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News: Screen Actors Guild Honors Outstanding TV and Film Performances at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®

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  • January 29, 2012

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Screen Actors Guild Award. Art Photo Credit: Mark Hill

What a night! Beautiful people in beautiful dress, all rooting for and congratulating each other. Of all the award shows, the SAGs mean the most to the actors as it’s the actors who choose the winners. There’s nothing like being honored by your peers. I’m just thrilled some of my favorite TV and film actors received awards. Without further ado, here is the press release issued by Turner Broadcasting, including the full list of award winners.

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 29, 2012) – Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2011 at the “18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. The “18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” was simulcast live coast-to-coast by TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT). An encore presentation was telecast on TNT at 10 p.m. (ET) / 7 p.m. (PT).

Honored with individual awards were Viola Davis, Jean Dujardin, Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer for performances in motion pictures and Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Lange, Betty White, and Kate Winslet for performances in television. Screen Actors Guild originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles. The Actor® for a motion picture cast performance went this year to “The Help”, while the Actors® for television drama and comedy ensemble performances went this year to “Boardwalk Empire” and “Modern Family.” Screen Actors Guild’s honors for outstanding performances by a stunt ensemble in film and television were awarded to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” and “Game of Thrones.” Nearly 100,000 active members of Screen Actors Guild nationwide were eligible to vote for the recipients.

Mary Tyler Moore. Photo credit: Kevin Mazur

Dick Van Dyke presented Mary Tyler Moore with Screen Actors Guild’s highest honor, the 48th Annual Life Achievement Award, following a filmed tribute. Jessica Chastain introduced a film salute to SAG’s regional branches, spotlighting memorable moments created by actors who live and work across the nation. Meryl Streep introduced a filmed “In Memoriam” tribute to the actors we have lost in the past year.

PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) hosted the Screen Actors Guild Post-Awards Gala for the 16th year. This exclusive event, immediately following the SAG Awards on the back lot of the Shrine Exposition Center, honors the philanthropic causes and good works of the members of the Screen Actors Guild. The gala benefits the SAG Foundation.

The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be produced by Jeff Margolis Productions in association with Screen Actors Guild Awards®, LLC. For more information about the SAG Awards, SAG, TNT and TBS, visit sagawards.org/about, “like” SAG Awards at facebook.com/sagawardsofficialpage and follow SAG Awards at twitter.com/sagawards.

The complete list of recipients of the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® follows.
18th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® RECIPIENTS

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role   JEAN DUJARDIN / George – “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role   VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role   CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Hal – “BEGINNERS” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role   OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture   THE HELP (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)   JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote   VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark   BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD / Hilly Holbrook   ALLISON JANNEY / Charlotte Phelan   CHRIS LOWELL / Stuart Whitworth   AHNA O’REILLY / Elizabeth Leefolt   SISSY SPACEK / Missus Walters   OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson   MARY STEENBURGEN / Elaine Stein   EMMA STONE / Skeeter Phelan   CICELY TYSON / Constantine Jefferson   MIKE VOGEL / Johnny Foote

PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries   PAUL GIAMATTI / Ben Bernanke – “TOO BIG TO FAIL” (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries   KATE WINSLET / Mildred Pierce – “MILDRED PIERCE” (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series   STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series   JESSICA LANGE / Constance – “AMERICAN HORROR STORY” (FX)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series   ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK” (NBC)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series   BETTY WHITE / Elka Ostrovsky – “HOT IN CLEVELAND” (TV Land)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series   BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)   STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson   DOMINIC CHIANESE / Leander Cephas Whitlock   ROBERT CLOHESSY / Ward Boss Jim Neary   DABNEY COLEMAN / Commodore Louis Kaestner   CHARLIE COX / Owen Sleater   JOSIE & LUCY GALLINA / Emily Schroeder   STEPHEN GRAHAM / Al Capone   JACK HUSTON / Richard Harrow   ANTHONY LACIURA / Eddie Kessler   HEATHER LIND / Katy   KELLY MACDONALD / Margaret Schroeder   RORY & DECLAN McTIGUE / Teddy Schroeder   GRETCHEN MOL / Gillian Darmody   BRADY & CONNOR NOON/ Tommy Darmody   KEVIN O’ROURKE / Mayor Edward Bader   ALEKSA PALLADINO / Angela Darmody   JACQUELINE PENNEWILL / Lilian   VINCENT PIAZZA / Lucky Luciano   MICHAEL PITT / Jimmy Darmody   MICHAEL SHANNON / Agent Nelson Van Alden   PAUL SPARKS / Mickey Doyle   MICHAEL STUHLBARG / Arnold Rothstein   PETER VAN WAGNER / Isaac “Icky” Ginsburg   SHEA WHIGHAM / Sheriff Elias Thompson   MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS / Chalky White   ANATOL YUSEF / Meyer Lansky

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series   MODERN FAMILY (ABC)   AUBREY ANDERSON-EMMONS / Lily   JULIE BOWEN / Claire   TY BURRELL / Phil   JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell   NOLAN GOULD / Luke   SARAH HYLAND / Haley   ED O’NEILL / Jay   RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny   ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron   SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria   ARIEL WINTER / Alex

SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES   Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture   HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (WARNER BROS. PICTURES)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series   GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD   Screen Actors Guild Awards 48th Annual Life Achievement Award   MARY TYLER MOORE

Photos © 2012 Screen Actors Guild. All Rights Reserved.

Linda

Love TV, movies, and books--mostly mysteries, with a good love story thrown in every now and then. I have four adopted dogs who I adore. I love trying new recipes, and enjoy eating what I make. English language perfectionist. Reading in bed, Italian food, warm weather, the beach, all types of games = favs!

Linda

Love TV, movies, and books--mostly mysteries, with a good love story thrown in every now and then. I have four adopted dogs who I adore. I love trying new recipes, and enjoy eating what I make. English language perfectionist. Reading in bed, Italian food, warm weather, the beach, all types of games = favs!