Actresses with the most SAG awards

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January 23, 2019
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Actresses with the most SAG awards

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards occupy a special place in the glamorous world of entertainment. It's a cozy family affair, with only a handful of awards dedicated solely to the craft of acting, presented to actors by actors and determined by votes cast by members of the Guild. The awards honor outstanding performances in film and television, recognizing individual triumphs and ensemble achievements.

Stacker has consulted the Screen Actors Guild database from Dec. 20, 2018, to determine the most honored actresses in the 24-year history of the awards. The recipients were ranked by the number of wins, with ties broken by the highest number of nominations. While the winners have won their statuettes through a wide variety of roles in both film and television, the list is dominated by cast members who have received multiple ensemble awards for their work on long-running, critically acclaimed television series — notably "Orange Is the New Black," "Downton Abbey," and "Modern Family."

Tune in Sunday, Jan. 27, to catch the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on TNT and TBS. In the meantime, scroll to the end of the list to see which funny lady holds the record for most individual awards in SAG history.

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#62. Catherine Zeta-Jones

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 3
TV wins: 0
Movie wins: 3

Catherine Zeta-Jones gave a riveting performance as trophy wife Helena Ayala in the 2001 film “Traffic,” and was awarded, along with her co-stars, a SAG win for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Two years later, Zeta-Jones doubled down on her previous win, picking up two more SAG awards for her turn as celebrity murderess Velma Kelly in the movie musical “Chicago,” including Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture as well Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

#40. Danielle Brooks (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Juilliard grad Danielle Brooks, who plays feisty inmate Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson in the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” has won three SAG awards—as have 20 of her castmates. For three consecutive years, the Screen Actors Guild awarded the prize for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series to the ladies of the Litchfield Correctional Facility.

#40. Jackie Cruz (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Jackie Cruz, aka goth girl Marisol “Flaca” Gonzalez on “Orange Is the New Black,” has picked up three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2015, 2016, and 2017. In addition to her acting career, Cruz is also an accomplished singer and activist.

#40. Lea Delaria (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Lea Delaria enjoyed a long career as a crooner and comedian before joining the cast of “Orange Is the New Black.” Her portrayal of butch inmate Big Boo on “Orange Is the New Black” helped catapult the cast to three SAG wins for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

#40. Kimiko Glenn (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Kimiko Glenn, along with her “Orange Is the New Black” co-stars, has earned three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Glenn plays student activist Brook Soso, an awkward and unlikely presence at the fictional women's prison. Her breakout performance on the Netflix series has propelled Glenn to even greater success, tackling new roles on Broadway and in film.

#40. Annie Golden (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Annie Golden might not have much to say as mute inmate Norma Romano on Netflix's long-running show “Orange Is the New Black,”  but her seasoned acting chops have earned her three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Originally, Golden auditioned for the role of Sister Ingalls, but showrunner Jenji Kohan immediately cast the actress as Norma—a role Kohan had only just imagined and had yet to put on paper.

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#40. Diane Guerrero (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Petite Diane Guerrero packs a big impact on “Orange Is the New Black,” as self-proclaimed style guru Maritza Ramos. Guerrero, like her castmates, has picked up three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In 2016, Guerrero penned a memoir about her parents' deportation to Colombia when she was just 14 years old.

#40. Vicky Jeudy (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Vicky Jeudy broke hearts on “Orange Is the New Black” as Janae Watson, a gifted student and track prodigy who falls in with a bad crowd. Jeudy, however, couldn't be more different from her character: Prior to her acting career, Jeudy was a regular on the pageant circuit.

#40. Selenis Leyva (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Selenis Levya was in the business 20 years before landing the role of devoted mom Gloria Mendoza on “Orange Is the New Black.” Her perseverance paid off. Like her castmates, Levy boasts three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

#40. Taryn Manning (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Taryn Manning's hardscrabble childhood prepared her well for the role of Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett on “Orange Is the New Black,” earning her three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Manning sparked some controversy on the red carpet at last year's SAG awards ceremony, unwittingly turning up for the big event in a $200 off-the-rack dress.

#40. Adrienne C. Moore (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

While playing a former TSA agent with sticky fingers, Adrienne C. Moore has won three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series on “Orange Is the New Black.” Prior to landing the role of Cindy, Moore had a background in theater and just three acting credits to her name.

#40. Kate Mulgrew (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Before taking on the role of mother hen Galina “Red” Reznikov on “Orange Is the New Black,” Kate Mulgrew was already known to audiences from her days as Captain Kathryn Janeway on the hit 1990s television series "Star Trek: Voyager." Mulgrew's extensive acting experience has earned the actress and her castmates three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

#40. Emma Myles (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

“Orange Is the New Black” actress Emma Myles portrays Leanne Taylor — a hard-partying Amish girl whose Rumspringa goes awry, landing her in Litchfield Correctional. Along with her castmates, Myles has won three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

#40. Jessica Pimentel (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Jessica Pimentel, who plays inmate Maria Ruiz on “Orange Is the New Black,” is a tough woman on and off the screen. When she's not collecting SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Pimentel also fronts the death metal band Alekhine's Gun.

#40. Dascha Polanco (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Dascha Polanco, who plays sensitive artist Dayanara Diaz, has had one of the most heart-wrenching storylines and dramatic character arcs on “Orange Is the New Black.” Inspired by her fellow Hunter College classmates pursuing careers in acting, Polanco ditched her nursing classes and switched her major to drama. The gamble paid off. Like her “Orange is the New Black” castmates, Polanco has won three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

#40. Elizabeth Rodriguez (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Elizabeth Rodriguez, who plays Aleida Diaz on “Orange Is the New Black,” has three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series to her name. A TV veteran, Rodriquez has also appeared in several other series, including “Fear The Walking Dead,” “Grimm,” and “Power.”

#40. Abigail Savage (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

If Abigail Savage hadn't landed the role of scrappy inmate Gina Murphy on Netflix's “Orange Is the New Black,” she would have had a successful career as a sound editor. Savage, who has won three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series, has also won a Golden Reel award for her accomplished work in sound engineering.

#40. Taylor Schilling (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Taylor Schilling helms the cast in the Netflix hit “Orange Is the New Black,” playing unlikely inmate Piper Chapman— a character based on Smith College grad Piper Kerman, whose bestselling memoir recounted her experiences in a women's prison on drug trafficking charges. Schilling has ushered her castmates to victory on three occasions, taking home the SAG award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

#40. Constance Shulman (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Prior to landing the role of “Yoga” Jones on “Orange Is the New Black,” Constance Shulman was best known for voicing the character of Patty Mayonnaise on the animated series “Doug.” Like her castmates, Shulman has won three SAG awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

#40. Dale Soules (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

50 years ago, Dale Soules rocked the counterculture as part of the original Broadway cast of “Hair.” After a long and accomplished career in theater, Soules joined the cast of “Orange Is the New Black” as survivalist inmate Frieda Berlin, winning the SAG award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
 

#40. Octavia Spencer (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 0
Movie wins: 3

Octavia Spencer's four SAG nominations and three wins are all for her work on the silver screen. Spencer and her co-stars in the 2012 film “The Help” won the SAG award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture, with Spencer also taking the prize for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as outspoken maid Minny Jackson. In 2017, the actress added another SAG award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture to her haul, for her  work in “Hidden Figures.” Co-star Taraji P. Henson accepted the prize on behalf of the cast, bringing Spencer and fellow costar Janelle Monae to tears.

#40. Yael Stone (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Australian actress Yael Stone rocks a Brooklyn accent for her role as hopeless romantic (and delusional stalker) Lorna Morello in “Orange Is the New Black.” For three consecutive years, the Screen Actors Guild awarded the cast of the Netflix series Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series honors. Stone showed up at this year's SAG awards ceremony pregnant with her first child, a baby girl named Pemau Stone Bancroft, born in May 2018.

#40. Samira Wiley (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 4
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Along with her costars from the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” Samira Wiley, as bookworm Poussey Washington, took home the SAG award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2015, 2016, and 2017. When the cast was nominated for the same honor again in 2018, Wiley was not among them (her character was murdered by a prison guard in the previous season).  Wiley, however, rebounded with the role of Moira in Hulu's “The Handmaid's Tale,” receiving a SAG nomination for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. While neither Wiley nor the women of Litchfield Prison won that year, Wiley did pick up an Emmy for her turn as Moira.

#31. Laura Carmichael (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 5
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Laura Carmichael plays star-crossed middle child Lady Edith Crawley on the beloved ITV/PBS period drama “Downton Abbey.” Along with her fellow castmates, Carmichael picked up three wins for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. Prior to landing the role of Lady Edith, Carmichael had very little acting experience and no television exposure.  A casting director who had seen her in drama school remembered her and contacted her to audition for the career-making role.

#31. Joanne Froggatt (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 5
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Joanne Froggatt, the likeable lady's maid Anna Bates on "Downton Abbey," joins her castmates with three wins for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. Since the end of "Downton," Froggatt has tackled a more modern role: a teacher embroiled in a psychological thriller in the New Zealand TV mini-series  “Liar.”

#31. Laura Innes (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 5
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

As no-nonsense Dr. Kerry Weaver on the long-running NBC medical drama “ER,” Laura Innes received five SAG nominations, with three wins for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. Innes' character walked with a pronounced limp, and consequently, Weaver developed serious back problems from the role.

#31. Queen Latifah (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 5
TV wins: 2
Movie wins: 1

Born Dana Elaine Owens, rapper-turned-actress Queen Latifah has garnered five SAG nominations and three wins during her varied career. In 2003, as prison matron Mama Morton in “Chicago,” she joined her costars in a win for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. Five years later, Latifah took top honors with the SAG award for Outstanding Female in a TV Movie or Miniseries for her portrayal of HIV-positive Ana Wallace in "Life Support," reprising the win in 2015 for her turn as American blues singer Bessie Smith in HBO's original movie, “Bessie.

#31. Phyllis Logan (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 5
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Phyllis Logan, as housekeeper Mrs. Hughes on the ITV/PBS smash period piece “Downton Abbey,” has won three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. Hughes, who hails from Scotland, had a long career in British television prior to "Downton."

#31. Elizabeth McGovern (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 5
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Elizabeth McGovern began her film career fresh out of Juilliard with prime roles in “Ordinary People” and “Ragtime.” Despite an illustrious film and television career spanning decades, McGovern had to beg producers for the role of Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham on “Downton Abbey.” All three of McGovern's SAG awards were a group effort: Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series.

#31. Sophie McShera (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 5
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Sophie McShera took her role as feisty kitchen maid Daisy Mason on ”Downton Abbey” seriously. So seriously, she rubbed grease in her hair and wore tattered clothes to get help her get into character. McShera's hard work paid off, earning her three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series.

#31. Lesley Nicol (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 5
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Lesley Nicol played down-to-earth cook Mrs. Patmore on the acclaimed series ITV/PBS period drama “Downton Abbey.” Nicol has three SAG wins under her belt, all for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. In real life, Nicol isn't known for her culinary skills—her husband is in charge of the cooking.

#31. Renée Zellweger (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 5
TV wins: 0
Movie wins: 3

2003 was a big year for Renée Zellweger. Despite having little to no singing or dancing experience prior to the movie musical “Chicago,” Zellweger scored the SAG prize for Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role for her turn as murderous moll Roxie Hart. Zellweger, along with her costars, also picked up the SAG award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. Zellweger followed up her “Chicago” success the next year with the SAG prize for Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her performance as hard-bitten country girl Ruby Thewes in the civil war drama “Cold Mountain.”

#24. Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 6
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

11-year-old Aubrey-Anderson Emmons has grown up on the set of “Modern Family,” playing Lily Tucker-Pritchett, the daughter of Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker, since she was just four years old. Emmons and her talented castmates have picked up six SAG nominations for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series during the show's run, taking home the prize in 2012, 2014, and 2015.

#24. Frances Conroy (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 6
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

As matriarch Ruth Fisher on the HBO drama series “Six Feet Under,” Frances Conroy won two SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series, and the prize for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series. Prior to “Six Feet Under,” Fisher had a long and distinguished career as both a stage and screen access.  She is also well-known for her more recent work in “American Horror Story.”

#24. Michelle Dockery (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 6
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Michelle Dockery, along with her “Downton Abbey” castmates, won three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. Dockery boasts one more SAG nomination than the other women of "Downton," scoring a nod in 2013 for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Lady Mary Crawley. Dockery's down-to-earth roots in the East End of London are a far cry from posh Lady Mary's ancestral estate.

#24. Teri Hatcher (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 6
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

As Susan Mayer Delfino on “Desperate Housewives,” Teri Hatcher has two Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series awards to her credit, as well as the coveted SAG prize for Outstanding Female in a Comedy Series. While the cast of “Desperate Housewives” is infamous for its infighting, Hatcher appears to be eager for a “Desperate Housewives” reunion.

#24. Sandra Oh (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 6
TV wins: 2
Movie wins: 1

Sandra Oh splits her six nominations and three wins between her work in film and television. As Dr. Cristina Yang on “Grey's Anatomy,” Oh won two SAG awards, for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series and Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series. The actress also won an ensemble award for her role as scorned sommelier Stephanie in the 2004 indie hit “Sideways.” At the 2008 SAG awards, Oh wore a gown inspired by the traditional Korean hanbok.

#24. Emma Stone (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 6
TV wins: 0
Movie wins: 3

At just 14 years old, Emma Stone convinced her parents to let her drop out of high school and move from Scottsdale, Arizona, to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. After getting her start in smart teen films such as “Easy A” and “Superbad,” Stone took home SAG awards for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture for her portrayal of college student Skeeter Phelan in “The Help” in 2012 and recovering addict Sam in “Birdman” in 2015.  In 2019, Stone was awarded the prize for Outstanding Female Actor in a Lead Role for her performance as aspiring actress Mia in “La La Land.”

#24. Penelope Wilton (tie)

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 6
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Penelope Wilton commands the small screen as Isobel Crawley on the ITV/PBS period drama “Downton Abbey.” Wilton has shared five nominations and three wins for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series with the Downton cast, but distinguishes herself with an additional Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture nomination for her work in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” in which she played discontented British expat Jane Ainslie.

#23. Alfre Woodard

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 7
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Alfre Woodard has received seven nominations for her work in film and television, winning three times for television roles. Woodard has two SAG awards for Outstanding Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries to her name. The first was for her performance as Nurse Evers Eunice in “Miss Evers' Boys,” the story of the 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. The second win was for her starring role in the Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation, “The Piano Lesson.” She also picked up a statue for her ensemble work in "Desperate Housewives."

#22. Christine Baranski

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 8
TV wins: 1
Movie wins: 2

Christine Baranski frequently stole the show on “Cybill” as Cybill Shepherd's martini-swigging, acid-tongued sidekick Maryann Thorpe, taking the SAG prize for Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 1996. Baranski has also shared the Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture award with her co-stars from “The Birdcage” and “Chicago.” Baranski's career continues to thrive, with plumb roles in “Mamma Mia,” “The Good Wife,” and “The Big Bang Theory.”

#21. Sarah Jessica Parker

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 9
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

Sarah Jessica Parker started her career as a child actress, notably in the Broadway musical “Annie.” Parker worked steadily in film and television, but really hit the big time when she landed the role of fashion-forward newspaper columnist Carrie Bradshaw on HBO's smash hit, “Sex and the City.” In 2001, the Screen Actors Guild recognized Parker with the award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series. In 2002 and 2004, Parker followed up that win with a nod to the show's cast, taking the prize for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

#20. Felicity Huffman

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 10
TV wins: 3
Movie wins: 0

As Lynnette Scavo, one of the lovely ladies of Wisteria Lane in “Desperate Housewives,” Felicity Huffman has won three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Huffman is married to actor William H. Macy, who is also a 12-time SAG nominee and four-time winner. The couple has been together for almost two decades.

#19. Kate Winslet

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 12
TV wins: 1
Movie wins: 2

British actress Kate Winslet has been nominated for a grand total of 12 SAG awards, with two film wins and one television prize. In 1995, Winslet hit the big time with director Ang Lee's adaptation of Jane Austen's “Sense and Sensibility,” scoring the award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her turn as Marianne Dashwood.  Winslet took the same prize home again in 2009, for her role as Hanna Schmitz in the post-WWII romance, “The Reader.” Winslet took her talents to the small screen in the 2012 HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce,” winning the SAG award for Outstanding Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for her portrayal of a devoted mother of an exceptionally ungrateful daughter.

#18. Cate Blanchett

Overall wins: 3
Total nominations: 14
TV wins: 0
Movie wins: 3

Australian actress Cate Blanchett has received a whopping 14 SAG nominations during the course of her illustrious film career and has taken home a prize on three occasions for three radically different performances. In 2004, Blanchett and her “Lord of the Rings” co-stars won the SAG award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. The following year, Blanchett followed up that win with the SAG prize for Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her turn as classic screen star Katharine Hepburn in “The Aviator.” In 2014, Blanchett scooped another prize, taking top honors for Outstanding Female in a Lead Role, for her performance as the eponymous heroine of director Woody Allen's film “Blue Jasmine.”

#17. Gloria Reuben

Overall wins: 4
Total nominations: 5
TV wins: 4
Movie wins: 0

As Nurse Jeanie Boulet, Canadian actress Gloria Reuben shared four consecutive SAG awards with her “ER” castmates for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. Reuben also has an impressive musical career as a backup singer for Tina Turner and as a solo artist.

#16. Kelly Macdonald

Overall wins: 4
Total nominations: 6
TV wins: 2
Movie wins: 2

Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald burst onto the scene in director Danny Boyle's edgy 1996 film “Trainspotting.” Since then, Macdonald has won two SAG awards for her film work, and another two for television performances. As the lady's maid with a tough exterior Mary Maceachran in the 2001 film “Gosford Park,” Macdonald collected an ensemble award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. Macdonald picked up the same award in 2008, for her role in “No Country for Old Men.” As the wife of a corrupt politician on HBO's “Boardwalk Empire,” Macdonald took home two SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series.

#15. Frances McDormand

Overall wins: 4
Total nominations: 7
TV wins: 1
Movie wins: 3

Coen Brothers' favorite Frances McDormand landed her first SAG award for Outstanding Female in a Lead Role for her breakout performance as pregnant Minnesota police officer Madge Gunderson in the 1997 indie film “Fargo.” As the eponymous Olive Kitteridge, McDormand won the SAG award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie in 2015.  In 2018, McDormand earned two SAG awards: one for Outstanding Female Lead in a Motion Picture, and one for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. Both were for her turn as a bereaved mother determined to find her daughter's killer in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri.” With two Oscars, two Emmys, and a Tony to her name, McDormand is one of a handful of performers to achieve the “Triple Crown of Acting.”

#13. Sarah Hyland (tie)

Overall wins: 4
Total nominations: 8
TV wins: 4
Movie wins: 0

Sarah Hyland plays eldest Dunphy daughter Haley on “Modern Family.” Together with her castmates, she's won four SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Hyland has accomplished this while battling kidney dysplasia, a congenital condition that has forced her to undergo two kidney transplants.

#13. Ariel Winter (tie)

Overall wins: 4
Total nominations: 8
TV wins: 4
Movie wins: 0

Ariel Winter, as Alex Dunphy on “Modern Family,” has grown up in front of the cameras. Like her television sibling Sarah Hyland, Winter has been nominated for eight SAG awards, taking home the prize for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series four times.

#12. Sofía Vergara

Overall wins: 4
Total nominations: 11
TV wins: 4
Movie wins: 0

Sofía Vergara, yet another “Modern Family” funny lady, has also won four SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Despite three nominations for Outstanding Female Lead in a Comedy Series for her performance as the effervescent Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, she has yet to take home the big prize. Vergara can cry all the way to the bank: Forbes magazine named Vergara as the highest paid television actress in 2018.

#11. Megan Mullally

Overall wins: 4
Total nominations: 12
TV wins: 4
Movie wins: 0

Megan Mullally, as Debra Messing's sassy socialite assistant Karen Walker on “Will and Grace,” has earned three SAG awards for Outstanding Female in a Comedy Series award and a fourth for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. With the recent reboot of the hit series, Karen Walker may just earn Mullally another SAG award.

#10. Julie Bowen

Overall wins: 4
Total nominations: 15
TV wins: 4
Movie wins: 0

Julie Bowen, as type-A Claire Dunphy, has also ridden the “Modern Family” train to success, having won four Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series awards. Bowen previously received nominations for her work in “Weeds” and “Boston Legal.” With the announcement of TV daughter Haley's pregnancy, Bowen's character is poised to become a grandma.

#6. Helen Mirren (tie)

Overall wins: 5
Total nominations: 13
TV wins: 2
Movie wins: 3

Born Ilynea Mironoff in 1945, Dame Helen Mirren has 61 films to her name and has won five SAG awards for her work on both the big and small screens. In 2002, she won two SAG awards for her portrayal of head housekeeper Mrs. Wilson in director Robert Altman's period piece whodunnit “Gosford Park.” Mirren won the SAG award for Outstanding Female in a Lead Role for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in “The Queen,” as well as the SAG award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for her performance in "Elizabeth I." As attorney Linda Kenney Baden in the HBO biopic “Phil Spector,” Mirren won the SAG prize for Best Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie.

#6. Maggie Smith (tie)

Overall wins: 5
Total nominations: 13
TV wins: 4
Movie wins: 1

Actor of stage and screen, Dame Maggie Smith has racked up 13 SAG nominations in her career, with four television and one motion picture win to her name. In 2002, she picked up an ensemble award for “Gosford Park.” Her portrayal of Constance, Countess of Trentham, foreshadowed her triumphant turn as the cutting Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, in "Downton Abbey," for which she won three ensemble awards and top honors for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series in 2014. Smith returns to the silver screen in 2019 in the upcoming “Downton Abbey” film.

#6. Uzo Aduba (tie)

Overall wins: 5
Total nominations: 8
TV wins: 5
Movie wins: 0

Classically trained singer and actress Uzo Aduba has distinguished herself from her many “Orange Is the New Black” costars by winning, in addition to three SAG awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series, two awards for Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2015 and 2016.

#6. Viola Davis (tie)

Overall wins: 5
Total nominations: 8
TV wins: 2
Movie wins: 3

Viola Davis took the SAG prize for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series in 2015 for her turn as law professor Annalise Keating in “How to Get Away with Murder.” Her first motion picture win came in 2012, when she shared an Outstanding Cast award for “The Help,” as well as the award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Lead Role for her portrayal of house maid Aibileen in 1950s Mississippi. Recently, Davis has voiced regret for taking the award-winning role, citing the marginalization of the black characters' voices in the narrative. Her most recent win was in 2017, when she received the SAG prize for Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role, for her work in the motion picture adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer prize-winning play "Fences."

#5. Tina Fey

Overall wins: 5
Total nominations: 14
TV wins: 5
Movie wins: 0

Showrunner Tina Fey was the driving force behind NBC's “30 Rock,” and she was appropriately rewarded for her turn as harried comedy producer Liz Lemon with 14 SAG nominations, including four wins for Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series and one Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series award. Fey hasn't ruled out rumors of a revival of the show, so perhaps there may be another SAG award for Liz Lemon in the future.  

#4. Edie Falco

Overall wins: 5
Total nominations: 22
TV wins: 5
Movie wins: 0

Edie Falco has received a staggering 22 SAG nominations, 20 of which were for her portrayal of long-suffering Mafia wife Carmela on the HBO drama “The Sopranos.” As Carmela, Falco won five SAG awards, for both Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series as well as Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. After the show “went black” in 2007, Falco took on the role of drug-addicted nurse Jackie Peyton. Although she was nominated twice for her hard-hitting performance, “Nurse Jackie” failed to take home the prize.

#3. Allison Janney

Overall wins: 7
Total nominations: 16
TV wins: 4
Movie wins: 3

Unlike many multiple SAG award winners who have earned statuettes for a long-running TV show, Allison Janney owes her nominations and wins to an exceptionally varied career. While four of her seven wins were for her portrayal of CJ Cregg in “The West Wing,” her remaining three SAG awards came from film roles. Janney has won two SAG awards for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture for “The Help” and “American Beauty,” as well as the 2018 prize for Outstanding Female Actor in a supporting role for her turn as figure skater Tonya Harding's tough mother in “I, Tonya.

#2. Julianna Margulies

Overall wins: 8
Total nominations: 19
TV wins: 8
Movie wins: 0

Another “ER” veteran, Julianna Margulies has collected three Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series awards for her portrayal of nurse Carol Hathaway, and two more for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. Margulies followed up her “ER” success with two more wins for Best Female Actor in a Drama series as Alicia Florrick in “The Good Wife.”

#1. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Overall wins: 9
Total nominations: 21
TV wins: 9
Movie wins: 0

Two career-defining roles skyrocketed Julia Louis-Dreyfus to the top of the SAG list, with more nominations and wins than any other female performer. Louis-Dreyfus has racked up a jaw-dropping 21 nominations and nine wins, including five Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series awards for “Seinfeld” and HBO's political satire “Veep.” In 2018, Louis-Dreyfus made SAG history, becoming the first actor—male or female—to win five individual television acting awards.

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