Yahoo Lifestyle Kristen Bell Is 'Thrilled' to Return as SAG Awards Host After Milestone Year with “Nobody Wants This”
The actress was the first-ever host of the awards show in 2018, followed by Megan Mullally in 2019. The show hasn't had a host since.
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Kristen Bell attends the Academy Women's Luncheon presented by CHANEL on December 10, 2024 in Los AngelesKristen Bell is making her long-awaited return to the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The SAG Awards announced on Dec. 16 that Bell, 44, will host the 2025 ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 23 at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles.
In a press release, Bell said she's "thrilled to be hosting the SAG Awards again this year," as she joked, "I’m honored to be asked back and can’t wait to share the evening with my fellow actors, doing what we do best... celebrating ourselves 😊."
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SAG Awards Executive Producer Jon Brockett said in the release that the actress' "wit, warmth and charm makes her the perfect fit for our show — a night celebrating actors and the outstanding performances of the year.
"Plus — everybody wants this," Brockett said, a nod to Bell's smash-hit Netflix series Nobody Wants This, which she starred in alongside Adam Brody.
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Kristen Bell as Joanne, Adam Brody as Noah in 'Nobody Wants This'The actress was the first-ever host of the awards show in 2018, and at the time, the Time's Up movement was at its peak, and she wore black to host the show as a "message of solidarity," she told PEOPLE at the time.
Her priority in hosting the 2018 show was to emphasize that "there’s no better time to actively be someone else’s support system than right now," given the reckoning that was happening industry-wide at the time as stars banded together to fight workplace sexual harassment.
“I think it’s important to make these award shows entertaining, and I want to be funny,” she said. “I think we need funny right now, but we also need joy, and we also need forward momentum. This is a time where people that have been abused or marginalized are coming forward. That was very risky, and I want to create an atmosphere that speaks directly to their support system."
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Kristin Bell hosts the 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on Sunday, January 21, 2018.After Bell hosted in 2018, Megan Mullally hosted the awards show in 2019, and since then, the show has not had a host.
This year's nominees will be announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, and Jane Fonda has been named the recipient of this year's SAG Life Achievement Award — the highest tribute in SAG-AFTRA.
Fonda, 86, said in a statement that she is "deeply honored and humbled" to receive the award as she reflected on her six-decade career.
"I have been working in this industry for almost the entirety of my life and there’s no honor like the one bestowed on you by your peers," she said. "SAG-AFTRA works tirelessly to protect the working actor and to ensure that union members are being treated equitably in all areas, and I am proud to be a member as we continue to work to protect generations of performers to come."
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The SAG Awards will stream live on Netflix on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET.
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