Awards Season 2016: SAG Awards Nominations

So, awards season is getting into full swing with today's announcement of the nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. These are for actors voted on by actors.

Below is a list of film nominations:

Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture

Beasts Of No Nation

The Big Short

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton

Trumbo

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Johnny Depp (Black Mass)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Brie Larson (Room)

Helen Mirren (Woman In Gold)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Sarah Silverman (I Smile Back)

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role

Christian Bale (The Big Short)

Idris Elba (Beasts Of No Nation)

Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies)

Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)

Helen Mirren (Trumbo)

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

As well as Helen Mirren picking up two nods, so too does Mark Rylance (who is also nominated in the TV awards for Wolf Hall) and Idris Elba (in the TV awards for Luther). 

Another 'Good Showing For The Brits(TM)' with Fassbender, Redmayne, Mirren, Elba, Rylance and Winslet's nods. No love for Maggie Smith in the film category for The Lady In The Van; however, she does get a nod in the TV awards for Downton Abbey.

It's interesting to see that SAG have put Rooney Mara in the Supporting Actress category for Carol rather than Leading Actress and I do wonder whether other awards will do the same.

Tomorrow (10th December) sees the nominations for the Golden Globes, so expect more awards season malarkey then.