This year’s SAG Awards ceremony celebrated exceptional performances in film, television and stunts, as well as a triumphant end to the 118-day TV/Theatrical/Streaming strike of 2023. In their speeches, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher congratulated her fellow champions for spearheading “Hot Labor Summer” and National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland acknowledged the hard work of the strike’s volunteer captains.
Recipients that night included The Bear, Succession and Oppenheimer ensemble casts, as well as Cillian Murphy, Lily Gladstone and others in individual categories.
Veteran entertainer Barbra Streisand also received the 59th SAG Life Achievement Award.
This item originally featured in the SAG-AFTRA spring 2024 magazine issue.