Golden Globes 2026 as it happened: Rose Byrne gets a win as One Battle After Another and Adolescence clean up

Byrne was the only one of the Australian nominees to win at the awards. Also in contention were Jacob Elordi (both Frankenstein and The Narrow Road to the Deep North), Sarah Snook (All Her Fault), Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams) and Nick Cave (also Train Dreams).

How was Nikki Glaser as host?

Host Nikki Glaser played it safe during troubled times in the US but was funny as she poked barbs at Hollywood stars, joking in her opening monologue that Leonardo DiCaprio had achieved so much before his girlfriend turned 30.

Who were the big winners in film?

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won best film (comedy or musical) and three other awards: best director, screenplay and supporting actress for Teyana Taylor. Hamnet won best film (drama) and best actress for Jessie Buckley. Timothee Chalamet won best actor in a motion picture (musical or comedy) for Marty Supreme, while Brazil’s Wagner Moura won the drama equivalent for The Secret Agent.

Julia Roberts was beaten by Jessie Buckley but brought the audience to their feet – she’s now a beloved Hollywood veteran – when she presented late in the ceremony. Stellan Skarsgård won best supporting actor for Sentimental Value.

Which TV shows won?

The television categories were dominated by Adolescence, which won best limited series (drama) and three acting awards for young Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty. One of the awards’ most stirring speeches was by Jack Thorne, who created the show with Graham.

The other big TV winners were the intense medica drama The Pitt, which won best TV drama and best actor in a TV drama for Noah Wyle, and Hollywood satire The Studio, which won best TV series (musical or comedy) and best actor in the category for Seth Rogen.

Read our full wrap of the awards – including Rose Byrne’s pathway to Oscars glory – here.

“There’s only one filmmaker on the planet who could tell this story … and that was the exceptional, exceptional Chloé Zhao,” Hamnet producer and legendary director Steven Spielberg said before handing the mic to Zhao.

“Paul [Mescal] said this morning that making Hamnet made him realise the most important thing about being an artist is learning to be vulnerable enough to allow ourselves to be seen for who we are and not who we ought to be,” she said.

“To give ourselves fully to the world, even the parts we’re ashamed of, that we’re afraid of.”

She gave special mention to Sinners’ Ryan Coogler (whom she apparently taught how to make a fire? I’d love to know the story behind that fun fact) and her other fellow nominees, saying she has watched them become “so strong and tender at the same time”.

“I salute your bravery and dedication. Let’s keep our hearts open and keep allowing ourselves to be seen,” she said.

Open hearts and dedication – how very Hamnet. And how apt (if not slightly saccharine) an ending for an awards show with very few surprises.