The ceremony is also streaming live on Netflix’s YouTube channel, one year before they find their new home on the streamer.

The first awards of the evening went to best actress and actor in a TV movie or limited series.

Jessica Chastain: Third SAG Award

Jessica Chastain earned her third SAG Award — and second in a row, after winning last year for her Oscar-winning role in The Eyes of Tammy Faye — for her portrayal of county singer Tammy Wynette in Showtime’s George and Tammy.

The best actor prize went to Sam Elliott for Paramount+’s 1883.

Chastain thanked her fellow actors and recalled attending a class in which Philip Seymour Hoffman said that the end of his talk, “I look forward to working with each of you.” She added: “It was like he brought it into being and a few years later I … had the opportunity to do a play with him. And I’m telling the story now, because it reminds me of how powerful our mind is, and that we are what our thoughts create. I just want to tell everyone who might be struggling at home, to all the actors that I get to meet: Keep going. You’re one job away. I look forward to working with you. I’ll see you on set.”

Elliott came with a prepared speech, adding he didn’t expect to collect the prize. “What can I say in 45 seconds after just receiving the most meaningful acknowledgment of my 55-year career?” Elliott said to cheers from the audience. “From a group of my peers, many of whom I don’t even know or know only from afar, as a fan who respects their work, I can say thank you and that I’m honored and grateful to be in your company.

Jean Smart won her second consecutive SAG Award for HBO Max’s Hacks, but she was unable to attend the event.

In her absence her co-star Christopher McDonald accepted the award and read a message from Smart. “I’d like to honor all of the guest stars on season two,” Smart wrote. “Whether it was one scene or one line, I think we all know how hard a job that is. You have all made our show richer, funnier, more real.”

Before the livestream began, Top Gun: Maverick won the award for best stunt ensemble in a motion picture, while Stranger Things won for TV series.