The stars of “Spotlight”, Brie Larson and Leonardo DiCaprio were among the big winners of the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards, TheWrap reveals.
Early honorees included “Orange Is The New Black” for Best Ensemble Comedy Series, and Uzo Aduba for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Those wins on top of two trophies for Idris Elba ( for turns in”Beasts of No Nation” and “Luther”) and Viola Davis (“How to Get Away With Murder”) put diversity on joyous display during Saturday night’s ceremony, broadcast live from Los Angeles.
“Why do I have to be a hero? Why do you have to like me?” Davis said of her trouble-prone character Annalise Keating on the Shondaland series, praising her show writers for crafting a strong, flawed woman.
Larson, fresh off her Golden Globe win, took Best Actress in a Leading Role for “Room.” DiCaprio also picked up some Best Actor hardware for “The Revenant.”
After a quick hug and kiss from his “Titanic” co-star Kate Winslet, DiCaprio took the stage and thanked his fellow actors for inspiring him — and thanked his parents for indulging “a 13-year-old who wanted to go on auditions every day after school.”
The starry ensemble of “Spotlight” took Best Cast in a Motion Picture. Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton accepted the prize on stage beside Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Liev Schreiber and Brian D’arcy James.
“This is for every Flint, Michigan in the world. This is for the powerless,” Keaton said. Ruffalo dedicated the award to survivors of abuse by Roman Catholic priests.
In the TV categories, “Downton Abbey” claimed Best Ensemble for a drama series. Queen Latifah won Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries for HBO’s “Bessie.”
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler showed to present Carol Burnett with the SAG Lifetime Achievement award. Accepting the honor, Burnett recalled network executive telling her that the musical variety genre “was a man’s game.” She then went on to produce 11 seasons of the smash hit “The Carol Burnett Show.”
