Will Smith boosts Oscar hopes with Screen Actors Guild nomination
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Will Smith has boosted his hopes of winning his first Oscar after being nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award, one of Hollywood's top prizes.
His nomination for playing Venus and Serena Williams' father in King Richard comes days after he won the best drama actor prize at the Golden Globes.
But there was less good news for Kristen Stewart, who was surprisingly snubbed by the Screen Actors Guild.
She has been widely tipped for an Oscar for playing Princess Diana in Spencer.
Scroll down for the full list of SAG nominations.
But in a crowded best actress field, the US star's performance as the Princess of Wales was overlooked by SAG in Hollywood's dedicated acting awards.
Rachel Zegler's leading role in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake was also omitted from the SAG nominations, despite critical acclaim and a Golden Globe victory at the weekend.
The SAG Awards, which are voted for by other actors, are seen as one of the key Oscars precursors.
They aren't as high-profile as the Oscars, Baftas or Golden Globe Awards, but their winners - to be announced on 27 February - often match up with those chosen by the Academy.
Since the guild's annual ceremony began in 1994, 105 out of 108 Oscar winners for acting have also scored a SAG nomination - meaning Stewart and Zegler's exclusions from Wednesday's shortlists will be seen as a blow to their chances of getting their hands on an Oscar statuette in March.
Several other awards season contenders have also missed out on a SAG nomination, including Peter Dinklage for Cyrano, Alana Haim for Licorice Pizza, Frances McDormand for The Tragedy of Macbeth and Ciarán Hinds for Belfast.
Benedict Cumberbatch's Western drama The Power of the Dog and Lady Gaga's House of Gucci lead the film nominations overall, with three each.
Two different actresses are nominated for playing Aretha Franklin in separate projects - Jennifer Hudson for the film Respect and Cynthia Erivo for TV mini-series Genius: Aretha.
Bradley Cooper is nominated in the best supporting actor category for Licorice Pizza, despite playing a relatively small role in the film.
The film to have received perhaps the most significant boost from SAG is Apple TV's Coda, about the hearing daughter of deaf parents who wants to become a singer.
Considered an outsider early in awards season, its two nominations from SAG will significantly increase its chances of showing up in the Oscar nominations next month.
British SAG nominees include Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog, Andrew Garfield for Tick Tick... Boom! and Olivia Colman for The Lost Daughter.
Brits in the TV categories include Erivo, Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown), Brian Cox (Succession) and Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple and Brett Goldstein (all for Ted Lasso).
The Bafta Awards longlists were also published on Wednesday. Don't Look Up and West Side Story each earned 15 mentions, while Belfast and The Power of the Dog each scored 14.
Those longlists will now be whittled down to the Bafta nominations, which will be announced on 3 February.
The SAG Award nominations in full
Best ensemble
Belfast
Coda
Don't Look Up
House of Gucci
King Richard
Best actor
Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield - Tick, tick…BOOM!
Will Smith - King Richard
Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best actress
Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga - House of Gucci
Jennifer Hudson - Respect
Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos
Best supporting actor
Ben Affleck - The Tender Bar
Bradley Cooper - Licorice Pizza
Troy Kotsur - Coda
Jared Leto - House of Gucci
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog
Best supporting actress
Caitriona Balfe - Belfast
Cate Blanchett - Nightmare Alley
Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog
Ruth Negga - Passing
Best stunt ensemble
Black Widow
Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Best drama series ensemble
The Handmaid's Tale
The Morning Show
Squid Game
Succession
Yellowstone
Best drama series actor
Brian Cox - Succession
Billy Crudup - The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin - Succession
Lee Jung-jae - Squid Game
Jeremy Strong - Succession
Best drama series actress
Jennifer Aniston - The Morning Show
Jung Ho-yeon - Squid Game
Elisabeth Moss - The Handmaid's Tale
Sarah Snook - Succession
Reese Witherspoon - The Morning Show
Best comedy series ensemble
The Great
Hacks
The Kominsky Method
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
Best comedy series actor
Michael Douglas - The Kominsky Method
Brett Goldstein - Ted Lasso
Steve Martin - Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis - Ted Lasso
Best comedy series actress
Elle Fanning - The Great
Sandra Oh - The Chair
Jean Smart - Hacks
Juno Temple - Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham - Ted Lasso
Best TV movie or mini-series actor
Murray Bartlett - The White Lotus
Oscar Isaac - Scenes from a Marriage
Michael Keaton - Dopesick
Ewan McGregor - Halston
Evan Peters - Mare of Easttown
Best TV movie or mini-series actress
Jennifer Coolidge - The White Lotus
Cynthia Erivo - Genius: Aretha
Margaret Qualley - Maid
Jean Smart - Mare of Easttown
Kate Winslet - Mare of Easttown
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