2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations predictions

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are never easy to predict, at least when it comes to nominations. This is the group, after all, that nominated the likes of Cloris Leachman in Spanglish; Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman; Hank Azaria in The Birdcage; Stockard Channing in Smoke; Gwen Verdon in Marvin's Room; Judi Dench in The Shipping News; and BOTH Gena Rowlands and Marisa Tomei in Unhook the Stars.

It is all but guaranteed there will be at least one real eyebrow-raiser of a nominee on SAG nominations morning. Could it be Warren Beatty in Rules Don't Apply? Margo Martindale in The Hollars? There are plenty of obscure contenders lurking around the corners of these categories.

With that said, here's my hunch on how the SAG nominations go down. Of course feel free to comment with your own thoughts as well!

Best Ensemble

1. Moonlight
2. Manchester By the Sea
3. La La Land
4. Hell or High Water
5. Hidden Figures
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6. Fences
7. 20th Century Women
8. Patriots Day
9. Jackie
10. Hail, Caesar!

Best Lead Actor

1. Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
2. Denzel Washington, Fences
3. Ryan Gosling, La La Land
4. Tom Hanks, Sully
5. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals
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6. Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
7. Joel Edgerton, Loving
8. Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
9. Michael Keaton, The Founder
10. Warren Beatty, Rules Don't Apply

Best Lead Actress

1. Emma Stone, La La Land
2. Natalie Portman, Jackie
3. Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
4. Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
5. Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures
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6. Amy Adams, Arrival
7. Isabelle Huppert, Elle
8. Ruth Negga, Loving
9. Sally Field, Hello, My Name Is Doris
10. Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
2. Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
3. Ben Foster, Hell or High Water
4. Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
5. Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
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6. Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea
7. Dev Patel, Lion
8. Kevin Costner, Hidden Figures
9. Alan Rickman, Eye in the Sky
10. Adam Driver, Silence

Best Supporting Actress

1. Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea
2. Viola Davis, Fences
3. Naomie Harris, Moonlight
4. Nicole Kidman, Lion
5. Molly Shannon, Other People
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6. Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women
7. Helen Mirren, Eye in the Sky
8. Janelle Monae, Hidden Figures
9. Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
10. Margo Martindale, The Hollars