The Actor Awards 2026: Full list of winners as Kristen Bell returned to host including Jessie Buckley and Catherine O’Hara

The who’s-who of screens small and large gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday evening (March 1) for The Actor Awards. The ceremony saw Jessie Buckley continue her winning streak and comedy genius Catherine O’Hara honoured posthumously.

Kristen Bell returned to host the event, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, having previously presented in 2018 and 2025. The name change for the 32nd annual awards ceremony was revealed during the broadcast announcing the nominations earlier this year.

The first award of the night, which were all voted for by members of the SAG-AFTRA union, went to Keri Russell, who was named best female actor in a drama series for The Diplomat.

Vampire film Sinners won the top prize, with Ryan Coogler’s epic, set in 1930s Mississippi, named best ensemble in a motion picture. Michael B Jordan, who plays twins, was also named best male actor in a leading role.

Irish actress Jessie Buckley continued to prove unbeatable on the path to the Oscars clinching the female actor in a leading role prize for Hamnet.

The late Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone star Catherine O’Hara won the outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series prize for her role in the Apple TV+ hit The Studio. O’Hara died on January 30 at the age of 71 from a pulmonary embolism, following a cancer diagnosis.

The award was collected by her co-star Seth Rogen, who is also a co-creator of the show, who said: “I’ve been reflecting on the time I was fortunate enough to spend with her and working with her and something I’ve been marvelling at is her ability to be generous and kind and gracious, while never minimising her own talent and her own ability to contribute to the work we were doing.”

The Studio also won the ensemble in a comedy series award, while Rogen was named best male actor in a comedy series. Read on for the full list of gongs awarded last night.

The Actor Awards Television category

Outstanding performance by a female actor in television movie or limited series

• Claire Danes - The Beast In Me
• Erin Doherty - Adolescence
• Sarah Snook - All Her Fault
• Christine Tremarco - Adolescence
• Michelle Williams - Dying For Sex - WINNER

Outstanding performance by a male actor in television movie or limited series

• Jason Bateman - Black Rabbit
• Owen Cooper - Adolescence - WINNER
• Stephen Graham - Adolescence
• Charlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• Matthew Rhys - The Beast In Me

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series

• Kathryn Hahn - The Studio
• Catherine O’Hara - The Studio - WINNER
• Jenna Ortega - Wednesday
• Jean Smart - Hacks
• Kristen Wiig - Palm Royale

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series

• Ike Barinholtz - The Studio
• Adam Brody - Nobody Wants This
• Ted Danson - A Man on the Inside
• Seth Rogen - The Studio - WINNER
• Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series

• Britt Lower - Severance
• Parker Posey - The White Lotus
• Keri Russell - The Diplomat - WINNER
• Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus
• Aimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series

• Sterling K. Brown - Paradise
• Billy Crudup - The Morning Show
• Walton Goggins - The White Lotus
• Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
• Noah Wyle - The Pitt - WINNER

Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series

• Abbott Elementary
• The Bear
• Hacks
• Only Murders in the Building
• The Studio - WINNER

Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series

• The Diplomat
• Landman
• The Pitt - WINNER
• Severance
• The White Lotus

Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a television series

• Andor
• Landman
• The Last of Us - WINNER
• Squid Game
• Stranger Things

The Actor Awards Motion Pictures category

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role

• Jessie Buckley - Hamnet - WINNER
• Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
• Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another
• Emma Stone - Bugonia

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role

• Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
• Michael B. Jordan - Sinners - WINNER
• Jesse Plemons - Bugonia

Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners - WINNER

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role

• Odessa A’Zion - Marty Supreme
• Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good
• Amy Madigan - Weapons - WINNER
• Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners
• Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role

• Miles Caton - Sinners
• Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
• Paul Mescal - Hamnet
• Sean Penn - One Battle After Another - WINNER

Outstanding stunt ensemble in a motion picture

• F1
• Frankenstein
• Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning - WINNER
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

:: The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA aired on Netflix on Sunday (March 1) and is available to watch now via the streaming giant.