The Screen Actors Guild Awards 2025: The Winners

Updating my earlier post with the winners of the Screen Actors (sic) Guild Awards which were presented last night. With a Cast win for “Conclave” (and success at the BAFTAs), that might put the Oscar Best Picture momentum behind the film. But I reckon it will be very close. Also with wins for Chalomet and Moore in the Acting Categories, the race is again thrown wide open: this is the first mis-step for Adrien Brody’s campaign who’s had a clean sweep to date. And there are a lot of actors who vote in the Academy….

All in all, I reckon I might be losing a lot of money on my Oscar bets this year… it’s never been so wide open.

The nominations have just been released, via a press release, for the Screen Actors (no apostrophe!) Guild (aka SAG) awards.

In terms of the films getting the most attention, they are:

• “Wicked“ – with 5 nominations
• “A Complete Unknown“ – with 4 nominations
• “Anora” and “Emilia Pérez” – with 3 nominations each, and
• “The Last Showgirl” and “Conclave” – with 2 nominations each.

Once again, it’s a mixture of expected favourites and some films not out yet in the UK. Links to my reviews of the films that I’ve seen (I REALLY must watch “Sing Sing”!) are marked with hyperlinks.

I guess the one surprise to me is the absence of Denzel Washington in the Supporting Actor running for “Gladiator II“. I always find the “Ensemble Cast” award to be one of the most interesting in the SAGs. I’d love for “Conclave” to win this one, as I think it had the most consistenly excellent cast of four.

The full list of nominations are:

Outstanding Performance by a cast in a Motion Picture

• “A Complete Unknown“
• “Anora“
• “Conclave“ (WINNER)
• “Emilia Pérez“
• “Wicked“

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

• Adrien Brody “The Brutalist“
• Timothee Chalamet “A Complete Unknown“ (WINNER)
• Daniel Craig “Queer“
• Colman Domingo “Sing Sing”
• Ralph Fiennes “Conclave“

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• Pamela Anderson “The Last Showgirl”
• Cynthia Erivo “Wicked“
• Karla Sofia Gascon “Emilia Pérez“
• Mikey Madison “Anora“
• Demi Moore “The Substance“ (WINNER)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

• Jonathan Bailey “Wicked“
• Yura Borisov “Anora“
• Kieran Culkin “A Real Pain“ (WINNER)
• Edward Norton “A Complete Unknown“
• Jeremy Strong “The Apprentice“

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

• Monica Barbaro “A Complete Unknown“
• Jamie Lee Curtis “The Last Showgirl”
• Danielle Deadwyler “The Piano Lesson”
• Ariana Grande “Wicked“
• Zoe Saldana “Emilia Pérez“ (WINNER)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

• “Deadpool & Wolverine“
• “Dune: Part Two“
• “The Fall Guy“ (WINNER)
• “Gladiator II“
• “Wicked“

TV Awards

For those interested, the winners of the TV awards were:

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

• Bridgerton
• The Day of The Jackal
• The Diplomat
• Shogun (WINNER)
• Slow Horses

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

• Tadanobu Asano—Shogun
• Jeff Bridges—The Old Man
• Gary Oldman—Slow Horses
• Eddie Redmayne—The Day of The Jackal
• Hiroyuki Sanada—Shogun (WINNER)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

• Kathy Bates—Matlock
• Nicola Coughlan—Bridgerton
• Allison Janney—The Diplomat
• Keri Russell—The Diplomat
• Anna Sawai—Shogun (WINNER)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary
• The Bear
• Hacks
• Only Murders in The Building (WINNER)
• Shrinking 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

• Adam Brody—Nobody Wants This
• Ted Danson —A Man on The Inside
• Harrison Ford—Shrinking
• Martin Short—Only Murders in The Building (WINNER)
• Jeremy Allen White—The Bear

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

• Kristen Bell—Nobody Wants This
• Quinta Brunson—Abbott Elementary
• Liza Colón-Zayas—The Bear
• Ayo Edebiri—The Bear
• Jean Smart—Hacks (WINNER)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

• Javier Bardem—Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
• Colin Farrell—The Penguin (WINNER)
• Richard Gadd—Baby Reindeer
• Kevin Kline—Disclaimer
• Andrew Scott—Ripley

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

• Kathy Bates—The Great Lillian Hall
• Cate Blanchett—Disclaimer
• Jodie Foster— True Detective: Night Country
• Lily Gladstone—Under the Bridge
• Jessica Gunning—Baby Reindeer (WINNER)
• Cristin Milioti—The Penguin

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

• The Boys
• Fallout
• House of the Dragon
• The Penguin
• Shogun (WINNER)