The 2025 SAG Awards took place on Sunday, February 23, honouring the year’s best TV and film performances.
Last night, one of the biggest awards shows to honour the year’s best actors and actresses for TV and film performances. The 2025 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards aired on Sunday, February 23rd, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The list of nominees for the 31st glamourous iteration of the SAG Awards had 15 categories to cover Hollywood’s big names and critically acclaimed displays on-screen. This year’s Lifetime Achievement, SAG-AFTRA’s highest honour, was presented to renowned actress Jane Fonda.
Kieran Culkin opened the 2025 SAG Awards with the first win for his complex role of playing Benji Kaplan in A Real Pain. Across the board, the year’s well-received movies had the likes of Wicked, Emilia Pérez, A Complete Unknown, and Anora pitted against each other for the top acting categories. Each one of these four films also contended against the Ralph Fiennes-led Conclave for the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award. On the TV side, Shogun, The Bear, The Diplomat and Baby Reindeer were the most nominated series, battling for the best performances on the TV screen.
Of course, the greatest award of the night went to Fonda with the Lifetime Achievement Award. She won two Oscars, eight Golden Globes and an Emmy after 65 years in the entertainment industry. This also included her amazing work off-screen of being a lifelong activist. Her perseverance and determination to change the world and shape a better future for everyone has been something she cherishes more than her acting career.
Here is the full list of the 2025 SAG Awards:
SAG Life Achievement Award
Recipient: Jane Fonda
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody—The Brutalist
WINNER: Timothée Chalamet—A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig—Queer
Colman Domingo—Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes—Conclave
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Pamela Anderson—The Last Showgirl
Cynthia Erivo—Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón—Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison—Anora
WINNER: Demi Moore—The Substance
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Jonathan Bailey—Wicked
Yura Borisov—Anora
WINNER: Kieran Culkin—A Real Pain
Edward Norton— A Complete Unknown
Jeremy Strong—The Apprentice
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro—A Complete Unknown
Jamie Lee Curtis—The Last Showgirl
Danielle Deadwyler—The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande—Wicked
WINNER: Zoe Saldaña— Emilia Perez
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
A Complete Unknown
Anora
WINNER: Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Dune: Part Two
WINNER: The Fall Guy
Wicked
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Javier Bardem—Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
WINNER: Colin Farrell—The Penguin
Richard Gadd—Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline—Disclaimer
Andrew Scott—Ripley
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Kathy Bates—The Great Lillian Hall
Cate Blanchett—Disclaimer
Jodie Foster— True Detective: Night Country
Lily Gladstone—Under the Bridge
WINNER: Jessica Gunning—Baby Reindeer
Cristin Milioti—The Penguin
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Tadanobu Asano—Shogun
Jeff Bridges—The Old Man
Gary Oldman—Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne—The Day of The Jackal
WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada—Shogun
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates—Matlock
Nicola Coughlan—Bridgerton
Allison Janney—The Diplomat
Keri Russell—The Diplomat
WINNER: Anna Sawai—Shogun
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody—Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson —A Man on The Inside
Harrison Ford—Shrinking
WINNER: Martin Short—Only Murders in The Building
Jeremy Allen White—The Bear
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Kristen Bell—Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson—Abbott Elementary
Liza Colón-Zayas—The Bear
Ayo Edebiri—The Bear
WINNER: Jean Smart—Hacks
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Bridgerton
The Day of The Jackal
The Diplomat
WINNER: Shogun
Slow Horses
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
WINNER: Only Murders in The Building
Shrinking
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
The Boys
Fallout
House of the Dragon
The Penguin
WINNER: Shogun
