The nominations for the 2015 Golden Globes were announced early Thursday, with Birdman leading the pack with seven nominations and surprise nominations for Selma director Ava DuVernay and Jane The Virgin‘s Gina Rodriguez.

Alejandro G Inarritu’s Birdman swept up nominations in most of the Motion Picture categories, earning nods for actors Michael Keaton, Edward Norton and Emma Stone as well for nominations for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Though most of the Motion Picture nominations were expected – both Boyhood and The Imitation Game earned five nominations each in the Drama category, with Foxcatcher and The Theory of Everything close behind – there were a few surprises courtesy of the to-be-released Selma, which earned nominations for Best Director and Best Actor in a Drama for David Oyelowo.

Ava DuVernay Nominated For Best Director

Selma director Ava DuVernay is the only woman nominated in the Best Director category. She is also the first woman of color to be nominated in the category and the fifth woman to be nominated in the category since its inception in 1943 – only one has ever won.

In television, HBO earned a slew of nominations for its original programming, most notably for True Detective – stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson will face off in the Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini-series. Fargo stars Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton are also both nominated in that category, making it almost exclusively a Fargo vs. True Detective showdown.

Jane The Virgin Breaks The CW Awards Curse

In an exciting move, the Golden Globes has nominated The CW’s breakout comedy Jane the Virgin for Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy. Jane the Virgin’s charismatic leading lady, Gina Rodriguez was also nominated for Best Actress in a TV Series – Comedy or Musical.

Full List of Nominations

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Birdman
Into the Woods
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Pride
St. Vincent

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything

Best Director
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay – Selma
David Fincher – Gone Girl
Alejandro G Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Actor – Drama
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo – Selma
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best Actress – Drama
Jennifer Aniston – Cake
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Animated Motion Picture
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Bill Murray – St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix – Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz – Big Eyes

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams – Big Eyes
Emily Blunt – Into the Woods
Helen Mirren – The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhané Wallis – Annie

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
JK Simmons – Whiplash

Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majeure
Gett
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines Mandarinid

Best Screenplay
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Inarritu Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Graham Moore – The Imitation Game

Best Song
“Big Eyes” by Lana Del Ray – Big Eyes
“Glory” by John Legend & Common – Selma
“Mercy Is” by Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye – Noah
“Opportunity” by Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck – Annie
“Yellow Flicker Beat” by Lorde – Mockingjay

Best Original Score
Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

Best TV Drama
The Affair
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards

Best Actress – TV Drama
Claire Danes – Homeland
Viola Davis – How To Get Away With Murder
Juliana Margulies – The Good Wife
Ruth Wilson – The Affair
Robin Wright – House of Cards

Best Actor – TV Drama
Clive Owen – The Knick
Live Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
James Spader – The Blacklist
Dominic West – The Affair

Best Actor in a TV Series – Comedy
Louis CK – Louie
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Ricky Gervais – Derek
William H Macy – Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

Best Actress in a TV Series – Comedy
Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Taylor Schilling – Orange is the New Black

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
Uzo Abuda – Orange is the New Black
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey
Allison Janney – Mom
Michelle Monaghan – True Detective

Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Girls
Orange Is the New Black
Transparent
Silicon Valley
Jane the Virgin

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
Matt Bomer – The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
Colin Hanks – Fargo
Bill Murray – Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan

Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini-series
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand – Olive Kitteridge
Frances O’Connor – The Missing
Allison Tolman – Fargo

Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini-Series
Martin Freeman – Fargo
Woody Harrelson – True Detective
Matthew McConaughey – True Detective
Mark Ruffalo – The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo

Best TV Movie or Mini-Series
The Normal Heart
True Detective
Olive Kitteridge
Fargo
The Missing

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