This is the week awards season comes into focus.
The Screen Actors Guild unveiled the shortlist for its annual film and television prizes on Wednesday, two days after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the Golden Globe nominations. Both awards are considered bellwethers for the 2017 Oscar race that began in earnest around Labor Day.
Always one show to offer a few curveballs, the SAG Awards nominated Emily Blunt, whose “Girl on the Train” performance seemed to make her an Oscar also-ran after the movie garnered middling reviews. Blunt and “Florence Foster Jenkins” star Meryl Streep nabbed nods that pundits expected would go to Annette Bening (”20th Century Women”), Isabelle Huppet (”Elle”) or Ruth Negga (”Loving”). SAG also devoted a spot in its top film category to “Captain Fantastic,” which beat out awards-season favorites like “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Hell or High Water,” “La La Land,” “Lion” and “Jackie.”
Now is the moment you can start prepping your ballots at home. SAG has the highest membership overlap with the Academy’s acting branch, so these awards can be significant indicators of how the Oscars’ acting categories will shake out. One caveat: SAG uses a nominating committee, so its finalists are a mere sample of the Academy’s tastes. There’s still plenty of wiggle room in the Oscar roster, which will be announced on Jan. 24. (Oh, and congrats on your nominations, too, TV folks! Look at Millie Bobby Brown go!)
Sophia Bush and Common announced the nominees during a live-stream in Los Angeles. See the full list below. The SAG Awards air Jan. 29.
FILM
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
“Captain Fantastic”
”Fences”
”Hidden Figures”
”Manchester by the Sea”
”Moonlight”
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 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 SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis, “Fences”
Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman, “Lion”
Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”
Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”
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 ACTION PERFORMANCE BY 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 COMEDY SERIES
“The Big Bang Theory”
”Black-ish”
”Modern Family”
”Orange Is the New Black”
”Veep”
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
“The Crown”
”Downton Abbey”
”Game of Thrones”
”Stranger Things”
”Westworld”
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Uzo Aduba, “Orange Is the New Black”
Jane Fonda, “Grace and Frankie”
Ellie Kemper, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”
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 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 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 TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
Bryce Dallas Howard, “Black Mirror”
Felicity Huffman, “American Crime”
Audra McDonald, “Lady Day Emerson’s Bar and Grill”
Sarah Paulson, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”
Kerry Washington, “Confirmation”
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
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 ACTION PERFORMANCE BY STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES
“Game of Thrones”
”Daredevil”
”Luke Cage”
”The Walking Dead”
”Westworld”