SAG Awards 2017 Winners
Viola Davis, Mahershala Ali, and Emma Stone solidified their standing as Oscar frontrunners on Sunday night at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, taking home top acting honors for their 2016 performances.
Stone won best actress for her role as a struggling actress in La La Land, the musical sensation which scored 14 Oscar nominations last week — tied for most ever. Davis scored her award for Fences, which finds the actress going toe-to-toe with Denzel Washington in the adaptation of August Wilson’s famed play (when Davis played the part on Broadway, she won a Tony Award). And Ali won for playing a drug dealer-cum-father figure in Moonlight, Barry Jenkins’ breakout indie about the life of a young gay Miami boy named Chiron.
On the television, side, The Crown dominated the individual acting honors in the drama categories, with Claire Foy and John Lithgow winning best actress and actor in a drama series, respectively, for their work on the Netflix series. But it was another Netflix show which took home best drama series: Stranger Things.
Comedy winners included Julia Louis-Dreyfus (best actress in a comedy for Veep), William H. Macy (best actor in a comedy for Shameless), and the cast of Orange Is the New Black (best comedy ensemble).
In an upset, Bryan Cranston won best actor in a limited series for playing Lyndon B. Johnson in All the Way, topping People v. O.J. Simpson stars Courtney B. Vance and Sterling K. Brown and The Night Of stars Riz Ahmed and John Turturro. Sarah Paulson, meanwhile, won best actress in a limited series for People v. O.J. Simpson.
Before the televised portion of the ceremony started, Game of Thrones and Hacksaw Ridge won the stunt ensemble honors.
The SAG Awards often predict the eventual Academy Award winners. Since the 1994 ceremony, 16 lead actresses have won both the SAG Award and the corresponding Oscar, while 19 SAG-winning performances by leading men have gone on to win Academy Awards during the same period.
SAG’s ensemble award is also widely considered a portent of the Academy’s best picture results, with 11 of the guild’s victors also taking Oscar’s highest honor the same year, while a further nine received best picture nominations (the inaugural SAG ceremony did not have an ensemble category, and AMPAS voters ignored 1996’s ensemble champion The Birdcage in best picture).
2017 SAG Awards nominations:
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER: DENZEL WASHINGTON / Troy Maxson – “FENCES” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER: EMMA STONE / Mia – “LA LA LAND” (Lionsgate)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: MAHERSHALA ALI / Juan – “MOONLIGHT” (A24)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: VIOLA DAVIS / Rose Maxson – “FENCES” (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
WINNER: HIDDEN FIGURES (20th Century Fox)
TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
WINNER: BRYAN CRANSTON / President Lyndon B. Johnson – “ALL THE WAY” (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
WINNER: SARAH PAULSON / Marcia Clark – “THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY” (FX Networks)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER: JOHN LITHGOW / Winston Churchill – “THE CROWN” (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER: CLAIRE FOY / Queen Elizabeth II – “THE CROWN” (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
WINNER: WILLIAM H. MACY / Frank Gallagher – “SHAMELESS” (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
WINNER: JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / President Selina Meyer – “VEEP” (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
WINNER: STRANGER THINGS (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
WINNER: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix)
STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
WINNER: “HACKSAW RIDGE” (Lionsgate)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
WINNER: “GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
53rd Annual SAG Life Achievement Award