Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri leads the way in nominations for the Screen Actors Guild awards, historically one of the key indicators of which films will triumph at the Oscars.

Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy-drama, which stars Frances McDormand as a mother who takes desperate measures to bring her daughter’s killer to justice, received a total of four nominations in total, with nods for McDormand (best female actor), Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell (supporting actor) and best ensemble.

Also performing well was Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed coming-of-age story Lady Bird, which picked up three nominations, for Saoirse Ronan (best female actor), Laurie Metcalf (female supporting actor) and best ensemble. Other films to receive multiple nominations included I, Tonya, The Big Sick, Mudbound, The Shape of Water and Get Out.

There were nods for several actors predicted to be Oscars favourites. Gary Oldman was nominated as best actor for his turn as Churchill in second world war drama Darkest Hour, as was Denzel Washington for his performance as a civil rights lawyer in Roman J Israel Esq., while The Shape of Water’s Sally Hawkins received a best actress nomination for her appearance as a mute cleaner in the fantasy drama.

There were notable snubs for two films expected to feature heavily in the Oscars conversation. Neither Steven Spielberg’s The Post or Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread picked up a single nomination, despite boasting high-profile leads: Daniel Day-Lewis for Phantom Thread, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks for The Post. Also absent was All the Money in the World, Ridley Scott’s troubled John Paul Getty biopic, and Hugh Jackman’s The Greatest Showman, both of which received surprise nods at the Golden Globe nominations on 11 December.

In the TV portion of the nominations, Big Little Lies picked up four nominations, including picks for Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon in the best female actor in a TV movie or miniseries. Stranger Things and wrestling comedy GLOW also received four nominations each.

The winners of the Screen Actors Guild awards will be announced on 21 January.

Film

Best male actor
Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
James Franco –The Disaster Artist
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington – Roman J Israel, Esq.

Best female actor
Judi Dench – Victoria & Abdul
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird

Best male supporting actor
Steve Carell – Battle of the Sexes
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best female supporting actor
Mary J Blige – Mudbound
Hong Chau – Downsizing
Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird

Best ensemble performance
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
Mudbound
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best stunt ensemble
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
Logan
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman

Television

Best male actor in a TV movie or miniseries
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock
Jeff Daniels – Godless
Robert De Niro – The Wizard of Lies
Geoffrey Rush – Genius
Alexander Skarsgård – Big Little Lies

Best female actor in a TV movie or miniseries
Laura Dern – Big Little Lies
Nicole Kidman – Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange – Feud: Bette & Joan
Susan Sarandon – Feud: Bette & Joan
Reese Witherspoon – Big Little Lies

Best male actor in a drama series
Jason Bateman – Ozark
Sterling K Brown – This Is Us
Peter Dinklage –Game of Thrones
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Best female actor in a drama series
Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things
Claire Foy – The Crown
Laura Linney – Ozark
Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
Robin Wright – House of Cards

Best male actor in a comedy series
Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Aziz Ansari – Master of None
Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sean Hayes –Will & Grace
William H Macy – Shameless
Marc Maron – GLOW

Best female actor in a comedy series
Uzo Aduba – Orange Is the New Black
Alison Brie – GLOW
Jane Fonda – Grace and Frankie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie

Best ensemble performance in a drama series
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us

Best ensemble performance in a comedy series
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
Orange is the New Black
Veep

Best stunt ensemble in a comedy or drama series
Game of Thrones
GLOW
Homeland
Stranger Things
The Walking Dead