Here is some background information about the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Facts:.
January 21, 2018 – The 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are scheduled to take place. For the first time in the award show’s history there will be a host, Kristen Bell.
January 29, 2017 – The 23nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards is held.
The nominees and winners are chosen by the members of the Screen Actors Guild.
Two panels (film and television), each comprised of 2,200 randomly chosen members, select the nominees. All active members of the SAG-AFTRA may vote for winners in all categories.
The winners receive The Actor, the statuette for outstanding performance.
2018 Nominees (Selected):
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Judi Dench – “Victoria & Abdul”
Sally Hawkins – “The Shape of Water”
Frances McDormand – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Margot Robbie – “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan – “Lady Bird”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Timothee Chalamet – “Call Me by Your Name”
James Franco – “The Disaster Artist”
Daniel Kaluuya – “Get Out”
Gary Oldman – “Darkest Hour”
Denzel Washington – “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Mary J. Blige – “Mudbound”
Hong Chau – “Downsizing”
Holly Hunter – “The Big Sick”
Allison Janney – “I, Tonya”
Laurie Metcalf – “Lady Bird”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Steve Carell – “Battle of the Sexes”
Willem Dafoe – “The Florida Project”
Woody Harrelson – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Richard Jenkins – “The Shape of Water”
Sam Rockwell – “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
“The Big Sick”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“Mudbound”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Millie Bobby Brown – “Stranger Things”
Claire Foy – “The Crown”
Elisabeth Moss – “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Robin Wright – “House of Cards”
Laura Linney – “Ozark”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman – “Ozark”
Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us”
Peter Dinklage – “Game of Thrones”
David Harbour – “Stranger Things”
Bob Odenkirk – “Better Call Saul”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“Black-ish”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
“GLOW”
“Orange is the New Black”
“Veep”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Nicole Kidman – “Big Little Lies”
Jessica Lange – “Feud: Bette & Joan”
Susan Sarandon – “Feud: Bette & Joan”
Reese Witherspoon – “Big Little Lies”
Laura Dern – “Big Little Lies”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Benedict Cumberbatch – “Sherlock”
Jeff Daniels – “Godless”
Robert De Niro – “The Wizard of Lies”
Geoffrey Rush – “Genius”
Alexander Skarsgard – “Big Little Lies”
Screen Actors Guild 54th Annual Life Achievement Award
Morgan Freeman
2017 Winners (selected):
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Emily Blunt – “The Girl on the Train”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Denzel Washington – “Fences”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis – “Fences”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali- “Moonlight”
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
“Hidden Figures”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Claire Foy – “The Crown”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
John Lithgow – “The Crown”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “Veep”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
William H. Macy – “Shameless”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
“Stranger Things”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“Orange is the New Black”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Sarah Paulson – “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Bryan Cranston – “All the Way”
Screen Actors Guild 53rd Annual Life Achievement Award
Lily Tomlin