The Screen Actors Guild knows what’s up. Black actors, including Idris Elba who won twice, were represented heavy in the winners column at the SAG Awards 2016 held last night (Jan. 30) in Los Angeles.
Reports Raw Story:
The winners of the SAG Awards 2016 have been revealed with Idris Elba taking home two accolades, one for his work in “Beast Of No Nation” and another one for his work on “Luther.” It was Elba that called out the award show as “diverse tv” when he presented his movie “Beast Of No Nation.” He made the referance to that as the majority of the winners at that point had been actors of color like himself, Viola Davis, Uzo Aduba and Queen Latifah.
One of the moments that stood out was when the cast of “Orange Is The New Black” took home the actor for Ensemble In A Comedy Series For Television, Laura Preppon accepted the award and said that the cast was a representation of what diversity looks like. If you are fan of the show, you know the Netflix show has white, African-American and Latino actors. This was a call out to the controversy that came about after the Oscar nominations were announced with only white actors in the major acting categories.
Straight Outta Compton lost to Spotlight in the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, but at least it got nominated.
Check out photos of Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Queen Latifah and more showing off their new hardware below and on the following pages.
22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Expo Hall – Press Room
Featuring: Viola Davis
Where: Los Angeles, California, United States
When: 30 Jan 2016
Credit: FayesVision/WENN.com
See the full list of winner below (via Vulture):
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Theatrical Motion Picture
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Johnny Depp, Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Theatrical Motion Picture
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Sarah Silverman, I Smile Back
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Jacob Tremblay, Room
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Hellen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Key & Peele
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Transparent
Veep
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Louis C.K., Louie
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Idris Elba, Luther
Ben Kingsley, Tut
Ray Liotta, Texas Rising
Bill Murray, A Very Murray Christmas
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Nicole Kidman, Grace of Monaco
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Christina Ricci, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
Susan Sarandon, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Kristen Wiig, The Spoils Before Dying
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Everest
Furious 7
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
The Blacklist
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Marvel’s Daredevil
The Walking Dead
52nd Annual SAG Life Achievement Award
Carol Burnett
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Photo: WENN.com
