Why Wasn't Gal Gadot Nominated For A SAG Award? 'Wonder Woman' Was One Of The Year's Most Beloved Movies
After proving itself as a box office success, a hit among critics and audiences alike, and an unprecedented feminist statement, Wonder Woman wasn't nominated for the 2018 SAGs. Not only was the film as a whole largely snubbed by awards body, but star Gal Gadot was also left out of the acting nominations. Wonder Woman (director: Patty Jenkins) did nab a well-deserved nomination in the category for stunt ensembles, but that was its lone acknowledgment.
The SAG snubs are disappointing, but, admittedly, not altogether surprising. High box office turnout and good reviews don't necessarily mean that a film, especially of the action variety, will be honored at awards shows that don't have a dedicated action category. We've grown accustomed to superhero movies remaining almost a fringe genre, despite their popularity — one that's not for everybody, and certainly not usually for awards show acclaim.
But Wonder Woman (executive producer: Rebecca Steel Roven) hit a unique note with many people, and the tsunami of reactions to the film might have put it in a better position to win a nomination. I haven't paid money to watch a superhero movie since I fell asleep halfway through the original Avengers at a drive-in theater in high school, and even then, I wasn't happy about it. They just aren't my thing. That didn't stop me from loading my best friend into my car on a Tuesday night and speeding 45 minutes to the nearest Wonder Woman-showing theater. I wasn't alone in that eagerness, either. It was a film that seemed important to this moment — it satisfied an ache within many of us that we didn't even necessarily know we had. And on top of all of that, its nomination would have rightly echoed the Time's Up movement and the tone of this season's red carpets.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Theatrical Motion Pictures
Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures
The Shape of Water (WINNER)
Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
The Big Sick
Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel
Call Me By Your Name
Producers: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Marco Morabito
Dunkirk
Producers: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Get Out
Producers: Sean McKittrick & Edward H. Hamm, Jr., Jason Blum, Jordan Peele
I, Tonya
Producers: Bryan Unkeless, Steven Rogers, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley
Lady Bird
Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill
Molly's Game
Producers: Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Matt Jackson
The Post
Producers: Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Producers: Graham Broadbent & Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Wonder Woman
Producers: Charles Roven & Richard Suckle, Zack Snyder & Deborah Snyder
Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Coco (WINNER)
Producer: Darla K. Anderson
The Boss Baby
Producer: Ramsey Naito
Despicable Me 3
Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
Ferdinand
Producers: Lori Forte, Bruce Anderson
The Lego Batman Movie
Producers: Dan Lin, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Norman Felton Award for Episodic Television, Drama
Courtesy of Hulu
The Handmaid's Tale (Season 1) (WINNER)
Producers: Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, Sheila Hockin, Eric Tuchman, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Joseph Boccia, Elisabeth Moss, Kira Snyder, Leila Gerstein
Big Little Lies (Season 1)
Producers: David E. Kelley, Jean-Marc Vallée, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Gregg Fienberg, Nathan Ross, Barbara A. Hall
The Crown (Season 2)
Producers: Peter Morgan, Stephen Daldry, Andy Harries, Philip Martin, Suzanne Mackie, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison
Game of Thrones (Season 7)
Producers: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield, Bryan Cogman, Chris Newman, Lisa McAtackney, Greg Spence
Stranger Things (Season 2)
Producers: Iain Paterson, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, The Duffer Brothers, Rand Geiger, Justin Doble
Danny Thomas Award for Episodic Television, Comedy
Sarah Shatz
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 1) (WINNER)
Producers: Daniel Palladino, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Sheila Lawrence, Dhana Rivera Gilbert
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 9)
Producers: Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Jeff Schaffer, Justin Hurwitz, Jon Hayman, Laura Streicher, Mychelle Deschamps
Master of None (Season 2)
Producers: Aziz Ansari, Alan Yang, Michael Schur, David Miner, Dave Becky, Igor Srubshchik, Andrew Blitz, Eric Wareheim
Silicon Valley (Season 4)
Producers: Mike Judge, Alec Berg, Jim Kleverweis, Jamie Babbit, Clay Tarver, Dan O’Keefe, Chris Provenzano, Graham Wagner, Carrie Kemper, Aaron Zelman, Adam Countee
Veep (Season 6)
Producers: David Mandel, Frank Rich, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lew Morton, Morgan Sackett, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Georgia Pritchett, Jennifer Crittenden, Gabrielle Allan, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Steve Hely, Ted Cohen, David Hyman, Rachel Axler, Billy Kimball, Dale Stern, Erik Kenward, Dan Mintz
David L. Wolper Award for Longform Television
Courtesy of Jonathan Prime/Netflix
Black Mirror (Season 4) (WINNER)
Producers: Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker
Fargo (Season 3)
Producers: Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, John Cameron, Steve Blackman, Bob DeLaurentis, Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi, Monica Beletsky, Kim Todd, Leslie Cowan, Regis Kimble, Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev
Feud: Bette and Joan (Season 1)
Producers: Ryan Murphy, Dede Gardner, Tim Minear, Alexis Martin Woodall, Chip Vucelich, John J. Gray, Jaffe Cohen, Renee Tab, Michael Zam, Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon
Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Producers: Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Sue Vertue, Beryl Vertue, Rebecca Eaton
The Wizard of Lies
Producers: Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Berry Welsh, Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana, Jason Sosnoff, Joseph E. Iberti
Nonfiction Television
Courtesy of Amanda Demme
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (Season 1, Season 2) (WINNER)
Producers: Leah Remini, Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Myles Reiff, Adam Saltzberg, Erin Gamble, Lisa Rosen, Grainne Byrne, Taylor Levin, Alex Weresow, Rachelle Mendez
30 for 30 (Season 8)
Producers: Connor Schell, John Dahl, Libby Geist, Erin Leyden, Adam Neuhaus, Jenna Anthony, Gentry Kirby, Marquis Daisy, Andy Billman, Deirdre Fenton
60 Minutes (Season 50)
Producer: Jeff Fager
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Season 9, Season 10)
Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandra Zweig
Spielberg
Producers: Susan Lacy, Jessica Levin, Emma Pildes
Live Entertainment and Talk Television
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 4) (WINNER)
Producers: John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (Season 2)
Producers: Samantha Bee, Jo Miller, Jason Jones, Tony Hernandez, Miles Kahn, Alison Camillo, Pat King, Allana Harkin
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Season 15)
Producers: Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Jason Schrift, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Gary Greenberg, Jennifer Sharron, Tony Romero, Ken Crosby, Josh Weintraub, Seth Weidner, Molly McNearney
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 3)
Producers: Stephen T. Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart, Barry Julien, Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Aaron Cohen, Paul Dinello, Emily Gertler, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Michael Brumm, Paige Kendig, Jake Plunkett
Saturday Night Live (Season 43)
Producers: Lorne Michaels, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Tom Broecker, Ken Aymong
Shortform Program
Courtesy of The Late Late Show with James Corden
Carpool Karaoke (Season 1) (WINNER)
Better Call Saul's Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training (Season 1)
Humans of New York: The Series (Season 1)
National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (Season 3)
Viceland at the Women's March (Season 1)
Sports Program
Photofest
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Season 23) (WINNER)
All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams (Season 2)
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Season 12)
SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt (Season 3)
VICE World of Sports (Season 2)
Children's Program
YouTube/MarshalGrover
Sesame Street (Season 47) (WINNER)
Doc McStuffins (Season 4)
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2017
School of Rock (Season 3)
SpongeBob SquarePants (Season 10, Season 11)
Documentary Motion Pictures
Hugo van Lawick/National Geographic Creative
Jane (WINNER)
Producers: Brett Morgen, Bryan Burk, Tony Gerber, James Smith
Chasing Coral
Producers: Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes
City of Ghosts
Producer: Matthew Heineman
Cries from Syria
Producers: Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor, Aaron I. Butler
Earth: One Amazing Day
Producer: Stephen McDonogh
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
Producers: Matthew Torne, Mark Rinehart, Joe Piscatella
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Producers: Teddy Kunhardt, George Kunhardt
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television
Trae Patton/NBC
The Voice (Season 12, Season 13) (WINNER)
Producers: John de Mol, Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Lee Metzger, Chad Hines, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, Jay Bienstock, Stijn Bakkers, Mike Yurchuk, Teddy Valenti, Carson Daly
The Amazing Race (Season 29)
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo
American Ninja Warrior (Season 9)
Producers: Arthur Smith, Kent Weed, Anthony Storm, Brian Richardson, Kristen Stabile, David Markus, Royce Toni, Stephen Saylor, J.D. Pruess, Jeffrey J. Hyman, D. Max Poris, Briana Vowels, Jonathan Provost
Lip Sync Battle (Season 3)
Producers: Casey Patterson, Jay Peterson, John Krasinski, Stephen Merchant, James McKinlay, Leah Culton Gonzalez, Pete DiObilda, LL Cool J, Genna Gintzig, Lindsay John, Jacob Burke, Diane Perrotta
Top Chef (Season 14)
Producers: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Doneen Arquines, Gaylen Gawlowski, Erica Ross, Blake Davis, Scott Patch, Patrick Schmedeman, Elida Carbajal Araiza, Daniel Calin, Zoe Jackson