Right on the heels of yesterday’s Golden Globes nominations, we got the list of people who are up for a SAG this year. Sorry to Lily Collins, who announced the nominees, but the SAGs (correctly) did not take bribes to nominate Emily in Paris. I have a lot of THOUGHTS about the nominees, but I’ll stick them beneath each category; also please click through the emotional ride that is this slideshow. Daveed and Lily seemed to have a lovely time.
Television Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Bill Camp, “The Queen’s Gambit”
Daveed Diggs, “Hamilton”
Hugh Grant, “The Undoing”
Ethan Hawke, “The Good Lord Bird”
Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True”
I have mixed feelings about Hamilton being able to win TV awards for a filmed version of a stage show that was done in 2016 (I think). I also had to look up who Bill Camp played in Queen’s Gambit, and he was the janitor who taught her chess. At least this isn’t technically a “lead actor” category even though three of the contenders here ARE leads (four, if you add up both Daveed’s roles — everyone in that show is a lead in a way). Bill was not a lead. This entire category bores me and I hope Daveed wins.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. America”
Michaela Coel, “I May Destroy You”
Nicole Kidman, “The Undoing”
Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit”
Kerry Washington, “Little Fires Everywhere”
I am thrilled to see Michaela Coel here. I never finished I May Destroy You because when we were in the middle of watching it, something semi-traumatic happened involving destruction of our personal property — we are and were all fine — and the title suddenly felt very on-the-nose. But she was great in what I saw of it. I didn’t see Cate, Nicole, or Kerry. I thought The Queen’s Gambit was very empty and cold, and was not blown away by Anya in it. It felt like she hit the same two performance notes for ten hours. I realize I am alone in this opinion.
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
Josh O’Connor, “The Crown”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Regé-Jean Page, “Bridgerton”
Of these, I’ve only seen Josh, and parts of SKB’s performance. I have a firm belief that any of these people would be deserving winners though. I’m sure it’ll be Bateman, but how great if Page won? I’m SHOCKED the Globes didn’t go ham on Bridgerton.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson, “The Crown”
Olivia Colman, “The Crown”
Emma Corrin, “The Crown”
Julia Garner, “Ozark”
Laura Linney, “Ozark”
I guess I’m rooting for Ozark? You all know how I felt about Gillian Anderson. Emma Corrin was too muggy for me; it felt like a Diana imitation without a lot of understanding of why she was making particular facial expressions. That role this season didn’t add up for me. And I like Olivia Colman a lot, but… really, there aren’t other places we can reach for dramatic acting?
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”
Daniel Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”
Ramy Youssef, “Ramy”
I loved Ted Lasso. Its optimism and heart reminded me of when the Mike Schur shows work best — when a ragtag group of imperfect people comes together, and tries to do something positive. I’ve heard Nicholas Hoult was hilarious in The Great. I haven’t seen Ramy. And I love the Schitts — I do find Dan Levy’s performance to be richer than Eugene’s, I think — but after the Emmys it’d be fun for some new blood to win.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”
Linda Cardellini, “Dead to Me”
Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”
Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”
This reminds me that I need to keep watching Dead To Me. The Globe nods yesterday felt like they were fresh out of ideas for comedies. This one is a bit better. I know Dead To Me being a comedy is debatable, but of the season I’ve seen, I find it consistently darkly funny rather than sporadically able to churn out a laugh line — which is the case with The Flight Attendant. I’m through 5 episodes of that thing, and the only character I can stand is Zosia Mamet’s, and she is great in that part and does occasionally elicit a laugh. But the show is not called The Flight Attendant Has a Snarky Best Friend. I’m rooting for Annie Murphy, not because I don’t love Catherine O’Hara. Between the two, Alexis feels like a harder part to hit on the head the way Annie does.
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
“Better Call Saul”
“Bridgerton”
“The Crown”
“Lovecraft Country”
“Ozark”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“Dead to Me”
“The Flight Attendant”
“The Great”
“Schitt’s Creek”
“Ted Lasso”
Lasso! Lasso!
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
“The Boys”
“Cobra Kai”
“Lovecraft Country”
“The Mandalorian”
“Westworld”
Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”
Gary Oldman, “Mank”
Steven Yeun, “Minari”
I’m so happy about Riz Ahmed and Steven Yeun — and Chadwick, though he was a sure thing. Oldman and Hopkins are whatever. They feel like safe choices in a year where hardly anyone is seeing or talking about the contenders.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
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”
Hillbilly Elegy? Really? At least it won’t win. SURELY, against all these other performances, it won’t win. (Apparently BOTH the big Aretha projects got pushed. Jennifer Hudson’s Aretha movie, Respect, is now coming out in August 2021 — she had been tagged as a potential frontrunner for the Oscars this year — and Cynthia Erivo’s NatGeo series Genius comes out in March, so I guess they’ll be in the film and TV categories next year?)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
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”
Jared Leto? Really? At least he won’t win. SURELY, against all these other performances, he won’t win. (I just… thought and hoped we as a society were past Jared Leto.)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy”
Olivia Colman, “The Father”
Youn Yuh-Jung, “Minari”
Helena Zengel, “News of the World”
Go, Minari! I cannot stand Borat so I will never, ever see that movie, but I am glad that Maria Bakalova gets a SAG nomination for having to deal with Rudy Giuliani. It’s the least anyone can do.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Minari”
“One Night in Miami”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7″
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Mulan”
“News of the World”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7″
“Wonder Woman 1984″
