Sag Awards 2026: sag awards 2026 — ‘Sinners’ Wins Top Prize and Red Carpet Highlights
The sag awards 2026 ceremony saw Sinners, a vampire movie set in the segregated South, take the top prize for best ensemble in a motion picture while its star Michael B. Jordan was named best lead actor. On television, The Studio led with three awards and The Pitt followed with two, as the event at LA’s Shrine Auditorium unfolded alongside a themed red carpet.
Sag Awards 2026 Winners
At the Actor Awards on Sunday night, Sinners won best ensemble in a motion picture and Michael B. Jordan earned best lead actor for his turn as bootlegging twins in Sinners. Jessie Buckley was named best lead actress for playing a grief-stricken mother in Hamnet. Supporting actor prizes went to two villainous performances: Sean Penn won for playing a demented soldier in One Battle After Another, and Amy Madigan was honored for portraying a literal witch in Weapons.
Television: The Studio and The Pitt
The Studio, a sendup of many of the powerbrokers in the show’s audience, won a leading three awards, including best ensemble in a comedy series, and Seth Rogen earned lead actor in a comedy series for playing a hapless movie chief. Rogen accepted the posthumous lead actress prize for his co-star Catherine O’Hara, who died in January at age 71, praising her generosity, kindness and the way she contributed to the work. He said he had been marveling at her ability to be generous and kind and gracious while never minimizing her talents, and added, “She knew she could destroy, and she wanted to destroy every day on set. ”
Drama series and surprises
The Pitt, a gritty medical drama, won two awards including best ensemble in a drama series. Noah Wyle added a statue for lead actor in a drama series to his trophy case; he has previously won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance as an emergency room doctor in The Pitt. In an upset, Keri Russell, who plays a wily ambassador in The Diplomat, was named best lead actress in a drama series over Rhea Seehorn of Pluribus.
Limited series and young talent
Michelle Williams won best actress in a limited series for playing a woman with terminal cancer in Dying for Sex. Owen Cooper, the 16-year-old star of Adolescence, won best actor in a limited series, beating out his co-star Stephen Graham.
Directing milestone and industry context
Ryan Coogler, director of Sinners, made history by becoming the first director to helm two best ensemble winners in the history of the Actor Awards; he previously won the top prize with 2018’s Black Panther. The prizes, which were known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards until the name was changed last November, are handed out by the labor union, SAG-AFTRA, and honor the best performances on both the big and small screens. The Actor Awards are seen as an important precursor to the Oscars, which will take place on March 15. Sinners, which has a record-breaking 16 nominations, is locked in a tight race with One Battle After Another, which won big at the Directors Guild Awards and the Producers Guild Awards.
