Rhea Seehorn’s first Golden Globe nomination for Apple TV’s Pluribus has turned a buzzy genre series into a flagship awards play for the tech giant, while signaling long-awaited recognition for one of television’s most acclaimed performers.
The 83rd Golden Globes, set for January 11, 2026, shortlisted Pluribus for best television drama and honored Seehorn in the lead actress category, according to the awards’ official database. The two nods arrive less than two months after the series’ November 7 launch and follow a multi-title haul that gave Apple TV 14 nominations across film and television.
Created by Vince Gilligan, Pluribus follows Carol Sturka, a miserable romance novelist who remains immune after an alien virus folds nearly all of humanity into an eerily content hive mind known as the Others. Shot in and around Albuquerque, the six-episode first season tracks Carol’s uneasy relationship with that collective and her search for the remaining “immune” survivors, blending apocalyptic stakes with caustic humor and philosophical anxiety about enforced happiness.
Seehorn has said she signed on before reading full scripts, trusting Gilligan after their years together on Better Call Saul. She has described watching each script arrive with the same sense of shock and grim laughter that now greets the weekly episodes, and credits a returning crew from their AMC days with giving her room to play a brittle, reluctant hero on an ambitious scale.
In recent interviews reacting to the nomination, the actor has contrasted her own delight with her character’s skepticism about awards, joking that Carol would probably dismiss the recognition while secretly enjoying it. She has also pointed to an avalanche of texts and late-night conversations as viewers finally catch up with the show’s twists after months of secrecy around the premise.
Awards watchers see the Globes nod as a course correction after years in which her work on Better Call Saul went unrewarded, even as the Globes continue to face questions about their relevance and voting body. One analysis of this year’s nominations framed Seehorn’s inclusion as one of the ceremony’s biggest “surprises,” noting that Gilligan wrote Carol specifically for her.
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The nomination also arrives amid online speculation about the show’s future. Viral posts wrongly claimed Apple had cancelled Pluribus after its first season, a rumor knocked down by reports that the series already holds a two-season order and could run up to four cycles if Seehorn chooses to continue.
