Actors from 'West Side Story,' 'CODA,' and 'Squid Game' had history-making wins at this year's ceremony.
This year's SAG Awards celebrated some of the outstanding, diverse performances from the past year.
The 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards saw several history-making wins, as the guild awarded several first-time nominees from communities that have been under-represented in Hollywood over the years. , who has already won a Golden Globe and received an Oscar nomination for portraying Anita in Steven Spielberg's, became the first Afro-Latina and openly queer woman of color to win a SAG Award. In her acceptance speech for Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, the multi-hyphenate spoke on her journey toward becoming an actor.
"It's taken a long time for me to feel comfortable calling myself an actor," she said."My roots come from the dance world and the Broadway stage, and the Anita we see on screen took every bit of me but she took 10 years to make and I'm extremely proud of her and of our film."actor Troy Kotsur won the award for Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, becoming the first deaf actor to be nominated and to win an individual acting prize.
In his emotional speech, said via an ASL interpreter, Kotsur reflected on his long history of being a SAG member."Wow. Thank you so much to all the members of SAG. I am so proud to be a member. I’ve been a member since 2001, and so now I feel like I’m finally part of the family," he said.
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