The Screen Actors Guild committee of 2,500+ voters has announced its nominees for their upcoming 2021 ceremony. The usual suspects were there, but there were also some major omissions and unusual surprises.
The SAG Ensemble Award (Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) is good precursor for getting a Best Picture Oscar nomination, at least as far as SAG/AFTRA membership is concerned. That means the stocks of Spike Lee‘s “Da 5 Bloods”, Regina King‘s “One Night in Miami” George C. King‘s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Lee Isaac Chung‘s “Minari,” and Aaron Sorkin‘s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” have all risen today.
In the solo acting categories: Two, count ‘em two, “Hillbilly Elegy” actresses managed to grab nods. Amy Adams got in for leading actress and Glenn Close for Supporting Actress. The conservative-minded film, which was ridiculed by critics, managed to shock pundits today, who had all but dismissed the film for awards contention last November.
Getting snubbed in the acting categories were Zendaya (“Malcolm and Marie”) and Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”) in the Best Leading Actress category. Meanwhile, Amanda Seyfried’s work in “Mank,” which was supposed to not just be nominated, but win the Oscar, was ignored by SAG. This puts a major dent on Seyfried’s golden statuette aspirations. It is now Olivia Colman’s (“The Father”) Oscar to lose in that category.
The most glaring omission by SAG, however, was the failure of its members to nominate “Sound of Metal” performer Paul Raci in the Best Supporting Actor category, and, instead, giving an undeserved nomination to Jared Leto for his good, but unremarkable performance in “The Little Things”.
It has also not been Delroy Lindo’s week, as his performance in “Da 5 Bloods” has now been ignored by both the Golden Globes and SAG in a span of just a few days. Sag voters did hand a Best Supporting Actor nom to the late Chadwick Boseman as well as a Best Stunt Ensemble nom to Lee’s film.
The SAG awards will air on the evening of Sunday, April 4, at 6 pm Pacific (TNT/TBS).
Best Ensemble
Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
One Night in Miami…
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Actress
Amy Adams, Hillbilly Elegy
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Helena Zengel, News of the World
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto, The Little Things
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Best Stunt Ensemble
Da 5 Bloods
Mulan
News of the World
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Wonder Woman 1984