The best actress field is extremely crowded again this year, which means several names hotly tipped for an Oscar nomination next week have missed out at SAG.
Jolie missed the category for her performance as opera singer Maria Callas, just a week after she also failed to make the Bafta longlist. That suggests a significant loss of momentum and makes her vulnerable at the Oscars.
Also missing at SAG were Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) and recent Golden Globe winner Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here).
Several other favourites in the category did score a nomination, but the big surprise was former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson getting in for The Last Showgirl.
The film sees her give a vulnerable and powerful performance as an ageing Las Vegas dancer who struggles to find work when her show abruptly closes. It is a solid film, but Anderson was not the strongest contender in the category despite also having scored a Golden Globe nomination.
There were plenty of surprises in supporting actress category too, with Jamie Lee Curtis also getting in for The Last Showgirl, and Danielle Deadwyler included for The Piano Lesson, a performance that needed a boost of momentum to stay in the awards race. There was no room, however, for Isabella Rossellini (Conclave).
The biggest shock in the supporting actor category was the absence of Denzel Washington for Gladiator II, but other favourites such as Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) and Yura Borisov (Anora) were nominated as expected.
Perhaps the biggest loser overall at SAG was The Brutalist, with Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce, both very likely to get Oscar nominations, missing out in the supporting categories.
But in contrast to the snubs and surprises, the leading actor category went off as expected – with all five of the predicted Oscar nominees getting in at SAG, with a possible upset from Golden Globe winner Sebastian Stan failing to materialise.
