The Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented annually by the Screen Actors Guild in order to honor excellence in performance by the guild members. In Hollywood the ceremony for the Screen Actors Guild Awards has been one of the most notable award-giving events since 1995. Nominations for these awards include 4200 union members, who are chosen at random. Full membership of the union is required to be eligible as voters for the award winners.
The first Screen Actors Guild Awards were given out on the 25th of February, 1995. This ceremony was broadcasted widely. The statue, which is distributed as award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards is known as The Actor.
Categories for the Screen Actors Guild Awards –
The Film Awards presented at the award function include the categories of:
- ‘Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role’
- ‘Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role’
- ‘Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture’
The Television awards distributed at the Screen Actors Guild Awards comprise -
The categories for these awards cover:
- ‘Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series’
- ‘Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series’
- ‘Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series’
The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award is given out at the Screen Actors Guild Awards as the Life Achievement Award.
Winners of the Screen Actors Guild Awards -
Megan Mullally is the winner of three consecutive Outstanding Female Television Actor Awards. In 2001 this American actress also won the Screen Actors award for the category of ‘Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series’ for the American television program ‘Will and Grace’.
Allison Janney has won 5 Screen Actors awards - the maximum number of Screen Actors Guild Awards given out to any other actor. Her Screen Actors awards have been won by her for the categories like Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture for American Beauty.
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The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards –
The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards was scheduled to be held on the 27th of January, 2008. The nominations for this award ceremony were planned to be declared on the 20th of December, 2007. Jeff Margolis Productions and director-producer Jeff Margolis are the producers of this award function.
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