Hollywood pressed refresh this year as the 32nd annual Actor Awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards, stepped into their rebranded era. Streaming live on Netflix from Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, the ceremony began at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 1. With Kristen Bell returning as host and the iconic statuette still called The Actor, the night promises prestige, peer applause, and a carefully polished glow-up.

This year’s leaderboard read like a prestige screenplay. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another dominated with seven nominations, tying a rare historical company, while Apple TV+’s The Studio led television with five nods, including a posthumous mention for Catherine O’Hara.

Timothée Chalamet enters with back-to-back victory potential, Harrison Ford received the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award, and the industry gathered as actors honored actors, no middlemen required.

As envelopes open and acceptance speeches hover in the wings, the full nominee slate and the night’s ultimate winners now take center stage, ready for their spotlight roll call.

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role

Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan - Sinners (WINNER)Jesse Plemons - Bugonia

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role

Jessie Buckley - Hamnet (WINNER)

Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue

Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another    

Emma Stone - Bugonia

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role

Miles Caton - Sinners

Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein

Paul Mescal - Hamnet

Sean Penn - One Battle After Another (WINNER)

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role

Odessa A’zion - Marty Supreme

Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good

Amy Madigan - Weapons (WINNER)

Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners 

Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sinners (WINNERS)

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or limited series

Jason Bateman - Black Rabbit

Owen Cooper - Adolescence (WINNER)

Stephen Graham - Adolescence

Charlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Matthew Rhys - The Beast in Me

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a television movie or limited series

  Claire Danes - The Beast in Me

Erin Doherty - Adolescence

Sarah Snook - All Her Fault

Christine Tremarco - Adolescence

Michelle Williams - Dying for S-- (WINNER)

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series

Sterling K. Brown - Paradise

Billy Crudup - The Morning Show

Walton Goggins - The White Lotus

Gary Oldman - Slow Horses

Noah Wyle - The Pitt (WINNER)

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Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series

Britt Lower - Severance

Parker Posey - The White Lotus

Keri Russell - The Diplomat (WINNER)

Rhea Seehorn - PluribusAimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series

Ike Barinholtz - The Studio

Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This

Ted Danson - A Man on the Inside 

Seth Rogen - The Studio (WINNER)  

Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series

Kathryn Hahn - The Studio

Catherine O'Hara - The Studio (WINNER)

Jenna Ortega - Wednesday

Jean Smart - Hacks

Kristen Wiig - Palm Royale

Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series

The Diplomat

Landman

The Pitt (WINNER)

Severance

The White Lotus

Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series

Abbott Elementary

The Bear

Hacks

Only Murders in the Building

The Studio (WINNER)

Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture

F1

Frankenstein

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (WINNER)

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a television series

Andor

Landman

The Last of Us (WINNER)

Squid Game

Stranger Things

Harrison Ford (WINNER)

As the 32nd Actor Awards command Hollywood’s attention tonight, the ceremony underscores how legacy institutions refine themselves without sacrificing prestige. The name changed to align with the statuette itself, The Actor, tightening the identity while honoring tradition.

With record-setting nominations, milestone moments, and career-defining wins stacking up, the evening reinforces one enduring truth: when performers celebrate performers, the recognition carries unmatched industry weight.

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