The 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards took place last night in Los Angeles with The Help taking home three awards.
Viola Davis won the Female Actress in a Leading Role, while her co-star Octavia Spencer won the Best Supporting Actress award and The Help won Best Cast of a Motion Picture.
Boardwalk Empire topped the television winners with two honours, while Modern Family took home Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
The Help was the big winner at the 18th annual SAG awards
The Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role for Motion Picture, went to Christopher Plummer for Beginners.
Accepting his first ever SAG award, he said: "I just can't tell you what fun I've had being a member of the world's second oldest profession.
"Actors are gregarious and wacky, are they not? And I love them dearly."
Christopher Plummer was awarded his first ever SAG honour last night in LA
Kate Winslet picked up the Female Actor in a TV Movie or Mini for her performance in Mildred Pierce and despite the Oscar rumours The Artist's Jean Dujardin won the Male Actor in a Leading Role ahead of The Descendants George Clooney.
30 Rock's Alec Baldwin was the recipient of the Male Actor in a TV Comedy Series award, winning over The Office's Steve Carell.
Female Actor in a Comedy Series went to Betty White, a former recipient of SAG's Life Achievement Award, for Hot in Cleveland, who received a standing ovation.
As she took to the stage to accept the award, which she also won last year for the same role, she said: "I think they made a terrible mistake!"
See the full list of winners below.
George Clooney, with girlfriend Stacy Keibler, missed out on the Best Actor Award which went to The Artist's Jean Dujardin
SAG 2012 Winners:
Male actor in a supporting role - Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Female actor in a supporting role - Octavia Spencer, The Help
Male actor in a leading role - Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Female actor in a leading role - Viola Davis, The Help
Cast of a motion picture - The Help
Male actor in a comedy series - Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Female actor in a comedy series - Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Ensemble in a comedy series - Modern Family
Female actor in a TV movie or mini - Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Male actor in a TV movie or mini - Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Life achievement - Mary Tyler Moore
Female actor in a drama series - Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Male actor in a drama series - Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Ensemble in a drama series - Boardwalk Empire
