Aussie actresses nominated in SAG awards

Australia’s Cate Blanchett, Margot Robbie and Elizabeth Debicki all pick up nominations at the Screen Actors Guild awards.

Cate Blanchett has nominated for best actress in the SAG awards. Picture: Getty Images.

Australian star Cate Blanchett’s march towards a third Oscar has been boosted with a nomination for best actress at the prestigious Screen Actors Guild awards.

Blanchett, who won the award for best drama actress at the 80th Golden Globes for her role as the egomaniacal conductor in Todd Field’s Tár, is favoured to win best lead female actor. Blanchett will go up against Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All At Once, Ana de Armas for Blonde, Danielle Deadyler for Till, and Viola Davis for The Woman King.

Martin McDonagh’s black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin and A24’s sci-fi fantasy Everything Everywhere All At Once lead this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.

At five nominations each, four for individual acting and an ensemble nod, both films tied the record for most SAG Award nominations that previously set by Shakespeare in Love, Chicago, and Doubt. These nominations are a reliable predictor of how the Oscar acting races will take shape.

Margot Robbie in Babylon, which earned a nod for best ensemble cast at the 2023 SAGS. Phoro: Paramount

In the ensemble category, both films will compete against the Margot Robbie-led Hollywood epic Babylon, Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical family drama The Fabelmans, and Sarah Polley’s excavation of sexual assault in a religious community, Women Talking.

Most surprisingly, Michelle Williams failed to secure lead actress recognition for her performance The Fabelmans.

Other snubs include the complete absence of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out sequel Glass Onion, Maria Schrader’s Weinstein journalist drama She Said, and Triangle of Sadness.

Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár in director Todd Field's Tár

Globes winner Austin Butler scored a nomination for best lead male actor for his role in Baz Luhrmann’s ELVIS, alongside Colin Farrell for The Banshees of Inisherin, Brendan Fraser for The Whale, Bill Nighy for Living and Adam Sandler for Hustle.

On the TV side, the final season of Netflix’s Ozark led with four nominations. Earning a nod for best drama ensemble alongside The Crown, Better Call Saul, Severance and The White Lotus. Barry and Only Murders in the Building dominated comedy with three nods each.

Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki earned a nod for best female actor in a drama series. Photo: Netflix

Elizabeth Debicki will face off against Ozark’s Laura Linney and Julia Garner, Euphoria’s Zendaya and The White Lotus’s Jennifer Coolidge for best female actor in a drama series, for her role as Princess Diana in The Crown.

The SAG ceremony will take place on February 26th, and air on Netflix’s YouTube channel, before moving to the streamer in 2024.

Film

Outstanding Cast

• Babylon
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Fabelmans
• Women Talking

Actor in a Leading Role

• Austin Butler, Elvis
• Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brendan Fraser, The Whale
• Bill Nighy, Living
• Adam Sandler, Hustle

Actress in a Leading Role

• Cate Blanchett, Tár
• Viola Davis, The Woman King
• Ana de Armas, Blonde
• Danielle Deadwyler, Till
• Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
• Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Hong Chau, The Whale
• Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
• Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Stunt Ensemble in a Movie

• Avatar: The Way of Water
• The Batman
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Top Gun: Maverick
• The Woman King

Television

Ensemble in a Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary
• Barry
• The Bear
• Hacks
• Only Murders in the Building

Ensemble in a Drama Series

• Better Call Saul
• The Crown
• Ozark
• Severance
• The White Lotus

Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Carrigan, Barry
• Bill Hader, Barry
• Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
• Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
• Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
• Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
• Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
• Jean Smart, Hacks

Actor in a Drama Series

• Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
• Jason Bateman, Ozark
• Jeff Bridges, The Old Man
• Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
• Adam Scott, Severance

Actress in a Drama Series

• Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
• Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown
• Julia Garner, Ozark
• Laura Linney, Ozark
• Zendaya, Euphoria

Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series

• Steve Carell, The Patient
• Taron Egerton, Black Bird
• Sam Elliott, 1883
• Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird
• Evan Peters, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series

• Emily Blunt, The English
• has Jessica Chastain, George & Tammy
• Julia Garner, Inventing Anna
• Niecy Nash-Betts, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
• Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout

Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series

• Andor
• The Boys
• House of the Dragon
• Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
• Stranger Things