SAG Winner Predictions: Best Female Actor in a Comedy Series

The competition: Elle Fanning (The Great), Sandra Oh (The Chair), Jean Smart (Hacks), Juno Temple (Ted Lasso), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)

For your information: This is not the first SAG nomination for any of these actresses, but it is the first for these roles. Fanning, Temple, and Waddingham were all nominated as part of their ensembles for their shows’ first seasons last year, and Fanning has an additional previous bid for the “Trumbo” cast back in 2015. Smart was up as part of the “24” cast in 2006 and has another nomination this year for her performance in “Mare of Easttown.” Oh has won two individual prizes, for “Killing Eve” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” and two ensemble wins, for “Sideways” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” with two additional bids for the latter. All but Oh are also nominated as part of their ensembles. Supporting actresses have won this prize eleven times in twenty-six years. Out of ten times that two women from the same show have contended for this prize, only twice did it lead to a win, in 2018 for Rachel Brosnahan and last year for Catherine O’Hara. Waddingham beat Temple at the Emmys for season one of her show, and Smart won the lead actress prize.

Who should win? This is a terrific list. I’d love to see Fanning win but everyone else would be great too.

Who will win? I think Smart should be able to win this.