To all those who’ve griped about overlong award shows and the technical glitches of pandemic-era ceremonies, rest assured that the Screen Actors Guild Awards did things a bit differently.
The 27th annual SAG Awards kicked off on Sunday night with the express purpose of combating the bloat of the most prolonged award season in recent memory with a pre-taped hourlong affair.
The ceremony, which stands as the only award show voted on entirely by actors, abandoned the traditional trappings ― no red carpet, no host, no set and definitely no afterparties ― for a streamlined and COVID-safe celebration of film and television performances over the past year.
Though the actual awards were handed out in video sessions with nominees days before the telecast ― actors honored in the 13 categories were required to sign nondisclosure agreements before the tapings ― the rest of us weren’t able to find out who won until the acceptance speeches broadcast Sunday night.
In its first major award season win, Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” took home the night’s top award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast. The film, which chronicles the trial of a real-life group of Vietnam War protesters who were falsely accused of inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, stars Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong and Frank Langella, who all appeared to accept the trophy virtually.
Heading into the ceremony, “Minari,” A24′s stirring drama about a Korean American family settling in the rural South, and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” boasting performances from the late Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis, led the nominations. Both films still managed to pick up some prizes, with Boseman and Davis being honored in the leading acting categories and Youn Yuh-jung making history as the first Korean actress to ever win the supporting actress category. Daniel Kaluuya rounded out the film acting honors with a win for his arresting performance as activist Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
Meanwhile, Netflix’s “The Crown” and “Schitt’s Creek,” taking one final victory lap after airing its much-lauded concluding season, dominated among the television honorees, with Gillian Anderson and Catherine O’Hara picking up individual awards. “Ted Lasso” once again made a winner out of Jason Sudeikis, who continued his award show streak with a trophy for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.
Check out the list of nominations below.
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Minari”
“One Night in Miami”
WINNER: “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams, “Hillbilly Elegy”
WINNER: Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”
Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
Riz Ahmed, “The Sounds of Metal”
WINNER: Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”
Gary Oldman, “Mank”
Steven Yeun, “Minari”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy”
Olivia Colman, “The Father”
WINNER: Youn Yuh-jung, “Minari”
Helena Zengel, “News of the World”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods”
Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
WINNER: Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Jared Leto, “The Little Things”
Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
“Better Call Saul”
WINNER: “The Crown”
“Bridgerton”
“Lovecraft Country”
“Ozark”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“Dead To Me”
“The Flight Attendant”
“The Great”
WINNER: “Schitt’s Creek”
“Ted Lasso”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER: Gillian Anderson, “The Crown”
Olivia Colman, “The Crown”
Emma Corrin, “The Crown”
Julia Garner, “Ozark”
Laura Linney, “Ozark”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER: Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
Josh O’Connor, “The Crown”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Regé-Jean Page, “Bridgerton”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”
Linda Cardellini, “Dead to Me”
Kaley Cuoco, “The Flight Attendant”
Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek”
WINNER: Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”
Dan Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek”
WINNER: Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”
Ramy Youssef, “Ramy”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Cate Blanchett, “Mrs. America”
Michaela Coel, “I May Destroy You”
Nicole Kidman, “The Undoing”
WINNER: Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit”
Kerry Washington, “Little Fires Everywhere”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Bill Camp, “The Queen’s Gambit”
Daveed Diggs, “Hamilton”
Hugh Grant, “The Undoing”
Ethan Hawke, “The Good Lord Bird”
WINNER: Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True”
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“News of the World”
WINNER: “Wonder Woman 1984”
“Mulan”
“Da 5 Bloods”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
“The Boys”
“Cobra Kai”
“Lovecraft Country”
WINNER: “The Mandalorian”
“Westworld”
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