SAG Awards Make History with All 4 Film Acting Awards Going to People of Color

By Christine Zosche 

The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which honor some of the year’s best performances in film and television, aired on Sunday night. The ceremony, which was a pre-recorded, one-hour telecast, was not like previous years in terms of fanfare. (CNN)

All four film acting categories went to people of color for the first time ever. The statues for the four film acting categories were won by Daniel Kaluuya, the late Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, and Youn Yuh-jung, making it the first time since the SAG Awards began in 1995 that these four awards were all won by people of color. (HuffPost)

In its first major award season win, Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial Of The Chicago 7 took home the night’s top award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast. (HuffPost)

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Netflix’s The Crown continued to add more jewels to its award season scepter. The royal family drama scored two trophies including Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor for Gillian Anderson. (Deadline)

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