Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, and Zac Efron were three of the biggest names snubbed as the Screen Actors Guild 2024 award nominations were announced on Wednesday.
In addition the controversial film May December – which stars Portman, Julianne Moore, and Chalres Melton – was also completely ignored.
The SAG-AFTRA National Honors and Tributes Committee are who nominates and votes for the recipients of these awards.
DiCaprio starred in Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon and despite it being critically-acclaimed his performance did not seem like enough to wow his peers into earning him a nomination.
Meanwhile, though Portman’s performance in the Todd Haynes film – which is built around a Mary Kay Letourneau-esque scandal – was praised she was also unable to secure a nod.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Natalie Portman (both seen in LA on Tuesday night) were two of the biggest names snubbed as the Screen Actors Guild 2024 award nominations were announced on Wednesday
DiCaprio is seen alongside Lily Gladstone in Killers Of The Flower Moon
Meanwhile, though Portman’s (pictured right) performance in the Todd Haynes film – which is built around a Mary Kay Letourneau-esque scandal – was praised she was also unable to secure a nod
Zac Efron has also earned rave reviews for his work as pro-wrestler Kevin Von Erich in tragic film the Iron Claw but was ignored in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role category
Zac Efron has also earned rave reviews for his work as pro-wrestler Kevin Von Erich in tragic film the Iron Claw but was ignored in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role category.
The Screen Actors Guild did heap praise on Oppenheimer, Barbie and American Fiction.
The nominees for the guild’s top award, best ensemble are: American Fiction, Barbie, The Color Purple, Killers of the Flower Moon and Oppenheimer.
Most notably left out of that group was Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, which on Sunday won best comedy/musical at the Golden Globes.
The film’s star, Emma Stone, was nominated for best actress while Willem Dafoe (but not Mark Ruffalo) was nominated for best supporting male actor.
Another film which was completely left out of the nominations list was Air starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Viola Davis.
The film received plenty of praise when it was released in April 2023 as it tells the tale of Nike’s creation of the iconic Air Jordan basketball shoes but seemed to have been forgotten by voters.
Though The Color Purple did earn a best ensemble nomination one main cast member who was snubbed was Fantasia Barrino who has been showered with praise over her performance in the remake.
Another film which was completely left out of the nominations list was Air starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Viola Davis
Most notably left out of top honor Best Ensemble was Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things which on Sunday won best comedy/musical at the Golden Globes
Though The Color Purple did earn a best ensemble nomination one main cast member who was snubbed was Fantasia Barrino who has been showered with praise over her performance in the remake
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (center) was also a snub for Ava DuVernay’s Origin as she put on a staggering performance in the ambitious look at the caste system and its harmful impact on world history
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor was also a snub for Ava DuVernay’s Origin as she put on a staggering performance in the ambitious look at the caste system and its harmful impact on world history.
The SAG Awards are closely watched as an Oscar bellwether.
Their picks don’t always align exactly with those of the film academy, but seldom is a best picture or acting winner not nominated first by SAG.
That means any best picture hopes for films like Poor Things just took a hit. Past Lives, Celine Song’s tender love story, also was set back.
The last two best-ensemble winners — Everything Everywhere All At Once and CODA — went on to win best picture at the Oscars.
This year’s SAG Awards follow a grueling 118-day strike by the actors guild SAG-AFTRA that put Hollywood in a months-long battle over its future
This year’s SAG Awards follow a grueling 118-day strike by the actors guild SAG-AFTRA that put Hollywood in a months-long battle over its future.
Pay in the streaming era and artificial intelligence were top issues.
The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards will take place Saturday, February 24 at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles in a ceremony streaming live on Netflix.
It’s the first time on the streamer for the SAG Awards since signing a multiyear partnership last year.
SAG 2024 NOMINATIONS
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
‘American Fiction’
‘Barbie’
‘The Color Purple’
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
‘Oppenheimer’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Annette Bening – ‘Nyad’
Lily Gladstone – ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Carey Mulligan – ‘Maestro’
Margot Robbie – ‘Barbie’
Emma Stone – ‘Poor Things’
Annette Bening and Jodie Foster in Nyad
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper – ‘Maestro’
Colman Domingo – ‘Rustin’
Paul Giamatti – ‘The Holdovers’
Cillian Murphy – ‘Oppenheimer’
Jeffrey Wright – ‘American Fiction’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt – ‘Oppenheimer’
Danielle Brooks – ‘The Color Purple’
Penelope Cruz – ‘Ferrari’
Jodie Foster – ‘Nyad’
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – ‘The Holdovers’
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K. Brown – ‘American Fiction’
Willem Dafoe – ‘Poor Things’
Robert De Niro – ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Robert Downey Jr. – ‘Oppenheimer’
Ryan Gosling – ‘Barbie’
Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers Of The Flower Moon
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
‘The Crown’
‘The Guilded Age’
‘The Last of Us’
‘The Morning Show’
‘Succession’
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
‘Abbot Elementary’
‘Barry’
‘The Bear’
‘Only Murders in the Building’
‘Ted Lasso’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jennifer Aniston – ‘The Morning Show’
Elizabeth Debicki – ‘The Crown’
Bella Ramsey – ‘The Last of Us’
Keri Russell – ‘The Diplomat’
Sarah Snook – ‘Succession’
Morning Show costars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Brian Cox – ‘Succession’
Billy Crudup – ‘The Morning Show’
Kieran Culkin – ‘Succession’
Matthew Macfadyen – ‘Succession’
Pedro Pascal – ‘The Last of Us’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Alex Borstein – ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
Rachel Brosnahan – ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
Quinta Brunson – ‘Abbott Elementary’
Ayo Edebiri – ‘The Bear’
Hannah Waddingham – ‘Ted Lasso’
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Brett Goldstein – ‘Ted Lasso’
Bill Hader – ‘Barry’
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – ‘The Bear’
Jason Sudeikis – ‘Ted Lasso’
Jeremy Allen White – ‘The Bear’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Uzo Aduba – ‘Painkiller’
Kathryn Hahn – Tiny Beautiful Things’
Brie Larson – ‘Lessons in Chemistry’
Be Powley – ‘A Small Light’
Ali Wong – ‘Beef’
Mandalorian
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Matt Bomer – ‘Fellow Travelers’
Jon Hamm – ‘Fargo’
David Oyelowo – ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’
Tony Shalhoub – ‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie’
Steven Yeun – ‘Beef’
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
‘Ahsoka’
‘Barry’
‘Beef’
‘The Last of Us’
‘The Mandalorian’
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
‘Barbie’
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’
‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’