Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) among SAG Awards 2013 Best Actress contenders
[See previous post: "SAG Awards 2013."] Jennifer Lawrence; several Silver Linings Playbook cast members; and several French, British, and Australian performers are all strong possibilities for the SAG Awards 2013. Below is my list(s) of predictions, including a number of potential surprises. (Photo: Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook.)
SAG Awards 2013 Best Actress
- Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
- Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
- Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
Other Best Actress possibilities: Naomi Watts, The Impossible; Helen Mirren, Hitchcock; Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea; Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina; Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere; Laura Linney, Hyde Park on the Hudson.
Nothing is impossible: Barbra Streisand, The Guilt Trip; Bette Midler, Parental Guidance; Melanie Lynskey, Hello, I Must Be Going; Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed; Emily Blunt, Your Sister’s Sister; Michelle Williams, Take This Waltz; Maggie Smith, Quartet.
SAG Awards 2013 Best Actor
- Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
- Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
- Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
- Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour
Other Best Actor possibilities: Denzel Washington, Flight; John Hawkes, The Sessions; Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock; Richard Gere, Arbitrage; Ben Affleck, Argo; Matt Damon, Promised Land; Jake Gyllenhaal, End of Watch; Garrett Hedlund, On the Road; Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi; Bill Murray, Hyde Park on the Hudson.
Nothing is impossible: Tom Hanks, Cloud Atlas; Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On; Clint Eastwood, Trouble with the Curve; Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained; and Limo Movie actors Denis Lavant and Robert Pattinson for, respectively, Holy Motors and Cosmopolis.
SAG Awards 2013 Best Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams, The Master
- Sally Field, Lincoln
- Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
- Helen Hunt, The Sessions
- Amanda Seyfried, Les Misérables
Other Best Supporting Actress possibilities: Susan Sarandon, Arbitrage; Melissa Leo, Kelly Reilly, Flight; Ann Dowd, Compliance; Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister’s Sister; Kristen Stewart, On the Road; Jennifer Ehle, Zero Dark Thirty; Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook; Kerry Washington, Django Unchained; Isabelle Huppert, Amour; Judi Dench, Skyfall; Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter, Les Misérables.
Nothing is impossible: Anna Kendrick, End of Watch; Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy; Frances McDormand, Promised Land; Noomi Rapace, Prometheus; Scarlett Johansson, Hitchcock; Selma Blair, Dark Horse; Pauline Collins, Quartet; Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere; Gloria Reuben, Lincoln; Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; Penélope Cruz, To Rome with Love.
SAG Awards 2013 Best Supporting Actor
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
- Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
- Michael Peña, End of Watch
- Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Other Best Supporting Actor possibilities: Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook; Javier Bardem, Skyfall; Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Argo; Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike; Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Les Misérables; Jude Law, Anna Karenina; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lincoln; William H. Macy, The Sessions; Jason Clarke, Zero Dark Thirty.
Nothing is impossible: Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Hal Holbrook, Promised Land; Tom Hiddleston, The Avengers; Tom Hardy, Michael Caine, The Dark Knight Rises; Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Moonrise Kingdom; Paul Giamatti, Cosmopolis; Irrfan Khan, Life of Pi; Tom Cruise, Rock for Ages, and Michael Fassbender, Prometheus — at one point two quite likely awards-season candidates.
SAG Awards 2013 Best Cast
- Ben Affleck’s Argo
- Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln
- Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables
- David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook
- Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty
Other Best Cast possibilities: Amour; Flight; The Master; Life of Pi; The Hunger Games; On the Road; The Dark Knight Rises; Django Unchained; Moonrise Kingdom; The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; Hitchcock; Arbitrage; The Sessions; Hyde Park on Hudson.
Nothing is impossible: Seven Psychopaths; Promised Land; End of Watch; Cosmopolis; Holy Motors; Butter; The Impossible; The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey; Your Sister’s Sister; To Rome with Love; The Avengers; Magic Mike; Skyfall; Middle of Nowhere; Keep the Lights On.
Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook photo: The Weinstein Company.





