Golden Globe Predictions 2024 – Actress: Comedy/Musical

Awards Season is well and truly underway and the nominees for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards are to be announced on Monday 11th December. The Golden Globes are one of the major precursors when determining which films will be big players at the upcoming Academy Awards. Other precursors to come in the next few months include: The BAFTA, SAG, Critic’s Choice, DGA and PGA awards.

The Golden Globes are ran by the Hollywood Foreign Press and they split the film categories into two: Drama and Musical/Comedy. This is also the case for the lead actor categories which enables more acting hopefuls to get nominated. Now with the increased number of nominees from five to six, we will hopefully see an increase in diversity amongst the acting nominees this year. The actress category is far more competitive than the men’s in comedy/musical this year with; Emma Stone, Margot Robbie, Fantasia Barrino and Natalie Portman, all looking to score Oscar nominations in 2024. The Golden Globe’s reputation for going for household names will likely see the inclusion over Jennifer Lawrence and Julia Louis-Dreyfus over the likes of newcomers, Ayo Edibiri and Abby Ryder Fortson.

A major change from the HFPA this year is the increase from five to six nominees per category.

Below is my current and possibly final predictions for Golden Globe nominees in Lead Actress – Comedy/Musical:

Predicted Six

1. Emma Stone (Poor Things)
2. Margot Robbie (Barbie)
3. Fantasia Barrino (The Colour Purple)
4. Natalie Portman (May December)
5. Jennifer Lawrence (No Hard Feelings)
6. Julia Louis-Dreyfus (You Hurt My feelings)

Possible Contenders

1. Halle Bailey (The Little Mermaid)
2. Eve Hewson (Flora and Son)
3. Abby Ryder Fortson (Are You there God? It’s Me, Margaret)
4. Ayo Edibiri (Bottoms)
5. Rachel Sennott (Bottoms)

Outsiders

1. Emily Blunt (Pain Hustlers)
2. Awkwafina (Quiz Lady)
3. Jane Fonda (Moving On)
4. Michelle Williams (Showing Up)
5. Sandra Oh (Quiz Lady)