Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
Likely
Amy Adams, “Sharp Objects”
Laura Dern, “The Tale”
Regina King, “Seven Seconds”
Emma Stone, “Maniac”
Borderline
Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora”
Carrie Coon, “The Sinner”
Lowdown: This is gonna be a fun one. Are you sure Adams eventually wins?
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film
Likely
Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picasso”
Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Patrick Melrose”
Hugh Grant, “A Very English Scandal”
Borderline
Benecio Del Toro, “Escape at Dannemora”
Jonah Hill, “Maniac”
Anthony Hopkins, “King Lear”
Lowdown: Everyone will assume Emmy-winner Criss has this one in the bag, but we’d actually place our bets on Grant…assuming he actually gets nominated.
Best Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Likely
Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Patricia Clarkson, “Sharp Objects”
Thandie Newton, “Westworld”
Yvonne Strahovski, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Borderline
Ann Dowd, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Penélope Cruz, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Chrissy Metz, “This Is Us”
Lowdown: Dowd or Strahovski or both? And if not, can the HFPA resist Penelope Cruz?
Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Likely
Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Ben Whishaw, “A Very English Scandal”
Henry Winkler, “Barry”
Borderline
Sean Hayes, “Will & Grace”
Joseph Fiennes, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Edgar Ramierz, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Lowdown: It wouldn’t surprise us if the fifth nominee was someone completely and utterly out of the blue.
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Likely
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
“Maniac”
“Sharp Objects”
“A Very English Scandal”
Borderline
“Escape at Dannemora”
“Patrick Melrose”
“The Tale”
Lowdown: It’s probably “Patrick Melrose” to round out the category, but no one knows what the HFPA really think of “Dannemora.”
Who do you think the HFPA are gonna invite to their fancy Golden Globes party? Share your thoughts below.
