Irish Actresses Saoirse Ronan And Caitriona Balfe Nominated For Golden Globes

Monaghan native Caitriona Balfe is one of the nominees announced today for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards. The former model was nominated for her leading role in historical science fiction drama Outlander.?Balfe’s co-star Tobias Menzies was nominated in the best supporting actor in a drama category. Other noteworthy Irish nominees include Emma Donoghue for her adapted screenplay for Room. That movie’s lead actress Brie Larson ?also nabbed a nomination. The movie, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, also received a nomination for best motion picture in the drama category.

Michael Fassbender is up for best actor in a drama. His portrayal of Steve Jobs has been widely acclaimed. Leonardo DiCaprio and Eddie Redmayne are in the same category. And the fabulous?Saoirse Ronan is up for best actress for the delectable Brooklyn.

In Gal Pal news, Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence are both nominated for best actress in a comedy or musical, for Trainwreck and Joy respectively. Expect some funny Instagram shenanigans on the night. In fact, Schumer has already started with this adorable #TBT.

Me with my first globe predicting this moment #tbt Holy hell! Thank you Hollywood foreign press!! This is a dream.

A photo posted by @amyschumer on Dec 10, 2015 at 6:05am PST

Here’s the full list of?nominees.

Best motion picture – drama

Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – drama

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – drama

Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Best motion picture – comedy or musical

The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture – comedy or musical

Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture – musical or comedy

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Lily Tomlin, Grandma

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture

Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture

Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beast of No Nation
Mark Rylance, The Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best director

Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian

Best screenplay

Room
Spotlight
The Big Short
Steve Jobs
The Hateful Eight

Best foreign language film

The Brand New Testament
The Club
The Fencer
Mustang
Son of Saul

Best animated feature film

Anomalisa
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Good Dinosaur
Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie

Best original song

Love Me Like You Do, Fifty Shades of Grey
One Kind of Love, Love & Mercy
See You Again, Fast and Furious 7
Simple Sound #3, Youth
Writing’s on the Wall, Spectre

Best original score

Carol
The Danish Girl
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Best television series – drama

Empire
Game of Thrones
Mr Robot
Narcos
Outlander

Best performance by an actor in a television series – drama

Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Rami Malek, Mr Robot
Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Best television series – comedy

Casual
Mozart in the Jungle
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Best performance by an actor in a television series – musical or comedy

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Will Forte, Last Man on Earth
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk

Best performance by an actress in a television series – musical or comedy

Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Best performance by an actress in a television series – drama

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Taraji P Henson, Empire
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best performance by an actress in a miniseries or motion picture made for television

Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
Sarah Hay,
Felicity Huffman,
Kirsten Dunst,
Queen Latifah, Bessie

Best performance by an actor in a miniseries or motion picture made for television

Idris Elba, Luther
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Patrick Wilson, Fargo

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television

Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Regina King, American Crime
Judith Light, Transparent
Maura Tierney, The Affair

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries or motion picture made for television

Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodlines
Tobias Menzies, Outlander
Christian Slater, Mr Robot

Best miniseries or motion picture made for television

American Crime
American Horror Story: Hotel
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
Wolf Hall