As honored as SAG Award winners should really feel to take dwelling their prizes, the ceremony could also be much more essential as a bellwether of issues to come back. Actors occur to make up the biggest voting department within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which implies that as SAG goes, so may the Oscars.
And that, in flip, implies that the 2025 SAG Awards may have initiated a vibe shift in two of this 12 months’s least predictable classes: greatest image and greatest actor.
Though Wicked was essentially the most nominated movie on the SAG Awards this 12 months, that musical wound up going dwelling empty-handed when the SAGs have been handed out in Los Angeles Sunday evening. Instead, the night ended with a shock winner for greatest ensemble in a movement image: Conclave, a crowd-pleaser that lately gained this identical award on the BAFTAs. Despite that earlier victory, star Ralph Fiennes appeared pleasantly shocked to be delivering one other acceptance speech as he and forged mates Isabella Rossellini, John Lithgow, and Sergio Castellitto took the rostrum.
A Complete Unknown star Timothée Chalamet seemed much more shocked moments earlier, upon studying that he had gained the award for greatest male actor in a number one function—a prize that he and chief rival Adrien Brody appear to have even odds of successful on Oscar evening. Though Chalamet admitted from the stage that he had not anticipated the prize, he recovered by delivering a assured acceptance speech wherein he famous that he intends to turn out to be one among cinema’s nice actors—and saying that he takes as a lot inspiration from GOATs Michael Phelps and Michael Jordan as he does from display legends like Marlon Brando, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Viola Davis.
Even the evening’s TV awards had their share of surprises. Though Shōgun swept the drama classes, Colin Farrell beat Baby Reindeer Emmy winner Richard Gadd in greatest actor in a restricted sequence, whereas Only Murders within the Building beat Emmy darlings Hacks and The Bear to win each greatest actor in a comedy—the award went to Martin Short, who wasn’t current on the ceremony (maybe as a result of, in keeping with his pal and costar Steve Martin, he caught Covid on the SNL fiftieth anniversary particular)—and greatest comedy. Star Selena Gomez, who was current, couldn’t include her glee: “We by no means win,” she stated from the rostrum. “This is so bizarre!”
Read on for the complete record of winners of the 2025 SAG Awards, which kicked off at at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 23, and have been streamed reside on Netflix.
Best Motion Picture Ensemble
WINNER: Conclave
A Complete Unknown
Anora
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Best Female Actor in a Leading Role, Motion Picture
WINNER: Demi Moore, The Substance
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Best Male Actor in a Leading Role, Motion Picture
WINNER: Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series
WINNER: Only Murders within the Building
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Shrinking
Best Ensemble in a Drama Series
WINNER: Shōgun
Bridgerton
The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Slow Horses
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Motion Picture
WINNER: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Best Male Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
WINNER: Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline, Disclaimer
Andrew Scott, Ripley
Best Female Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
WINNER: Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer
Kathy Bates, The Great Lillian Hall
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country
Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Series
WINNER: Martin Short, Only Murders within the Building
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Best Female Actor in a Comedy Series
WINNER: Jean Smart, Hacks
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Best Male Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun
Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun
Jeff Bridges, The Old Man
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
Best Female Actor in a Drama Series
WINNER: Anna Sawai, Shōgun
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Nicola Coughlan, Bridgerton
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role, Motion Picture
WINNER: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Jonathan Bailey, Wicked
Yura Borisov, Anora
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Best Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series
WINNER: Shōgun
The Boys
Fallout
House of the Dragon
The Penguin
Best Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
WINNER: The Fall Guy
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Wicked
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