22 Annual SAG AWARDS - Screen Actors Guild awards: 'Diversity reigns' in ceremony

The Screen Actors Guild Award (also known as the SAG Award) is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

(SAG-AFTRA) to recognize outstanding performances in film and primetime television. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor".

 It is 16 inches (41 cm) tall, weighs over 12 pounds (5.4 kg), is cast in solid bronze, and produced by the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, California. SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995.

Nominations for the awards come from two committees, one for film and one for television, each numbering 2100 members of the union, randomly selected anew each year, with the full membership (165,000 as of 2012) available to vote for the winners. It is considered an indicator of success at the Academy Awards. The awards have been telecast since 1998 on TNT, and since 2007 have been simulcast on TBS.

British actor Idris Elba was one of the big winners on the night

Here is the list of Award Categories and winners.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

Spotlight

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Brie Larson, Room

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Mad Max: Fury Road

Television Awards

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series

Downton Abbey

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series

Orange Is the New Black

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black

Outtanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries

Idris Elba, Luther

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries

Queen Latifah, Bessie

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

Game of Thrones