Succession, The Power of the Dog, Ted Lasso and House of Gucci were at the front with the announcement of this year's Screen Actors Guild nominations.



Awards given by guild members honor both film and TV and are often seen as an indicator of who will win the Oscar.

Jane Campion's acclaimed Netflix drama The Power of the Dog garnered three nominations for Benedict Cumberbatch as lead actor and Kirsten Dunst and Cody-Smit McPhee in supporting roles.

Cumberbatch, whose role as a closed rancher has earned him the best reviews of his career, will face Will Smith for King Richard, Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth, Andrew Garfield for Tick, Tick... Boom ! and Javier Bardem for Being the Ricardos.

For lead actress, Lady Gaga in the fact-based drama House of Gucci against Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter, Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos, Jennifer Hudson in Respect, and Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Spencer's Kristen Stewart, who many expected to be a key player, was a notable omission.

Dunst's beleaguered mother sits alongside Cate Blanchett's Nightmare Ellie Female Fatel, Ruth Negga in Passing, Ariana Debos in West Side Story and Catriona Balfe in Kenneth Branagh's autobiographical Belfast.

In the supporting actor category, Smit-McPhee is challenged by the divisive performances of Bradley Cooper in Licorice Pizza, Ben Affleck in The Tender Bar, Troy Kotsar in Coda and Jared Leto in House of Gucci.

Ridley Scott's play about the murder of a Gucci family member was also nominated for Best Ensemble with the cast of King Richard, Coda, Don't Look Up and Belfast.

Ridley Scott's play about the murder of a Gucci family member was also nominated for Best Ensemble with the cast of King Richard, Coda, Don't Look Up and Belfast.

On the television side, the third season of HBO's drama succession received nominations for Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong in the Best Actor in a Drama Series category, Sarah Snook for Best Actress and Best Drama Ensemble for Ensemble. Artist in a way. ,

mble cast also includes the cast of The Handmaid's Tale, Yellowstone, The Morning Show and Squid Game, who have made history as the first foreign-language TV nominees.

Actors in the Drama Series category also include The Morning Show's Billy Crudup and Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae, while the Actress category includes The Morning Show's Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, The Handmaid's Tale and Squid Game's Jung Ho-yeon. Including Elisabeth Moss.

The comedy nominees were led by Ted Lasso as actors for Brett Goldstein and Jason Sudeikis and Juno Temple and Hannah Waddington as actresses. The hit Apple Show was also nominated for Best Comedy Ensemble as well as new shows Hacks and Only Murders in the Building, The Great and The Kominsky Method.


Jean Smart was nominated for Best Comedy Actress for her role in Hacks, facing off against Elle Fanning in The Great, Sandra Oh in The Chair, and the aforementioned Ted Lasso nominees. Smart was also nominated for Best Actress in a Limited Series for Mare of Easttown, where she was challenged by co-star Kate Winslet, Jennifer Coolidge of The White Lotus, Mads Margaret Qualy and Cynthia Erivo for Genius: Aretha Will go

Goldstein and Sudeikis are up against Steve Martin and Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building and Michael Douglas for The Kominsky Method. The Best Actor in a Limited Series category includes Ewan McGregor for Halston, Oscar Isaacs for Wedding Scenes, Evan Peters for The Mare of Easttown, and Murray Bartlett for The White Lotus.

The nominations come after last weekend's Golden Globes, which saw lead actor wins for Will Smith, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Garfield and Rachel Ziegler. This year's Oscar nominations will be announced on February 8.