Brendan Gleeson and Normal People receive Golden Globe nominations

The Golden Globe nominations are in with Irish actor Brendan Gleeson nominated for a best actor gong for his portrayal of Donald Trump in The Comey Rule.

Normal People, the hit television series based on Irish author Sally Rooney's novel, is up for best limited television series while Daisy Edgar-Jones, who starred in the show alongside Paul Mescal, is up for a best actress award.

Meanwhile, Irish animation Wolfwalkers is nominated for Best Motion Picture (Animated).

Co-directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, and written by Will Collins, Wolfwalkers is the third instalment of the animated Irish folklore trilogy from the internationally renowned animation studio Cartoon Saloon, based in Kilkenny. The Apple Original film was produced by Paul Young, Nora Twomey and Tomm Moore for Cartoon Saloon and by Stéphan Roelants for Melusine Productions.

The Crown, Lovecraft Country, The Mandalorian, Ozark and Ratched are up for Best Television Series,

Emily in Paris, The Flight Attendant, The Great, Schitt's Creek and Ted Lasso are nominated for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy nominees.

Riz Ahmed was recognised for his portrayal of a punk drummer battling hearing loss in Sound Of Metal, Carey Mulligan for her leading role in revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, and Vanessa Kirby for playing a grieving mother in Pieces Of A Woman.

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Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin also scored nominations in the acting categories.

Best drama picture nominees are The Father, Mank, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman and The Trial Of The Chicago 7.

And best musical/comedy nominees include Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Hamilton, Palm Springs, The Prom, and Music.

In the best drama film actress, Mulligan and Kirby are up against Viola Davis for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Andra Day for The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, and Frances McDormand for Nomadland.

Sacha Baron Cohen has been nominated in the best supporting actor category for his turn in The Trial Of The Chicago 7.

He is up against Daniel Kaluuya for Judas And The Black Messiah, alongside Jared Leto for The Little Things, Bill Murray for On The Rocks, and Leslie Odom Jr for One Night In Miami.

James Corden is nominated in the best actor in a musical comedy category for The Prom, alongside Baron Cohen for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, and Dev Patel for The Personal History Of David Copperfield.

In the TV categories, Fennell’s The Crown co-stars were recognised, with nominations for Olivia Colman, Josh O’Connor and Corrin.

Colman was recognised for playing the Queen, while O’Connor and Corrin were nominated for their portrayal of a marriage in crisis as the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Nominations were announced during a virtual ceremony hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P Henson.

The 78th Golden Globes will be broadcast from New York and Los Angeles for the first time, with comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler splitting the bi-coastal hosting duties.

Fey will be live from Rockefeller Centre in Manhattan, while Poehler will present from the ceremony’s usual home of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California on February 28th.

Here's the full list of nominations: