Full List: “CODA,” Deaf Actors, Jessica Chastain, Will Smith, Squid Game Win Big At SAG Awards

Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has held its 28th award ceremony which honor some of the year’s best television and film performances by actors.

“CODA,” “Ted Lasso” and “Succession” were the big ensemble cast winners of award ceremony that held from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Sunday.

Chosen by their peers, SAG nominees and winners are generally considered better indicators of who might triumph in the acting categories at the Oscars this yeae.

Leading the film nominees this year were “House of Gucci” and “The Power of the Dog,” with three nominations apiece, while TV series winners “Ted Lasso” and “Succession” were tied for five.

However, deaf family drama, Child Of Deaf Adults “CODA” took top honors at an unpredictable and history-making 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards that also saw wins for the leads of “Squid Game,” the cast of “Ted Lasso” and Will Smith.

“CODA,” Sian Heder’s heartwarming Apple TV+ coming-of-age film featuring a trio of deaf actors in Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur and Daniel Durant, along with newcomer Emilia Jones, winning best ensemble. The film has been seen as a watershed moment for the deaf community in Hollywood.

“This validates the fact that we, deaf actors, can work just like anybody else. We look forward to more opportunities for deaf actors,” said Matlin on stage before teaching the crowd sign language for “I love you.”

Matlin is the only deaf actor to win an Oscar, but her “CODA” co-star, Kotsur, may be in line to join her. Kotsur won best supporting actor Sunday, becoming the first deaf actor win an individual SAG award. When his name was read, the 53-year-old veteran actor plunged his head into his hands.

Netflix’s “Squid Game,” the first non-English language series nominated by the actors guild, came on strong with three awards, including Lee Jung-jae for best male actor in a drama series and Jung Hoyeon for best female actor in a drama series. Those wins came over the likes of “Succession” stars Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong, and Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston of “The Morning Show.”

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and Will Smith (King Richard) received best female actress award and lead male acting in a motion picture award respectively.

Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) took home for best Supporting Actress trophy.

The casts of HBO’s Succession and Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso triumphed in their respective dramatic and comedic categories, while Jean Smart (Hacks), Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown), Michael Keaton (Dopestick), and Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) were also among the notable individual TV winners.

Helen Mirren was honored with the SAG Life Achievement Award.

Here are the winners and nominees for the 28th SAG Awards;

Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture
“CODA” | WINNER
“Belfast”
“Don’t Look Up”
“House of Gucci”
“King Richard”

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role
Will Smith, “King Richard” | WINNER
Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick … Boom!”
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role
Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” | WINNER
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Lady Gaga, “House of Gucci”
Jennifer Hudson, “Respect”
Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role
Troy Kotsur, “CODA” | WINNER
Ben Affleck, “The Tender Bar”
Bradley Cooper, “Licorice Pizza”
Jared Leto, “House of Gucci”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story” | WINNER
Caitríona Balfe, “Belfast”
Cate Blanchett, “Nightmare Alley”
Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
Ruth Negga, “Passing”

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries
Michael Keaton, “Dopesick” | WINNER
Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus”
Oscar Isaac, “Scenes from a Marriage”
Ewan McGregor, “Halston”
Evan Peters, “Mare of Easttown”

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a television movie or miniseries
Kate Winslet, “Mare of Easttown” | WINNER
Jean Smart, “Mare of Easttown”
Jennifer Coolidge, “The White Lotus”
Cynthia Erivo, “Genius: Aretha”
Margaret Qualley, “Maid”

Outstanding performance by a cast in a drama series
“Succession” | WINNER
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“The Morning Show”
“Squid Game”
“Yellowstone”

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series
Jung Ho-yeon, “Squid Game” | WINNER
Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Sarah Snook, “Succession”
Reese Witherspoon, “The Morning Show”

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series
Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game” | WINNER
Brian Cox, “Succession”
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
Kieran Culkin, “Succession”
Jeremy Strong, “Succession”

Outstanding performance by a cast in a comedy series
“Ted Lasso” | WINNER
“The Great”
“Hacks”
“The Kominsky Method”
“Only Murders in the Building”

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series
Jean Smart, “Hacks” | WINNER
Elle Fanning, “The Great”
Sandra Oh, “The Chair”
Juno Temple, “Ted Lasso”
Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”