British stars were once again feted at the prestigious SAG Awards that aired Sunday night in the US.
Daniel Kaluuya was named best supporting actor in the movie category for his portrayal of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Judas And The Black Messiah.
And the cast of The Crown were once again victorious with a win as the best ensemble in a TV drama series.
Winner: British star Daniel Kaluuya, 32, was named best supporting actor in the movie category at Sunday’s SAG Awards for Judas And The Black Messiah
So excited: The stars of Netflix’s The Crown won the award for best ensemble in a TV drama series and celebrated via Zoom (pictured Emma Corrin, Josh O’Connor, Tobias Menzies, Olivia Colman, Marion Bailey and Gilian Anderson)
Colman, who stars as Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix show, gave the acceptance speech in the slickly produced pre-taped awards show.
Appearing like her fellow nominees via Zoom, she read a list of the first names of the supporting castmembers before crediting creator Peter Morgan for the show’s success.
‘Thank you Peter Morgan for writing so many lovely parts, we all loved it, let’s do it again,’ Colman said.
The actress also gave a shoutout to Britain’s National Health Service, adding: ‘We’re very lucky in this very peculiar year to have you.’
Joint effort: Colman, who stars as Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix show, gave the acceptance speech, reading a list of the first names of the supporting castmembers before crediting creator Peter Morgan for the show’s success
UK talent: The actress also gave a shoutout to Britain’s National Health Service, adding: ‘We’re very lucky in this very peculiar year to have you’
Colman was nominated in the best actress category along with Emma Corrin who joined The Crown as Princess Diana in season four.
However, they lost out to their American co-star Gillian Anderson who won for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher.
Star power: Colman was nominated in the best actress category along with Emma Corrin who joined The Crown as Princess Diana in season four
Victorious: However, they lost out to their American co-star Gillian Anderson who won for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher
Gracious: Kaluuya stars as Black Panther leader Fed Hampton in Judas And The Black Messiah. He dedicated his win to Hampton who was assassinated in 1969 as well as to his late Marvel Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman
Kaluuya, 32, repeated his Golden Globe win and is now a favorite to take home the best supporting actor Oscar at the Academy Awards later this month.
It was his second SAG Award; he won as part of the ensemble cast of Marvel’s Black Panther in 2019.
On Sunday night he dedicated his second win to late co-star Chadwick Boseman, as well as to Hampton who was assassinated in 1969.
Other British winners included Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne and Mark Rylance who won as part of the ensemble cast of The Trial of The Chicago 7.
The Aaron Sorkin movie took the night’s top trophy making it a clear contender for best picture at the Academy Awards later this month.
Top prize: Other British winners included Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne and Mark Rylance who won as part of the ensemble cast of The Trial of The Chicago 7
Oscar contender: Redmayne and Cohen played 1960s activists Tom Hayden and Abbie Hoffman in the ‘based on a true story’ drama scripted and directed by Aaron Sorkin
Famous face: Rylance, who found fame in Hollywood as the star of TV’s Wolf Hall and won an Oscar for Bridge of Spies, plays the attorney who defends the Chicago 7 at their 1969 trial
Facing the unique challenges of a pandemic-era awards show, SAG-AFTRA’s awards committee decided against a Zoom-heavy affair.
Instead, the awards were handed out in a slick one-hour TV presentation Sunday night made up of pre-produced pieces and acceptance speeches taped ahead of time.
The show, that aired on TBS and TNT, also featured stars talking about being an actor in docu-series-style clips based on the ‘I am an Actor’ segments traditionally dispersed throughout the live SAG Awards telecast.
British talent was represented in the segments by Helen Mirren, Cynthia Erivo, Daisy Ridley and Riz Ahmed.
She’s a dame: Helen Mirren flew the flag for Britain in a series of clips based on the SAG Awards ‘I am an actor’ segments that were included int he pre-taped one-hour awards show
Talented: British actress Cynthia Erivo also took part, and in one segment about padding a resume when starting out, she recalled: ‘ I put down that I can horse ride, I can sword fight…’
Funny: Mirren clarified that she ‘ absolutely cannot ride a horse’ and explained there are ‘two problems with horse-riding’… getting the horse to move and then getting the horse to stop.
In a segment about padding their resume when starting out, Erivo, whose breakthrough on film came in 2019’s Harriet, recalled: ‘I put down that I can horse ride, I can sword fight…’
Mirren, however, clarified that she ‘absolutely cannot ride a horse’ and explained that there are ‘two problems with horse-riding’… getting the horse to move and then getting the horse to stop.
Looking ahead, the Oscar-winning actress expressed excitement about being able one day to return to movie theaters.
‘My hopes for the coming year are that we find ourselves in a big darkened [room] with a tub of popcorn…’ she shared.
Shared her story: SAG member and British actress Daisy Ridley also appeared in the pre-taped awards show
Acting journey: London-born actor Riz Ahmed, nominated for Sound Of Metal, shared his stories about starting out as an actor and his hopes for the future
Success: British-American actress anya Taylor-Joy won the outstanding actress in a TV movie of miniseries for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit
British-American actress Lily Collins also appeared on the show and spoke about auditioning for David Fincher’s Netflix movie Mank while filming her series Emily in Paris in France
Rising star: The Crown’s Josh O’Connor, who plays Prince Charles, posted this portrait photo taken for the SAG Awards to his Instagram Sunday night