Sag Awards 2026: How sag awards 2026 played out at the Shrine Auditorium
They came, they saw, they served—and some of them even won at the Actor Awards. The sag awards 2026 ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 1, successfully hosted by Kristen Bell, handed out prizes that sent winners from the stage to a late-night celebration at Milk Studios Los Angeles.
Ceremony setting and hosts
The program took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 1 and was hosted by Kristen Bell. After the awards were handed out—awards voted on by stars’ fellow SAG-AFTRA union members—the evening moved on to a post-show party at Milk Studios Los Angeles, hosted by Netflix.
Sag Awards 2026 winners and big prizes
The biggest winners in the film and TV categories were Sinners, The Studio and The Pitt. Sinners won the top prize for best ensemble in a motion picture while its star Michael B. Jordan was named best lead actor. The Studio won three awards, including best ensemble in a comedy series, and The Pitt took two awards, including best ensemble in a drama series.
Film acting winners and competing nominees
On the film side, Jessie Buckley was named best lead actress for Hamnet. Amy Madigan won Female Actor in a Supporting Role for Weapons; she was up against Marty Supreme’s Odessa A’zion, Wicked: For Good’s Ariana Grande, Sinners’ Wunmi Mosaku and One Battle After Another’s Teyana Taylor. Supporting actor honors included Sean Penn for One Battle After Another, who beat out nominees Miles Caton for Sinners, his OBAA co-star Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein and Paul Mescal for Hamnet.
Madigan reflected on the prize, saying, "Actors love other actors — they just love being with them. "
TV prizes and notable winners
Seth Rogen earned the prize of lead actor in a comedy series for The Studio. His co-star Catherine O’Hara, who died in January at age 71, was a posthumous winner for lead actress; Rogen accepted her prize and offered a tribute, saying, "I’ve just been marveling over the last few weeks [at] her ability to be generous and kind and gracious, while never ever minimizing her own talents and her own ability to contribute to the work that we were doing. She knew she could destroy, and she wanted to destroy every day on set. "
Keri Russell was named best lead actress in a drama series for The Diplomat over Pluribus’s Rhea Seehorn. Noah Wyle, long known for his work as an emergency room doctor in The Pitt, added a statue for lead actor in a drama series. Michelle Williams won best actress in a limited series for Dying for Sex. Owen Cooper, the 16-year-old star of Adolescence, beat out his co-star Stephen Graham in the best actor in a unclear in the provided context.
Directing milestone and awards context
Ryan Coogler, director of Sinners, became the first director to helm two best ensemble winners in the history of the Actor Awards, having previously won with 2018’s Black Panther. The prizes were known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards until the name was changed last November. The Actor Awards are seen as an important precursor to the Oscars on March 15. Sinners has a record-breaking 16 nominations and is described in the coverage as locked in a tight race with One Battle After Another.
Lifetime honor for Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford was honored with the 2025 SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award, the union’s highest tribute awarded annually to an actor who fosters the "finest ideals of the acting profession. " The Shrinking star said, "I feel incredibly grateful for this kind attention, but to be clear, I also am quite humbled. I'm in a room of actors, many of whom are here because they've been nominated to receive a prize for their amazing work, while I'm here to receive a prize for being alive. " As the 83-year-old quipped, "That said, it's a little weird to be getting a Lifetime Achievement Award at the half point of my career. It's a little early. "
Red carpet and after-party moments
Fashion highlights included Kate Hudson and Damson Idris, who donned Valentino and Prada, respectively; Hudson later swapped her cream gown for a sleek, silver look for the after-party. The cast of The Diplomat celebrated Russell’s win. Keri Russell’s love interests, onscreen and off, posed together during the celebrations. The coverage also noted celebrity culture items alongside the awards, including a mention that Zendaya and Tom Holland privately got married, Law Roach says.
Whether onstage winners or red-carpet standouts, nominees and attendees continued the night at Milk Studios Los Angeles as the celebrations carried on after the ceremony.
