Screen Actors Guild Awards mostly honor Black Panther and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
For the last few years, the Screen Actors Guild Awards have been a barometer for where Hollywood’s conscience is currently sitting. In 2017, the show came right on the heels of Donald Trump’s first attempt at his racist travel ban, and in 2018, it came alongside a series of big Women’s March events and a big presence from the Time’s Up campaign—even Morgan Freeman took a chance to score some points by noting that the SAG trophy is a man, four months before multiple women accused him of sexual harassment.
This year, there was less buzz going into the event about what the celebrities in attendance might do or say, and host Megan Mullally even went in foreshadowing that she wouldn’t be making the sort of political jokes that every other awards show host has for the last few years. This resulted in a ceremony that was all about the art of acting, which, honestly, is just what you should expect from the SAG Awards.
As for the prizes, the SAG Awards are typically a good indicator of where the Academy’s head is at going into the Oscars, and that means Rami Malek and Glenn Close might have some good news to look forward to next month after their big wins tonight for Bohemian Rhapsody and The Wife. The big favorite going into the show was A Star Is Born, landing four nominations, and but it ended up getting shut out of the film awards, which instead celebrated stuff like Black Panther, A Quiet Place, and—as is required this awards season—Green Book.
On the TV side, all of the comedy awards except for the one about stunts went to Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, with the drama categories divided up by Sandra Oh from Killing Eve, the cast of This Is Us, and Jason Bateman from Ozark.
The full list of winners and nominees is below.
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 Leading Role
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
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
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
Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?