De nominerede blev annonceret d. 16. december 2010 af [[Rosario Dawson]] og [[Angie Harmon]] i Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards-%C2%AE-nominations-announcement |title=Press Releases {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards<!-- Bot genereret titel --> |access-date=15. juni 2011 |archive-date=28. september 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928212016/http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards-%C2%AE-nominations-announcement |url-status=ok }} {{Cite web |url=http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards-%C2%AE-nominations-announcement |title=Arkiveret kopi |access-date=15. juni 2011 |archive-date=28. september 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928212016/http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards-%C2%AE-nominations-announcement |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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