The 2017 SAG Awards nominations continue the award show's anti-#OscarsSoWhite trend
The earlier award shows, like the Golden Globes, are a good precursor for how, and which, films and television series should expect recognition from the Oscars and the Emmys. But the Screen Actors Guild and its annual SAG Awards was also celebrated last year for bucking the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, with diverse nominations and awards. In that sense, the 2017 SAG Awards nominations are par for the course.
The nominations were announced Wednesday, and three of the five films nominated for the outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture category feature primarily black casts: Moonlight, Fences and Hidden Figures. It's especially fitting for actress Viola Davis — who stars in Fences and has been heralded for her performance — after she addressed the #OscarsSoWhite controversy at last year's SAG Awards.
"Diversity is not a trending topic," Davis told reporters backstage at the award show, following her best actress in a television drama series win for How to Get Away With Murder. "No matter what is going on in the business, I will find a way to practice my art, and all of the actors of color that I know don't place any limitations on themselves either."
Other notable nominees include Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown for outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series. Brown was snubbed from a similar category at the Golden Globes (though given the competition, it was understandable), but it's an encouraging sign that 2016's breakout star drew recognition from one of the industry's major guilds.
You can check out the full list of nominees for 2017's SAG Awards, which will be presented Jan. 29 on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. Eastern, below:
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role
Amy Adams, Arrival
Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture
Captain Fantastic
Fences
Hidden Figures
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries
Riz Ahmed, The Night of
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
John Turturro, The Night of
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a television movie or miniseries
Bryce Dallas Howard, Black Mirror
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson
Kerry Washington, Confirmation
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
John Lithgow, The Crown
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Claire Foy, The Crown
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Winona Ryder, Stranger Things
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series
The Crown
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
Westworld
Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series
The Big Bang Theory
Black-ish
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Veep
Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a comedy or drama series
Game of Thrones
Marvel's Daredevil
Marvel's Luke Cage
The Walking Dead
Westworld
Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne
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