SAG nomination rejects in 2025: Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman

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A few days after a surprise-filled Golden Globe Awards, this year’s Oscar race is becoming clearer.

The announcement Wednesday of this year’s Screen Actors Guild award nominees revealed a number of notable snubs, including presumed heavyweights “The Brutalist,” “Sing Sing” and “Nickel Boys” in the Best Ensemble category (the group’s equivalent of Best Picture). Selena Gomez (“Emilia Pérez”), Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”), Jesse Eisenberg (“A Real Pain”), Natasha Lyonne (“His Three Daughters”), Denzel Washington (“Gladiator II”), Elle Fanning ( “A Complete Unknown”) and Tilda Swinton (“The Room Next Door”) were also overlooked, despite receiving nods from critics groups and other industry awards throughout the season.

The SAG nominees were announced with muted fanfare via press release after the guild canceled a live announcement amid the raging Los Angeles wildfires.

Here are several of the big names who didn’t receive an invite to this year’s ceremony, which will stream live February 23 on Netflix (8 p.m. ET/5 PT).

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Angelina Jolie

The graceful megastar is dutifully campaigning for her Maria Callas biopic “Maria,” despite critics’ little passion for the film itself. After being rejected by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts last week in the first round of BAFTA votingJolie’s Oscar chances took another hit with SAG’s omission on Wednesday.

Zendaya

The young Hollywood superstar brings grit and vulnerability to “Challengers,” Luca Guadagnino’s steamy tennis drama. The “Euphoria” actress has been ace at Q&A’s and actors’ roundtables this awards season, but sadly went unnoticed by SAG after her head-turning Golden Globes performance.

Nicole Kidman

For our money, Kidman delivers a career-best performance in “Babygirl,” playing a high-strung CEO who unleashes his kinky side. But the erotic drama has polarized audiences and didn’t exactly light up the Christmas box office either, and the 17-time SAG nominee was ultimately passed over this year.

Sebastian Stan

The Marvel star won a well-deserved best comedy actor trophy at Sunday’s Globes for “A Different Man,” matching his best drama actor nomination for the Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice.” So it is strange that he was completely shut out of SAG. Is a Trump movie too damaging for most actors? Or did both films simply share voices? We’re guessing a combination of both.

‘The Brutalist’

“The Brutalist,” a 3½-hour labor of love about a postwar designer and his American journey, won big at the Globes, picking up not only best drama but also best actor for star Adrien Brody and best director for Brady Corbet. But only Brody earned a nomination from SAG: The cast was shut out for Best Ensemble, as were Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones in the Supporting Actor and Actress categories (both nominated for Globes).

Selena Gomez

“Emilia Pérez” had a big morning, landing three nominations: best ensemble, plus best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón and supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña, who won a Globe for her performance. But Gomez was overlooked after being nominated for the Globes.

Hugh Grant

The only British heartthrob has become a shockingly formidable award winner this season for “Heretic,” who plays a reclusive chatterbox who keeps Mormon missionaries trapped in his basement. But the horror thriller’s outlandish second hour may have alienated SAG voters, who skipped over Grant despite the Golden Globe and Critics Choice nods.

Stanley Tucci

“Conclave” has been an unlikely viral sensation and awards show favorite, picking up nominations for Ralph Fiennes at every turn. Tucci was apparently along for the ride in his role as a liberal cardinal, but missed at SAG for the soapy papal melodrama.

Glen Powell

The “Hit Man” star has been wowing us with charm for the past nine months, driving his parents and dogs to every imaginable stop on the promotional trail. Powell earned a Best Actress Globe nod for the stranger-than-fiction thriller, but his luck ran out when the SAG nominations rolled around.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

We’ve been rooting for Jean-Baptiste all season long, who is equal parts hilarious and devastating in Mike Leigh’s character study “Hard Truths.” The British veteran has been a hit with critics – winning best actress awards from groups in New York and Los Angeles – but her film has otherwise struggled to get eyeballs ahead of its January 10 theatrical release.

Fernanda Torres

The Brazilian icon stunned at this year’s Golden Globes, besting A-listers Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet and Nicole Kidman for best actress in a drama for “I’m Still Here.” Unfortunately, her intriguing work has gone unseen by audiences stateside — the film’s limited release is Jan. 17 — and she was blanked in Wednesday’s SAG nominations.

Clarence Maclin and ‘Sing Sing’

Kieran Culkin has steamed awards season with his flamboyant turn in the drama “A Real Pain.” We thought Maclin might overtake him with his naturalistic work in “Sing Sing,” but after snubs from SAG and the Golden Globes, the first-time actor may be out of the supporting cast. The film also missed out on Best Ensemble and only got a nod for Colman Domingo in Best Actor.

Kate Winslet

The war movie “Lee” came and went in theaters last fall, but that hasn’t stopped Winslet from tirelessly campaigning for her passion project. Her appearance in the Globe nominations and on BAFTA’s longlist led some pundits to believe she could pull off an Andrea Riseborough, who got a shock Oscar nod for the similarly underrated “To Leslie.” Alas, Winslet’s name was missing from this year’s SAG nominations.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

We get it. “Nickel Boys” is a tough film to market with its disturbing subject matter and unorthodox point of view (shot almost entirely from a first-person perspective). Still, Amazon MGM Studios has dropped the ball on bringing the drama to audiences. After her unfair snub for last year’s “Origin,” Ellis-Taylor was once again passed over for her poignant work here.

Kingsley Ben-Adir

In a year of lousy music biographies, “Bob Marley: One Love” actually wasn’t half bad. Paramount tried to relaunch an Oscar campaign for Ben-Adir as the reggae icon, but the film has been all but forgotten by most voters since its release last February.

Felicity Jones

The British actress stars in one of this season’s biggest heavyweights, “The Brutalist,” and her co-star Adrien Brody earned a SAG nomination for Best Actor. But Jones only appears in the less well-liked second half of the 3½-hour drama, which may have contributed to her snub here.

‘5. September’

The nail-biting thriller has been well-received by critics since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which tells the story of the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics from a journalist’s perspective. But the film’s release has been bogged down with an endless rollout in theaters, and the ensemble drama has struggled to cut through the noise at most awards shows, including the SAG.

‘Saturday night’

On paper, Jason Reitman’s latest should be Oscar catnip, with his lightning-fast behind-the-scenes look at “Saturday Night Live,” featuring a cast of rising Hollywood stars including Gabriel LaBelle, Cooper Hoffman and Rachel Sennott. Despite a hyperbolic festival reception, the comedy quickly flopped after bombing at the box office and underperforming in precursor awards.

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