“Slumdog,” Penn, Streep, Among SAG Winners

by Peter Knegt (January 26, 2009)
“Slumdog,” Penn, Streep, Among SAG Winners
SAG award winner Kate Winslet in a scene from "The Reader." Image courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

The Screen Actors Guild has announced the winners of its 15th annual awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. “Slumdog Millionaire,” which won the Producers Guild Award for best film yesterday, continued its domination of awards season by taking SAG’s best ensemble cast award. Sean Penn and Meryl Streep each took home their first SAG awards for work in film (Streep had previously won for TV/Miniseries Actress in “Angels in America”). indieWIRE has the complete list of winners below.

The winners of the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn, “Milk”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Slumdog Millionaire

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
The Dark Knight

posted on January 25, 2009

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