6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Results and Commentary (2000)

Actor Statuette
©2005 SAG

• Date of Ceremony: Sunday, March 12, 2000
• For performances seen in: 1999

• Nominations List

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The Shrine was turned into a candlelit dinner venue when the 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® aired on TNT on Sunday, March 12, 2000.

American Beauty, which had been generating awards buzz since it’s screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival, went home with Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, while its two leads, Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, went home with the Leading Role statuettes.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series went home with The Sopranos, while Frasier took home the ensemble comedy award.

Denzel Washington presented SAG’s 36th Annual Life Achievement Award to Sidney Poitier, who made a moving acceptance speech.

Results

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

• American Beauty
  Annette Bening, Wes Bentley, Thora Birch, Chris Cooper, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Kevin Spacey and Mena Suvari

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

• American Beauty
  Kevin Spacey

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• American Beauty
  Annette Bening

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

• The Cider House Rules
  Michael Caine

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

• Girl, Interrupted
  Angelina Jolie

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

• The Sopranos
  Lorraine Bracco, Dominic Chianese, Edie Falco, James Gandolfini, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli, Nancy Marchand, Vincent Pastore, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico and Steve Van Zandt

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

• The Sopranos
  James Gandolfini

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

• The Sopranos
  Edie Falco

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

• Frasier
  Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney and David Hyde Pierce

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

• Spin City
  Michael J. Fox

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

• Friends
  Lisa Kudrow

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

• Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays With Morrie
  Jack Lemmon

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

• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
  Halle Berry

36th Life Achievement Award

• Sidney Poitier