‘Trial’ Tops SAG Awards, Show Makes History with Acting Winners

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The name of the film itself describes an ensemble, so it was only fitting that The Trial of the Chicago 7 took home the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night.

Among its award-winning cast: Sasha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Michael Keaton, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eddie Redmayne.

I know, I know. No women, but the film was about the men on trial for inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

This year’s awards season darling, Nomadland, was ineligible as the majority of its cast were non-actors and therefore definitely non–SAG members.

The 27th annual SAG Awards made history by awarding each of its four top film acting awards to people of color.

The late Chadwick Boseman took the best actor trophy for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom in what would be the last film he shot before his untimely death last year. Co-star Viola Davis also reigned as best lead actress in a motion picture.

The supporting actor awards went to Judas and the Black Messiah’s
Daniel Kaluuya, who played Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and Yuh-Jung Youn, the memorable grandmother of Minari.

The one-hour virtual show aired live on TBS and TNT.

Here is a list of the nominees with the winners in bold:

Best Motion Picture Ensemble

Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
One Night in Miami…
WINNER: The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role, Motion Picture

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
WINNER: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role, 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

Best Ensemble in a Drama Series

Better Call Saul
Bridgerton
WINNER: The Crown
Lovecraft Country
Ozark

Best 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

Best 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

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Motion Picture

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
WINNER: Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Helena Zengel, News of the World

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role, Motion Picture

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
WINNER: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto, The Little Things
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami…

Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Dead to Me
The Flight Attendant
The Great
WINNER: Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso

Best 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

Best 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

Best Female Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

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

Best Male Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

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

Best Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series

The Boys
Cobra Kai
Lovecraft Country
WINNER: The Mandalorian
Westworld

Best Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Da 5 Bloods
Mulan
News of the World
The Trial of the Chicago 7
WINNER: Wonder Woman 1984

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Author: Hillary Atkin

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