SAG: What You Need to Know About the Screen Actors Guild Awards of America

(CNN) – Here, a look at the awards Screen Actors Guild.

About the SAG Awards

Nominees and winners are chosen by members of the Screen Actors Guild.

Two panels (film and television), each made up of 2,500 randomly chosen members, select the nominees. All active members of SAG and the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists can vote for the winners in all categories.

The winners receive the Actor, the statuette for outstanding performance.

SAG winners in 2021 (selected)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Best Cast in a Movie
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Best Cast in a Drama Series
“The Crown”

Best Actress in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson, “The Crown”

Best Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”

Best Cast in a Comedy Series
“Schitt’s Creek”

Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”

Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”

Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series
Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit”

Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series
Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much Is True”

SAG timeline

In 2012, a merger was completed between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (AFTRA). The SAG-AFTRA union has more than 160,000 members.

June 30, 1933 – Articles of incorporation are presented. The union is formed to achieve better working conditions for the actors.

1935 – Grant of a charter from the American Federation of Labor.

May 1937 – To avoid a strike, the producers sign a contract with the union that guarantees the minimum wage and recognizes the union.

1943 – Actress Olivia de Havilland sues the Warner Brothers studio for extending her contract. Later he wins his case.

[1945- The United States Supreme Court issues the “de Havilland law,” which states that studios can no longer have interpreters hired for more than seven years. This breaks the studio system that maintains control over an actor’s career.

1952 – The union signs its first contracts for filmed television shows.

December 1, 1952 – February 18, 1953 – The SAG’s first strike is over filmed television commercials. The strike ends with a contract that covers all commercial work.

August 5-15, 1955 – The SAG makes its second stoppage. This time to increase the remnants of television shows.

March 7, 1960 to April 18, 1960 – Third strike for the remnants of feature films sold, licensed or premiered on television.

December 19, 1978 – February 7, 1979 – The SAG goes on strike for better remnants in television commercials.

July 21, 1980 to October 23, 1980 – The SAG strike with the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (AFTRA). This strike focuses on the distribution of profits from the production of pay television and video cassettes.

March 21, 1988 – April 15, 1988 – SAG and AFTRA television commercial strike. The strike is for the payment of commercials that appear on cable television.

February 25, 1995 – The first annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are held.

May 1, 2000 – October 30, 2000 – SAG and AFTRA strike the advertising industry for commercial workers’ compensation for basic cable and Internet.

July 1, 2008 – SAG TV / Theater deal expires.

November 22, 2008 – Talks between SAG and the Alliance of Film and Television Producers (AMPTP) end after federal mediation fails to reactivate a five-month deadlock.

January 26, 2009 – SAG chief negotiator Doug Allen is fired in an attempt by the union’s moderate faction to re-enter contract negotiations with the studios.

April 19, 2009 – SAG’s leadership split 53% – 47% to accept a new two-year contract with AMPTP.

June 9, 2009 – Members ratify the two-year contract covering television and movies.

January 29, 2012 – Guild President Ken Howard announces during the SAG Awards that the SAG-AFTRA merger has been approved by both groups.

March 30, 2012 – The SAG and AFTRA merger is completed with more than 80% approval from both unions. The only union is called SAG-AFTRA.

January 27, 2013 – The first SAG Awards are held under the union motto “SAG-AFTRA One Union”.

March 23, 2016 – SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard dies. Executive Vice President Gabrielle Carteris assumes her duties until the regularly scheduled national board meeting on April 9.

April 9, 2016 – Carteris is elected president. She will serve the remainder of Howard’s term, which ends in 2017.

August 24, 2017 – Carteris is elected to a two-year term as president.

February 10, 2018 – SAG-AFTRA introduces new guidelines for members, called “Four Pillars of Change”, aimed at combating sexual harassment in the workplace.

September 2, 2021 – Actress Fran Drescher is elected president for a two-year term.

SAG Presidents

Ralph Morgan 1933, 1938-1940
Eddy Cantor 1933-1935
Roberto Montgomery 1935-1938, 1946-1947
Eduardo Arnold 1940-1942
James Cagney 1942-1944
Jorge Murphy 1944-1946
Ronald Reagan 1947-1952, 1959-1960
Walter Pidgeon 1952-1957
Leon Ames 1957-1958
Howard keel 1958-1959
George Chandler 1960-963
Dana Andrews 1963-1965
Charlton Heston 1965-1971
Juan Gavin 1971-1973
Dennis Weaver 1973-1975
Kathleen Nolan 1975-1979
Guillermo Schallert 1979-1981
Eduardo Asner 1981-1985
patty duke 1985-1988
Barry Gordon 1988-1995
Ricardo Masur 1995-1999
Guillermo Daniels 1999-2001
Melissa Gilbert 2001-2005
Alan Rosenberg 2005-2009
Ken Howard 2009-2016
Gabrielle Carteris-2016-2021
Fran Drescher 2021-Present