All the world’s a stage—and Hamnet has taken yet another.
On January 11th, at the 2026 Golden Globes, the Shakespeare-based movie won Best Picture Drama. It beat out other nominees including Sentimental Value, Frankenstein, It Was Just an Accident, The Secret Agent, and Sinners. You can find a complete list of winners here.
Chloé Zhao was momentarily stunned when Hamnet was mentioned during the ceremony, which Nikki Glaser hosted. She quickly recovered and shared a heartwarming story about Paul Mescal while accepting the award onstage at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.
She recalled a conversation with Paul that morning. He had told her that writing Hamnet taught him a valuable lesson about being an artist: the importance of vulnerability. He explained that it’s about allowing yourself to be truly seen, flaws and all, and offering your whole self to the world, even the parts you’re embarrassed or afraid of.
The film Hamnet didn’t just win Best Picture Drama – Jessie Buckley also received the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama. She played Agnes Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, in this emotional family story.
Read on to see who else won big at the Golden Globes this year.
Chloé’s approach likely impressed producer Steven Spielberg, who publicly acknowledged her talent during a speech.
Spielberg shared his admiration for the book and explained why he believed only one director could truly bring it to life: the incredibly talented Chloé Zhao. He felt her vision was uniquely suited to tell the story of Agnes, Will, and the connection between them and the natural world.
I was absolutely thrilled to see Hamnet recognized, not just as Best Picture Drama, but also for Jessie Buckley’s incredible performance! She completely deserved the Best Female Actor award for her portrayal of Agnes Hathaway, Shakespeare’s wife. It was such a moving and powerful performance in a truly beautiful family drama.
Read on to see who else won big at the Golden Globes this year.
Adam Brody—Nobody Wants This
Steve Martin—Only Murders in the Building
Glen Powell—Chad Powers
WINNER: Seth Rogen—The Studio
Martin Short—Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White—The Bear
WINNER: Timothee Chalamet—Marty Supreme
George Clooney—Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio—One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke—Blue Moon
Lee Byung-Hun—No Other Choice
Jesse Plemons—Bugonia
Kathy Bates—Matlock
Britt Lower—Severance
Helen Mirran—Mobland
Bella Ramsey—The Last of Us
Keri Russell—The Diplomat
WINNER: Rhea Seehorn—Pluribus
Joel Edgerton—Train Dreams
Oscar Isaac—Frankenstein
Dwayne Johnson—The Smashing Machine
Michael B. Jordan—Sinners
WINNER: Wagner Moura—The Secret Agent
Jeremy Allen White—Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
WINNER: Jessie Buckley—Hamnet
Jennifer Lawrence—Die My Love
Renate Reinsve—Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts—After the Hunt
Tessa Thompson—Hedda
Eva Victor—Sorry, Baby
Marty Supreme
Bugonia
Blue Moon
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Kristen Bell—Nobody Wants This
Ayo Edebiri—The Bear
Natasha Lyonne—Poker Face
Selena Gomez—Only Murders in the Building
Jenna Ortega—Wednesday
WINNER: Jean Smart—Hacks
Sentimental Value
WINNER: Hamnet
Frankenstein
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
The Diplomat
WINNER: The Pitt
Pluribus
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus
Jacob Elordi—The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Paul Giamatti—Black Mirror
WINNER: Stephen Graham—Adolescence
Charlie Hunnam—Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Jude Law—Black Rabbit
Matthew Rhys—The Beast in Me
WINNER: Erin Doherty—Adolescence
Carrie Coon—The White Lotus
Hannah Einbender—Hacks
Catherine O’Hara—The Studio
Parker Posey—The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood—The White Lotus
Benecio del Toro—One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi—Frankenstein
Paul Mescal—Hamnet
Sean Penn—One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler—Jay Kelly
WINNER: Stellan Skarsgard—Sentimental Value
Sterling K. Brown—Paradise
Diego Luna—Andor
Gary Oldman—Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo—Task
Adam Scott—Severance
WINNER: Noah Wyle—The Pitt
WINNER: Owen Cooper—Adolescence
Billy Crudup—The Morning Show
Walton Goggins—The White Lotus
Jason Isaacs—The White Lotus
Tramell Tillman—Severance
Ashley Waters—Adolescence
“Dream as One”—Avatar: Fire and Ash; Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen
The team “Golden”—from K:Pop Demon Hunters, consisting of Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), and Mark Sonnenblick—was the winner.
“I Lied to You”—Sinners; Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson
“No Place Like Home”—Wicked: For Good; Stephen Schwartz
“The Girl in the Bubble”—Wicked: For Good; Stephen Scwartz
“Train Dreams”—Train Dreams; Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner
WINNER: Adolescence
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend
WINNER: Rose Byrne—If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You
Cynthia Erivo—Wicked: For Good
Kate Hudson—Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti—One Battle After Another
Amanda Seyfried—The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone—Bugonia
Claire Danes—The Beast in Me
Rashida Jones—Black Mirror
Amanda Seyfried—Long Bright River
Sarah Snook—All Her Fault
WINNER: Michelle Williams—Dying for Sex
Robin Wright—The Girlfriend
Emily Blunt—The Smashing Machine
Elle Fanning—Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande—Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas—Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan—Weapons
WINNER: Teyana Taylor—One Battle After Another
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
KPop Demon Hunters
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
WINNER: Sinners
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2
Arco
WINNER: Demon Slayer: Kimestu No Yaiba Infinity Castle
Elio
Little Amelie or The Character of the Rain
KPop Demon Hunters
Zootopia 2
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
WINNER: The Studio
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson—One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler—Sinners
Guillermo del Toro—Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi—It Was an Accident
Joachim Trier—Sentimental Value
Chloe Zhao—Hamnet
WINNER: One Battle After Another—Paul Thomas Anderson
Marty Supreme—Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein
Sinners—Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident—Jafar Panahi
Sentimental Value—Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Hamnet—Chloe Zhao, Maggie O’ Farrell
- Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard
- Call Her Daddy
- WINNER: Good Hang With Amy Poehler
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- SmartLess
- Up First
Alexandre Desplat—Frankenstein
WINNER: Ludwig Göransson—Sinners
Jonny Greenwood—One Battle After Another
Kangding Ray—Sirat
Max Richter—Hamnet
Hans Simmer—F1
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
Sentimental Value
WINNER: The Secret Agent
Sirat
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- Brett Goldstein, “Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life”
- Kevin Hart, “Kevin Hart: Acting My Age”
- Kumail Nanjiani, “Kumail Nanjiani, Night Thoughts”
- WINNER: Ricky Gervais, “Ricky Gervais: Mortality”
- Sarah Silverman, “Sarah Silverman: Postmortem”
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Helen Mirren
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