18th Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2011, were presented on January 29, 2012, at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California for the sixteenth consecutive year.

It was broadcast simultaneously by TNT and TBS.

[1][2][3] The nominees were announced on December 14, 2011, by actresses Regina King and Judy Greer at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater.

[4][5][6][7] Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson The Help – Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, Emma Stone, Cicely Tyson, and Mike Vogel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Meryl Streep introduced the 'In Memoriam' segment to pay tribute to the actors who have died in 2011:

Jean Dujardin , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner
Viola Davis , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner
Christopher Plummer , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Octavia Spencer , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Paul Giamatti , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner
Kate Winslet , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner
Steve Buscemi , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series winner
Jessica Lange , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner
Alec Baldwin , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Betty White , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series winner