3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards

The third award of the U.S. Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Screen Actors Guild each year in the fields of film (5 categories) and television awards (8 categories), was held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on February 22, 1997. The so-called SAG Awards honor, in contrast for example to the Golden Globe, a film, television and ensemble actor and considered as an indicator for the upcoming Academy Awards. Be crowned the winners of the members of the Screen Actors Guild, which you must be a member to work in the U.S. as an actor.

  • 2.1 Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini - Series
  • 2.2 Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini - Series
  • 2.3 Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama
  • 2.4 Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  • 2.5 Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy
  • 2.6 Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy
  • 2.7 Best Acting Ensemble - Drama
  • 2.8 Best Acting Ensemble - Comedy

Winners and nominees in film

Best Actor

Geoffrey Rush - Shine

Best Actress

Frances McDormand - Fargo

Best Supporting Actor

Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Jerry Maguire

Best Supporting Actress

Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces

Best Acting Ensemble

The Birdcage - Hank Azaria, Calista Flockhart, Dan Futterman, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest and Robin Williams

  • The English Patient
  • Marvin 's Room
  • Shine
  • Sling Blade - The Razor's Edge

Winners and nominees in the television sector

Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini - Series

Alan Rickman - Rasputin

Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini - Series

Kathy Bates - The Late Shift

Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue

Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Gillian Anderson - The X-Files

Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy

John Lithgow - Rock from the Sun

Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy

Julia Louis -Dreyfus - Seinfeld

Best Acting Ensemble - Drama

ER - George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, Sherry Stringfield and Noah Wyle

  • Chicago Hope
  • Law & Order
  • NYPD Blue
  • The X-Files

Best Acting Ensemble - Comedy

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

  • Rock from the Sun
  • Frasier
  • Mad About You
  • Remember WENN

Price for lifetime achievement

  • Angela Lansbury
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