8th Screen Actors Guild Awards

The eighth award of the U.S. Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Screen Actors Guild in the areas of film (5 categories) and television awards (8 categories) each year, was held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on 9 March 2002. 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

Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind

Best Actress

Halle Berry - Monster 's Ball

Best Supporting Actor

Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship

Best Supporting Actress

Helen Mirren - Gosford Park

Best Acting Ensemble

Gosford Park - Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Emily Watson

• A Beautiful Mind
• In the Bedroom
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
• Moulin Rouge!

Winners and nominees in the television sector

Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini - Series

Ben Kingsley - Anne Frank

Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini - Series

Judy Davis - Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Martin Sheen - The West Wing

Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Allison Janney - The West Wing

Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy

Sean Hayes - Will & Grace

Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy

Megan Mullally - Will & Grace

Best Acting Ensemble - Drama

The West Wing - Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Rob Lowe, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, Martin Sheen, John Spencer and Bradley Whitford

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Law & Order
• Six Feet Under
• The Sopranos

Best Acting Ensemble - Comedy

Sex and the City - Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Jessica Parker

• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Frasier
• Friends
• Will & Grace

Price for lifetime achievement

• Edward Asner