Nicole Kidman, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Stuhlbarg and Jenny Slate had a busy year, both on the big screen and on TV.
John Goodman
John Goodman starred in five projects this year: “Kong: Skull Island,” “Atomic Blonde,” “Once Upon a Time in Venice,” “Transformers: The Last Knight” and “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.”
Nicole Kidman
The Australian actress has been working like mad as well — while starring as Celeste in “Big Little Lies,” she also appeared in “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” “The Beguiled,” “The Upside” and the series “Top of the Lake.”
Idris Elba
The English actor starred in a variety of TV mini-series this year, such as “Five by Five” and “Guerrilla,” but also appeared on the big screen in films like “The Dark Tower,” “Molly’s Game,” “The Mountain Between Us” and “Thor: Ragnarok.”
Octavia Spencer
After her stellar “Hidden Figures” run, the actress starred in faith-based film “The Shack,” as well as “Small Town Crime,” “Gifted” and awards frontrunner “The Shape of Water.”
Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson had starring roles in “American Made,” “Goodbye Christopher Robin” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” and also appeared in “mother!” “Crash Pad” and the TV series “Catastrophe.”
Alison Brie
Apart from starring in her own TV series, “GLOW,” she also had a cameo in “Dr. Ken” and “BoJack Horseman,” and starred in “The Little Hours,” “The Disaster Artist” and “The Post.”
Lakeith Stanfield
The actor has starred in a whopping seven projects this year, not including two shorts. “Get Out,” “Crown Heights,” “The Incredible Jessica James,” “War Machine,” “Izzy Gets the F-ck Across Town,” “Death Note” and “Quest” are on his credits list.
Allison Janney
Janney is an awards frontrunner for her role in “I, Tonya,” but has also continued starring in her TV series “Mom.” Other projects include “A Happening of Monumental Proportions,” “F Is for Family,” “Nobodies,” “American Dad!” and “Sun Dogs.”
Dwayne Johnson
Of course, Johnson has his HBO series “Ballers” on the air, but he also starred in “The Fate of the Furious,” “Baywatch” and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.”
Sarah Paulson
Along with reprising her role in Ryan Murphy’s anthology series “American Horror Story,” Sarah Paulson has also starred in “Rebel in the Rye,” “Feud” and most recently, “The Post,” which is an awards contender.
Michael Stuhlbarg
Not only did Stuhlbarg deliver the best monologue, like, ever, in “Call Me by Your Name,” but he also starred in other awards contenders “The Shape of Water,” “The Post” and the TV series “Fargo.”
Kristen Wiig
Wiig also had a great 2017 — She voiced Lucy in “Despicable Me 3,” starred in “Downsizing,” “mother!” and “The Last Man on Earth,” and had cameos in “Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later,” “Big Mouth” and “Nobodies.”
Samuel L. Jackson
It feels like Samuel L. Jackson is always in every single movie, and this year was no different — he had starring roles in “xXx: Return of Xander Cage,” “Kong: Skull Island,” “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” and voiced a character in “Blazing Samurai.”
Jessica Chastain
Chastain has taken her films to a lot of festivals this year. Her credits include “Molly’s Game,” “Woman Walks Ahead” and “The Zookeeper’s Wife.”
Josh Gad
If you thought you saw Josh Gad everywhere this year, you’re right: The actor starred in “A Dog’s Purpose,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Marshall,” “Murder on the Orient Express” and the short, “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure.”
Jenny Slate
Slate has tons of feature and TV projects to her name this year: “Landline,” “The Polka King,” “The LEGO Batman Movie,” “Gifted,” “Aardvark,” “Despicable Me 3,” “Comrade Detective,” “Big Mouth,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Lady Dynamite,” “Star vs. the Forces of Evil” and “Adventure Time.”
Dan Stevens
Dan Steven starred in two projects with Josh Gad (“Beauty and the Beast” and “Marshall”) but also acted in “Permission,” “Kill Switch” and “The Man Who Invented Christmas,” along with “X-Men” spin-off TV series “Legion.”
Judy Greer
Greer has what it seems endless credits to her 2017 list, including TV series like “Archer,” “American Dad!” “Portlandia” and “Easy,” as well as movies such as “Wilson,” “Lemon,” “War for the Planet of the Apes” and our “Souls at Night.”
Caleb Landry Jones
Jones starred in “Get Out,” “The Florida Project,” “American Made,” and awards frontrunner “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” He also has a recurring role in “Twin Peaks.”
Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams is once again in the awards race with Ridley Scott’s “All the Money in the World,” Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck” and Michael Gracey’s “The Greatest Showman.” Also, she stars in “Suite Francaise,” which wrapped in 2015 and had its AFM premiere that year but screened on TV this past May.
Michael Fassbender
Fassbender did a variety of different projects this year, including “Alien: Covenant,” “Song to Song” and “The Snowman.”
