ARTNEWSPRESS: The Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were announced Wednesday morning, boosting a few actors’ chances as they race toward the Academy Awards in February. This year, all eyes will be on key races like best actor and best-supporting actress, which sees Adam Driver (Marriage Story) sparring with Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) and Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) competing against Laura Dern (Marriage Story), respectively. However, this year’s SAG nominations also boosted the chances of actors who have been falling behind in the race, like Taron Egerton for best actor in Rocketman, Jamie Foxx for best-supporting actor in Just Mercy and Lupita Nyong’o for best actress in Us.
Also in the best-actress race? Cynthia Erivo for her portrayal of Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet. Along with Nyong’o, the duo has (hopefully) disrupted the notion that this year’s best-actress Oscar race will have a nearly all-white lineup.. However, all signs still point to Renée Zellweger, who was also nominated for a best-actress SAG on Wednesday for Judy, as the front-runner in this particular race, beating out competition that includes Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story) and Charlize Theron (Bombshell).
The Bombshell cast also received a nod for outstanding performance by a cast, as well as best-supporting-actress nods for Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie, a sign that the guild is fairly fond of this explosive film. Conventional wisdom says Robbie is the more likely of the two to land the eventual best-supporting-actress Oscar nod, with Kidman getting edged out in favor of Lopez and Dern, as well as Johansson (for her turn in Jojo Rabbit), but anything is possible at this point in the game.
The SAG nods did calcify a few categories, however. Driver and Phoenix are still the major contenders for best actor, while Brad Pitt still seems to be a lock for best-supporting actor for Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. Christian Bale has also sped into the competition more securely, landing a best-actor nomination for his performance in Ford v Ferrari.
The cast of The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s star-studded hitman tale, also fared well as expected, landing nods for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, as well as individual nods for stars like Joe Pesci and Al Pacino. Robert De Niro was snubbed, but will be celebrated with a lifetime achievement award, so he’ll be feted regardless.
Meanwhile, some films are starting to look like shakier prospects. The Two Popes didn’t seem to make an impression on SAG voters, with stars Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins getting firmly shut out of the competition. Similarly, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women was entirely snubbed, despite its buzzy ensemble cast, including Dern, Meryl Streep, and Timothée Chalamet. Saoirse Ronan, a perennial awards-season favorite long considered a potential Oscar nominee for her portrayal of the headstrong Jo March, was also bumped from the best-actress race.
A SAG nomination is considered a strong bellwether for Oscar potential since the ultimate winners are voted on by members of the guild, a group that overlaps with the Academy voting pool. However, there have been exceptions here and there; Regina King has never been nominated for an individual SAG award, but went on to win best-supporting actress at the 2019 Oscars.
On the TV front, comedies like Barry and Fleabag lapped up key nods, while favored dramas like The Crown and miniseries Chernobyl also earned nominations. Apple TV+ newcomer The Morning Show made its SAG debut, earning three acting nods for Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, and Billy Crudup.
The nominations were announced Wednesday morning by Danai Gurira and America Ferrera. The SAG Awards will take place on January 19, 2020.
See the full list of nominees below.
Film
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Bombshell
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Parasite
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Renée Zellweger, Judy
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Nicole Kidman, Bombshell
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Big Little Lies
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Barry
Fleabag
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Schitt’s Creek
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Steve Carell, The Morning Show
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Bill Hader, Barry
Andrew Scott, Fleabag
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Patricia Arquette, The Act
Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Joey King, The Act
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Mahershala Ali, True Detective
Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice
Jared Harris, Chernobyl
Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon
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