Emma Stone has won the Best Actress Award for her role as a struggling actress in “La La Land.”
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Congratulations to #LALALAND’s leading lady Emma Stone on winning Best Actress at the @SAGawards. ? pic.twitter.com/OuwFax0A1W
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Emma Stone receives the SAG Award for Female Actor in a Leading Role! #LaLaLand #sagawards? pic.twitter.com/Sbyuy48Q9l
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She topped Amy Adams for “Arrival,” Emily Blunt for “The Girl on the Train,” Natalie Portman for “Jackie” and Meryl Streep for “Florence Foster Jenkins.”
Viola Davis has won the SAG Award for supporting actress for “Fences” and Mahershala Ali took the supporting actor trophy for “Moonlight.”
Davis won the award — announced Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium — over Naomie Harris for “Midnight,” Nicole Kidman for “Lion,” Octavia Spencer for “Hidden Figures” and Michelle Williams for “Manchester by the Sea.”
Ali topped Jeff Bridges for “Hell or High Water,” Hugh Grant for “Florence Foster Jenkins,” Lucas Hedges for “Manchester by the Sea,” and Dev Patel for “Lion.”
“Orange Is the New Black” has won the comedy ensemble trophy for the third straight year. The series topped “The Big Bang Theory,” “Black-ish,” “Veep” and “Modern Family,” which won for four years before “Orange Is the New Black” started its streak.
The evening was punctuated with an array of verbal attacks on President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and citizens from seven predominately Muslim countries from entering the United States. “What unites us is stronger that what divides us,” said “Orange Is the New Black” actress Taylor Schilling in her acceptance.
“This immigrant ban is a blemish and it is unAmerican,” said Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, who won the actress trophy for comedy series for “Veep” for the second time.
Loius-Dreyfuss defeated Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda for Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie, Ellie Kemper for “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and Uzo Aduba for “Orange Is the New Black,” who won the last two trophies. Louis-Dreyfuss won in 2014.
William H. Macy won the actor in a comedy series for “Shameless” and offered thanks to Trump for making his Frank Gallagher seem normal.
Sarah Paulson won the best actress for TV movie or limited series for “The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.” In her acceptance, she asked that people donate to the American Civil Liberties Union, calling it a “vital” organization.
Bryan Cranston took the best actor award in the TV movie or limited series category for his portrayal of Lyndon Baines Johnson in “All the Way.” In his acceptance, he said that he’s often asked what advice Johnson would provide Trump and said he’d be supportive, then add something that he often said, “Just don’t piss in the soup that all of us gotta eat.”
John Lithgow won the drama series award for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Netflix’s “The Crown” and credited Meryl Streep for her Jan. 8 Golden Globes speech blistering Trump. “My exact thoughts,” he added.
Lily Tomlin received the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda, and cited Ruth Gordon’s acceptance speech for winning an Oscar at age 72 with “I can’t tell you how encouraging a thing like this is”
She offered advice such as “Don’t leave the house when you’re drunk” and “Beware of any enterprsue that requires new clothing.”
“I feel I am just getting started. What sign should I make for the next march?” she said.
