The Help Cleans Up At SAG Awards
Posted on Sun Jan 29th, 2012 6:59pm PDT By X17 Staff
The Help, a film about housekeepers in a Mississippi town during the 1960s took top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles.
Viola Davis won in the Best Actress category; Octavia Spence picked up the prize for Best Supporting Actress and the film won the award for Best Cast Ensemble.
French actor Jean Dujardin won the prize for Best Actor in a Film for his lead role in The Artist, which is considered a frontrunner for the Oscars.
The SAG Awards seem to set up some major competition for the Academy Awards on Feb 26. The Golden Globes chose audience and critics' favorites The Artist as Best Comedy/Musical and George Clooney vehicle The Descendants as Best Drama. Meryl Street won Best Actress in a Drama for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, while Clooney won for The Descendants. The Help was nominated in multiple categories but passed over in all but Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer.
This year's Oscar race is going to be an exciting one. Get out and campaign, y'all!
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Best Actor
George Clooney, The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Armie Hammer, J. Edgar
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Outstanding Performance by a Cast
Bridesmaids
The Artist
The Descendants
The Help
Midnight in Paris
TV
Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama
Glenn Close, Damages
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Patrick J. Adams, Suits
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Best Actress in a TV Series – Comedy
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Betty White, Hot In Cleveland
Best Actor in a TV Series – Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Steve Carell, The Office
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Dexter
The Good Wife
Game of Thrones
Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock
Glee
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
The Office