Screen Actors Guild Award Winners: No Country, Sopranos

Los Angeles, California, January 27, 2008 - The Screen Actors Guild Awards, aka the SAG Awards were handed out tonight. The Screen Actors Guild Awards are awards from actors to actors. The Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony was lucky enough to receive a waiver from the Writers Guild of America, the WGA. The ceremony was broadcast on TNT and TBS.

The Screen Actors Guild is the "nation's largest labor union representing actors." (SAG.com)

Screen Actors Guild Award Winners: Movies

The Screen Actors Guild Award winners in the Theatrical Motion Pictures categories are as follows:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

*The Screen Actors Guild Award winner is No Country for Old Men.*

It's no surprise that No Country for Old Men won the Screen Actors Guild Award. This movie should also do well at the Oscars, although it has some stiff competition from There Will Be Blood.

Nominees:
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Hairspray
Into the Wild

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Screen Actors Guild Award winner is Julie Christie as Fiona in Away From Her.

Julie Christie was expected to win this Screen Actors Guild Award. She will probably walk away with the Oscar as well.

Nominees:
Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf in "La Vie En Rose
Angelina Jolie as Mariane Pearl - A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page as Juno MacGuff - Juno

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

*Screen Actors Guild Award winner is Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview - "There Will Be Blood"*

Daniel Day-Lewis has also been nominated for an Oscar for this role. He previously won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for My Left Foot. Daniel Day-Lewis has been celebrated with many other nominations and awards for his acting skills.

Nominees:
George Clooney as Michael Clayton - Michael Clayton
Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom - Lars And The Real Girl
Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless- Into The Wild
Viggo Mortensen as Nikolai - Eastern Promises

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

*Screen Actors Guild Award winner is Ruby Dee as Mama Lucas - "American Gangster"*

This was a surprise win. Go Ruby! Ruby Dee is also nominated for an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for the same movie.

Nominees:
Cate Blanchett as Jude - I'm Not There
Catherine Keener as Jan Burres - Into The Wild
Amy Ryan as Helene McCready - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton as Karen Crowder - Michael Clayton

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

*Screen Actors Guild Award winner is Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men*

Nominees:
Casey Affleck as Robert Ford - The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Hal Holbrook as Ron Franz - Into The Wild
Tommy Lee Jones as Ed Tom Bell - No Country For Old Men
Tom Wilkinson as Arthur Edens - Michael Clayton

Screen Actors Guild Award Winners: Primetime TV

The Screen Actors Guild Award winners in the Primetime Television categories are as follows:

Screen Actors Guild Award winners for comedies:

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

*The Screen Actors Guild Award winner is Tina Fey as Liz Lemon on NBC's "30 Rock"*

Nominees:
Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly - "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera as Betty Suarez - "Ugly Betty" (ABC)
Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin - "Weeds" (Showtime)
Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina Slater - "Ugly Betty" (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

*The Screen Actors Guild Award winner is Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy on NBC's "30 Rock"*

Proving that actors love shows about acting and shows with insider jokes, 30 Rock gets two major nods.

Nominees:
Steve Carell as Michael Scott - "The Office"
Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman - "Extras"
Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold - "Entourage"
Tony Shaloub as Adrian Monk - "Monk"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

*The Screen Actors Guild Award winner is The Office on NBC*

Nominees:
30 Rock
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
Ugly Betty

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

*The Screen Actors Guild Award winner is Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano in"The Sopranos" on HBO*

Edie Falco beat out some big movie star names that are making waves on the small screen.

Nominees:
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes - "Damages"
Sally Field as Nora Walker - "Brothers & Sisters"
Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko - "Saving Grace"
Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson - "The Closer"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

The Screen Actors Guild Award winner is James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos" on HBO*

Nominees:
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan - "Dexter"
Jon Hamm as Don Draper - "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House - "House"
James Spader as Alan Shore - "Boston Legal"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

*The Screen Actors Guild Award winner is The Sopranos on HBO*

Nominees:
Boston Legal
The Closer
Grey's Anatomy
Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

*The Screen Actors Guild Award winner is Queen Latifah as Ana in HBO's "Life Support"*

Queen Latifah was also nominated for an Emmy in this same role. She has many nominations and awards under her belt. Previously, Queen Latifah was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her stellar work in Chicago. That same year she won a BET Award for Best Actress.

Nominees:
Ellen Burstyn as Posey Benetto in "Mitch Albom's For One More Day"
Debra Messing as Molly Kagan in "The Starter Wife"
Anna Paquin as Elaine Goodale in "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"
Vanessa Redgrave as "Woman" in "The Fever"
Gena Rowlands as Melissa Eisenbloom in "What If God Were the Sun?"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

*The Screen Actors Guild Award winner is Kevin Kline as Jacques in "As You Like It"*

Talented and likable actor Kevin Kline previously won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in A Fish Called Wanda.

Nominees:
Michael Keaton as James Jesus Angleton in "The Company
Oliver Platt as George Steinbrenner in "The Bronx is Burning"
Sam Shepard as Frank Whiteley in "Ruffian"
John Turturro as Billy Martin in "The Bronx is Burning"

Sources:

Screen Actors Guild, http://www.sagawards.org
IMDB.com