By Simone Fabriziani

When the nominations for the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awardsmajor film and television awards presented annually by the Hollywood Actors Union (SAG), one of the most shocking exclusions from his five-year membership was that of Kristen Stewart to Spencer.

The American actress, as Princess Diana of Wales, had already received key Golden Globe Drama and Critics’ Choice Awards nominations, but lost her first statuette to Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos, currently the presumed favorite. A decidedly enormous obstacle from a statistical point of view for Kristen Stewart, given that since the institution of the actor’s union award, no actress in a lead role has ever subsequently won an Oscar without a corresponding SAG nomination:

1994: Jessica Lange – Blue Sky

1995: Susan Sarandon – A Walking Dead Man

1996: Frances McDormand – Fargo

1997: Helen Hunt – Something Has Changed

1998: Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in love

1999: Hilary Swank – Boys Don’t Cry

2000: Julia Roberts – Erin Brokovitch

2001: Halle Berry – The Monsters’ Ball

2002: Nicole Kidman – The Hours

2003: Charlize Theron – Monster

2004: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby

2005: Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

2006: Helen Mirren – The Queen

2007: Marion Cotillard – La vie en rose

2008: Kate Winslet – The Reader

2009: Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

2010: Natalie Portman – The Black Swan

2011: Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

2012: Jennifer Lawrence – The Bright Side

2013: Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

2014: Julianne Moore – Always Alice

2015: Brie Larson – Chamber

2016: Emma Stone – La La Land

2017: Frances McDormand – Three Billboards in Ebbing, Missouri

2018: Olivia Colman – The favorite

2019: Renée Zellweger – Judy

2020: Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Since the inception of the SAG Award in 1994, none of the actresses listed has won an Oscar without being nominated for the Screen Actors Guil Award. In short, for the main performer of the biographical film directed by Pablo Larraìn, things look bad from a purely statistical point of view. Not to mention that at the time of writing, Kristen Stewart still hasn’t received the Bafta and Oscar nominations themselves, which will be revealed on Thursday February 3 and Tuesday February 8 respectively.