Golden Globes 2015: Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne nominated for Best Actor with Keira Knightley up for Best Supporting Actress

The Imitation Game is up for five awards with The Theory of Everything nominated for four
Nominees: Benedict, Keira and Eddie are all up for awards (Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for DCP)
Emma Powell11 December 2014
The Weekender

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Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne will go head to head for the Best Actor Golden Globe for their roles in The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything.

The Imitation Game is up for five awards including Keira Knightley's nomination for Best Supporting Actress while The Theory of Everything is up for four including Felicity Jones' nomination for Best Actress.

Period drama Downton Abbey - which welcomed Hollywood star George Clooney on to the set for a charity special - is up for Best Series Drama with actress Joanne Froggatt up for Best Supporting Actress, while Fargo has been nominated for five awards with Martin Freeman up for Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie.

Angelina Jolie's war drama Unbroken received no nominations, while Christopher Nolan's space epic Interstellar only received one for Han Zimmer's score.

Nominations for the 72nd Annual Golden Globes were announced by Kate Beckinsale, Peter Krause, Paula Patton and Jeremy Piven early this morning. The four stars took to the stage to announce the nominees for the awards event which will be hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the third year on Sunday 11 January.

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Best Film

Selma

Best comedy or musical

Into the Woods

Best actress, comedy, musical

Amy Adams - Big Eyes

Emily Blunt - Into the Woods

Helen Mirren - The Hundred-Foot Journey

Julianne Moore - Maps to the Stars

Quvenzhané Wallis - Annie

Best supporting actor

Robert Duvall - The Judge

Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

Edward Norton - Birdman

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

JK Simmons - Whiplash

Best score

Alexandre Desplat - The Imitation Game

Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything

Trent Reznor – Gone Girl

Antonio Sanchez - Birdman

Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

Best song

Big Eyes – Big Eyes (Lana Del Ray)

Glory – Selma (John Legend, Common)

Mercy Is – Noah (Patty Smith, Lenny Kaye)

Opportunity – Annie

Yellow Flicker Beat – Hunger Games, Mockingjay Pt 1 (Lorde)

Best director

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Ava Duvernay - Selma

David Fincher - Gone Girl

Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman

Richard Linklater - Boyhood

Best actor, drama

Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game

Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

David Oyelowo - Selma

Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Best supporting actress

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year

Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Emma Stone - Birdman

Meryl Streep - Into the Woods

Best actress, drama

Jennifer Aniston, Cake

Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best actor, comedy or musical

Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Michael Keaton - Birdman

Bill Murray - St. Vincent

Joaquin Pheonix - Inherent Vice

Christoph Waltz - Big Eyes

Best animation

Big Hero 6

The Book of Life

The Boxtrolls

How to Train Your Dragon 2

The LEGO Movie

Best Screenplay

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo - Birdman

Richard Linklater - Boyhood

Graham Moore - The Imitation Game

Best foreign language film

Force Majeure

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

Ida

Leviathan

Tangerine Manderin

Television

Best series, drama

The Affair

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

The Good Wife

House of Cards

Best actress, drama series

Claire Danes – Homeland

Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder

Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife

Ruth Wilson – The Affair

Robin Wright – House of Cards

Best actor, drama series

Clive Owen - The Knick

Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan

Kevin Spacey - House of Cards

James Spader - The Black List

Dominic West - The Affair

Best series, comedy or musical

Girls

Jane the Virgin

Orange is the New Black

Silicon Valley

Transparent

Best actress in a comedy or musical series

Lena Dunham – Girls

Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie

Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin

Julia Louis Dreyfuss – Veep

Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black

Best actor in a comedy or musical series

Don Cheadle – House of Lies

Ricky Gervais – Derek

Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

Louis CK – Louie

William H. Macy – Shameless

Best mini-series or TV movie

Fargo

The Missing

True Detective

The Normal Heart

Olive Kitteridge

Best actress in a mini-series or TV movie

Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honorable Woman

Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Freak Show

Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge

Frances O’Connor - The Missing

Allison Tolman - Fargo

Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie

Martin Freeman - Fargo

Woody Harrelson - True Detective

Matthew McConaughey - True Detective

Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart

Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo

Best supporting actress

Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black

Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Freak Show

Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey

Allison Janney – Mom

Michelle Monaghan – True Detective

Best supporting actor

Matt Bomer - The Normal Heart

Alan Cumming - The Good Wife

Colin Hanks - Fargo

Bill Murray - Olive Kitteridge

Jon Voight - Ray Donovan

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