Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007

2008

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) handed out their first of many much converted Life Achievement Award in 1963. There awards are voted by two random selected panels of 2100 members. Each select there nomination for film and television. The nominees then go out to the entire membership for voting. The SAG awards are the only awards to solely recognize the craft of acting, both individual performances as well as on the work of the entire cast. This is in keeping with the spirit of the Screen Actors Guild Awards because they recognize what all actors know – that acting is a collaborative art.

 

"The Actor" statuette was originally designed by Jim Heimann and Jim Barrett, Each statue carries a serial number engraved at its base, so naturally Numbering began with no. 1.

This year the 13th annual awards took place on the 28th of January,

Nominees and winners were:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Babel (2006)
Bobby (2006)
The Departed (2006)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) (WINNER)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond (2006)
Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson (2006)
Peter O'Toole for Venus (2006)
Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland (2006) (WINNER)
 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Penélope Cruz for Volver (2006)
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006)  (WINNER)
Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Kate Winslet for Little Children (2006)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Departed (2006)
Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children (2006)
Djimon Hounsou for Blood Diamond (2006)
Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls (2006)  (WINNER)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Adriana Barraza for Babel (2006)
Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006)  (WINNER)
Rinko Kikuchi for Babel (2006)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

"Desperate Housewives" (2004)
"Entourage" (2004)
"The Office" (2005) (WINNER)
"Ugly Betty" (2006)
"Weeds" (2005)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

"24" (2001)
"Boston Legal" (2004)
"Deadwood" (2004)
"Grey's Anatomy" (2005)  (WINNER)
"The Sopranos" (1999)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006) (WINNER)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Jason Lee for "My Name Is Earl" (2005)
Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)
Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

America Ferrera for "Ugly Betty" (2006) (WINNER)
Felicity Huffman for "Desperate Housewives" (2004)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)
Megan Mullally for "Will & Grace" (1998)
Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)
Jaime Pressly for "My Name Is Earl" (2005)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

James Gandolfini for "The Sopranos" (1999)
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004) (WINNER)
James Spader for "Boston Legal" (2004)
Kiefer Sutherland for "24" (2001)
 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Patricia Arquette for "Medium" (2005)
Edie Falco for "The Sopranos" (1999)
Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)
Chandra Wilson for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005) (WINNER)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Mini series

Thomas Haden Church for "Broken Trail" (2006) (mini)
Robert Duvall for "Broken Trail" (2006) (mini)
Jeremy Irons for Elizabeth I (2005) (TV)  (WINNER)
William H. Macy for "Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" (2006) (mini)
Matthew Perry for The Ron Clark Story (2006) (TV)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Mini series

Annette Bening for Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
Shirley Jones for Hidden Places (2006) (TV)
Cloris Leachman for Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
Helen Mirren for Elizabeth I (2005) (TV) (WINNER)
Greta Scacchi for "Broken Trail" (2006) (mini)

Julie Andrews.