The 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards' nominees were announced on December 14, 2011 at 6:00 P.M. on a Tuesday.
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Member of an affiliated union: Members in good standing, for at least one year, of any of the other unions affiliated with the AAAA, and who had worked as a principal at least once in an area of the affiliated union's jurisdiction, and who had been paid for their work in that principal role, were eligible to join SAG

