The critics have been weighing in on the best of the year for a few weeks now, but it’s finally time for Hollywood itself to speak up, and out first are the Screen Actors Guild Awards. This is the largest guild and, traditionally, the first to announce their nominations, followed by voting bodies like the Producers Guild Awards and Directors Guild Awards. Together, this trio can give us a bit of a roadmap to Oscar while also providing some refreshing choices along the way, and indeed this morning SAG definitely went its own way.
The three biggest awards season contenders of 2016 areMoonlight,Manchester by the Sea, andLa La Land, but in a bit of a surprise move,La La Landmissed the cut on a Best Ensemble nomination at the SAG Awards. Instead, SAG voters went forMoonlight,Manchester,Fences,Hidden Figures, and the big shocker, the indieCaptain Fantastic.FencesandHidden Figureswere both expected nominees due to their tremendous performances within, butCaptainFantastichas been flying a bit under the radar after its Sundance debut, picking up some passionate support here and there. But this SAG nomination should go a long way toward raising the film’s profile, andViggo Mortensenalso landed a separate Best Actor nod for his admittedly swell work in a film that I myselffound kind of infuriating.
But Best Ensemble didn’t offer the only surprise, asEmily Bluntmanaged a Best Actress nomination forGirl on the Train, beating out folks likeRuth Negga(Loving) andAnnette Bening(20th Century Women), not to mention critical darlingIsabelle HuppertforEllewho has been winning Best Actress awards left and right over the past couple of weeks. And in one category that the Oscars don’t recognize but definitely should, Best Stunt Ensemble nominees includeCaptain America: Civil War,Doctor Strange,Hacksaw Ridge,Jason Bourne, andNocturnal Animals.
The SAG Awards also provided another blow toMartin Scorsese’sSilence, which wasshut out of the Golden Globe nominationson Monday and also came away empty handed with SAG.Andrew Garfieldmanaged a Best Actor nomination, but forHacksaw Ridge, not Scorsese’s meditation on faith.
So what does this mean with regards to Oscar? Not a lot. While the SAG voting body does have some overlap with the Academy, their tastes rarely line up exactly with Oscar. Last year, only two SAG Best Ensemble nominees landed Best Picture nods,The Big ShortandSpotlight, so while theLa La Landsnub probably isn’t what Lionsgate was hoping for, there’s no reason to panic.
SAG also kept things interesting on the television side.Stranger ThingsstandoutMillie Bobby Brownscored a Best Actress nomination alongsideWinona Ryder, while the show itself landed a Best Ensemble nod. In terms of snubs,Silicon Valley—fresh off a Critics Choice Awards win for Best Comedy Series—scored zero SAG nominations.
Check out the full list of 2017 SAG Awards nominees below. The ceremony will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on January 29th at 8pm.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Captain Fantastic
Hidden Figures
Manchester by the Sea
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck –Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield –Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling –La La Land
Viggo Mortensen –Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington –Fences
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Amy Adams –Arrival
Emily Blunt –The Girl on the Train
Natalie Portman –Jackie
Emma Stone –La La Land
Meryl Streep –Florence Foster Jenkins
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali –Moonlight
Jeff Bridges –Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant –Florence Foster Jenkins
Lucas Hedges –Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel –Lion
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis –Fences
Naomie Harris –Moonlight
Nicole Kidman –Lion
Octavia Spencer –Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams –Manchester by the Sea
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne
Nocturnal Animals
Television
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown –This Is Us
Peter Dinklage –Game of Thrones
John Lithgow –The Crown
Rami Malek –Mr. Robot
Kevin Spacey –House of Cards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Millie Bobby Brown –Stranger Things
Claire Foy –The Crown
Thandie Newton –Westworld
Winona Ryder –Stranger Things
Robin Wright –House of Cards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Riz Ahmed –The Night Of
Sterling K. Brown –The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Bryan Cranston –All the Way
John Turturro –The Night Of
Courtney B. Vance –The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Bryce Dallas Howard –Black Mirror
Felicity Huffman –American Crime
Audra McDonald –Last Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Sarah Paulson –The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Kerry Washington –Confirmation
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson –black-ish
Tituss Burgess –Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell –Modern Family
William H. Macy –Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor –Transparent
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba –Orange Is the New Black
Jane Fonda –Grace & Frankie
Ellie Kemper –Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus –Veep
Lily Tomlin –Grace & Frankie
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
