Nigerian Hollywood Actress Uzo Aduba Wins Screen Actors Guild Awards

                          

The 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) took place at the Los Angeles’ Shrine Exposition Center on Sunday, January 25, 2015.

Nigerian Nollywood actress Uzo Aduba who won the 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for her role as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren on the hugely popular Netflix television series “Orange Is the New Black.” has also won her first SAG Award for the prison drama.

Aduba was  nominated for best performance in a comedy series alongside “Modern Family’s” Julie Bowen, Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”), Edie Falco (“Nurse Jackie”), and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”) .

Congratulations Aduba! You totally deserve it!

Below is a full list of winners.

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role

Winner: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role

Winner: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series

Winner: Orange Is the New Black

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series

Winner: William H. Macy, Shameless

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series

Winner: Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries

Winner: Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a television movie or miniseries

Winner: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series

Winner: Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series

Winner: Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder

Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series

Winner: Downton Abbey

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a motion picture

Winner: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a motion picture

Winner: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture

Winner: Birdman

Lifetime achievement award

Winner: Debbie Reynolds