The Screen Actors Guild Awards were held last night, and they both illuminated and further complicated the impending Oscar race. In a somewhat surprising turn of events,Black Panthertook the top prize of the night—Best Performance by an Ensemble—in addition to the Best Stunt Ensemble award. It’s not hard to imagine why actors sprung for the groundbreaking Marvel Studios film in this category, but it did beat out other Oscar heavyweights likeGreen BookandA Star Is Bornfor the top prize.
Does this meanBlack Pantheris winning Best Picture? Not necessarily. Only two of the last five Best Ensemble winners went on to take Best Picture at the Oscars, and SAG failed to even nominate another top Oscar contender—Roma—in this category. Regardless, it was a substantial win for theBlack Pantherteam, and Marvel has to be thrilled as they’re just coming off the film’s history-making Best Picture nomination. StarChadwick Bosemanalso gave aterrific speech, so who knows? Maybe that’ll sway Oscar voters despite the film getting shut out of other major categories like Screenplay, Editing, and Director.
Aside fromBlack Panther, the SAG individual acting races solidified a couple of contenders.Glenn Closewon forThe Wife, cementing her current frontrunner status. AndRami Malektook Best Actor forBohemian Rhapsody, beating outChristian BaleandBradley Cooper. Though I still think Bale has a shot at winning the Oscar, andArgo-like outrage over Cooper’s Best Director snub could finally land him a well-deserved Best Actor prize. For all intents and purposes, though, Malek is now the frontrunner. Only once in the last 10 years has the SAG winner for Best Actor not also won the Oscar prize.
AndEmily Bluntshook up the Best Supporting Actress race by winning the SAG forA Quiet Place.Regina King, the Oscar frontrunner in this category forIf Beale Street Could Talk, wasn’t even nominated by SAG. Many thoughtAmy Adamswould win here forVice, so Blunt’s win was certainly surprising.
On the TV side of things,The Marvelous Mrs. Maiselcontinues to dominate the awards circuit with wins for Actress, Actor, and Best Comedy while the Best Drama award went toThis Is Us.
Check out the full list of SAG Awards winners below (inred):
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” (WINNER)
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”
John David Washington, “BlacKkKlansman”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:
Emily Blunt, “Mary Poppins Returns”
Glenn Close, “The Wife” (WINNER)
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” (WINNER)
Timothee Chalamet, “Beautiful Boy”
Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman”
Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born”
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams, “Vice”
Emily Blunt, “A Quiet Place” (WINNER)
Margot Robbie, “Mary Queen of Scots”
Emma Stone, “The Favourite”
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
“A Star Is Born”
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“Crazy Rich Asians”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:
Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picasso”
Darren Criss, “Assassination of Gianni Versace” (WINNER)
Hugh Grant, “A Very English Scandal”
Anthony Hopkins, “King Lear”
Bill Pullman, “The Sinner”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:
Amy Adams, “Sharp Objects”
Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora” (WINNER)
Patricia Clarkson, “Sharp Objects”
Penelope Cruz, “Assassination of Gianni Versace”
Emma Stone, “Maniac”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series:
Jason Bateman, “Ozark” (WINNER)
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
Joseph Fiennes, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
John Krasinski, “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series:
Julia Garner, “Ozark”
Laura Linney, “Ozark”
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve” (WINNER)
Robin Wright, “House of Cards”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series:
Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method”
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”
Bill Hader, “Barry”
Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (WINNER)
Henry Winkler, “Barry”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:
Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Alison Brie, “GLOW”
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (WINNER)
Jane Fonda, “Grace and Frankie”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:
“The Americans”
“Better Call Saul”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“This Is Us” (WINNER)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:
“The Kominsky Method”
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (WINNER)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series:
“Glow” (WINNER)
“Marvel’s: Daredevil”
“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”
“The Walking Dead”
“Westworld”
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture:
“Ant-Man and the Wasp”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther” (WINNER)
