HOLLYWOOD—The Golden Globes are past us, and it’s time to start looking at where things can truly go for Awards Season. On Wednesday, January 8, the nominees for the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced. Actress Joey King and actor Cooper Koch from “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menedez Story” announced the nominees. The live nominations were scraped as a result of the Palisades Fire and other fires threatening homes and structures in Los Angeles.

The nominees were announced via a press release from the SAG Awards website Wednesday morning. Leading all contenders on the cinematic side is the musical “Wicked” which picked up five nominations including Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. On the TV side, “Shogun” earned five nominations as well including Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

“A Complete Unknown” earned four nominations, while “Emilia Perez” and “Anora” picked up three nominations apiece. Now, with SAG things always get interesting as there were some surprises in several of the acting races. Lead Actor hasn’t shifted at all with the usual suspects making the cut, but Lead Actress is another story because two actresses who I expected to make the cut did not with Angelina Jolie “Maria” and Nicole Kidman “Babygirl” being left off the list.

So, whose inclusion surprised the most, Pamela Anderson earning a nomination for her work in “The Last Showgirl.” It raises a serious question as to whether Anderson could hear her name announced for a Best Actress Oscar in a few weeks. I think the other four nominees are locked, but that fifth slot is an interesting one, as it’s starting to look like Demi Moore is the one to beat this year for Lead Actress for her work in “The Substance.”

Perhaps the ace with the biggest shakeup has to be Supporting Actress. Why? Jamie Lee Curtis, Monica Barbaro and Danielle Deadwyler all picked up nominations with the SAG. So Margaret Qualley “The Substance” missed the cut, as did Felicity Jones for “The Brutalist.” Curtis is completely out of left field, while Barbaro was a standout in “A Complete Unknown” and Deadwyler has been teased for a while as one of the best things about “The Piano Lesson,” so for those thinking Zoe Saldana had this one in the bag, they might want to think again. Denzel Washington was missing from “Gladiator II,” and Selena Gomez was MIA for “Emilia Perez,” as well Isabella Rossellini for “Conclave.”

Another surprise is the omission of Guy Pearce from the Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture race for Jonathan Bailey for “Wicked.” Yeah, Bailey was fun in “Wicked” but his performance in no way wowed me as a moviegoer.

A list of this year’s nominees can be seen below:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

-“A Complete Unknown”

-“Anora”

-“Conclave”

-“Emilia Perez”

-“Wicked”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role In a Motion Picture

-Adrien Brody “The Brutalist”

-Timothee Chalamet “A Complete Unknown”

-Daniel Criag “Queer”

-Colman Domingo “Sing Sing”

-Ralph Fiennes “Conclave”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture

-Pamela Anderson “The Last Showgirl”

-Cynthia Erivo “Wicked”

-Karla Sofia Gascon “Emilia Perez”

-Mikey Madison “Anora”

-Demi Moore “The Substance”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

-Jonathan Bailey “Wicked”

-Yura Borisov “Igor”

-Kieran Culkin “A Real Pain”

-Edward Norton “A Complete Unknown”

-Jeremy Strong “The Apprentice”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

-Monica Barbaro “A Complete Unknown”

-Jamie Lee Curtis “The Last Showgirl”

-Danielle Deadwyler “The Piano Lesson”

-Ariana Grande “Wicked”

-Zoe Saldana “Emilia Perez”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

-“Bridgerton”

-“The Day of the Jackal”

-“The Diplomat”

-“Shogun”

-“Slow Horses”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

-“Abbott Elementary”

-“The Bear”

-“Hacks”

-“Only Murders in the Building”

-“Shrinking”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

-Tadanobu Asano “Shogun”

-Jeff Bridges “The Old Man”

-Gary Oldman “Slow Horses”

-Eddie Redmayne “The Jackal”

-Hiroyuki Sanada “Shogun”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

-Kathy Bates “Matlock”

-Nicola Coughlan “Bridgerton”

-Allison Janney “The Diplomat”

-Keri Russell “The Diplomat”

-Anna Sawai “Shogun”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

-Adam Brody “Nobody Wants This”

-Ted Danson “A Man on the Inside”

-Harrison Ford “Shrinking”

-Martin Short “Only Murders in the Building”

-Jeremy Allen White “The Bear”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

-Kristen Bell “Nobody Wants This”

-Quinta Brunson “Abbott Elementary”

-Liza Colon-Zayas “The Bear”

-Ayo Edebiri “The Bear”

-Jean Smart “Hacks”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

-Javier Bardem “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”

-Colin Farell “The Penguin”

-Richard Gadd “Baby Reindeer”

-Kevin Kline “Disclaimer”

-Andrew Scott “Ripley”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

-Kathy Bates “The Great Lillian Hall”

-Cate Blanchett “Disclaimer”

-Jodie Foster “True Detective: Night Country”

-Lily Gladstone “Under the Bridge”

-Jessica Gunning “Baby Reindeer”

-Cristin Milioti “The Penguin”

The 2025 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards will be handed out on Sunday, February 23 at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall and will stream live on Netflix at 8 p.m.