The Screen Actors Guild nominations generally don’t deliver giant head-scratchers on the level of the Golden Globes nods, but Wednesday’s announcement still had its share of surprises.
Here are the top five:
— After earning six Golden Globe nominations, Steven Spielberg’s timely Pentagon Papers drama The Post was completely shut out by SAG.
Neither perennial awards favourites Meryl Streep, who plays Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, nor Tom Hanks, who plays editor Ben Bradlee, made the cut, and the film was a no-show in the ensemble category.
— Guillermo del Toro’s fantastical romance The Shape Of Water, which led the field with seven Golden Globes nods, pulled in two SAG nominations, for lead actress Sally Hawkins and supporting actor Richard Jenkins.
But Octavia Spencer, who earned a Globes nomination for her performance in the film, was left out by SAG and the film, which also boasts strong performances by Michael Shannon and Michael Stuhlbarg, failed to score a nod in the ensemble category.
— After being completely blanked in the Golden Globes nominations, the sleeper hit romantic comedy The Big Sick made a much healthier showing in the SAG nominations, earning a rather surprising spot in the ensemble category as well as a supporting actress nod for Holly Hunter.
Holly Hunter receives a SAG nomination for her work in The Big Sick. Photo: Lionsgate
Actor Timothee Chalamet garners another nomination for Call Me By Your Name. Photo: Reuters
— The romantic drama Call Me By Your Name, which is considered among this year’s early Oscar front-runners, earned lead actor Timothée Chalamet a SAG nomination. But his co-star Armie Hammer, who earned a Globes nod, didn’t make the cut and the film missed out on a slot in the ensemble category.
— Daniel Day-Lewis, who earned a Golden Globes nod for his turn in Paul Thomas Anderson’s period drama Phantom Thread, got left out of the SAG party.
Day-Lewis has won three previous SAG Awards — as well as three Oscars — and is widely considered among the best living actors. But the film was a late arrival for SAG voters, which may have hampered its chances. – Los Angeles Times/Tribune News Service/Josh Rattenberg
Here’s the full list of nominations:
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, Three 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 Billboards 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
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 Television Movie Or Miniseries:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Jeff Daniels, Godless
Robert De Niro, The Wizard Of Lies
Geoffrey Rush, Genius
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries:
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette & Joan
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette & Joan
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
Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Comedy Or Drama Series:
Game Of Thrones
GLOW
Homeland
Stranger Things
The Walking Dead
Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Motion Picture:
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
Logan
War For The Planet Of The Apes
Wonder Woman
