“Everything Everywhere All At Once” Makes History at 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
Everything Everywhere All At Once lived up to its title last night, grabbing just about everything in sight at the SAG Awards and all at once. In a record-setting night at the SAG Awards, the indie juggernaut took home all of the movie category awards (save for the non-televised stunt ensemble). Not for nothing, on Saturday night, Everything Everywhere All At Once grabbed the Best Picture Award at the Producers Guild, completing a weekend sweep that sets it up as the movie to beat at the Academy Awards, with final voting beginning this Thursday and the ceremony coming in just two weeks. The SAG and Producers Guild Awards are both seen as fairly strong predictors for the Oscars.
Everything Everywhere All At Once took home the Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh (besting award season frontrunner Tár‘s Cate Blanchett), Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis (upsetting Black Panther‘s Angela Bassett), Best Ensemble, and Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan, becoming the first Asian actor to win a SAG Award as an individual rather than as part of an ensemble).
The multidimensional family drama from directors the Daniels (Kwan and Scheinert) heads into the Oscars homestretch with a head of steam after this weekend’s dominance and last weekend’s wins at the DGA Awards, where it took home five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. It would seem like Everything Everywhere All At Once is a lock to win the Original Screenplay award at next weekend’s WGA Awards and to notch yet more wins at the Independent Spirit Awards.
How well is Everything Everywhere All At Once set up for its Oscars run? Should the film take home the top prize at the WGA Awards, it would have swept the DGA, SAG, and WGA trifecta, and no film that has done so has ever lost the Best Picture Oscar.
If you’re looking for a reason why EEAAO could still come up short at the Oscars, it would be All Quiet on the Western Front‘s win at the BAFTA Awards. Netflix’s sweeping WWI epic took home seven wards, boxing out Everything Everywhere All At Once, which won only one, Film Editing. The BAFTA Awards are also key for reading the Oscar tea leaves, making the big wins by All Quiet on the Western Front the sole compelling argument that Oscars night might not end with the final envelope for Best Picture containing the four words Everything Everywhere All At Once.
There were many more SAG Awards given out, of course, in both television and film. Brendan Fraser took home the top acting prize for his work on The Whale, while on the television side, it was a big night for Abbot Elementary and The White Lotus, the latter of which also saw its season two star, Jennifer Coolidge, snagging another award for her performance.
It’s shaping up to be a very interesting awards season, and surprises likely await at the Oscars.
For the full SAG Awards List, see below:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Steve Carrell (“The Patient”)
Taron Egerton (“Black Bird”)
Sam Elliott (“1883”) (WINNER)
Paul Walter Hauser (“Black Bird”)
Evan Peters (“Dahmer”)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Emily Blunt (“The English”)
Jessica Chastain (“George and Tammy”) (WINNER)
Julia Garner (“Inventing Anna”)
Niecy Nash Betts (“Dahmer”)
Amanda Seyfried (“The Dropout”)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Carrigan (“Barry”)
Bill Hader (“Barry”)
Steve Martin (“Only Murders in the Building”)
Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”)
Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”) (WINNER)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate (“Dead to Me”)
Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
Quinta Brunson (“Abbott Elementary”)
Jenna Ortega (“Wednesday”)
Jean Smart (“Hacks”) (WINNER)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“Abbott Elementary” (WINNER)
“Barry”
“The Bear”
“Hacks”
“Only Murders in the Building”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks (“Better Call Saul”)
Jason Bateman (“Ozark”) (WINNER)
Jeff Bridges (“The Old Man”)
Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”)
Adam Scott (“Severance”)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jennifer Coolidge (“The White Lotus”) (WINNER)
Elizabeth Debicki (“The Crown”)
Julia Garner (“Ozark”)
Laura Linney (“Ozark”)
Zendaya (“Euphoria”)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
“Better Call Saul”
“The Crown”
“Ozark”
“Severance”
“The White Lotus” (WINNER)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Hong Chau (“The Whale”)
Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) (WINNER)
Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Paul Dano (“The Fabelmans”)
Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) (WINNER)
Eddie Redmayne (“The Good Nurse”)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett (Tár”)
Viola Davis (“The Woman King”)
Ana de Armas (“Blonde”)
Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”)
Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) (WINNER)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler (“Elvis”)
Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) (WINNER)
Bill Nighy (“Living”)
Adam Sandler (“Hustle”)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
“Babylon”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (WINNER)
“The Fabelmans”
“Women Talking”
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Batman”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Top Gun: Maverick” (WINNER)
“The Woman King”
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
“Andor”
“The Boys”
“House of the Dragon”
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”
“Stranger Things” (WINNER)
Featured image: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 26: (L-R) Jamie Lee Curtis, Jenny Slate, Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Brian Le, and Harry Shum Jr. accept the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” onstage during the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)