Viola Davis, Uzo Aduba, and Queen Latifah Win Screen Actors Guild Awards


The 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Award was a night for Black actors to shine. Three of our favorites took home SAG statues, aka Actors, for their outstanding work this year.

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Uzo Aduba took home an award for Outstanding female actor in a comedy series for her portrayal of Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on Orange is the New Black." This is the second year in a row that Aduba has taken home the award. She received her second award of the night for Orange is the New Black's  win for Performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.


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Queen Latifah won the award for Outstanding performance by a female actor in a television movie or miniseries for Bessie. The HBO film was some of the multihyphenate star's best work. Many who loved the film were perplexed by her loss at the Golden Globes.



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Viola Davis won for Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series for her portrayal of Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder. Davis took home the same award last year. She won another SAG Award in 2012 for her work in The Help.