2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1995, took place on February 24, 1996.

The ceremony was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, and was televised live by NBC.

This was the first year the category of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture was offered.

[1][2] Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking as Sister Helen Prejean Ed Harris – Apollo 13 as Gene Kranz Kate Winslet – Sense and Sensibility as Marianne Dashwood Apollo 13 – Kevin Bacon, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Bill Paxton, Kathleen Quinlan, and Gary Sinise Gary Sinise – Truman as Harry S. Truman Alfre Woodard – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles Anthony Edwards – ER as Mark Greene Gillian Anderson – The X-Files as Dana Scully David Hyde Pierce – Frasier as Niles Crane Christine Baranski – Cybill as Maryann Thorpe ER – George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, Eriq La Salle, Sherry Stringfield, and Noah Wyle Friends – Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer

Nicolas Cage , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner
Susan Sarandon , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner
Ed Harris , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Kate Winslet , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Gary Sinise , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner
Alfre Woodard , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner
Anthony Edwards , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series winner
Gillian Anderson , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner
David Hyde Pierce , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Christine Baranski , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series winner