The SAG Awards are the only award ceremony in Hollywood to honor merely the actors, and no other parts of a film’s crew.
Saturday, February 24, 2024, saw all our favorite TV and movie stars take to the red carpet once more, as Hollywood’s award season continues in full swing. This time, they were brought together for the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards.
In 2007, awards were added for stunt ensembles in film and television. There are 16 trophies to be handed out, and these are voted on by SAG-AFTRA’s robust and diverse membership of more than 130,000 performers – the largest voting body on the awards circuit.
But who is SAG?
The Screen Actors Guild was an American union that represented over 100,000 on-air and background workers in the field. In 2012, they merged with AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists). They were in the news for most of 2023, as writers went on strike demanding better working conditions. Now that all is well again, let’s dive into the nominees and big winners of the night.
Motion Picture - Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble
Barbie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 - Winner
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
John Wick: Chapter 4
Television Series - Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble
Ahsoka
Beef
Barry
The Last of Us - Winner
The Mandalorian
Comedy Series - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
Bill Hader (Barry)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) - Winner
Comedy Series - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) - Winner
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Drama Series - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor
Brian Cox (Succession)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) - Winner
Drama Series - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor
Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)
Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown) - Winner
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Motion Picture - Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Male Actor
Sterling K Brown (American Fiction)
Willem Dafoe (Poor Things)
Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) - Winner
Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
Motion Picture - Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Female Actor
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
Danielle Brooks (The Colour Purple)
Penelope Cruz (Ferrari)
Jodie Foster (Nyad)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) - Winner
Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Matt Bomer (Fellow Travelers)
Jon Hamm (Fargo)
David Oyelowo (Lawmen: Bass Reeves)
Tony Shalhoub (Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie)
Steven Yeun (Beef) - Winner
Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Bel Powley (A Small Light)
Brie Larson (Lessons in Chemistry)
Kathryn Hahn (Tiny Beautiful Things)
Uzo Aduba (Painkiller)
Ali Wong (Beef) - Winner
Comedy Series - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear - Winner
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
Drama Series - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
The Crown
The Gilded Age
The Last of Us
The Morning Show
Succession - Winner
Motion Picture - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
Colman Domingo (Rustin)
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) - Winner
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Motion Picture - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Annette Bening (Nyad)
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) - Winner
Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
Margot Robbie (Barbie)
Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Motion Picture - Outstanding Performance by a Cast
American Fiction
Barbie
The Colour Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer - Winner
The Life Achievement Award
Barbra Streisand - Winner
The Life Achievement Award was created specially by SAG-AFTRA to honor ‘outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession.’ Streisand was deemed worthy of the award in light of her prolific career and humanitarian work.
She is best known for her music and her work in films such as The Way We Were, Funny Girl, and The Guilt Trip.
Oppenheimer was the big winner of the night in film, with three trophies (called ‘actors’), while it was The Bear that took him the same number of accolades in television.
The award ceremony aired live on Netflix this year and is still available on the streaming platform. It runs for three hours and 15 minutes.
To close out the 2023 awards season, viewers can look forward to the eagerly anticipated and extremely sought-after Oscars (also known as the Academy Awards), which is scheduled for Sunday, March 10, 2024. It can be streamed on Hulu or ABC.