SAG Awards 2015 nominations list: Birdman paves path to Oscars with four nods
The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything are also up for awards
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Your support makes all the difference.Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Felicity Jones and Rosamund Pike are among the stars nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards this year.
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Now in their 21st year and voted for by more than 100,000 actors, the annual awards have often indicated who will take home the big prizes at the Golden Globes and Oscars.
Existential comedy Birdman leads the 2015 film shortlist with four nominations while coming-of-age story Boyhood, Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything and World War II drama The Imitation Game have three nods each.
The TV nominations are dominated by House of Cards, Game of Thrones, Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory, with Maggie Smith winning a nod for her role as the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey.
The winners will be announced live from Los Angeles on Sunday 25 January.
SAG Awards nominations
FILM
Best Ensemble Cast
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Best Actor
Steve Carell- Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton - Birdman
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Best Actress
Jennifer Aniston - Cake
Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon - Wild
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall - The Judge
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Edward Norton - Birdman
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
JK Simmons - Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Emma Stone - Birdman
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
Naomi Watts - St. Vincent
TELEVISION
Best Ensemble Cast (Drama)
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Best Ensemble Cast (Comedy)
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Modern Family
Orange Is The New Black
Veep
Best Actor (Drama)
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
Woody Harrelson - True Detective
Matthew McConaughey - True Detective
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards
Best Actress (Drama)
Claire Danes - Homeland
Viola Davis - How To Get Away With Murder
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Tatiane Maslany - Orphan Black
Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
Robin Wright - House of Cards
Best Actor (Comedy)
Ty Burrell - Modern Family
Louis CK - Louie
William H Macy - Shameless
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family
Best Actress (Comedy)
Uzo Aduba - Orange Is The New Black
Julie Bowen - Modern Family
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Best Actor (TV movie or miniseries)
Adrien Brody - Houdini
Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock: His Last Vow
Richard Jenkins - Oliver Kitteridge
Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo
Best Actress (TV movie or miniseries)
Ellen Burstyn - Flowers In The Attic
Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge
Julia Roberts - The Normal Heart
Cicely Tyson - The Trip To Bountiful
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