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BRITISH actors suffered a disappointing night at The Golden Globe Awards 2025.

Overnight, shock wins saw Demi Moore become a first-time winner aged 62 after scooping the gong for Best Actress while stars including Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman lost out to Fernanda Torres.

Cynthia Erivo at the Golden Globe Awards.
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Wicked star Cynthia Erivo failed to win a Golden Globe for her portrayal as the Wicked WitchCredit: EPA
Jessica Gunning holding a Golden Globe award.
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Jessica Gunning won best female supporting actress for Baby ReindeerCredit: Getty
Kate Winslet and Eddie Redmayne at the Golden Globe Awards.
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Kate Winslet and Eddie Redmayne both lost out on awardsCredit: Getty
Daniel Craig at the Golden Globe Awards.
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Daniel Craig was beaten to best actor by Adrien BrodyCredit: Getty
Hugh Grant, Emilie Livingston, and Jeff Goldblum at the Golden Globes.
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Hugh Grant puts on a brave face with Emilie Livingston and Jeff GoldblumCredit: Getty

However, luck was not on the side of actors and filmmakers from the UK who only managed to pick up a handful of gongs.

Despite triumph from Netflix's hit show Baby Reindeer, British stars including Daniel Craig, Hugh Grant and Eddie Redmayne all failed to win.

Wicked's Cynthia Erivo, Kate Winslet, Tilda Swinton, Gary Oldman, Ewan McGregor and Jack Lowden also missed out.

The day was saved by Baby Reindeer which won Best Limited TV series, accepted by creator Richard Gadd who lost to Colin Farrell in the category for best performance by a male actor in a limited or anthology series or TV film.

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His British co-star Jessica Gunning won best female supporting actress in the television category for the dark comedy inspired by the creator's claims of being stalked and sexually assaulted.

The 38-year-old said in her acceptance speech: “Thank you to Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer has changed my life in ways that I can’t even explain.

"I know the eight-year-old me would be chuffed to bits.";

Despite rave reviews, Hugh Grant was snubbed for Best Actor - musical or comedy - with Sebastian Stan taking the award home for A Different Man.

Queer's Daniel Craig missed out on Best Actor for drama against Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown with Adrien Brody in The Brutalist winning the competitive category.

Twice-nominated Kate Winslet left empty-handed as did Eddie Redmayne for his role in The Day of the Jackal.

Zoe Saldana bizarrely crashes Golden Globes stage for Best Song speech as 'embarrassed' fans beg star to 'sit down'

Elsewhere, American actress Zoe Saldana took home her first Golden Globe award after being named Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture (musical/comedy) for her role in Emilia Pérez.

However, later in the evening, she left some fans raging after bizarrely crashing the stage as the winners of a different category were being announced.

And Challengers star Zendaya, who had been nominated in the best actress category, sparked engagement rumours after sporting a huge diamond on her left ring finger.

Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead at the Golden Globe Awards.
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Ewan McGregor and his wife Mary Elizabeth WinsteadCredit: Rex
Gary Oldman at the Golden Globe Awards.
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Gary Oldman was nominated for a TV gong for Slow HorsesCredit: Getty
Jack Lowden at the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.
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Scottish actor Jack Lowden has been previously tipped to play James BondCredit: The Mega Agency

Top gongs at The Golden Globe Awards 2025

HERE are the winners of some of the biggest awards of the night:

Best film - drama

  • WINNER: The Brutalist
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Nickel Boys
  • September 5

Best film - musical or comedy

  • WINNER: Emilia Pérez
  • Anora
  • Challengers
  • A Real Pain
  • The Substance
  • Wicked

Best animated film

  • WINNER: Flow
  • Inside Out 2
  • Memoir of a Snail
  • Moana 2
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • The Wild Robot

Cinematic and box office achievement

  • WINNER: Wicked
  • Alien: Romulus
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • Deadpool & Wolverine
  • Gladiator II
  • Inside Out 2
  • Twisters
  • The Wild Robot

Best actress - drama

  • WINNER: Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here
  • Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
  • Angelina Jolie, Maria
  • Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
  • Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
  • Kate Winslet, Lee

Best actor - drama

  • WINNER: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
  • Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
  • Daniel Craig, Queer
  • Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
  • Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
  • Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best actress - musical or comedy

  • WINNER: Demi Moore, The Substance
  • Amy Adams, Nightbitch
  • Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
  • Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
  • Mikey Madison, Anora
  • Zendaya, Challengers

Best actor - musical or comedy

  • WINNER: Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
  • Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
  • Hugh Grant, Heretic
  • Gabriel LaBelle, Saturday Night
  • Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
  • Glen Powell, Hit Man

Best supporting actress

  • WINNER: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
  • Ariana Grande, Wicked
  • Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
  • Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
  • Margaret Qualley, The Substance
  • Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

Best supporting actor

  • WINNER: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
  • Yura Borisov, Anora
  • Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
  • Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
  • Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
  • Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
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