Elle Fanning towers over boyfriend Gus Wenner at Golden Globe Awards 2026

Elle Fanning towered over her boyfriend Gus Wenner as the glamorous couple made their entrance at the 2026 Golden Globes on Sunday in Los Angeles.

The Emmy-nominated actress, 27, and media exec, 35, have been romantically-linked since 2023, when they were spotted holding hands during a public outing.

On Sunday, Wenner donned a black tuxedo on the red carpet, while the 5-foot-9 Elle was clad in a gray Gucci gown with blue highlights. 

She rounded out her luxe ensemble with a diamond necklace, with her blonde locks parted in the middle. 

Fanning had been nominated in the category of Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for Sentimental Value. She fell short in her bid, as One Battle After Another's Teyana Taylor won in the category.

The annual award show marks the venue where the couple first chose to emerge publicly with one another, as they walked the red carpet together in 2024.

Both posted sweet messages to one another last Valentine’s Day, as they Conyers, Georgia-born beauty shared multiple photos of the couple together. 

She captioned the set of pics, ‘Happy Valentine's Love of my Life. I got your back always.'

Wenner posted a lighthearted clip of his lady love with the caption, 'Everyday is valentines day my love you are my heart.'

Both Elle and Gus come from prominent show business families, as Elle is the younger sister of actress Dakota Fanning, 31.

Gus is the son of Rolling Stone magazine cofounder Jann Wenner, 80, and currently serving as the publication's executive chairman.

The 83rd Golden Globe Awards have brought together some of the brightest stars in film and television at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday.

Comedian Nikki Glaser will be serving as the master of ceremonies for the second year in a row as she will no doubt have A-listers shaking as she will be bringing her shocking no-holds-barred sense of humor to her hosting duties.

'Hosting the Golden Globes this year was without a doubt the most fun I have ever had in my career,' Glaser, 41, said in a March statement. 'I can't wait to do it again, and this time in front of the team from The White Lotus who will finally recognize my talent and cast me in season 4 as a Scandinavian Pilates instructor with a shadowy past.'  

When it comes to the nominations it is One Battle After Another who leads the pack with a whopping nine nominations.

The Leonardo DiCaprio-starring epic picked up nods in the film categories including Best Picture, Director and Screenwriter, a Best Actor nod for its lead and Supporting Actor recognitions for Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn. 

It will compete against Blue Moon, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice and Nouvelle Vague in the Best Picture - Musical Or Comedy category, with Wicked: For Good a shock snub. 

Over in Best Picture - Drama, Frankenstein, Hamnet, It Was Just An Accident, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Values and Sinners go head to head.

Meanwhile in the TV categories, Netflix smash hit Adolescence built on its success at the Emmys with nods for all of its stars - Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty and 16-year-old Owen Cooper all received nominations alongside a surprise selection for Ashley Walters. 

The show also picked up a nod in the Best Limited TV Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for TV category, alongside All Her Fault, The Beast in Me, Black Mirror, Dying for Sex and The Girlfriend bringing its total to five nominations.

The White Lotus narrowly beat Adolescence with six nods though, most of which came from the acting categories thanks to its all-star cast.

The major ceremony in the awards season calendar honors the best of film, TV and, for the first time this year, podcasts, across 28 categories. 

This year, all 28 award categories have six nominees, with the exception of Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, which features eight. 

One of the most contentious categories surely will be Best Male Actor – Television – Drama with Sterling K. Brown for Paradise, Diego Luna for Andor, Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Mark Ruffalo for Task, Adam Scott for Severance and Noah Wyle for The Pitt all up for the gong.

Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty both received acting nominations. Owen, 16, landed a nod in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role — TV Series, Limited series or TV Movie.

He will compete against his co-star Ashley Walters as well as Billy Crudup, The Morning Show, Walton Goggins, The White Lotus, Jason Isaac, The White Lotus and Tramell Tillman, Severance.

Erin is up against fellow Brit Aimee Lou Wood for The White Lotus in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role — TV Series, Limited series or TV Movie.

Also in the category is Carrie Coon, The White Lotus, Hannah Einbinder, Hacks, Catherine O'Hara, The Studio and Parker Posey, The White Lotus.

Irish actor Paul Mescal has secured a nomination in the Best Supporting Male Actor – Motion Picture category, competing against Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another, Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein, Paul Mescal, Hamnet, Sean Penn, One Battle After Another, Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly and Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value.

Best Screenplay saw Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme, Ryan Coogler, Sinners, Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident and Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet.

Elsewhere in the film categories, Joachim Trier’s Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value scored eight nominations, just behind One Battle After Another.

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners got seven nods and Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet nabbed five total nods tying its total with that of Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good.

Wicked's sequel was the surprise snub as it missed out in the Best Musical or Comedy category. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were recognised in the acting categories though.  

Other notable snubs included Sydney Sweeney's lack of nomination for Christy in the Best Actress (drama) category, with Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love), Tessa Thompson (Hedda) and Julia Roberts (After The Hunt) included alongside surprise star Eva Victor for her performance in the independent US film Sorry, Baby.

Irish actress Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), who is seen as the front-runner, completes the category.

Kathryn Bigelow of Netflix nuclear thriller A House of Dynamite failed to pick up a single nomination as did Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On?

Timothee Chalamet is hoping for his first Globes win after four previous nominations and missing out on a tipped win last year for his performance in A Complete Unknown. He earned the Best Actor award at The Critics Choice Awards last week.

This year he is up in the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category for Marty Supreme.

One winner has already been announced as Dame Helen Mirren will be the recipient of the Cecil B DeMille Golden Globe for lifetime achievement.

Dame Helen will be presented with the prestigious gong, whose previous recipients  include Meryl Streep, Alfred Hitchcock and last year's winner Viola Davis, in a ceremony on January 8, three days before the main Golden Globes take place.

'Helen Mirren is a force of nature, and her career is nothing short of extraordinary,' said Helen Hoehne, president of the Golden Globes. 

'Her transcendent performances and commitment to her craft continue to inspire generations of artists and audiences alike. It is a profound honour to present her with the Cecil B DeMille award.'