SAG Predictions: Best Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

Last year’s nominees: Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America), Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You), Nicole Kidman (The Undoing), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit), Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere)

The best place to start is with the actors who earned Emmy nominations this past season for series from 2021. That list includes Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown), Cynthia Erivo (Genius: Aretha), Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown), and Jean Smart (Mare of Easttown). Others options who weren’t nominated include Thuso Mbedu (The Underground Railroad) and Danielle Brooks (Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia). New possibilities are led by Margaret Qualley (Maid), Jessica Chastain (Scenes from a Marriage), Andie MacDowell (Maid), Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick), and Melissa McCarthy (Nine Perfect Strangers).

Current predictions:
Jessica Chastain (Scenes from a Marriage)
Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
Cynthia Erivo (Genius: Aretha)
Margaret Qualley (Maid)
Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown)