SAG Awards: Winners, virtual red carpet, Trial of the Chicago 7 takes top honours

The Trial Of The Chicago 7 nabs top gong at virtual, pre-taped affair, while stars go all out in the fashion stakes despite no physical red carpet | PHOTO GALLERY

From left to right; John Carroll Lynch, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alex Sharp, Eddie Redmayne, Michael Keaton, Mark Rylance, Frank Langella and Kevin Harrison Jr. accept the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, for The Trial of the Chicago 7. Picture: AFP

Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett have missed out on a gong at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Hollywood, dashing the nation’s hopes for a homegrown star to take home a trophy.

They were competing against each other in the Best Actress in a Limited Series category, after Kidman was nominated for her role in The Undoing and Blanchett for Mrs America — but both were beaten by Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy.

Taylor-Joy, who rose to prominence as the red-haired orphaned chess prodigy who goes on to ­become a grand master, accepted the award in a virtual ceremony, with stars tuning in from their homes around the world.

The Trial of The Chicago 7. Picture: Netflix

“I’m so unbelievably honoured to be in this room, even though it’s not a room, it’s all mental — but you know what I mean,” the star gushed to laughs.

Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 was judged the year’s Best Cast in a Motion Picture — a verdict that strengthens the film’s case for the Oscars later this month, for which the SAG awards have long been considered a stop on the road.

The movie tells the harrowing true story of the trial of a group of American political activists who were charged with inciting a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. It stars Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong, Michael Keaton and honorary Australian Sacha Baron Cohen, who has now made his home in Sydney with his ­actress wife Isla Fisher.

Australian Belinda Bromilow, who was nominated with the rest of the cast of The Great under the Ensemble in a Comedy category, also missed out as the mega-hit Schitt’s Creek took the crown.

The late Chadwick Boseman. Picture: AFP

Schitt’s Creek’s Catherine O’Hara also took out Best Actress in a Comedy Series, while Jason Sudeikis took home the award for the men’s category for his role in Ted Lasso.

Jason Bateman won Best Actor in a Drama Series for Ozark and Gillian Anderson won the female category for her turn as Margaret Thatcher in the Crown.

Mark Ruffalo won the Best Male Actor in a Limited Series category for his role in the twin drama I Know This Much Is True.

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South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung stole the show with her emotional acceptance speech after she won a Best Supporting Actress gong for her role in Minari, for which she is also nominated for an Oscar. “I don’t know how to ­describe my feelings to have (them) recognised by Westerners,” a shocked Yuh-jung said.

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Chadwick Boseman, who died last year after a private battle with colon cancer, was posthumously honoured with a Best Leading Actor award for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, with Viola Davis winning the Best Actress category of the same award.

2021 SAG Awards’ virtual red carpet

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FULL WINNERS LIST

TV AWARDS

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Bill Camp, The Queen’s Gambit

Daveed Diggs, Hamilton

Hugh Grant, The Undoing

Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird

Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True *WINNER

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America

Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You

Nicole Kidman, The Undoing

Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit *WINNER

Kerry Washington, Little Fires Everywhere

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman, Ozark *WINNER

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

Josh O’Connor, The Crown

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Regé-Jean Page, Bridgerton

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Gillian Anderson, The Crown *WINNER

Olivia Colman, The Crown

Emma Corrin, The Crown

Julia Garner, Ozark

Laura Linney, Ozark

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Nicholas Hoult, The Great

Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek

Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso *WINNER

Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me

Linda Cardellini, Dead to Me

Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant

Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek

Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek *WINNER

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Better Call Saul

Bridgerton

The Crown *WINNER

Lovecraft Country

Ozark

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Dead to Me

The Flight Attendant

The Great

Schitt’s Creek *WINNER

Ted Lasso

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

The Boys

Cobra Kai

Lovecraft Country

The Mandalorian *WINNER

Westworld

Motion Picture Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom *WINNER

Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Gary Oldman, Mank

Steven Yeun, Minari

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Amy Adams, Hillbilly Elegy

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom *WINNER

Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah *WINNER

Jared Leto, The Little Things

Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman, The Father

Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari *WINNER

Helena Zengel, News of the World

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Da 5 Bloods

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Minari

One Night in Miami

The Trial of the Chicago 7 *WINNER

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Da 5 Bloods

Mulan

News of the World

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Wonder Woman 1984 *WINNER