After an undeniably turbulent year for actors, the Screen Actor Guild Awards seems to not only be a welcome excuse to celebrate but also a return to normalcy after an 118-day strike. The nominations for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced by Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani last week via Instagram Live. Like the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards, the SAG Awards bring together the worlds of film and television, focusing the best on acting and stunt performances of 2023. Unlike the other two award shows however, the guild membership votes for the actors who are nominated and win, thus making the award a unique one since the honor comes from one’s peers.
Geeky favorite and video game-turned-TV phenomenon “The Last of Us” scored four SAG nominations. Lead actors Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey were individually nominated in their respective “Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series” categories, and also scored a joint nomination for “Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.” Pascal and Ramsey are the smallest ensemble nominated with only two people. The stunt ensemble from the show also received a nomination for “Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series”. However, “The Last of Us” stunt ensemble will have stiff competition in their category, given that both of the stunt teams on “Ahsoka” and “The Mandalorian” are nominated as well.
On the feature film side, box office and critical darling “Barbie” also racked up four nominations. “Barbie” stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are nominated for their portrayals as the iconic Barbie and Ken dolls, while the cast and stunt teams on the film were also nominated. However, unlike “The Last of Us”, the ensemble for Barbie comprises ten actors, and includes everyone from America Ferrera who played the human Gloria, Helen Mirren as the film’s narrator, Will Ferrell as the oddball Mattel CEO, and even Michael Cera for depiction of the discontinued doll Allan.
In addition to the fifteen awards to be voted on by the Screen Actors Guild members over the next month, the living legend Barbra Streisand will be honored with the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievements and humanitarian accomplishments during the ceremony. Though never a recipient of a SAG Award, Streisand has an Academy Award for her role as Fanny Brice in the iconic musical “Funny Girl. ”
For the first time in the award show’s history, the SAG Awards will be streamed live on Netflix on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT from Los Angeles. Having the show so widely accessible will hopefully boost viewership for the ceremony, which isn’t typically broadcast on a major network like the Golden Globes or the Academy Awards. In fact, with more people having a Netflix subscription than cable, the Screen Actors Guild might just give the Academy and the HFPA a run for their ratings money.
An entire list of this year’s SAG Award nominees can be found below:
The Motion Picture Nominees are:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
BRADLEY COOPER as Leonard Bernstein in “MAESTRO”
COLMAN DOMINGO as Bayard Rustin in “RUSTIN”
PAUL GIAMATTI as Paul Hunham in “THE HOLDOVERS”
CILLIAN MURPHY as J. Robert Oppenheimer in “OPPENHEIMER”
JEFFREY WRIGHT as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in “AMERICAN FICTION”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNETTE BENING as Diana Nyad in “NYAD”
LILY GLADSTONE as Mollie Burkhart in “KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”
CAREY MULLIGAN as Felicia Montealegre in “MAESTRO”
MARGOT ROBBIE as Barbie in “BARBIE”
EMMA STONE as Bella Baxter in “POOR THINGS”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
STERLING K. BROWN as Clifford Ellison in “AMERICAN FICTION”
WILLEM DAFOE as Godwin Baxter in “POOR THINGS”
ROBERT DE NIRO as William Hale in “KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. as Lewis Strauss in “OPPENHEIMER”
RYAN GOSLING as Ken in “BARBIE”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
EMILY BLUNT as Kitty Oppenheimer in “OPPENHEIMER”
DANIELLE BROOKS as Sofia in “THE COLOR PURPLE”
PENÉLOPE CRUZ as Laura Ferrari in “FERRARI”
JODIE FOSTER as Bonnie Stoll in “NYAD”
DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH as Mary Lamb in “THE HOLDOVERS”
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture AMERICAN FICTION BARBIE THE COLOR PURPLE KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON OPPENHEIMER
The Television Program Nominees are:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
MATT BOMER as Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller in “FELLOW TRAVELERS”
JON HAMM as Roy Tillman in “FARGO”
DAVID OYELOWO as Bass Reeves in “LAWMEN: BASS REEVES”
TONY SHALHOUB as Adrian Monk in “MR. MONK’S LAST CASE: A MONK MOVIE”
STEVEN YEUN as Danny Cho in “BEEF”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
UZO ADUBA as Edie Flowers in “PAINKILLER”
KATHRYN HAHN as Clare Pierce in “TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS”
BRIE LARSON as Elizabeth Zott in “LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY”
BEL POWLEY as Miep Gies in “A SMALL LIGHT”
ALI WONG as Amy Lau in “BEEF”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
BRIAN COX as Logan Roy in “SUCCESSION”
BILLY CRUDUP as Cory Ellison in “THE MORNING SHOW”
KIERAN CULKIN as Roman Roy in “SUCCESSION”
MATTHEW MACFADYEN as Tom Wambsgans in “SUCCESSION”
PEDRO PASCAL as Joel in “THE LAST OF US”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
JENNIFER ANISTON as Alex Levy in “THE MORNING SHOW”
ELIZABETH DEBICKI as Princess Diana in “THE CROWN”
BELLA RAMSEY as Ellie in “THE LAST OF US”
KERI RUSSELL as Kate Wyler in “THE DIPLOMAT”
SARAH SNOOK as Shiv Roy in “SUCCESSION”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
BRETT GOLDSTEIN as Roy Kent in “TED LASSO”
BILL HADER as Barry in “BARRY”
BON MOSS-BACHRACH as Richard “Richie” Jerimovich in “THE BEAR”
JASON SUDEIKIS as Ted Lasso in “TED LASSO”
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto in “THE BEAR”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEX BORSTEIN as Susie Myerson in “THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL”
RACHEL BROSNAHAN as Miriam “Midge” Maisel in “THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL”
QUINTA BRUNSON as Janine Teagues in “ABBOTT ELEMENTARY”
AYO EDEBIRI as Sydney Adamu in “THE BEAR”
HANNAH WADDINGHAM as Rebecca Welton in “TED LASSO”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE CROWN
THE GILDED AGE
THE LAST OF US
THE MORNING SHOW
SUCCESSION
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
BARRY THE BEAR ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
TED LASSO
The Stunt Ensemble Honors Nominees are:
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
BARBIE
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
AHSOKA
BARRY
BEEF
THE LAST OF US
THE MANDALORIAN
More about the Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, presented by SAG-AFTRA with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC. will stream live globally on Netflix Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall. One of awards season’s premier events, the SAG Awards annually celebrates the outstanding motion picture and television performances of the year. Voted on by SAG-AFTRA’s robust and diverse membership of 119,000+ performers, the SAG Awards has the largest voting body on the awards circuit. Beloved for its style, simplicity, and genuine warmth, the show has become an industry favorite and one of the most prized honors since its debut in 1995.
