17th Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2010, was presented on January 30, 2011, at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, for the fifteenth consecutive year. It was broadcast live simultaneously by TNT and TBS.

17th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Awarded for	Outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances
Date	January 30, 2011 (2011-01-30)
Location	Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Screen Actors Guild
First award	1995
Website	www.sagawards.org
Television/radio coverage
Network	TNT and TBS simultaneous broadcast
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The nominees were announced on December 16, 2010, by Rosario Dawson and Angie Harmon at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth – The King's Speech as King George VI Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn Robert Duvall – Get Low as Felix Bush Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston	Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly Hilary Swank – Conviction as Betty Anne Walters
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardrop Dolly Jeremy Renner – The Town as Jem Coughlin Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue	Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Ward Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Queen Elizabeth Mila Kunis – Black Swan as Lily Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The King's Speech – Anthony Andrews, Claire Bloom, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush and Timothy Spall Black Swan – Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman and Winona Ryder The Fighter – Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee and Mark Wahlberg The Kids Are All Right – Annette Bening, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Mia Wasikowska The Social Network – Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella and Justin Timberlake
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Inception Green Zone Robin Hood

Television

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Al Pacino – You Don't Know Jack (HBO) as Dr. Jack Kevorkian John Goodman – You Don't Know Jack (HBO) as Neal Nicol Dennis Quaid – The Special Relationship (HBO) as Bill Clinton Édgar Ramírez – Carlos (Sundance TV) as Carlos the Jackal Patrick Stewart – Macbeth (PBS) as Macbeth	Claire Danes – Temple Grandin (HBO) as Temple Grandin Catherine O'Hara – Temple Grandin (HBO) as Aunt Ann Julia Ormond – Temple Grandin (HBO) as Eustacia Grandin Winona Ryder – When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (CBS) as Lois Wilson Susan Sarandon – You Don't Know Jack (HBO) as Janet Good
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire (HBO) as Nucky Thompson Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad (AMC) as Walter White Michael C. Hall – Dexter (Showtime) as Dexter Morgan Jon Hamm – Mad Men (AMC) as Don Draper Hugh Laurie – House (Fox) as Dr. Gregory House	Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife (CBS) as Alicia Florrick Glenn Close – Damages (FX) as Patty Hewes Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC) as Det. Olivia Benson Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men (AMC) as Peggy Olson Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT) as Det. Brenda Leigh Johnson
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC) as Jack Donaghy Ty Burrell – Modern Family (ABC) as Phil Dunphy Steve Carell – The Office (NBC) as Michael Scott Chris Colfer – Glee (Fox) as Kurt Hummel Ed O'Neill – Modern Family (ABC) as Jay Pritchett	Betty White – Hot in Cleveland (TV Land) as Elka Ostrovsky Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie (Showtime) as Jackie Peyton Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC) as Liz Lemon Jane Lynch – Glee (Fox) as Sue Sylvester Sofía Vergara – Modern Family (ABC) as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Paz de la Huerta, Michael Kenneth Williams, Gretchen Mol, Paul Sparks, Anthony Laciura, Erik Weiner and Dabney Coleman The Closer (TNT) – Kyra Sedgwick, J. K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett, G. W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz and Jon Tenney Dexter (Showtime) – Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, C. S. Lee, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas and James Remar The Good Wife (CBS) – Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Archie Panjabi, Matt Czuchry, Christine Baranski, Chris Noth, Graham Phillips and Alan Cumming Mad Men (AMC) – Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Jared Harris, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Kiernan Shipka, Robert Morse and John Slattery
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Modern Family (ABC) – Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Rico Rodriguez, Ariel Winter and Nolan Gould 30 Rock (NBC) – Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Keith Powell and Alec Baldwin Glee (Fox) – Max Adler, Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Mike O'Malley, Chord Overstreet, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr., Iqbal Theba and Jenna Ushkowitz Hot in Cleveland (TV Land) – Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White The Office (NBC) – Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, Kate Flannery, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Angela Kinsey, John Krasinski, Paul Lieberstein, B. J. Novak, Oscar Nunez, Craig Robinson, Phyllis Smith, Rainn Wilson and Zach Woods
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
True Blood (HBO) Burn Notice (USA Network) CSI: NY (CBS) Dexter (Showtime) Southland (TNT)

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

• Ernest Borgnine

In Memoriam

Hilary Swank introduced the "In Memoriam" segment which paid tribute to the life and career of actors who died in 2010:

• Jill Clayburgh
• Leslie Nielsen
• Lynn Redgrave
• Robert Culp
• Gloria Stuart
• Kevin McCarthy
• John Forsythe
• Anne Francis
• Pernell Roberts
• Harold Gould
• David Nelson
• Frances Reid
• Larry Keith
• Patricia Neal
• Danny Aiello III
• June Havoc
• James MacArthur
• Barbara Billingsley
• Gary Coleman
• Rue McClanahan
• Zelda Rubinstein
• Fred Foy
• Janet MacLachlan
• Fess Parker
• Lena Horne
• Peter Haskell
• Peter Graves
• Dixie Carter
• Tom Bosley
• Kathryn Grayson
• Pete Postlethwaite
• Steve Landesberg
• Eddie Fisher
• Tony Curtis
• Jean Simmons
• Dennis Hopper