Nominations for the 2018 Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have just been revealed, as announced by Olivia Munn and Niecy Nash. The ceremony recognizes outstanding acting in both film and television, and SAG Awards nominations are voted on by SAG members themselves. First, the Motion Picture and Television Nominating Committees (a group of 2500 SAG members chosen at random each year) vote to choose the nominees, and then active SAG members choose their favorites. It’s been teased as being a self-congratulatory ceremony (what awards ceremony isn’t?), but it’s also played a significant role in predicting Oscar winners. On the other side of the coin, the Emmys have also played a role in predicting SAG Award winners in the television categories.
So, does 2017 seem like it will carry on that predictive tradition?
In the film categories, Get Out, Lady Bird, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and The Shape of Water continue to reign supreme in nominations throughout this especially competitive awards season, but the SAG Awards also included one film noticeably missing from the 2018 Golden Globe nominations. The Big Sick, which pegged to be a strong contender come awards season, was left out of the Golden Globe nominations, but earned a SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Woody Harrelson is also a pleasant addition into the mix in the Supporting Male Actor category for Three Billboards, sharing the nomination with co-star Sam Rockwell.
Netflix’s Mudbound has also gotten some love from SAG, earning an expected nomination for Mary J. Blige in the Supporting Female Actor category, but also sharing a spot alongside The Big Sick in Outstanding Cast. On the other hand, Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World missed out completely on SAG nominations, despite the three it earned for the Golden Globes.
As far as television goes, it looks as though the fight between The Crown and The Handmaid’s Tale continues. However, in the Comedy Series categories, Netflix’s GLOW may very well usurp both Orange is the New Black’s Uzo Abuda and Veep’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who have alternated wins in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series category in recent years. This time around, their votes could easily cancel each other out and give nominee Alison Brie her first individual win for GLOW (she and the cast of Mad Men won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2009).
The most interesting category is arguably Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series. In this category only two shows earned nominations. All three major actresses in Big Little Lies (Laura Dern, Nicole Kidman, and Reese Witherspoon) earned nominations, while the remaining two nominations belong to Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange, cos-stars in Feud.
Film
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
Mudbound
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Thee Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Television
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Jeff Daniels, Godless
Robert De Niro, Wizard of Lies
Geoffrey Rush, Genius
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange, Feud
Susan Sarandon, Feud
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Claire Foy, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace
William H. Macy, Shameless
Marc Maron, GLOW
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black
Alison Brie, GLOW
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
Orange Is The New Black
Veep
Stunt Ensembles
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
Logan
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
Homeland
The Walking Dead
Lifetime Achievement Award
Morgan Freeman, 53rd Annual SAG Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
MORE: Golden Globe Snubs Include Logan & The Big Sick
The Screen Actors Guild Awards will broadcast LIVE January 21, 2018 at 8pm EST on both TNT and TBS. Kristen Bell will host.
Source: Screen Actors Guild Awards
