Soderbergh Reaps Success at SAG Awards

By Acheron March 12, 2001 7:29 AM

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(E!) Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards brought good fortune to many, epecially Steven Soderbergh and his crew on Traffic and Erin Brockovich.

Both films scored high honors at the awards banquet, with Julia Roberts winning best actress for her work as Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich. Benicio Del Toro took home leading man honors for his performance in Traffic.

Traffic also won the guild's best ensemble-acting award, as it had three seperate story and nearly 135 different speaking roles (damn!).

The SAG Awards typically are decent (though not perfect) indicators of how the Oscars will pan out, and for good reason. Actors represent 23 percent of the Academy's voters, the largest percentage of any group.

Here's a complete list of the winners of the Seventh Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:

• Actor, Motion Picture: Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
• Actress, Motion Picture: Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich
• Supporting Actor, Motion Picture: Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich
• Supporting Actress, Motion Picture: Judi Dench, Chocolat
• Ensemble Acting, Motion Picture: Traffic
• Actor, TV Drama: Martin Sheen, The West Wing
• Actress, TV Drama: Allison Janney, The West Wing
• Ensemble Acting, TV Drama: The West Wing
• Actor, TV Comedy: Robert Downey Jr., Ally McBeal
• Actress, TV Comedy: Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City
• Ensemble Acting, TV Comedy: Will & Grace
• Actor, TV Miniseries/Movie: Brian Dennehy, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
• Actress, TV Miniseries/Movie: Vanessa Redgrave, If These Walls Could Talk 2
• Life Achievement Award: Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

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