Golden Globes: Why Amanda Seyfried Says Kids Make Choosing Work Harder

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Amanda Seyfried Shares Why Her Kids Make Choosing Hollywood Projects Harder

Amanda Seyfried knew that in time, her career was going to change.

As the actress celebrated her double nomination at the 2026 Golden Globes for The Testament of Ann Lee and Long Bright River, she detailed how welcoming her and husband Thomas Sadoski's kids Nina, 8, and Thomas, 5, changed her perspective on which projects to take on.

"To be recognized for anything,” Amanda exclusively shared in a joint interview with director Mona Fastvold  on Live From E!: Golden Globes 2026 on Jan. 11 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., "especially as you get older and the choices are harder to make because you're away from your kids, is so sweet." (See more celebs on the red carpet here.)

The 40-year-old, who was nominated in Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture for Musical/Comedy and Best Female Actor in a Television for Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture, couldn't have been more thrilled to conclude the evening with two nods in very stacked categories at the Nikki Glaser-hosted event.

"I think one nomination offsets the other," she teased, "so I'm less nervous in a way which maybe doesn't make sense, but it's making me feel good." (Rose Byrne won for If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You and Michelle Williams earned gold for Dying for Sex.)

For Amanda, bringing Ann Lee to life in the film was life-changing—both personally and professionally.

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"Heart opening," she said of the experience, "even, as a singer, the 'awe' vowel was so hard, but I was able to access it because my body was open as well."

"I almost walked differently because of this movie," she admitted. "This movie changed my life and it's interesting to move differently through a character for so long. It becomes part of you more than any other character."

To see all the stars who were nominated and those who took home gold at the 2026 Golden Globes, keep reading.

Best Male Actor – Television – Musical/Comedy

Adam Brody—Nobody Wants This

Steve Martin—Only Murders in the Building

Glen Powell—Chad Powers

WINNER: Seth Rogen—The Studio

Martin Short—Only Murders in the Building

Jeremy Allen White—The Bear

Best Male Actor – Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy

WINNER: Timothee Chalamet—Marty Supreme

George Clooney—Jay Kelly

Leonardo DiCaprio—One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke—Blue Moon

Lee Byung-Hun—No Other Choice

Jesse Plemons—Bugonia

Best Female Actor – Television – Drama

Kathy Bates—Matlock 

Britt Lower—Severance

Helen Mirran—Mobland

Bella Ramsey—The Last of Us

Keri Russell—The Diplomat

WINNER: Rhea Seehorn—Pluribus

Best Male Actor – Motion Picture – Drama

Joel Edgerton—Train Dreams

Oscar Isaac—Frankenstein

Dwayne Johnson—The Smashing Machine

Michael B. Jordan—Sinners

WINNER: Wagner Moura—The Secret Agent

Jeremy Allen White—Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Best Female Actor – Motion Picture – Drama

WINNER: Jessie Buckley—Hamnet

Jennifer Lawrence—Die My Love

Renate Reinsve—Sentimental Value

Julia Roberts—After the Hunt

Tessa Thompson—Hedda

Eva Victor—Sorry, Baby

Best Picture – Musical or Comedy

Marty Supreme

Bugonia 

Blue Moon

No Other Choice

Nouvelle Vague

WINNER: One Battle After Another

Best Female Actor – Television – Musical/Comedy

Kristen Bell—Nobody Wants This

Ayo Edebiri—The Bear

Natasha Lyonne—Poker Face

Selena Gomez—Only Murders in the Building

Jenna Ortega—Wednesday

WINNER: Jean Smart—Hacks

Best Picture—Drama

Sentimental Value

WINNER: Hamnet

Frankenstein

It Was Just an Accident

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Best Drama Series—Television

The Diplomat

WINNER: The Pitt

Pluribus

Severance

Slow Horses

The White Lotus

Best Male Actor – Television – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

Jacob Elordi—The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Paul Giamatti—Black Mirror

WINNER: Stephen Graham—Adolescence

Charlie Hunnam—Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Jude Law—Black Rabbit

Matthew Rhys—The Beast in Me

Best Supporting Female Actor – Television

WINNER: Erin Doherty—Adolescence

Carrie Coon—The White Lotus

Hannah Einbender—Hacks

Catherine O'Hara—The Studio

Parker Posey—The White Lotus

Aimee Lou Wood—The White Lotus

Best Supporting Male Actor—Motion Picture

Benecio del Toro—One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi—Frankenstein

Paul Mescal—Hamnet

Sean Penn—One Battle After Another

Adam Sandler—Jay Kelly

WINNER: Stellan Skarsgard—Sentimental Value

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Sterling K. Brown—Paradise 

Diego Luna—Andor

Gary Oldman—Slow Horses 

Mark Ruffalo—Task

Adam Scott—Severance

WINNER: Noah Wyle—The Pitt

Best Supporting Male Actor – Television

WINNER: Owen Cooper—Adolescence

Billy Crudup—The Morning Show

Walton Goggins—The White Lotus

Jason Isaacs—The White Lotus

Tramell Tillman—Severance

Ashley Waters—Adolescence

Best Original Song—Motion Picture

"Dream as One"—Avatar: Fire and Ash; Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen

WINNER: "Golden"—K:Pop Demon Hunters; Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick

"I Lied to You"—Sinners; Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson

"No Place Like Home"—Wicked: For Good; Stephen Schwartz 

"The Girl in the Bubble"—Wicked: For Good; Stephen Scwartz 

"Train Dreams"—Train Dreams; Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

WINNER: Adolescence

All Her Fault

The Beast in Me

Black Mirror

Dying for Sex

The Girlfriend

Best Female Actor – Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy

WINNER: Rose Byrne—If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You

Cynthia Erivo—Wicked: For Good

Kate Hudson—Song Sung Blue

Chase Infiniti—One Battle After Another

Amanda Seyfried—The Testament of Ann Lee

Emma Stone—Bugonia

Best Female Actor – Television – Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

Claire Danes—The Beast in Me

Rashida Jones—Black Mirror

Amanda Seyfried—Long Bright River

Sarah Snook—All Her Fault

WINNER: Michelle Williams—Dying for Sex

Robin Wright—The Girlfriend

Best Supporting Female Actor – Motion Picture

Emily Blunt—The Smashing Machine

Elle Fanning—Sentimental Value

Ariana Grande—Wicked: For Good

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas—Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan—Weapons

WINNER: Teyana Taylor—One Battle After Another

Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Avatar: Fire and Ash

F1

KPop Demon Hunters

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

WINNER: Sinners

Weapons 

Wicked: For Good

Zootopia 2

Best Animated Motion Picture

Arco

Demon Slayer: Kimestu No Yaiba Infinity Castle

Elio 

Little Amelie or The Character of the Rain

WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters

Zootopia 2

Best Musical or Comedy Series—Television

Abbott Elementary

The Bear

Hacks

Nobody Wants This

Only Murders in the Building

WINNER: The Studio

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Best Director - Motion Picture

WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson—One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler—Sinners

Guillermo del Toro—Frankenstein

Jafar Panahi—It Was an Accident

Joachim Trier—Sentimental Value

Chloe Zhao—Hamnet

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Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

WINNER: One Battle After Another—Paul Thomas Anderson

Marty Supreme—Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein 

Sinners—Ryan Coogler

It Was Just an Accident—Jafar Panahi 

Sentimental Value—Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Hamnet—Chloe Zhao, Maggie O' Farrell

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Best Podcast 

  • Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard
  • Call Her Daddy
  • WINNER: Good Hang With Amy Poehler
  • The Mel Robbins Podcast
  • SmartLess
  • Up First

Kevork Djansezian/CBS

Best Score - Motion Picture

Alexandre Desplat—Frankenstein 

WINNER: Ludwig Göransson—Sinners

Jonny Greenwood—One Battle After Another

Kangding Ray—Sirat

Max Richter—Hamnet

Hans Simmer—F1

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Best Non-English Language Motion Picture 

It Was Just an Accident

No Other Choice

Sentimental Value

WINNER: The Secret Agent

Sirat

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Best Stand-Up Comedy Performance 

  • Bill Maher, "Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?"
  • Brett Goldstein, "Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life"
  • Kevin Hart, "Kevin Hart: Acting My Age"
  • Kumail Nanjiani, "Kumail Nanjiani, Night Thoughts"
  • WINNER: Ricky Gervais, "Ricky Gervais: Mortality"
  • Sarah Silverman, "Sarah Silverman: Postmortem"

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Carol Burnett Award

Sarah Jessica Parker 

Photo by Matthew Taplinger/CBS via Getty Images

Cecil B. DeMille Award

Helen Mirren 

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