‘The Help’ leads SAG Awards winners

MANILA, Philippines – The cast of “The Help” led the winners of the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards, Hollywood’s only awards ceremonies devoted exclusively to performers.

 

The awards were given out in a ceremony Sunday, January 29 (Monday, January 30 in Manila) at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.

 

The cast of the film, which tackled racism at the onset of the Civil Rights Movement in the US in the early 1960s, won Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture, while Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer won individual awards (Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role and Supporting Role, respectively).

 

Jean Dujardin of “The Artist,” a French dramedy set in 1920s Hollywood, was awarded Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role. 

 

For television, Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, and the casts of “Modern Family” and “Boardwalk Empire” led the awardees.

 

Meanwhile, legendary TV star Mary Tyler Moore was honored with the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award.

 

The SAG Awards are given by the Screen Actors’ Guild, the largest labor union in the US representing around 120,000 working actors. The awards have been given since 1995.

 

Here is a list of nominees and winners, courtesy of the SAG. Winners are highlighted.

 

 

DEMIÁN BICHIR / Carlos Galindo – “A BETTER LIFE” (Summit Entertainment)

GEORGE CLOONEY / Matt King – “THE DESCENDANTS” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO / J. Edgar Hoover – “J. EDGAR” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BRAD PITT / Billy Beane – “MONEYBALL” (Columbia Pictures)

 

GLENN CLOSE  / Albert Nobbs – “ALBERT NOBBS” (Roadside Attractions)

MERYL STREEP / Margaret Thatcher – “THE IRON LADY” (The Weinstein Company)

TILDA SWINTON / Eva – “WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

MICHELLE WILLIAMS / Marilyn Monroe – “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN” (The Weinstein Company)

 

KENNETH BRANAGH / Sir Laurence Olivier – “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN” (The Weinstein Company)

ARMIE HAMMER / Clyde Tolson – “J. EDGAR” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

JONAH HILL / Peter Brand – “MONEYBALL” (Columbia Pictures)

NICK NOLTE / Paddy Conlon – “WARRIOR” (Lionsgate)

 

BÉRÉNICE BEJO / Peppy – “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company)

JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote – “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures)

MELISSA McCARTHY / Megan – “BRIDESMAIDS” (Universal Pictures)

JANET McTEER / Hubert Page – “ALBERT NOBBS” (Roadside Attractions)

 

THE ARTIST (The Weinstein Company)

BRIDESMAIDS (Universal Pictures)

THE DESCENDANTS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Sony Pictures Classics)

 

 

 

LAURENCE FISHBURNE / Thurgood Marshall – “THURGOOD” (HBO)

GREG KINNEAR / Jack Kennedy – “THE KENNEDYS” (REELZ CHANNEL)

GUY PEARCE / Monty Beragon – “MILDRED PIERCE“ (HBO)

JAMES WOODS / Richard Fuld – “TOO BIG TO FAIL” (HBO)

 

DIANE LANE / Pat Loud – “CINEMA VERITE” (HBO)

MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS)

EMILY WATSON / Janet Leach – “APPROPRIATE ADULT” (Sundance Channel)

BETTY WHITE / Caroline Thomas – “HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: THE LOST VALENTINE” (CBS)

 

PATRICK J. ADAMS / Mike Ross – “SUITS” (USA)

KYLE CHANDLER / Eric Taylor – “FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS” (DirecTV)

BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)

MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan – “DEXTER” (Showtime)

 

KATHY BATES / Harriet Korn – “HARRY’S LAW” (NBC)

GLENN CLOSE / Patty Hewes  – “DAMAGES” (DirecTV)

JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – “THE GOOD WIFE” (CBS)

KYRA SEDGWICK / Dept. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson – “THE CLOSER” (TNT)

 

TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott  – “THE OFFICE” (NBC)

JON CRYER / Alan Harper  – “TWO AND A HALF MEN” (CBS)

ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

 

JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton – “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)

TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – “30 ROCK” (NBC)

SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett  – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

 

BREAKING BAD (AMC)

DEXTER (Showtime)

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

THE GOOD WIFE (CBS)

 

30 ROCK (NBC)

THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)

GLEE (FOX)

THE OFFICE (NBC)

 

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (UNIVERSAL PICTURES)

COWBOYS & ALIENS (UNIVERSAL PICTURES)

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PARAMOUNT PICTURES)

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (20TH CENTURY FOX)

 

DEXTER (SHOWTIME)

SOUTHLAND (TNT)

SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA (STARZ)

TRUE BLOOD (HBO)

 

 

– Rappler.com