The 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards were held this evening during what is probably one of the shortest SAG Awards telecasts.
Tonight’s ceremony honors the best outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances as chosen by the actors guild. Like with other major awards shows, SAG-AFTRA extended the eligibility period with February 28, 2021 being the last date.
There are noticeable differences between tonight’s nominees and the upcoming Oscars ceremony. Most notably, the BAFTA nominees don’t agree with Oscar and SAG. I’ll explain that in just a few moments. If the SAG Awards forecast holds, we’re looking at one of the most diverse award winners among the Oscar acting categories.
Maria Bakalova’s road to an Oscar win for her performance as Tutar in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm just became tougher. Alas, a win tonight just wasn’t meant to be. There’s still plenty of time remaining before Oscar Sunday.
The Best Actress race is even harder to pinpoint following Viola Davis’s win tonight for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Oscars and SAG disagree on one of their four slots. Instead of Amy Adams, Oscar went with Andra Day. Across the pond, BAFTA only has two of this year’s contenders in their 6-actress field. None of which are Davis or Promising Young Women‘s Carey Mulligan. FWIW, BAFTA nominee Alfre Woodard was largely snubbed when Clemency was eligible during the 2019 awards season. I’ll state it here again: Alfre Woodard was on all of my awards nomination ballots in 2019. But I digress.
Regarding the Best Cast Ensemble, it’s not uncommon for a major Best Picture frontrunner to not pick up a nomination here. This is exactly what happened in the case of Nomadland. Could Nomadland pull out the win on Oscar Sunday without a SAG Award nomination in the category? It would not be the first time.
And the SAG Awards winners are…
Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Chadwick Boseman/Levee – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Viola Davis/Ma Rainey – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Daniel Kaluuya/Fred Hampton – Judas and The Black Messiah
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Youn Yuh-Jung/Soonja – Minari
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II/Bobby Seale
- Sacha Baron Cohen/Abbie Hoffman
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Richard Schultz
- Michael Keaton/Ramsey Clark
- Frank Langella/Judge Julius Hoffman
- John Carroll Lynch/David Dellinger
- Eddie Redmayne/Tom Hayden
- Mark Rylance/William Kunstler
- Alex Sharp/Rennie Davis
- Jeremy Strong/Jerry Rubin
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: Wonder Woman 1984
Television
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series: Mark Ruffalo/Dominick Birdsey/Thomas Birdsey – I Know This Much Is True
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series: Anya Taylor-Joy/Beth Harmon – The Queen’s Gambit
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Jason Bateman/Marty Byrde – Ozark
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Gillian Anderson/Margaret Thatcher – The Crown
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Jason Sudeikis/Ted Lasso – Ted Lasso
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Catherine O’Hara/Moira Rose – Schitt’s Creek
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: The Crown
- Gillian Anderson/Margaret Thatcher
- Marion Bailey/Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
- Helena Bonham Carter/Princess Margaret
- Stephen Boxer/Denis Thatcher
- Olivia Colman/Queen Elizabeth II
- Emma Corrin/Princess Diana
- Erin Doherty/Princess Anne
- Charles Edwards/Martin Charteris
- Emerald Fennell/Camilla Shand
- Tobias Menzies/Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Josh O’Connor/Prince Charles
- Sam Phillips/Equerry
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Schitt’s Creek
- Chris Elliott/Roland Schitt
- Emily Hampshire/Stevie Budd
- Daniel Levy/David Rose
- Eugene Levy/Johnny Rose
- Sarah Levy/Twyla Sands
- Annie Murphy/Alexis Rose
- Catherine O’Hara/Moira Rose
- Noah Reid/Patrick Brewer
- Jennifer Robertson/Jocelyn Schitt
- Karen Robinson/Ronnie Lee
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series: The Mandalorian
