SAG Awards 2025: Date, Nominees & How to Watch

Roll out the red carpet. The 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, more commonly known as the SAG Awards, will air live on Sunday, February 23. From movies like Emilia Pérez to A Complete Unknown and TV shows like The Bear and Bridgerton, you won’t want to miss a second of this star-studded event. 

This awards guide will give you all the information you need to know about how to watch the show live, who the host is, the full list of nominees and more. 

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When Are The 2025 SAG Awards?

The 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will air live on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The awards will be held in the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California. 

How To Watch The 2025 SAG Awards?

Just like last year, the SAG Awards will be streamed live on Netflix. You can watch with DIRECTV by connecting your Gemini device. 

DIRECTV customers who don’t currently have a Netflix subscription can download and purchase the app right in their DIRECTV TV interface. Find more information here.

Who is Hosting the 2025 SAG Awards?

Kirsten Bell will be the host of the 2025 SAG Awards on February 23. Known for TV hits like Nobody Wants This, The Good Place and Veronica Mars, just to name a few, this will mark her second time hosting the award show — the first back in 2018.  

31st SAG Awards Nominations For Film & TV 

Now that you know how and when to watch, it’s time to get down to the most important information: the nominees. Below is the full list of nominations for the film and TV categories. 

Motion Picture Nominees

This past year was full of great films that are up for SAG awards, many of which can be watched on DIRECTV ahead of the event. Check out the list below. 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

• Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth
• Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan 
• Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee
• Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as Divine G
• Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Lawrence 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl as Shelly – “The Last Showgirl”
• Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba 
• Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia/Manitas
• Mikey Madison – Anora as Ani
• Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth 

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role

• Jonathan Bailey – Wicked as Fiyero 
• Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor
• Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan 
• Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown as Pete Seeger 
• Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice as Roy Cohn

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role

• Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown as Joan Baez 
• Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl as Annette 
• Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece 
• Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda/Glinda 
• Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita 

Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture

• A Complete Unknown – Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Norbert Leo Butz as Alan Lomax, Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Dan Fogler as Albert Grossman, Will Harrison as Bobby Neuwirth, Eriko Hatsune as Toshi Seeger, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, Scoot Mcnairy as Woody Guthrie, Big Bill Morganfield as Jesse Moffette, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger
• Anora – Yura Borisov as Igor, Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan, Karren Karagulian as Toros, Mikey Madison as Ani, Aleksey Serebryakov as Nikolai Zakharov,
  Vache Tovmasyan as Garnick
• Conclave – Sergio Castellitto as Tedesco, Ralph Fiennes as Lawrence,
  John Lithgow as Tremblay, Lucian Msamati as Adeyemi, Isabella Rossellini as Sister Agnes, Stanley Tucci as Bellini
• Emilia Pérez – Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia/Manitas, Selena Gomez as Jessi, Adriana Paz as Epifania, Zoe Saldaña as Rita
• Wicked – Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond, Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Jeff Goldblum as The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, Ariana Grande as Galinda/Glinda, Ethan Slater as Boq, Bowen Yang as Pfannee, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible

Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Motion Picture

• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Dune: Part Two
• The Fall Guy
• Gladiator II
• Wicked

Television Program Nominees

Movie stars aren’t the only ones nominated. Check out the list of TV shows that are up for SAG Awards this year.  

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Movie Or Limited Series

• Javier Bardem – Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story as Jose Menendez
• Colin Farrell – The Penguin as Oz Cobb
• Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer as Donny
• Kevin Kline – Disclaimer as Stephen Brigstocke
• Andrew Scott – Ripley as Tom Ripley 

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie Or Limited Series

• Kathy Bates – The Great Lillian Hall as Edith Wilson
• Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft
• Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country as Det. Elizabeth Danvers
• Lily Gladstone – Under The Bridge as Cam Bentland
• Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer as Martha
• Cristin Milioti – The Penguin as Sofia Falcone

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series

• Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige 
• Jeff Bridges – The Old Man as Dan Chase
• Gary Oldman – Slow Horses as Jackson Lamb
• Eddie Redmayne – The Day Of The Jackal as The Jackal
• Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun as Yoshii Toranaga 

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series

• Kathy Bates – Matlock as Madeline Matlock
• Nicola Coughlan – Bridgerton as Penelope Featherington
• Allison Janney – The Diplomat as Vice President Grace Penn
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat as Kate Wyler
• Anna Sawai – Shōgun as Toda Mariko 

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series

• Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This as Noah Roklov
• Ted Danson – A Man On The Inside as Charles Nieuwendyk
• Harrison Ford – Shrinking as Paul
• Martin Short – Only Murders In The Building as Oliver Putnam
• Jeremy Allen White – The Bear as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto 

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series

• Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This as Joanne 
• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues 
• Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear as Tina 
• Ayo Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney Adamu 
• Jean Smart – Hacks as Deborah Vance 

Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series 

• Bridgerton (Netflix) – Geraldine Alexander as Mrs. Wilson, Victor Alli as John Stirling, Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury, Julie Andrews as Lady Whistledown, Lorraine Ashbourne as Mrs. Varley, Simone Ashley as Kate Bridgerton, Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton, Joe Barnes as Lord Wilding, Joanna Bobin as Lady Cowper, James Bryan as Nicky Mondrich, Harriet Cains as Philipa Featherington, Bessie Carter as Prudence Featherington, Genevieve Chenneour as Miss Livingston, Dominic Coleman as Lord Cowper, Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington, Kitty Devlin as Miss Stowell, Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton, Daniel Francis as Lord Marcus Anderson, Ruth Gemmell as Violet Bridgerton, Rosa Hesmondhalgh as Rae, Sesley Hope as Miss Kenworthy,Florence Hunt as Hyacinth Bridgerton, Martins Imhangbe as Will Mondrich, Molly Jackson-Shaw as Miss Hartigan, Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton, Lorn Macdonald as Albion Finch, Jessica Madsen as Cressida Cowper, Emma Naomi as Alice Mondrich, Hannah New as Lady Tilley Arnold, Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton, Caleb Obediah as Lord Cho, James Phoon as Harry Dankworth, Vineeta Rishi as Lady Malhotra, Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte, Hugh Sachs as Brimsley, Banita Sandhu as Miss Malhotra, Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton, Will Tilston as Gregory Bridgerton, Polly Walker as Lady Featherington, Anna Wilson-Jones as Lady Livingston, Sophie Woolley as Lady Stowell
• The Day Of The Jackal (Peacock) – Khalid Abdalla as Ulle Dag Charles, Jon Arias as Álvaro, Nick Blood as Vince Pyne, Úrsula Corberó as Nuria, Charles Dance as Timothy Winthrop, Ben Hall as Damian Richardson, Chukwudi Iwuji as Osita Halcrow, Patrick Kennedy as Teddy, Puchi Lagarde as Marisa, Lashana Lynch as Bianca Pullman, Eleanor Matsuura as Zina Jansone, Jonjo O’Neill as Edward Carver, Eddie Redmayne as The Jackal, Sule Rimi as Paul Pullman, Lia Williams as Isabel Kirby
• The Diplomat (Netflix) – Ali Ahn as Eidra Park, Sandy Amon-Schwartz as Sandy,
  Tim Delap as Byron, Penny Downie as Frances Munning, Ato Essandoh as Stuart Hayford, David Gyasi as Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison, Celia Imrie as Margaret Roylin,Rory Kinnear as Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge, Pearl Mackie as Alysse, Nana Mensah as Billie Appiah, Graham Miller as Neil Barrow, Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler, Adam Silver as Howard, Kenichiro Thomson as Martin
• Shōgun (FX) – Shinnosuke Abe as Buntaro, Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabushige, Tommy Bastow as Father Martin Alvito, Takehiro Hira as Ishido Kazunari, Moeka Hoshi as Usami Fuji, Hiromoto Ida as Lord Kiyama, Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne, Hiroto Kanai as Kashigi Omi, Yuki Kura as Yoshii Nagakado, Takeshi Kurokawa as Lord Ohno, Fumi Nikaido as Ochiba No Kata, Tokuma Nishioka as Toda Hiromatsu, Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga, Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko
• Slow Horses (Apple TV+) – Ruth Bradley as Emma Flyte, Tom Brooke as J.K. Coe, James Callis as Claude Whelan, Christopher Chung as Roddy Ho, Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Shirley Dander, Rosalind Eleazar as Louisa Guy, Sean Gilder as Sam Chapman, Kadiff Kirwan as Marcus Longridge, Jack Lowden as River Cartwright, Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, Jonathan Pryce as David Cartwright, Saskia Reeves as Catherine Standish, Joanna Scanlan as Moira Tregorian, Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner, Hugo Weaving as Frank Harkness, Naomi Wirthner as Molly Doran, Tom Wozniczka as Patrice

Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary (ABC) – Quinta Brunson as Janine Teagues, William Stanford Davis as Mr. Johnson, Janelle James as Ava Coleman, Chris Perfetti as Jacob Hill, Sheryl Lee Ralph as Barbara Howard, Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa Schemmenti, Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie
• The Bear (FX) – Lionel Boyce as Marcus, Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, Abby Elliott as Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto, Edwin Lee Gibson as Ebraheim, Corey Hendrix as Sweeps, Matty Matheson as Neil Fak, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard “Richie” Jerimovich, Ricky Staffieri as Theodore Fak, Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto
• Hacks (Max) – Rose Abdoo as Josefina, Carl Clemons-Hopkins as Marcus Vaughan, Paul W. Downs as Jimmy Lusaque, Jr., Hannah Einbinder as Ava Daniels, Mark Indelicato as Damien, Jean Smart as Deborah Vance, Megan Stalter as Kayla Schaeffer
• Only Murders In The Building (Hulu) – Michael Cyril Creighton as Howard Morris, Zach Galifianakis as Zach Galifianakis, Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora, Richard Kind as Vince Fish, Eugene Levy as Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria as Eva Longoria, Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage, Kumail Nanjiani as Rudy Thurber, Molly Shannon as Bev Melon, Martin Short as Oliver Putnam
• Shrinking (Apple TV+) – Harrison Ford as Paul, Brett Goldstein as Louis, Devin Kawaoka as Charlie, Gavin Lewis as Connor, Wendie Malick as Dr. Julie Baram, Lukita Maxwell as Alice, Ted Mcginley as Derek, Christa Miller as Liz, Jason Segel as Jimmy, Rachel Stubington as Summer, Luke Tennie as Sean, Michael Urie as Brian, Jessica Williams as Gaby

Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Television Series

• The Boys
• Fallout
• House Of The Dragon
• The Penguin
• Shōgun

SAG Life Achievement Award

And finally, this year’s Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award will be given to legendary actor and activist Jane Fonda. Over her six-decade career, Fonda has starred in many films and television shows, including Klute, Coming Home, Grace and Frankie, 80 for Brady, 9 to 5 and so many others. This award is the highest tribute in SAG-AFTRA.

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