SAG Awards and After Party

Lauded by critics for its style, simplicity and genuine warmth, the Screen Actors Guild Awards® has become one of the industry’s most prized honors. The only televised awards shows to exclusively honor performers, it presents thirteen awards for acting in film and television in a fast moving two hour show which airs nationally live. The awards focus on both individual performances as well as on the work of the entire ensemble of a drama series and comedy series, and the cast of a motion picture. These awards are fundamental to the spirit of the Screen Actors Guild Awards® because they recognize what all actors know – that acting is a collaborative art.



Other highlights of the Screen Actors Guild Awards® include the Life Achievement Award, presented to an established performer for fostering the highest ideals of the acting profession. Last year the Awards Show took time to acknowledge the work of regional actors. In previous years, tribute was paid to stunt performers, background singers, stunt women, dancers, background performers, character actors, animation voice-over performers, commercial actors, and child actors.The Screen Actor's Guild is the union for actors. If you don't have a SAG card in Hollywood, you don't work. These awards are unique, insofar as they honor strictly performers, and because all 96,000 members of the actors' union get to vote on who will take home the awards.