Wicked leads the nominations for this year’s Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, while Pamela Anderson scored a surprise nod but Angelina Jolie missed out.
The origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West has five nominations in total, including individual nods for Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey.
Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown scored four nominations, including one for its lead actor Timothée Chalamet.
There were three nominations each for Anora, which follows a New York stripper’s whirlwind romance with the son of a wealthy Russian, and Emilia Pérez, a musical about a drug lord who changes gender.
The film nominees
5 nominations – Wicked
4 – A Complete Unknown
3 – Anora, Emilia Pérez
2 – Conclave, The Last Showgirl
The SAG Awards are often a strong indicator of who will score a nomination at the Oscars.
Meanwhile, Shogun, which was heavily rewarded at the recent Golden Globe and Emmy Awards, scored the most TV nominations with five, while The Bear has four.
The winners are voted for by the Sag-Aftra union’s membership of around 130,000 actors worldwide.
Snubs and surprises
The best actress field is extremely crowded again this year, which means several names hotly tipped for an Oscar nomination next week have missed out at SAG.
Angelina Jolie missed the category for her performance as opera singer Maria Callas, just a week after she also failed to make the Bafta longlist. That suggests a significant loss of momentum and makes her vulnerable at the Oscars.
Also missing at SAG were Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) and recent Golden Globe winner Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here).
Several other favourites in the category did score a nomination, but the big surprise was former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson getting in for The Last Showgirl.
The film sees her give a vulnerable and powerful performance as an ageing Las Vegas dancer who struggles to find work when her show abruptly closes. It is a solid film, but Anderson was not the strongest contender in the category despite also having scored a Golden Globe nomination.
There were plenty of surprises in supporting actress category too, with Jamie Lee Curtis also getting in for The Last Showgirl, and Danielle Deadwyler included for The Piano Lesson, a performance that needed a boost of momentum to stay in the awards race.
There was no room, however, for Isabella Rossellini (Conclave) or Margaret Qualley (The Substance), two strong contenders at the Oscars who were nominated at the Globes.
The biggest shock in the supporting actor category was the absence of Denzel Washington for Gladiator II, but other favourites such as Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) and Yura Borisov (Anora) were nominated as expected.
Perhaps the biggest loser overall at SAG was The Brutalist, with Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce, both very likely to get Oscar nominations, missing out in the supporting categories.
But in contrast to the snubs and surprises, the leading actor category went off as expected – with all five of the predicted Oscar nominees getting in at SAG, with a possible upset from Golden Globe winner Sebastian Stan failing to materialise.
The film nominations in full.
Best ensemble cast
A Complete Unknown
Anora
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Wicked
Best actor
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Best actress
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Cytnhia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Perez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Best supporting actor
Jonathan Bailey, Wicked
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Best supporting actress
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Perez
Best action performance by a stunt ensemble (film)
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Gladiator II
Wicked
The TV nominations in full
Best drama series ensemble
Bridgerton
The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Shogun
Slow Horses
Best actress – drama
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Nicola Coughlan, Bridgerton
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Anna Sawai, Shogun
Best actor – drama
Tadanobu Asano, Shogun
Jeff Bridges, The Old Man
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shogun
Best comedy series ensemble
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking
Best actor – comedy
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Best actress – comedy
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Liza Colon-Zayas, The Bear
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Jean Smart, Hacks
Best actor – limited series
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline, Disclaimer
Andrew Scott, Ripley
Best actress – limited series
Kathy Bates, The Great Lillian Hall
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country
Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge
Jessica Gunning, Baby Rei
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Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Best action performance by a stunt ensemble (TV)
The Boys
Fallout
House of the Dragon
The Penguin
Shogun
