Irish actress Caitriona Balfe receives fourth Golden Globes nomination

Award season is upon us and already Ireland are making their mark this year; Monaghan actress Caitriona Balfe has received a Golden Globes nomination for the fourth year in a row, while Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, an Irish production from Element Pictures, has secured five nominations for the 2019 Golden Globes.

Balfe is a Globes regular at this stage with a fourth nomination as best actress in a television series, for her turn in the popular time-travelling adventure Outlander – a series that has a massive fan base across the pond in particular. The actress expressed her delight on social media, saying she was “completely shocked” at the news.

Wow, thoroughly shocked and completely ecstatic to hear I am among the nominees for this years @goldenglobes A HUGE thank you to the HFPA for their continued support and a HUGE congratulations to Julia, Elizabeth, Sandra and Keri, I am beyond proud to be in your company. But 1/2

— Caitriona Balfe (@caitrionambalfe) December 6, 2018

The producers of The Favourite have said they were thrilled that the film, which received five nods, was the second most nominated film after Adam McKay’s Vice, which scored a surprise six mentions. Their count is notably alongside A Star is Born, which also received five nominations.

“It’s absolutely brilliant for the film,” Ed Guiney, the producer of The Favourite, told the Irish Times. “Getting these nominations is a very important way of telling audiences: this is a film you should see this year.” As the Golden Globes are often a key indicator as to which films will receive Oscar nominations, this is a strong sign that the movie will achieve similar success at the Academy Awards.

Fellow actress Saoirse Ronan missed out on any nods this year, despite being tipped to receive one for her acclaimed performance in the title role of Mary Queen of Scots.

Of all the films deemed a shoo-in to win, A Star is Born, currently the second-highest-grossing film of 2018 in Ireland, is expected to take home all its gongs.

The Golden Globes will air on January 6th, 2019.

Here’s the list of main nominated categories:

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Barry

Good Place

Kidding

Kaminsky Method

Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series

Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects

Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace

Thandie Newton, Westworld

Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Barry

The Good Place

Kidding

The Komsinky Method

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Leading TV actor – Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen, Who Is America?

Jim Carrey, Kidding

Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method

Donald Glover, Atlanta Robbin’

Bill Hader, Barry

Best Actress in a TV series – Comedy

Kristen Bell, The Good Place

Candice Bergen,

Allison Brie, GLOW

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvellous Mrs Maisel

Debra Messing, Will & Grace

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Roma

The Favourite

If Beale Street Could Talk

Vice

Green Book

Best Actress in a Limited Series 

Amy Adams, Sharp Objects

Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora

Connie Britton, Dirty John

Laura Dern, The Tale

Regina King, Seven Seconds

Best Actress in a TV series – Drama

Catriona Balfe, Outlander

Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale

Sandra Oh, Killing Eve

Julia Roberts, Homecoming

Keri Russell, The Americans

Best Actor in a Film – Comedy or Musical

Christian Bale, Vice

Lin Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns

Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun

John C Reilly, Stan & Ollie

Best Director

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

Alfonso Cuaron, Roma

Peter Farrelly, Green Book

Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman

Adam McKay, Vice

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy

Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman

Richard E Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Sam Rockwell, Vice

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Glenn Close, The Wife

Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born

Nicole Kidman, Destroyer

Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Rosamund Pike, A Private War

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy

Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns

Olivia Colman, The Favourite

Charlize Theron, Tully

Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade

Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate

Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased

Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

Crazy Rich Asians

The Favourite

Green Book

Mary Poppins Returns

Vice

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

“All the Stars”, Black Panther

“Girl in the Movies”, DUMPLIN’

“Requiem for a Private War”, A Private War

“Revelation”, Boy Erased

“Shallow”, A Star Is Born

Best Actress in a Supporting Role 

Amy Adams, Vice

Claire Foy, First Man

Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Emma Stone, The Favourite

Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Television Series – Drama

The Americans

Bodyguard

Homecoming

Killing Eve

Pose

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Black Panther

BlacKkKlansman

Bohemian Rhapsody

If Beale Streat Could Talk

A Star Is Born