The Screen Actors Guild Awards or popularly known as the SAG Awards recently rolled out its annual red carpet to welcome the biggest stars in the industry. After the champagne has been poured and the glitzy gowns sashayed down the runway, it was time to announce the winners.
SAG Awards 2017: Winners of the Night
The 23rd annual SAG Awards was held last Sunday, January 29, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The awards show honors the greatest achievement in both film and television for the year 2016. While Hollywood royalties may have been standing on the podium, it was the subject of politics that took front and center with many celebrities expressing their opinions toward Pres. Donald Trump.
Find out more SAG Awards highlights and winners below.
Lily Tomlin honored with lifetime achievement award
American actress Lily Tomlin was given the Life Achievement Award. There to present the honor to her was co-star and longtime friend Dolly Parton. Parton was supposed to head onstage with Jane Fonda when the latter cancelled as she was too ill to attend the show.
Fonda, Parton, and Tomlin notably starred together in the 1980 comedy Nine to Five.
SAG Awards 2017: TV
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series
Winner: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Other nominees:
- Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
- Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
- Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series
Winner: William H. Macy, Shameless
Other nominees:
- Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
- Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Ty Burrell, Modern Family
- Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series
Winner: Orange Is the New Black
Other nominees:
- The Big Bang Theory
- Black-ish
- Modern Family
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a television movie or limited series
Winner: Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Other nominees:
- Bryce Dallas Howard, Black Mirror
- Felicity Huffman, American Crime
- Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
- Kerry Washington, Confirmation
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or limited series
Winner: Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Other nominees:
- Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
- Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
- John Turturro, The Night Of
- Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series
Winner: John Lithgow, The Crown
Other nominees:
- Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
- Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
- Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
- Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series
Winner: Claire Foy, The Crown
Other nominees:
- Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
- Thandie Newton, Westworld
- Winona Ryder, Stranger Things
- Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series
Winner: Stranger Things
Other nominees:
- The Crown
- Downton Abbey
- Game of Thrones
- Westworld
SAG Awards 2017: Movies
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role
Winner: Viola Davis, Fences
Other nominees:
- Naomie Harris, Moonlight
- Nicole Kidman, Lion
- Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
- Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role
Winner: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Other nominees:
- Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
- Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
- Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
- Dev Patel, Lion
Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role
(Photo by Kevork Djansezian/WireImage)
Winner: Emma Stone, La La Land
Other nominees:
- Amy Adams, Arrival
- Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train
- Natalie Portman, Jackie
- Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role
Winner: Denzel Washington, Fences
Other nominees:
- Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
- Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
- Ryan Gosling, La La Land
- Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture
Winner: Hidden Figures
- Captain Fantastic
- Fences
- Manchester by the Sea
- Moonlight
