10/12/2015 - Michael Fassbender, Eddie Redmayne, Saoirse Ronan, Helen Mirren, Idris Elba amongst nominees

Nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards have been announced and there is a strong European element this year. The winners of the awards are seen as frontrunners for the Oscars. Irish-German actor Michael Fassbender is nominated in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role category for Steve Jobs [+see also:
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There are three British nominees in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role category – Idris Elba for Beasts of No Nation, Christian Bale for The Big Short and Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies. In the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role category Swedish actress Alicia Vikander is nominated for The Danish Girl alongside Mirren for Trumbo and British actress Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs.

The awards take place on January 30. These are the nominations:

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 [+see also:
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Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl [+see also:
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, Carol [+see also:
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Brie Larson, Room [+see also:
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Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold [+see also:
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Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn [+see also:
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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

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Beasts of No Nation (Abraham Atta, Kurt Egyiawan, Idris Elba)
The Big Short (Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Brad Pitt, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Marisa Tomei, Finn Wittrock)
Spotlight (Billy Crudup, Brian D’Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Live Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci)
Straight Outta Compton (Neil Brown Jr., Paul Giamatti, Corey Hawkins, Aldis Hodge, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Jason Mitchell)
Trumbo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Louis CK, Bryan Cranston, David James Elliott, Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alan Tudyk)