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The first impact of 2013 on the TV and film scene began on Wednesday (12 December) with the announcement of the Screen Actors Guild Award nominees.

The awards are awarded by members of the performers union The Screen Actors Guild. The nominees are chosen by random members of the union and the winners are voted for by over 100 000 members - all performers who belong to the union.

The ceremony takes place in Los Angeles on Sunday, 27 January 2013.

Without further adieu the nominees are:

PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Kevin Costner as "Devil Anse" Hatfield - Hatfields & McCoys (History)*
Woody Harrelson as Steve Schmidt - Game Change (HBO)
Ed Harris as John McCain - Game Change (HBO)
Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway - Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy - Hatfields & McCoys (History)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn - Hemingway & Gellhorn (HBO)
Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin - Game Change (HBO)
Charlotte Rampling as Eva Delectorskaya - Restless (Sundance Channel)
Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond - Political Animals (USA)
Alfre Woodward as Ouiser - Steel Magnolias (Lifetime)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson - Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Bryan Cranston as Walter White - Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy - The Newsroom (HBO)
Jon Hamm as Don Draper - Mad Men (AMC)
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody - Homeland (Showtime)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison - Homeland (Showtime)
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley - Downton Abbey (PBS)
Jessica Lange as Sister Jude - American Horror Story (FX)
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick - The Good Wife (CBS)
Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham - Downton Abbey (PBS)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy - 30 Rock (NBC)
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy - Modern Family (ABC)
Louis C.K. as Louise - Louie (FX)
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker - Modern Family (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton - Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - 30 Rock (NBC)
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope - Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgadi-Princhett - Modern Family (ABC)
Betty White as Elka Ostrovsky - Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Homeland (Showtime)
Mad Men (AMC)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
The Office (NBC)

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper as Pat - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel-Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln
John Hawkes as Mark - The Sessions
Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean - Les Misérables
Denzel Washington as Whip Whitaker - Flight

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain as Maya - Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard as Stephanie - Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany - Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren as Alma Reville - Hitchcock
Naomi Watts as Maria - The Impossible

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin as Lester Siegel - Argo
Javier Bardem as Silva - Skyfall
Robert de Niro as Pat Sr - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens - Lincoln

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway as Fantine - Les Misérables
Helen Hunt as Cheryl - The Sessions
Nicole Kidman as Charlotte Bless - The Paperboy
Maggie Smith as Muriel Donnelly - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook

SAG AWARDS HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

The Amazing Spider-Man
The Bourne Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Les Misérables
Skyfall

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Sons of Anarchy
The Walking Dead

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Screen Actors Guild 49th Annual Life Achievement Award goes to Dick Van Dyke (who turns 87 today).

*The US network that makes the show

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