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LOS ANGELES — “Wicked” topped nominations to the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday, landing a leading five nominations including best ensemble, and individual nods for Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey.
Out-of-control wildfires that swept across Los Angeles and Southern California on Tuesday night forced the Screen Actors Guild to cancel its plans to announce the nominations live Wednesday morning. The nominations were instead issued by press release by SAG, which last year began a multiyear deal with Netflix to stream the awards.
The smash hit musical “Wicked” saw its Oscar chances rise in the SAG nominations, which came the morning after the film was celebrated by the National Board of Review Awards in New York. “Wicked” even scored a nod for best stunt ensemble.
The other nominees for best ensemble are: “Anora,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Perez” and “A Complete Unknown.”
It was an especially strong showing for the Bob Dylan drama “A Complete Unknown.” It came away with four nominations, including Timothee Chalamet for best male actor, and supporting nods for both Edward Norton and Monica Barbaro.
The SAG Awards are among the most closely watched Oscar bellwethers. Their picks don’t always align exactly with those of the film academy, but they often do.
The last three best ensemble winners — “Oppenheimer,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “CODA” — all went on to win best picture at the Academy Awards. All but one of the SAG acting winners of the last three years has also won at the Oscars. The sole exception was Lily Gladstone, who won SAG’s award for female actor last year for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” but the Oscar trophy went to Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) at the Oscars.
While some overlooked performances might still land an Oscar nomination, any eventual Academy Award winner, including the best picture recipient, is almost surely coming from those nominated Wednesday.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held Feb. 23 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The ceremony, to be hosted by Kristen Bell. will be streamed live on Netflix. In addition to the competitive awards, Jane Fonda will be presented with the guild’s Life Achievement Award.
Here’s a complete list of nominees:
MOVIES
Ensemble
“A Complete Unknown”; “Anora”; “Conclave”; “Emelia Perez”; “Wicked.”
Male actor in a leading role
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”; Timothee Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”; Daniel Craig, “Queer”; Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”; Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave.”
Female actor in a leading role
Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”; Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”; Karla Sofia Gascon, “Emelia Perez”; Mikey Madison, “Anora”; Demi Moore, “The Substance.”
Male actor in a supporting role
Jonathan Bailey, “Wicked”; Yura Borisov, “Anora”; Kieran Culkin, “A Complete Unknown”; Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”; Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice.”
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 Perez.”
Stunt ensemble
“Deadpool & Wolverine”; “Dune: Part Two”; “The Fall Guy”; “Gladiator II”; “Wicked.”
TELEVISION
Drama ensemble
“Bridgerton”; “The Day of the Jackal”; “The Diplomat”; “Shōgun”; “Slow Horses.”
Comedy ensemble
“Abbott Elementary”; “The Bear”; “Hacks”; “Only Murders in the Building”; “Shrinking.”
Male actor in a drama series
Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun”; Jeff Bridges, “The Old Man,” Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”; Eddie Redmayne, “The Day of the Jackal,”; Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun.”
Female actor in a drama series
Kathy Bates, “Matlock”; Nicola Coughlin, “Bridgerton”; Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”; Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”; Anna Sawai, “Shōgun.”
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”; Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear.”
Female actor in a comedy series
Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”; Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”; Liza Colon-Zayas, “The Bear”; Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”; Jean Smart, “Hacks.”
Male actor in a limited series or TV movie
Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”; Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”; Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”; Kevin Kline, “Disclaimer”; Andrew Scott, “Ripley.”
Female actor in a limited series or TV movie
Kathy Bates,” “The Great Lillian Hall”; Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”; Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”; Lily Gladstone, “Under the Bridge”; Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”; Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin.”
Stunt ensemble
“The Boys”; “Fallout”; “House of the Dragon”; “The Penguin”; “Shōgun.”