Awards season is formally up and working with the thirty first Annual Display screen Actors Guild Awards set to stream on Netflix Feb. 23. The SAG Awards have the power to be a significant indicator of how the Academy Awards will play out. On the tv facet, the SAG Awards mark the primary main awards the 12 months, doubtlessly honoring the exhibits that may very well be leaders all through the Emmy season down the road.
The ceremony, hosted by Kristen Bell, will honor Jane Fonda with the Life Achievement Award, and for the reason that nominees had been introduced nearly as a result of L.A. wildfires, this shall be an essential strategy to rejoice the business and encourage it to proceed filming within the state of California.
Right here, Selection takes a have a look at the pool of nominees — from the blockbuster hits to the streaming must-watch exhibits.
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SAG Loves a Track
It’s no shock that actors can be drawn to movies about efficiency, and 2024 was a banner 12 months for music. The large-screen adaptation of the musical “Depraved” led nominations with six nods whereas the largely Spanish-language musical “Emilia Pérez” landed three. Though not a standard musical, the Bob Dylan biopic “A Full Unknown” scored a complete of 4 nominations. All three movies boast giant ensemble casts and have passionate advocates (and critics, as properly) and also will compete for one of the best ensemble prize.
The ensemble class is rounded out by two different acclaimed movies. “Conclave” additionally encompasses a roster of beloved actors, from Ralph Fiennes to Stanley Tucci to John Lithgow, however Isabella Rossellini missed out on a person nom in supporting feminine actor — although she nonetheless went on to attain the Oscar nod. In some ways, “Anora” carried out above expectations. Whereas a lot acclaim has been paid to breakout star Mikey Madison, supporting actor Yura Borisov additionally landed SAG and Oscar noms for his position, and the complete solid of largely unknown actors snagged a spot within the coveted ensemble lineup, tying it with “Emilia Pérez” for 3 nods. Though the ensemble award doesn’t essentially corrollate to a finest image win, a victory for “Anora” right here can be further affirmation of it’s frontrunner standing after the movie received DGA and PGA final weekend.
An Oscars Match
The SAG Awards are usually essentially the most dependable predictor of which actors will triumph on the Oscars, due to overlapping voters (the actors department is the biggest voting department on the Academy). Whereas the nominations not often line up completely between the 2 events, this 12 months provides extra wild playing cards than traditional. Within the lead feminine actor race, Cynthia Erivo (“Depraved”), Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”), Madison and Demi Moore (“The Substance”) are nominated at each SAG and Oscars. However SAG voters selected to single out Pamela Anderson for her career-defining flip in “The Final Showgirl,” whereas the Oscars acknowledged Golden Globe winner Fernanda Torres for “I’m Nonetheless Right here.” Torres is taken into account a viable risk for finest actress on the Oscars, so will probably be fascinating to see how SAG will lean.
In male actor in a lead position, it’s Daniel Craig taking part in in opposition to kind in “Queer” that was feted by SAG however blanked by Oscar. As a substitute, Sebastian Stan earned a slot on the Academy Awards for channeling Donald Trump in “The Apprentice” — and one has to imagine he was shut for SAG, as his co-star Jeremy Robust was acknowledged within the supporting class. Competing at each exhibits shall be Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”), Timothée Chalamet (“A Full Unknown”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”) and Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”).
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The supporting actor classes additionally provide alternatives for surprises, with a number of actors competing who aren’t nominated for Oscars. Although Brody was acknowledged for lead, his “Brutalist” co-stars Man Pearce and Felicity Jones missed at SAG — however all three are Oscar-nominated. In male supporting, the nominees at SAG are Jonathan Bailey (“Depraved”), Borisov, Kieran Culkin (“A Actual Ache”), Edward Norton (“A Full Unknown”) and Robust. Solely Bailey did not repeat at Oscars.
In feminine supporting actor, the three actors acknowledged by each organizations are Monica Barbaro (“A Full Unknown”), Ariana Grande (“Depraved”) and Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”). SAG clearly went huge for “The Final Showgirl,” as along with Anderson they nominated Jamie Lee Curtis right here. And “The Piano Lesson” standout Danielle Deadwyler was acknowledged by actors, however not the Academy. (The same destiny befell her in 2023 when she was acknowledged by SAG for her work in “Until” however in the end not Oscar- nominated.) As a substitute, Jones and Rossellini will compete on the Academy Awards.
Jeremy Allen White in “The Bear“
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Why SAG Issues for TV
Positive, the Golden Globes already happened in January, however the actors’ votes weigh heavier than these of the international press, and lots of occasions, an even bigger affect on what the studios shall be specializing in within the upcoming TV FYC season. The nominees had been chosen by 2,500 randomly chosen members of SAG-AFTRA. Then the winners are then chosen by the complete group, made up of 160,000 skilled members.
A Closing Bow
After dominating the Emmys and Golden Globes, a number of of the massive 2024 hits could have one final likelihood to be honored on the SAG Awards. FX’s “Shōgun” has swept all of the exhibits and will simply do the identical because it’s the most-nominated program of the 12 months with 5 nods: performing honors for Tadanobu Asano, Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai, and present nominations for drama ensemble and stunt workforce. It’s excellent timing, since, within the ensemble drama class, none of final 12 months’s nominees are nominated. Aside from “Shōgun,” nominees embrace Netflix’s “Bridgerton” and “The Diplomat,” Peacock’s “The Day of the Jackal” and Apple TV+’s “Gradual Horses.”
That is additionally the ultimate bow for Netflix’s “Child Reindeer,” which made an enormous splash on the final awards season. Each creator and star Richard Gadd and star Jessica Gunning received Emmys and are up for the SAG honor. Lily Gladstone can be nominated for the final time for Hulu’s “Below the Bridge,” as is Jodie Foster for HBO’s “True Detective: Evening Nation.”
No Laughing Matter
In final 12 months’s comedy race, “The Bear” dominated with each Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri profitable the lead honors and the solid profitable for ensemble. However this 12 months provides Max’s “Hacks” again into the combo. The Jean Sensible-led sequence has by no means received comedy ensemble, however Sensible took house the feminine comedy actor trophy in 2022 and 2023. The 2022 ensemble winner “Abbott Elementary” has returned to the race, together with Hulu’s “Solely Murders within the Constructing” and Apple TV+’s “Shrinking.”
Different shakeups within the comedy class embrace the addition of Liza Colón-Zayas of “The Bear” into the race — and she or he did take house the supporting Emmy final 12 months. Netflix’s “No person Desires This” can be within the combine this 12 months with each Kristen Bell and Adam Brody touchdown performing nods. Whereas neither Steve Martin nor Jason Segel scored nominations for “OnlyMurders within the Constructing” and “Shrinking,” respectively, their co-stars Martin Quick andHarrison Ford did.
Make It a Double
It wouldn’t be honest to run by way of the nominees with out honoring Kathy Bates. The 2-time SAG Award winner not solely landed a drama actress nod for CBS’ “Matlock” reimagining, but in addition a TV film actress nod for her position in HBO’s “The Nice Lillian Corridor.”
