Actor Award Nominee Reactions!

“Thank you to the Actor Awards and SAG-AFTRA for this incredible honor. To be recognized by my peers within this dynamic community of artists, a community that has so warmly welcomed me, is just beyond anything I could have ever dreamed up.

Getting to play Willa was one of the greatest gifts and it is all thanks to the visionary Paul Thomas Anderson. I’m over the moon for Leo, Benicio, Sean, and Teyana for their nominations.

Congratulations to my fellow nominees Jessie, Rose, Kate, and Emma. All your performances completely blew me away this year and it is a deep honor to be nominated alongside you all.”
–Chase Infiniti, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role nominee for One Battle After Another

“I am so beyond honored to be recognized by my peers! This is truly so meaningful and overwhelming. This group of actresses is extraordinary and am honored to be among them and their incredible work. Thank you to SAG AFTRA and thank you for my dental insurance!!!!”
–Rose Byrne, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role nominee for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

“Wow I love being an actor and to be recognized alongside these utter goddesses by other actors, my tribe, is just the best. Love this cast, love this crew, what a start to 2026.”
–Kathryn Hahn, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series nominee for The Studio

“I’m definitely a little bit in shock? I can’t believe it. Being recognized by my PEERS! People I look up to, that I admire and that inspire me!! It means everything to me. Marty Supreme changed my life. I’m so grateful to Josh for trusting me with this role I care for so so deeply. Timothée, thank you for being such an incredible visionary and scene partner! I love our entire cast and crew endlessly and to be able to continue the Marty Journey with them into 2026 is a dream! I’m so thankful to A24 for believing in this film and in all of us. Holy shit.”
–Odessa D’Azion, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role nominee for Marty Supreme

“This is mad! It is such a huge honour to be nominated for the first time at the Actor Awards, to be recognised by fellow actors is such a privilege and one I don’t take lightly. I love my job. I love actors. I loved every second of going to work with Chloé, Jessie, Emily, Jacobi, Bodhi, Olivia, Joe, Noah and the whole cast. Thanks again SAG, this is a day I certainly won’t forget!”
–Paul Mescal, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role nominee for Hamnet

“To be recognized by SAG, by fellow actors and artists I have loved and been inspired by for as long as I can remember, feels monumentally special. I will keep saying this: I love being part of this village. I’m so grateful to Chloé for bringing together this extraordinary group of actors and humans to share in the deeply emotional experience of making this film. Paul, Emily, Jacobi, Noah, Joe, and our entire cast- I share this with you. I am forever both lifted and grounded by you. Thank you.”
–Jessie Buckley, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role nominee for Hamnet

“I’ve had the privilege of being an actor for over forty years and, to be recognized by my peers today with my first nomination, is truly a pinch me moment.  This journey of bringing Gladys to life in Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS, along with seeing and experiencing the response from audiences, press, critics – and now my fellow actors – is something I am so incredibly thankful for.  I never would have thought when Zach and I met for lunch to discuss the role that I’d be here today, expressing my gratitude to my fellow SAG-AFTRA members for this recognition.  Zach’s original vision, along with our incredible hair, makeup, prosthetics and costume teams, helped me in my process of creating and becoming Gladys.  But it’s working opposite scene partners like Julia, Josh, Cary, Benedict, Alden, Austin, Toby, Clayton, Whitmer, Callie and the best group of young actors that made that experience even better.  A huge thank you to our casting director Allison Jones, along with the entire crew.  I share this honor with all of you!”
–Amy Madigan, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role nominee for Weapons