The Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations threw a curveball into the awards race on Wednesday morning, shutting out early favorites “The Post” and “The Shape of Water” from its all-important list of outstanding cast nominees, and instead including “The Big Sick” — which was left out of Golden Globe nominations earlier this week — and “Get Out.”
Ever since 1996, every best picture Oscar winner has landed a SAG top ensemble nomination beforehand. Another surprising snub: “Call Me by Your Name,” which has been considered a strong contender for the best picture Oscar.
The other SAG outstanding cast nominees are “Lady Bird,” “Mudbound,” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
The best actor nominees are Timothée Chalamet (“Call My by Your Name”), James Franco (“The Disaster Artist”), Daniel Kaluuya (“Get Out”), Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour”) and Denzel Washington, a surprise inclusion since his film “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” drew poor reviews.
Notably absent from the list was Daniel Day-Lewis, who has been much lauded for his exacting performance in “Phantom Thread.”
Continue reading the main storyOther surprises included Judi Dench as a best actress nominee, for “Victoria & Abdul,” and the omission of Meryl Streep (“The Post”). For best supporting actress, Hong Chau (“Downsizing”) landed a nomination ahead of such heavy hitters as Melisso Leo (“Novitiate”) and Octavia Spencer (“The Shape of Water”).
Meanwhile, Michael Stulhbarg, who has been widely hailed for his hat trick of supporting performances in “Call Me by Your Name,” “The Shape of Water” and “The Post,” failed to secure a SAG nomination. (He also was shut out of the Golden Globe nominations earlier this week.)
The biggest winner among the nominees was “Three Billboards,” which landed nominations in the crucial categories of ensemble, best actress (Frances McDormand) and two in best supporting actor, for Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson.
With 160,000 members, the SAG-Aftra union is the biggest in Hollywood, and it claims the biggest voting pool — about 120,000 people — of all the movie awards. Its nominees are strong predictors for the acting and best picture Oscar nominations.
The awards will be handed out Jan. 21 and broadcast on TNT and TBS. Here is the full list of nominees:
MOVIES
Outstanding Cast
“The Big Sick”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“Mudbound”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Lead Actress
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”
Lead Actor
Timothée 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.”
Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”
Hong Chau, “Downsizing”
Holly Hunter, “The Big Sick”
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Supporting Actor
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 Stunt Ensemble
“Baby Driver”
“Dunkirk”
“Logan”
“War for the Planet of the Apes”
“Wonder Woman”
TELEVISION
Outstanding Drama Series Ensemble
“The Crown”
“Game of Thrones”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Stranger Things”
“This Is Us”
Outstanding Comedy Series Ensemble
“black-ish”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
“Glow”
“Orange Is the New Black”
“Veep”
Actress in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Laura Dern, “Big Little Lies”
Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies”
Jessica Lange, “Feud: Bette and Joan”
Susan Sarandon, “Feud: Bette and Joan”
Reese Witherspoon, “Big Little Lies”
Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Sherlock: The Lying Detective”
Jeff Daniels, “Godless”
Robert De Niro, “The Wizard of Lies”
Geoffrey Rush, “Genius”
Alexander Skarsgard, “Big Little Lies”
Actress 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”
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”
Actress 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”
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 Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
“Game of Thrones”
“Glow”
“Homeland”
“Stranger Things”
“The Walking Dead”
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