Jean Smart wasn't at the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2025 in person, but she still made an appearance in the show's opening. The actress, 73, did not attend the 31st annual award show on Sunday, Feb. 23 due to filming conflicts. At the time, she was on location filming her hit Max show, Hacks .

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Kristen Bell, Quinta Brunson, Liza Colón-Zayas and Ayo Edebiri were also up for the award at the 2025 SAG Awards

While stars including Selena Gomez and Timothée Chalamet gathered for the 2025 SAG Awards in Los Angeles, several actors such as Martin Short and Jonathan Bailey were unable to attend.

The 31st installment of the SAG Awards was streamed live on Netflix on Sunday evening. Kristen Bell once again served as host, though she also did double duty as a nominee for Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her work in rom-com series Nobody Wants This (losing to Hacks' Jean Smart).

The 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards opened with a skit in which Jean Smart appeared as her “Hacks” character Deborah Vance, an aging standup comedian, as she and some of her costars ...

As the returning host of Sunday night’s SAG Awards on Netflix, Kristen Bell certainly ... a pre-recorded Hacks sketch of Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) reading her monologue to her pitch team ...

Since Season 50 premiered in September, the legendary sketch comedy show has invited A-list hosts — including Jean Smart, Dave Chappelle, Charli XCX and Timothée Chalamet — and pairing them ...