Whale, which marks his long-awaited Hollywood comeback — but boycotted the ceremony after alleging he was sexually assaulted by ex-HFPA president Philip Berk in 2003. Berk has denied any wrongdoing.

Taylor Swift took on fellow pop stars Rihanna and Lady Gaga after being nominated in the category for best original song, while comedy legend Eddie Murphy and Glee creator Ryan Murphy both received honorary awards. Here's who won what at the 2023 Globes.

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All the Golden Globes 2023 winners and nominees

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • Avatar: The Way of Water - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

  • Elvis - Warner Bros

  • WINNER: The Fabelmans - Universal Pictures

  • Tar - Focus Features

  • Top Gun: Maverick - Paramount Pictures

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • WINNER: Cate Blanchett - Tar

  • Olivia Colman - Empire of Light

  • Viola Davis - The Woman King

  • Ana De Armas - Blonde

  • Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

  • WINNER: Austin Butler - Elvis

  • Brendan Fraser - The Whale

  • Hugh Jackman - The Son

  • Bill Nighy - Living

  • Jeremy Pope - The Inspection

Austin Butler won a Best Actor prize for his performance as Elvis Presley. (LA Times/Getty)
Austin Butler won a Best Actor prize for his performance as Elvis Presley. (LA Times/Getty)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

  • Babylon - Paramount Pictures

  • WINNER: The Banshees of Inisherin - Searchlight Pictures

  • Everything Everywhere All At Once - A24

  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Netflix

  • Triangle of Sadness - Neon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

  • Lesley Manville - Mrs. Harris goes to Paris

  • Margot Robbie - Babylon

  • Anya Taylor-Joy - The Menu

  • Emma Thompson - Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

  • WINNER: Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All At Once

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

  • WINNER: Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin

  • Ralph Fiennes - The Menu

Colin Farrell was awarded for his role in dark comedy The Banshees of Inisherin. (NBC/Getty)
Colin Farrell was awarded for his role in dark comedy The Banshees of Inisherin. (NBC/Getty)

Best Motion Picture - Animated

  • WINNER: Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - Netflix

  • Inu-Oh - GKids

  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - A24

  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - Universal Pictures

  • Turning Red - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language

  • All Quiet on the Western Front - Germany - Netflix

  • WINNER: Argentina, 1985 - Argentina - Prime Video

  • Close - Belgium/France/Netherlands - A24

  • Decision to Leave - South Korea - Mubi

  • RRR - India - Variance Films

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

  • WINNER: 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

Angela Bassett's powerful performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever earned her a Golden Globe. (Marvel/Disney)
Angela Bassett's powerful performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever earned her a Golden Globe. (Marvel/Disney)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

  • Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin

  • Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin

  • Brad Pitt - Babylon

  • WINNER: Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All At Once

  • Eddie Redmayne - The Good Nurse

Best Director - Motion Picture

  • James Cameron - Avatar: The Way of Water

  • Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All At Once

  • Baz Luhrmann - Elvis

  • Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin

  • WINNER: Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

  • Todd Field - Tar

  • Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All At Once

  • WINNER: Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin

  • Sarah Polley - Women Talking

  • Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner - The Fabelmans

The Banshees of Inisherin was praised for its blackly comic screenplay. (Searchlight Pictures)
The Banshees of Inisherin was praised for its blackly comic screenplay. (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

  • Carter Burwell - The Banshees of Inisherin

  • Alexandre Desplat - Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

  • Hildur Gudnadottir - Women Talking

  • WINNER: Justin Hurwitz - Babylon

  • John Williams - The Fabelmans

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

  • Carolina - Where the Crawdads Sing - Music/Lyrics: Taylor Swift

  • Ciao Papa - Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - Music: Alexandre Desplat, Lyrics: Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro

  • Hold My Hand - Top Gun: Maverick - Music: Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Benjamin Rice, Lyrics: Lady Gaga, BloodPop

  • Lift Me Up - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music/Lyrics: Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig G?ransson

  • WINNER: Naatu Naatu - RRR - Music: M.M. Keeravani, Lyrics: Chandrabose

Best Television Series - Drama

  • Better Call Saul - AMC+/AMC

  • The Crown - Netflix

  • WINNER: House of the Dragon - HBO Max

  • Ozark - Netflix

  • Severance - Apple TV+

Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon was praised as one of the best TV shows of the year. (Sky UK/HBO)
Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon was praised as one of the best TV shows of the year. (Sky UK/HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

  • Emma D'Arcy - House of the Dragon

  • Laura Linney - Ozark

  • Imelda Staunton - The Crown

  • Hilary Swank - Alaska Daily

  • WINNER: Zendaya - Euphoria

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

  • Jeff Bridges - The Old Man

  • WINNER: Kevin Costner - Yellowstone

  • Diego Luna - Andor

  • Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul

  • Adam Scott - Severance

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • WINNER: Abbott Elementary - ABC

  • The Bear - FX

  • Hacks - HBO Max

  • Only Murders in the Building - Hulu

  • Wednesday - Netflix

Abbott Elementary was a big winner on the TV side at the Golden Globes. (FilmMagic)
Abbott Elementary was a big winner on the TV side at the Golden Globes. (FilmMagic)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • WINNER: Quinta Brunson - Abbott Elementary

  • Kaley Cuoco - The Flight Attendant

  • Selena Gomez - Only Murders in the Building

  • Jenna Ortega - Wednesday

  • Jean Smart - Hacks

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

  • Donald Glover - Atlanta

  • Bill Hader - Barry

  • Steve Martin - Only Murders in the Building

  • Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building

  • WINNER: Jeremy Allen White - The Bear

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture made for Television

  • Black Bird - Apple TV+

  • Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story - Netflix

  • The Dropout - Hulu

  • Pam & Tommy - Hulu

  • WINNER: The White Lotus - HBO Max

Jennifer Coolidge and The White Lotus were recognised at the Golden Globes 2023. (LA Times/Getty)
Jennifer Coolidge and The White Lotus were recognised at the Golden Globes 2023. (LA Times/Getty)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture made for Television

  • Jessica Chastain - George & Tammy

  • Julia Garner - Inventing Anna

  • Lily James - Pam & Tommy

  • Julia Roberts - Gaslit

  • WINNER: Amanda Seyfried - The Dropout

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture made for Television

  • Taron Egerton - Black Bird

  • Colin Firth - The Staircase

  • Andrew Garfield - Under the Banner of Heaven

  • WINNER: Evan Peters - Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

  • Sebastian Stan - Pam & Tommy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture made for Television

  • WINNER: Jennifer Coolidge - The White Lotus

  • Claire Danes - Fleishman is in Trouble

  • Daisy Edgar-Jones - Under the Banner of Heaven

  • Niecy Nash - Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

  • Aubrey Plaza - The White Lotus

Amanda Seyfried was honoured for portraying disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes in TV series The Dropout. (Hulu/Disney+)
Amanda Seyfried was honoured for portraying disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes in TV series The Dropout. (Hulu/Disney+)

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

  • WINNER: Paul Walter Hauser - Black Bird

  • Seth Rogen - Pam & Tommy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series

  • Elizabeth Debicki - The Crown

  • Hannah Einbinder - Hacks

  • WINNER: Julia Garner - Ozark

  • Janelle James - Abbott Elementary

  • Sheryl Lee Ralph - Abbott Elementary

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series

  • John Lithgow - The Old Man

  • Jonathan Pryce - The Crown

  • John Turturro - Severance

  • WINNER: Tyler James Williams - Abbott Elementary

  • Henry Winkler - Barry