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The 21st SAG Awards are handed out

On Sunday 25 January, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were presented for the 21st time.

The winners of these awards are usually also tipped to win Oscars. The winners of the movie awards were: The cast of ‘Birdman’, Actor Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Theory of Everything’, Actress Julianne Moore in ‘Still Alice’, Supporting Role Male J. K. Simmons in ‘Whiplash’ and Supporting Role Female Patricia Arquette in ‘Boyhood’.

Actress Debbie Reynolds got a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

But of course we give our attention entirely to the winners of the Television awards:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Mark Ruffalo, ‘The Normal Heart’ (HBO)
Adrian Brody, ‘Houdini’ (History)
Benedict Cumberbatch, ‘Sherlock’: His Last Vow (PBS)
Richard Jenkins, ‘Olive Kitteridge’ (HBO)
Billy Bob Thornton, ‘Fargo’ (FX)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Frances McDormand, ‘Olive Kitteridge’ (HBO)
Ellen Burstyn, ‘Flowers in the Attic’ (Lifetime)
Maggie Gyllenhaal, ‘The Honourable Woman’ (SundanceTV)
Julia Roberts, ‘The Normal Heart’ (HBO)
Cicely Tyson, ‘A Trip to Bountiful’(Lifetime)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
William H Macy, ‘Shameless (US)’ (Showtime)
Jim Parsons, ‘The Big Bang Theory’ (CBS)
Ty Burrell, ‘Modern Family’ (ABC)
Louis CK, ‘Louie (2010)’ (FX)
Eric Stonestreet, ‘Modern Family’ (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Comedy series
Uzo Aduba, ‘Orange is the New Black’ (Netflix)
Julie Bowen, ‘Modern Family’ (ABC)
Edie Falco, ‘Nurse Jackie’ (Showtime)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, ‘Veep’ (HBO)
Amy Poehler, ‘Parks and Recreation’ (NBC)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama series
Kevin Spacey, ‘House of Cards (2013)’ (Netflix)
Steve Buscemi, ‘Boardwalk Empire’ (HBO)
Peter Dinklage, ‘Game of Thrones’ (HBO)
Woody Harrelson, ‘True Detective’ (HBO)
Matthew McConaughey, ‘True Detective’ (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Drama series
Viola Davis, ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ (ABC )
Claire Danes, ‘Homeland’ (Showtime)
Julianna Margulies, ‘The Good Wife’ (CBS)
Tatiana Maslany, ‘Orphan Black’ (BBC America)
Maggie Smith, ‘Downton Abbey’ (PBS)
Robin Wright, ‘House of Cards (2013)’ (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama series
Downton Abbey’ (PBS)
Boardwalk Empire’ (HBO)
Game of Thrones’ (HBO)
Homeland’ (Showtime)
House of Cards (2013)’ (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy series
‘Orange is the New Black’ (Netflix)
The Big Bang Theory’ (CBS)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ (Fox)
Modern Family’ (ABC)
Veep’ (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television series
Game of Thrones
‘24’: Live Another Day
Boardwalk Empire
Homeland
Sons of Anarchy’’
The Walking Dead

Liev Schreiber introduced the "In Memoriam" part that honours the life and the careers of actors (m/f) who died in 2014: Mickey Rooney, James Rebhorn, Ann B. Davis, Ruby Dee, Misty Upham, Richard Kiel, Lauren Bacall, Maximilian Schell, Harold Ramis, Casey Kasem, Sumi Haru, Elaine Stritch, James Shigeta, Bob Hoskins, Sid Caesar, Eli Wallach, Russell Johnson, Ralph Waite, Polly Bergen, Richard Attenborough, Don Pardo, Sheila MacRae, James Garner, Marcia Strassman, Marian Seldes, Ed Nelson, Phyllis Frelich, Mary Ann Mobley, Meshach Taylor, Elizabeth Peña, Shirley Temple, Geoffrey Holder, Luise Rainer, Edward Herrmann, Billie Whitelaw, Joan Rivers, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., David Brenner, Jan Hooks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Williams.

Do you agree with the winners or do you prefer other winners?

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