Awards season keeps moving along with the announcement of the SAG award nominees! These awards are voted on by the Screen Actors Guild. They’re a little different than the Golden Globes and Oscars because they are centered around acting. Instead of having a Best Picture or Best Film category, they have a Best Ensemble category as the top award. What films made the cut this year? Read on to find out!
Best Ensemble
A Star is Born
BlackKklansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortenson, Green Book
John David Washington, BlackKklansman
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlackKklansman
Sam Elliot, A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, Vice
Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place
Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Avengers: Infinity War
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
Mission: Impossible-Fallout
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Antonio Banderas- Genius: Picasso
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Anthony Hopkins, King Lear
Bill Pullman, The Sinner
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Penélope Cruz, The Assasination of Gianni Versace
Emma Stone, Maniac
There are quite a few surprises in these SAG nominations, both good and bad. Let’s start with the bad. Nothing for First Man? Again? All I want for Christmas is for Ryan Gosling to get recognition for First Man. After last week’s very limited Golden Globe showing and nothing here, things aren’t looking great for the film’s Oscar chances. It seems the SAG awards are attempting to go in a more commercial direction for their Best Ensemble award, because I can’t think of any other explanation for leaving The Favourite out of contention. Shockingly, Regina King wasn’t nominated for Best Supporting Actress in If Beale Street Could Talk. She has been the favorite to win the category across the board for her work in the film, but she didn’t even get a nomination here. That’s puzzling.
Now for the good! The SAG’s succeeded where the Golden Globe’s failed and nominated Emma Stone for Maniac! That’s not enough for you? Well, when they saw the travesty of Sam Elliot’s Golden Globes snub, they MADE SURE he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in A Star is Born. There will be NO Sam Elliot disrespect in the Screen Actor’s Guild!
The SAG Awards air on TBS and TNT January 27, 2019.