Kristen Bell opened the 31st SAG Awards on Feb. 23, 2025, with a parody of “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” from Frozen. She turned its familiar refrain into “Do you want to be an actor?” as a montage showed nominees in early roles.
What did Kristen Bell sing at the 2025 SAG Awards?
Bell adapted “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” for the ceremony’s opening number. Netflix’s recap places the song after her opening remarks and her call for applause for Los Angeles firefighters attending the event. The 31st ceremony, hosted by Bell at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, streamed live on Netflix on Feb. 23, 2025. Netflix’s recap describes the performance.
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How the Frozen parody worked
The song’s central question became “Do you want to be an actor?” That shift connected the recognizable Frozen melody to the evening’s celebration of performers. Netflix quotes Bell singing, “It can be a bumpy ride,” “Sometimes there’s no stability,” and “Put aside your pride. But everybody started somewhere as we do.” These are reported excerpts, not a complete verified transcript.
As Bell sang, screens showed nominees in early roles. The montage gave the number its documentary-like hook: familiar performers appeared in glimpses from before the roles for which many viewers now know them. TIME’s recap reports examples including Kieran Culkin in Home Alone, Jodie Foster in a Coppertone ad, Timothée Chalamet as an ICU patient, and Jason Segel eating watermelon. Those are selected examples, not an exhaustive list of the images shown.
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Why the number fit the ceremony
The lyrics framed acting as a career that can be uncertain and difficult, while the montage showed that even celebrated performers began in small or unexpected parts. The result was a warm, self-aware opening that joined a song audiences could recognize to the awards’ focus on actors and their work.
Bell was hosting the SAG Awards for the second time; her first hosting appearance was in 2018, according to the official host announcement. The ceremony was later renamed the Actor Awards, but “SAG Awards” is the historically accurate name for the 2025 event.
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What is confirmed about the performance
Netflix’s recap and TIME’s account establish the song’s source, its actor-themed refrain, and the early-role montage. The available accounts do not provide a complete authoritative lyric transcript or establish the embedded clip’s current availability in every region. They also do not report Bell’s own explanation for choosing this particular song.
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