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SAG Awards 2017: Notable Nominees

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Dec 14, 2016 6:00 PM
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Natalie Portman, Jackie

The Oscar-winning actress is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture for her role of Jackie Kennedy. This marks her second individual SAG Award nomination. She previously won one for Black Swan.


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Amy Adams, Arrival

The actress is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture for her performance as a linguist who helps the military in translating alien communications.

This marks her seventh SAG Award nomination, including her fourth individual one. She previously won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for American Hustle.


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Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

The actor is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Andre "Dre" Johnson in the ABC comedy series. This marks his third SAG Awards nomination and first individual one.


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Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black

The actress is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance as Crazy Eyes in the Netflix prison dramedy series. Aduba had won the award twice over the past two years.


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Rami Malek, Mr. Robot

The actor is nominated for his second SAG Award for his role as Elliot Alderson in the USA Network series.


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Kerry Washington, Confirmation

The Scandal star is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in Television Movie or Miniseries for her performance in the HBO film as Anita Hill, a woman who testifies that a Supreme Court justice nominee sexually harassed her.

This marks her third SAG Award nomination and second individual one.


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Moonlight

The drama, which tells of the story of the life of a black man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami, is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris are nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.

This marks the fourth SAG Award nomination and first individual one for Ali, known for his work in Netflix's House of Cards, and the first nomination overall for Harris.

 


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Hidden Figures

The drama film, which tells of a group of African-American women who provide NASA with mathematical data needed to launch its first successful space missions, is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture while Octavia Spencer received an individual nod for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for her performance as Dorothy Vaughan.

The actress previously won two SAG Awards for The Help, including an individual one. The movie also earned her an Oscar.


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Julia Louis-Dreyfus

The actress is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance in Showtime's Veep.

Louis-Dreyfus had also won the award in 2015.


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Michelle Williams

The actress is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for her role as Randi, the ex-wife of a man forced to care for his nephew. This marks her fifth SAG Award nomination and third individual one.


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Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

The movie is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and the actor received a nod for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture for his performance as Lee, a man who is forced to become the guardian of his nephew after the death of the boy's father, his brother.

This marks Affleck's second SAG nomination, following his 2008 nod for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.


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Paramount Pictures

Fences

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for their performances in the film, which the actor directed. Washington plays Troy Maxson, a former Negro League baseball player who now works as a trash collector as he and his wife, played by Davis, battle racial tensions in 1950s America. The movie is also nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Washington has been nominated for SAG Awards four times before, while Davis has won three and been nominated six times.


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Andrew Garfield

The actor is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Mel Gibson's drama film, which sees him play World War II U.S. Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who became the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.

Garfield was previously nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for The Social Network.


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Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling, La La Land

The actors are nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture for their performances in the musical dramedy, in which they play a jazz pianist and an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.

Gosling was previously nominated for three SAG Awards, while Stone won two collective ones for The Help and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). She was previously nominated for an individual award for her role in the latter.


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Captain Fantastic

The dramedy, which stars Viggo Mortensen as a father who re-enters modern society with his family after living in the wilderness, is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The actor is also nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture for his role.

This marks his fifth SAG Award nomination and second individual one. He won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2004.


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HBO

Westworld

The hit HBO series, whose first season focused on a mysterious Western-themed robot theme park, is nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble.


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Thandie Newton, Westworld

The British star is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for her role as robot madam Maeve Millay in HBO's Westworld.

She previously won the 2006 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Crash.


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Netflix

Winona Ryder, Stranger Things

The actress is also nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for her role in Stranger Things. She plays Joyce Byers, mother of Will, who went missing in season one. She was previously nominated for three SAG Awards, including one individual one.


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Netflix

Stranger Things

The Netflix '80s-era supernatural horror series, which has a cult following, is nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.


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Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things

The British star is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for her role as the powerful Eleven in Netflix's Stranger Things. This marks her first SAG Awards nomination.


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Sarah Paulson

The actress is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actress in a Drama Series for her role as lead prosecutor Marcia Clark in the FX series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.

This marks her first individual SAG Awards nomination. She was nominated in the past for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for 12 Years a Slave.


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Game of Thrones

The hit HBO series is nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble.


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FX

Sterling K. Brown

The actor is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Christopher Darden in the FX series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and for his role as Randall in NBC's This Is Us. These mark his first SAG Awards nominations.


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Peter Dinklage

The actor is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his role of Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones. He was nominated for the same role for the past three years.


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