SAG Award Winners

The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held last night in Los Angeles. The SAG is the only organisation in which the winners of its awards are voted only by actors themselves - leaving out all the other peer groups such as directors, screenwriters and producers who all have their own awards to deal out.

Among this year's winners there are no surprises in the feature film categories. The award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture went to The Weinstein Company's factual drama The King's Speech. The film also received the award for best actor in a leading role as Colin Firth won for his performance as King George VI. Firth has now won three major awards for his role (Golden Globe, Critics Choice Award and SAG Award) and he is still nominated in the Academy and BAFTA Awards.


Natalie Portman continued her winning streak by taking home the award for best leading lady for her role as an unstable ballerina in Fox Searchlight Pictures' psychological thriller Black Swan. Just like Firth, Portman also already has the same three wins under her expanding belt from this award season and is still waiting for the last two big award galas to come around.

Both of the SAG Awards for supporting actors in Motion Pictures went to Paramount Pictures' boxing drama The Fighter. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo received their respective awards and Bale joined Firth and Portman in the race of getting all five major awards this year. However, Leo only has a chance of grabbing four of the awards this season since her performance was not nominated as a contender in the BAFTA Awards.