The 2012 SAG Award Nominees Announced

The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award nominees have been announced and, if you couple them with the Independent Spirit Award noms and tomorrow's announcement of the Golden Globe nominees, it starts to give you a clearer picture of the upcoming Oscar race.

Where the Indie Spirit Awards (not surprisingly) focused on newer faces like Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling, and Elizabeth Olsen, the SAG line-up features much more familiar names like Clooney, Pitt, DiCaprio, Streep, Close, and, well, Betty White.

The SAG Awards themselves will be handed out on January 29th at 8 PM (ET) on TNT and TBS. Here's who may be in line for a "Saggy" (Not really. But could you imagine?)


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

George Clooney - "The Descendants"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "J. Edgar"
Brad Pitt - "Moneyball"
Jean Dujardin - "The Artist"
Demian Bichir - "A Better Life"


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady"
Glenn Close - "Albert Nobbs"
Michelle Williams - "My Week with Marilyn"
Viola Davis - "The Help"
Tilda Swinton - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Nick Nolte - "Warrior"
Jonah Hill - "Moneyball"
Kenneth Branagh - "My Week with Marilyn"
Armie Hammer - "J. Edgar"
Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Melissa McCarthy - "Bridesmaids"
Jessica Chastain - "The Help"
Octavia Spencer - "The Help"
Berenice Bejo - "The Artist"
Janet McTeer - "Albert Nobbs"


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
"The Artist"
"Bridesmaids"
"The Descendants"
"The Help"
"Midnight in Paris"


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Steve Buscemi - "Boardwalk Empire"
Bryan Cranston - "Breaking Bad"
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Kyle Chandler - "Friday Night Lights"
Patrick J. Adams - "Suits"


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close - "Damages"
Julianna Margulies - "The Good Wife"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"
Jessica Lange - "American Horror Story"
Kathy Bates - "Harry's Law"


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Ty Burrell - "Modern Family"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
Jon Cryer - "Two and a Half Men"
Eric Stonestreet - "Modern Family"


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julie Bowen - "Modern Family"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Sofia Vergara - "Modern Family"
Edie Falco - "Nurse Jackie"
Betty White - "Hot in Cleveland"

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Laurence Fishburne - "Thurgood"
Paul Giamatti - "Too Big To Fail"
Greg Kinnear - "The Kennedys"
Guy Pierce - "Mildred Pierce"
James Woods - "Too Big To Fail"

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Diane Lane - "Cinema Verite"
Maggie Smith - "Downton Abbey"
Emily Watson - "Appropriate Adult"
Betty White - "Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Lost Valentine"
Kate Winslet - "Mildred Pierce"


OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
"30 Rock"
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Glee"
"Modern Family"
"The Office"

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