Meanwhile, Claire Foy is honored with the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series award for her stunning portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II on 'The Crown'.
- Jan 22, 2018
AceShowbiz - The full list of winners of the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards is finally revealed. HBO was the big winner at the award-giving event, which was held on Sunday night, January 21 and hosted by Kristen Bell, as two of its shows, "Big Little Lies" and "Veep", took home the most awards among other TV shows. Both shows snagged two awards each.
Lead actress Nicole Kidman continued adding her trophies after winning the award of Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for her performance on the critically-acclaimed "Big Little Lies". Meanwhile, co-star Alexander Skarsgard was announced as the winner of the award of Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series.
Nicole Kidman isn't going anywhere. #sagawards pic.twitter.com/KLUFjwHEWq
— SAG Awards® (@SAGawards) January 22, 2018
"Veep", meanwhile, dominated the early winners at the event by pocketing two awards, one of which was for lead actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series award for the HBO political comedy for the third time.
Sterling K. Brown was named as the best male actor in a drama series, thanks to his brilliant performance on NBC's "This Is Us". The actor made history by becoming the first African American male to the receive the award of the category, besting Jason Bateman ("Ozark"), Peter Dinklage ("Game of Thrones"), David Harbour ("Stranger Things") and Bob Odenkirk ("Better Call Saul").
Sterling K. Brown receives the Actor® for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series! #sagawards 🎭 pic.twitter.com/88Hq3ygWUb
— SAG Awards® (@SAGawards) January 22, 2018
The next award which was announced was Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, which went to "The Crown" star Claire Foy for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II on the Netflix series. Beating out Millie Bobby Brown ("Stranger Things"), Laura Linney ("Ozark"), Elisabeth Moss ("The Handmaid's Tale") and Robin Wright ("House of Cards"), Claire won the award which marks her second wins in a row.
Claire Foy takes home the Actor® for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series! #sagawards 🎭 pic.twitter.com/a942pxJQGd
— SAG Awards® (@SAGawards) January 22, 2018
While the award of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series went to "Veep", "This Is Us" snagged the award of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Milo Ventimiglia opened the speech by thanking series creator Dan Fogelman, before saying that all those beautiful words that the characters say on the series wouldn't exist without writers, Dan, Donald Todd, Kay Oyegun and Aurin Squire.
This Is Us receives the Actor® for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series! #sagawards 🎭 pic.twitter.com/9mCbxO9WHJ
— SAG Awards® (@SAGawards) January 22, 2018
"Game of Thrones" also nabbed a trophy. The hit HBO medieval drama was announced as the winner of the award of Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series, beating out "GLOW", "Homeland", "Stranger Things" and "The Walking Dead".
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series: Alexander Skarsgard - "Big Little Lies"
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series: Nicole Kidman - "Big Little Lies"
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Sterling K. Brown - "This Is Us"
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Claire Foy - "The Crown"
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: William H. Macy - "Shameless"
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "Veep"
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: "This Is Us" - Eris Baker, Alexandra Breckenridge, Sterling K. Brown, Lonnie Chavis, Justin Hartley, Faithe Herman, Ron Cephas Jones, Chrissy Metz, Mandy Moore, Chris Sullivan, Milo Ventimiglia, Susan Kelechi Watson, Hannah Zeile
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: "Veep" - Dan Bakkedahl, Anna Chlumsky, Gary Cole, Margaret Colin, Kevin Dunn, Clea Duvall, Nelson Franklin, Tony Hale, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sam Richardson, Paul Scheer, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Sarah Sutherland, Matt Walsh
- Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series: "Game of Thrones"
- 54th Annual SAG Life Achievement Award: Morgan Freeman
