1st Screen Actors Guild Awards

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1st Screen Actors Guild Awards
Awarded forOutstanding motion picture and primetime television performances
DateFebruary 25, 1995 (1995-02-25)
Location Universal Studios, Stage 12
Los Angeles, California
CountryUnited States
Presented by Screen Actors Guild
First awarded1995
Website www.sagawards.org
Television/radio coverage
Network NBC
Screen Actors Guild Awards ·  2nd  

The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards aired on NBC from Stage 12 at Universal Studios Hollywood, on February 25, 1995. Unveiled during this evening for the first time was the Guild's new award statuette, The Actor, as well as the first awards for ensembles in drama series and comedy series which honor all of the actors who are the regulars in television series. From this auspicious beginning the Screen Actors Guild Awards has been embraced as one of the most prestigious in the entertainment industry. [1]

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Tom Hanks, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner Tom Hanks 2014.jpg
Tom Hanks, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner
Jodie Foster, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner Jodie Foster.4783.jpg
Jodie Foster, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner
Martin Landau, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner Martin Landau 2010.jpg
Martin Landau, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Dianne Wiest, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner Dianne Wiest 2009.jpg
Dianne Wiest, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Raul Julia, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner Raul Julia - Dracula.jpg
Raúl Juliá, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner
Joanne Woodward, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner Joanne Woodward in Paris Blues 2.jpg
Joanne Woodward, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner
Dennis Franz, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series winner Dennis Franz (1994).jpg
Dennis Franz, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series winner
Kathy Baker, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner KathyBaker.jpg
Kathy Baker, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner
Jason Alexander, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series winner Jason Alexander.JPG
Jason Alexander, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Helen Hunt, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series winner HelenHunt@ambiente2015.JPG
Helen Hunt, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Tom Hanks Forrest Gump as Forrest Gump

Jodie Foster Nell as Nell Kellty

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Martin Landau Ed Wood as Bela Lugosi

Dianne WiestBullets over Broadway as Helen Sinclair

Television

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Raúl Juliá The Burning Season as Francisco "Chico" Mendes

Joanne WoodwardBreathing Lessons as Maggie Moran

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Dennis Franz NYPD Blue as Andy Sipowicz

Kathy BakerPicket Fences as Jill Brock

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Jason Alexander Seinfeld as George Costanza

Helen HuntMad About You as Jamie Buchman

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

NYPD BlueGordon Clapp, Dennis Franz, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel, Gail O'Grady, Jimmy Smits, and Nicholas Turturro

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Seinfeld – Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Jerry Seinfeld

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References

  1. "The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards - 1995". Screen Actors Guild Awards. SAG-AFTRA. Retrieved 18 April 2015.