Sinners’ Awards Season Momentum Surges With Actor Awards Haul

A shocked Michael B. Jordan receives his Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Lead Role. Source: Actor Awards

The 32nd annual Actors Awards (fka The Screen Actors Guild Awards/SAG-AFTRA Awards) held on Sunday March 1, 2027. It proved to be a mix of upsets, expected wins, and exciting moments, with Sinners setting the tone for the night with two wins. In a shocking yet deserving twist, Michael B. Jordan took home the statuette for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Motion Picture) for his role as the Smoke-Stack twins; Viola Davis’ excited announcement would serve as one of the more memorable moments of an already incredible night. Sinners won the coveted prize for a film ensemble. 

Other upsets on the night include Keri Russell (The Diplomat) winning in the Best Female Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series) over Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus). 

Harrison Ford was presented with the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award for his decades-long contribution to the craft of acting. In his acceptance speech, the Indiana Jones and Star Wars icon said, “Success in this business brings a certain freedom that comes with responsibility to support each other, to lift others up when we can. To keep the door open for the next kid, the next lost boy who's looking for a place to belong. I'm, indeed, a lucky guy. Lucky to have found my people. Lucky to have work that challenges me. Lucky to still be doing it. And I don't take that for granted.”

As the Awards season trudges to a close, the Actor Awards outcomes appear to be somewhat predictive for some of the outcomes in the Oscars race. The Best Supporting Actress race has now seen different winners at the BAFTAs (Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners), Golden Globes (Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another), and Critics’ Choice (Amy Madigan - Weapons), with the latter also winning at the Actors Awards. Similarly, the Best Supporting Actor race had different winners at the Critics Choice (Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein), Golden Globes (Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value ) and BAFTAs (Sean Penn - One Battle After Another), with the latter picking up yesterday's statuette. 

The full Awards list can be found below: 

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Frankenstein 

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sinners — WINNER

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)

Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) — WINNER

Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)

Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)

Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)

Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) — WINNER

Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

The Sinners cast receive their Award for Outstanding Performance by A Cast in a Motion Picture

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Amy Madigan (Weapons) — WINNER

Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)

Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme)

Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)

Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)

Miles Caton (Sinners)

Paul Mescal (Hamnet)

Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) — WINNER.

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

F1. Frankenstein

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning — WINNER

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Television 

The Piitt cast receive their Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.  Source: Actor Awards

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary

Hacks

Only Murders in the Building

The Bear

The Studio — WINNER

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Landman

Severance

The Diplomat

The Pitt — WINNER

The White Lotus

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Catherine O’Hara (The Studio) — WINNER

Jean Smart (Hacks)

Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)

Kathryn Hahn (The Studio)

Kristen Wiig (Palm Royale)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)

Ike Barinholtz (The Studio)

Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)

Seth Rogen (The Studio) — WINNER

Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)

Britt Lower (Severance)

Keri Russell (The Diplomat) — WINNER

Parker Posey (The White Lotus)

Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus).

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)

Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)

Noah Wyle (The Pitt) — WINNER

Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)

Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

Christine Tremarco (Adolescence)

Claire Danes (The Beast in Me)

Erin Doherty (Adolescence)

Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex) — WINNER 

Sarah Snook (All Her Fault)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)

Jason Bateman (Black Rabbit)

Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)

Owen Cooper (Adolescence) — WINNER

Stephen Graham (Adolescence)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

Andor

Landman

Squid Game

Stranger Things

The Last of Us — WINNER

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