Denzel Washington and Viola Davis won the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards for their performances in the film version of August Wilson’s play Fences, performances that had previously won Tony Awards when the actors originated them on Broadway in 2010.
Bryan Cranston, who won the 2014 Tony Award as Best Actor for his performance as President Lyndon Johnson in the Broadway play All the Way, won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for recreating that role in the TV movie version of the play.
The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were presented January 29 at a ceremony broadcast live on TNT and TBS. Nominations were announced December 14, 2016.
The SAG Awards honor the best work in film and TV acting. SAG merged with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists in 2012. SAG-AFTRA represents more than 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists, and other professionals.
Here are the 2017 winners:
FILM
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Denzel Washington, Fences
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Emma Stone, La La Land
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis, Fences
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Hidden Figures
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble
Hacksaw Ridge
TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Sarah Paulson, The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Stranger Things
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Orange is the New Black
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
John Lithgow, The Crown
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 Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble
Game of Thrones
Lifetime Achievement Award
Lily Tomlin
