When:

The SAG award show is an annual show that usually takes place at the beginning of each year. This year was the 22nd show and it took place this past Saturday night, January 30, 2016.

What:

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are considered one of the highest honors in the acting community. It debuted in 1995 and is the only award show on air that is exclusive to on screen performers across film and television. The thirteen different awards are both individual and ensemble, dramatic and comedic, and honor the true art of acting.

The awards and their recipients:

• Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a motion picture:
  • Spotlight
• Outstanding Performance by a Male actor in a leading role:
  • Leonardo Dicaprio The Revenant
• Outstanding Performance by a female actor in a leading role:
  • Brie Larson Room
• Outstanding Performance by a male Actor in a supporting role:
  • Idris Elba Beasts of No Nation
• Outstanding Performance by a female actor in a supporting role:
  • Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl
• Outstanding Performance by an ensemble in a drama series:
  • Downton Abbey
• Outstanding Performance by an ensemble in a comedy series:
  • Orange is the New Black
• Outstanding Performance by a male actor in a drama series:
  • Kevin Spacey House of Cards
• Outstanding Performance by a female actor in a drama series:
  • Viola Davis How to get away with Murder
• Outstanding Performance by a male actor in a comedy series:
  • Jeffrey Tambor Transparent
• Outstanding Performance by a female actor in a comedy series:
  • Uzo Aduba Orange is the New Black
• Outstanding Performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries:
  • Idris Elba Luther
• Outstanding Performance by a female actor in a television movie or miniseries:
  • Queen Latifah Bessie
• Outstanding Action Performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture:
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
• Outstanding Action performance by a stunt ensemble in a comedy or drama series:
  • Game of Thrones
• 52^nd Life Achievement Recipient, 2015:
  • Carol Burnett