After winning a Globe for The Constant Gardener, Weisz returns for her second nom for Hester Collyer, a wife caught up in an affair.
Her second nomination in just two years (after last year's The Help), Chastain competes for her first win as Maya, a CIA agent hunting for Bin Laden.
For her third Globe nom, Cotillard returns to her native French (La Vie en Rose earned her 1 win) as a Sea World trainer who suffers a tragic accident.
The most celebrated actress in her category (with 10 past noms and 2 wins), Mirran returns for her turn as Alfred Hitchcock's steadfast wife, Alma.
A newcomer to the Golden Globes, Watts' first nomination comes for her stirring portrayal of Maria, a real-life mother caught in a tsunami.
Blunt earns her fourth Globe nomination (she's won once) for playing Harriet, a financial advisor tasked with, what else, bringing salmon fishing to the Yemen.
With 9 noms and 2 wins under her belt, the Dame competes for number 10 as Evelyn Greenslade, a widow who finds love while exploring India.
A frontrunner for her second Globe nomination, Lawrence could take the award for her turn as a troubled widow drawn to an emotionally unstable man.
Smith has earned 10 noms (and 2 wins) and is a double nominee this year, this nod for Jean Horton, an ex-wife and estranged opera quartet member.
With a whopping 27 nominations (and 7 wins), Meryl has been nominated almost every year since her first in 1979. Her latest for lonely housewife Kay.
This is Britton's first nomination (a fact that's sure to infuriate Friday Night Lights fans) for her work so far as fading country star Rayna Jaymes.
With 12 past nominations (including two wins), Close returns to the Globes, her third year nominated as ruthless litigator Patty Hewes.
Talk about a killer track record: Danes has been nominated 3 times and won 3 times. Her fourth, for CIA agent Carrie Mathison, is her second Homeland nom.
With the recent excitement surrounding Abbey's return, it's not surprising that Lady Mary Crawley herself earned her first nom (and could score her first win).
With 10 nominations now and 1 win (for the first year she was nominated for Wife), this is the fourth consecutive year she's nominated as Alicia Florrick.
Ms. Deschanel is no new girl when it comes to Globes, this being her second consecutive year being nominated for quirky, lovable Jess Day.
She won her first Globe in 1994 for Seinfeld and has been nominated 3 time sense, her latest for playing clueless Vice President Selena Meyers.
She may direct and write Girls as well, but Lena earned her first Globe nom for starring, as "the voice of her generation" Hannah Horvath.
Fey has now been nominated for 6 straight years in a row (with 2 wins) for playing Liz Lemon. Another win? I want to go to there.
Only her second Globe nom (surprising right?!), Poehler returns for her second year as sometimes clueless, always hilarious city employee Leslie Knope.
With 6 past nominations and a special ensemble win, Moore returns for her turn as Sarah Palin herself (which already won Moore an Emmy).
A two-time nominee this year, this marks Kidman's 10th nomination (with 3 past wins) as Ernest Hemingway's lover and muse, WWII correspondent Martha Gellhorn.
A force to be reckoned with, what with 5 past wins (including a win for AHS last year), Lange earns lucky number 13 as God fearing Sister Jude.
Miller earns her first Globe nomination playing Tippi Hedren, star of The Birds and the object of Alfred Hitchcock's obsession.