Who Won: Live Updates from Hollywood Life

Key Highlights

• Awards Season: The 2026 Critics Choice Awards took place on January 4 in Santa Monica, California.
• Host: The event was hosted by Chelsea Handler.
• Best Picture: The award for Best Picture was highly competitive with several notable films nominated.
• Live Updates: Hollywood Life provided live updates on the winners throughout the event.

Awards season in Hollywood is officially in full swing. Following the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the annual Critics Choice Awards kicked off in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday, January 4. Hosted by Chelsea Handler, the 2026 awards show honored some of the best cinematic masterpieces over the past year.

Cast and crew members of Bugonia, Marty Supreme, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another and more were nominated for awards.

Below, Hollywood Life has live updates on who made it big at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards!

Best Picture

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme: WINNER
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
• Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
• Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet: WINNER

• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another

• Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value

• Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee

• Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another

• Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein: WINNER

• Paul Mescal — Hamnet

• Sean Penn — One Battle After Another

• Adam Sandler — Jay Kelly

• Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value

• Ariana Grande — Wicked: For Good

• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value

• Amy Madigan — Weapons: WINNER

• Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners

• Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Everett Blunck — The Plague

• Miles Caton — Sinners: WINNER

• Cary Christopher — Weapons

• Shannon Mahina Gorman — Rental Family

• Jacobi Jupe — Hamnet

• Nina Ye — Left-Handed Girl

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another: WINNER

• Ryan Coogler — Sinners

• Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein

• Josh Safdie — Marty Supreme

• Joachim Trier — Sentimental Value

• Chloé Zhao — Hamnet

Best Original Screenplay

• Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer

• Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

• Sinners — Ryan Coogler: WINNER

• Weapons — Zach Cregger

• Sorry, Baby — Eva Victor

• Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another: WINNER

• Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar — Train Dreams

• Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar & Jahye Lee — No Other Choice

• Guillermo del Toro — Frankenstein

• Will Tracy — Bugonia

• Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell — Hamnet

Best Casting and Ensemble

• Hamnet

• Jay Kelly

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners: WINNER

• Wicked: For Good

Best Cinematography

• F1

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

• Train Dreams: WINNER

Best Production Design

Best Editing

• A House of Dynamite

• F1: WINNER

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• The Perfect Neighbor

• Sinners

Best Costume Design

• Frankenstein: WINNER

• Hamnet

• Hedda

• Kiss of the Spider Woman

• Sinners

• Wicked: For Good

Best Hair & Makeup

• 28 Years Later

• Frankenstein: WINNER

• Sinners

• The Smashing Machine

• Weapons

• Wicked: For Good

Best Visual Effects

Best Stunt Design

Best Animated Feature

Best Comedy

Best Foreign Language Film

• It Was Just an Accident

• Left-Handed Girl

• No Other Choice

• The Secret Agent: WINNER

• Sirat

• Belén

Best Song

• “Drive” – F1

• “Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters: WINNER

• “I Lied to You” – Sinners

• “Clothed by the Sun” – The Testament of Ann Lee

• “Train Dreams” – Train Dreams

• “The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good

Best Score

• Hans Zimmer — F1

• Alexandre Desplat — Frankenstein

• Max Richter — Hamnet

• Daniel Lopatin — Marty Supreme

• Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another

• Ludwig Göransson — Sinners: WINNER

Best Sound

• F1: WINNER

• Frankenstein

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

• Sirat

• Warfare

Best Drama Series

• Alien: Earth

• Andor

• The Diplomat

• Paradise

• The Pitt: WINNER

• Pluribus

• Severance

• Task

Best Actor in a Drama Series

• Sterling K. Brown — Paradise

• Diego Luna — Andor

• Mark Ruffalo — Task

• Adam Scott — Severance

• Billy Bob Thornton — Landman

• Noah Wyle — The Pitt: WINNER

Best Actress in a Drama Series

• Kathy Bates — Matlock

• Carrie Coon — The Gilded Age

• Britt Lower — Severance

• Bella Ramsey — The Last of Us

• Keri Russell — The Diplomat

• Rhea Seehorn — Pluribus: WINNER

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Patrick Ball — The Pitt

• Billy Crudup — The Morning Show

• Ato Essandoh — The Diplomat

• Wood Harris — Forever

• Tom Pelphrey — Task

• Tramell Tillman — Severance: WINNER

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Nicole Beharie — The Morning Show

• Denée Benton — The Gilded Age

• Allison Janney — The Diplomat

• Katherine LaNasa — The Pitt: WINNER

• Greta Lee — The Morning Show

• Skye P. Marshall — Matlock

Best Comedy Series

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

• Adam Brody — Nobody Wants This

• Ted Danson — A Man on the Inside

• David Alan Grier — St. Denis Medical

• Danny McBride — The Righteous Gemstones

• Seth Rogen — The Studio: WINNER

• Alexander Skarsgård — Murderbot

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

• Kristen Bell — Nobody Wants This

• Natasha Lyonne — Poker Face

• Rose McIver — Ghosts

• Edi Patterson — The Righteous Gemstones

• Carrie Preston — Elsbeth

• Jean Smart — Hacks: WINNER

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