Columbia Pictures sepertinya harus melakukan kampanye yang lebih giat lagi untuk mempromosikan film David Fincher, The Social Network, jika mereka tidak menginginkan film tersebut secara perlahan mulai tenggelam oleh kepopuleran The King’s Speech maupun The Fighter. Setelah “hanya” berhasil memperoleh enam nominasi di ajang The 68^th Annual Golden Globe Awards, perolehan nominasi The Social Network di ajang The 17^th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards kali ini juga hanya mampu berdiri di belakang The King’s Speech dan The Fighter. Jika kedua film tersebut berhasil memimpin dengan meraih empat nominasi, maka The Social Network harus berpuas diri dengan hanya meraih dua nominasi.

Screen Actors Guild sendiri merupakan sebuah organisasi perfilman Amerika Serikat yang anggotanya terdiri dari para pekerja film yang berasal dari latar belakang dunia akting: baik dari layar lebar maupun televisi. Mengingat jumlah pemilih Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sebagian besar berasal dari kalangan aktor, maka tidak heran jika Screen Actors Guild Awards semakin hari semakin diperhatikan untuk memprediksi nama-nama mereka yang akan dinominasikan di ajang Academy Awards.

Karena yang menilai setiap kategori adalah para aktor yang memberikan rekognisi kepada aktor lainnya atas keberhasilan kemampuan akting mereka, maka wajar saja jika Screen Actors Guild Awards hanya berisi kategori-kategori yang berkaitan dengan dunia akting.

Berikut daftar lengkap nominasi The 17^th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

• Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
  • Vincent Cassel / Thomas Leroy
  • Barbara Hershey / Erica Sayers
  • Mila Kunis / Lily
  • Natalie Portman / Nina Sayers
  • Winona Ryder / Beth Macintyre

• The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)
  • Amy Adams / Charlene Fleming
  • Christian Bale / Dicky Eklund
  • Melissa Leo / Alice Ward
  • Jack Mcgee / George Ward
  • Mark Wahlberg / Micky Ward

• The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)
  • Annette Bening / Nic
  • Josh Hutcherson / Laser
  • Julianne Moore / Jules
  • Mark Ruffalo / Paul
  • Mia Wasikowska / Joni

• The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)
  • Anthony Andrews / Stanley Baldwin
  • Helena Bonham Carter / Queen Elizabeth
  • Jennifer Ehle / Myrtle Logue
  • Colin Firth / King George VI
  • Michael Gambon / King George V
  • Derek Jacobi / Archbishop Cosmo Lang
  • Guy Pearce / King Edward VIII
  • Geoffrey Rush / Lionel Logue
  • Timothy Spall / Winston Churchill

• The Social Network (Columbia Pictures)
  • Jesse Eisenberg / Mark Zuckerberg
  • Andrew Garfield / Eduardo Saverin
  • Armie Hammer / Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss
  • Max Minghella / Divya Narendra
  • Josh Pence / Tyler Winklevoss
  • Justin Timberlake / Sean Parker

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges / Rooster Cogburn – True Grit (Paramount Pictures)
Robert Duvall / Felix Bush – Get Low (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jesse Eisenberg / Mark Zuckerberg – The Social Network (Columbia Pictures)
Colin Firth / King George VI – The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)
James Franco / Aron Ralston – 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Annette Bening / Nic – The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)
Nicole Kidman / Becca – Rabbit Hole (Lionsgate)
Jennifer Lawrence / Ree Dolly – Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions)
Natalie Portman / Nina Sayers – Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Hilary Swank / Betty Anne Waters – Conviction (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale / Dicky Eklund – The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)
John Hawkes / Teardrop – Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions)
Jeremy Renner / James Coughlin – The Town (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Mark Ruffalo / Paul – The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)
Geoffrey Rush / Lionel Logue – The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams / Charlene Fleming – The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)
Helena Bonham Carter / Queen Elizabeth – The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)
Mila Kunis / Lily – Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Melissa Leo / Alice Ward – The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)
Hailee Steinfeld / Mattie Ross – True Grit (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Green Zone (Universal Pictures)
Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Robin Hood (Universal Pictures)