Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Jacki Weaver all nominated at Screen Actors’ Guild Awards
Five of Australia’s leading actors have received nominations at the Screen Actors’ Guild Awards in the US.
Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Russell Crowe and Jacki Weaver have all received nominations for their work in film over the last year.
Nicole Kidman leads the Australians with two nods, one for her supporting role in film The Paperboy. Joining her in the nominations are Sally Field for Lincoln, Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables, Maggie Smith for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Helen Hunt in Australian Ben Lewin’s film The Sessions.
Kidman has also been nominated for best female actor in a television movie or miniseries for her portrayal of Martha Gellhorn in HBO’s Hemingway & Gellhorn. She is up against Julianne Moore in Game Change, Charlotte Rampling in Restless, Sigourney Weaver in Political Animals and Alfre Woodard in Steel Magnolias.
