Screen Actors Guild Awards: 'Welcome to Diverse TV'

#OscarsSoWhite, meet #SAGsSoBlack.

Hollywood’s acting community provided a stark contrast to the all-white acting nominees in this year’s Oscar race with Saturday’s 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Idris Elba collected two solo Actor statuettes, sharing the night’s honors with other black performers Queen Latifah, Viola Davis, and Uzo Aduba.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV,” said Elba, who came up to present after winning trophies for his work in the Netflix film Beasts of No Nation — which many felt was unjustly overlooked at the Academy Award nominations — and BBC TV show Luther, and right after Viola Davis won her third career SAG Award for her role in ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder.

Davis, a two-time Academy Award nominee, addressed the issue in the pressroom backstage. “I think people should do what they want to do [about boycotting] the Oscars, but more importantly when they walk into a theater they need to be open to the experience of the story. I think sometimes people feel stories about people of color aren’t inclusive. They’re very much inclusive.”

Aduba scored her second win for the Female Actor in a Comedy Series category for her role as Crazy Eyes in Orange Is the New Black; she returned to the stage when OITNB won its second SAG Award for Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Accepting on behalf of the cast, OITNB’s Laura Prepon pointedly said that the Netflix show’s ethnically diverse, mostly female cast “is what we talk about when we talk about diversity.”

Latifah also reference the hot topic of diversity in her acceptance speech for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for her role as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith on HBO’s Bessie. “Thank you, my compadres, brothers, and sisters in the struggle,” she said. Once backstage, she expanded on the issue: “The public has to continue to demand [diversity]. We’re in a capitalist society, so hopefully supply and demand will kick back in. Hopefully our business will continue to supply the demand the people are asking for … I hope we wake up and realize the old way of doing things is the old way and it’s OK to evolve … change is inevitable.”

The night’s wins even had observers tweeting a hashtag in response to #OscarsSoWhite. Yes, #SAGsSoBlack became a welcome trending topic during the ceremony.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
WINNER: Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Johnny Depp, Black Mass
WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, Carol
WINNER: Brie Larson, Room
Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Sarah Silverman, I Smile Back

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
WINNER: Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
John Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
WINNER: Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland
WINNER: Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
WINNER: Idris Elba, Luther
Ben Kinglsey, Tut
Ray Liotta, Texas Rising
Bill Murray, A Very Murray Christmas
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Nicole Kidman, Grace of Monaco
WINNER: Queen Latifah, Bessie
Christina Ricci, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
Susan Sarandon, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Kristin Wiig, The Spoilers Before Dying

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale, The Big Short
WINNER: Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Jacob Tremblay, Room

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
WINNER: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theroy
Key & Peel
Modern Family
WINNER: Orange Is the New Black
Transparent
Veep

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Louis C.K., Louie
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jim Parson, The Big Bang Theory
WINNER: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

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Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
WINNER: Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Life Achievement Award
Carol Burnett

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