What makes the Screen Actors Guild awards different from all the dozens and dozens of others we have to sort through now, is that it’s actors awarding other actors. It’s an interesting way to find out what real thespians think of the year’s performances. There’s no award for Best Movie or Best Director. Just acting.

This years SAG awards were handed out tonight, and there weren’t really any surprises. Apparently, actors think exactly the same things about 2006 that everyone else does. Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, and Forest Whitaker cleaned up the movie awrds. Helen Mirren, Jeremy irons, and America Ferrera took the TV ones again. Not an exciting bunch of winners folks.

Here’s the full list of SAG winners in movies and television:

MOVIES:

Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Eddie Murphy / DREAMGIRLS – James “Thunder” Early Paramount Pictures

Life Achievement Award - Julie Andrews

Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Jennifer Hudson / DREAMGIRLS – Effie White - Paramount Pictures

Male Actor in a Leading Role - Forest Whitaker / THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND – Idi Amin - Fox Searchlight Pictures

Female Actor in a Leading Role - Helen Mirren / THE QUEEN – The Queen - Miramax Films

Cast of a Motion Picture – Little Miss Sunshine -

TELEVISION

Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries - Helen Mirren / ELIZABETH I – Elizabeth I - HBO

Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries - Jeremy Irons / ELIZABETH I – Earl of Leicester - HBO

Female Actor in a Drama Series - Chandra Wilson / GREY’S ANATOMY – Dr. Miranda Bailey - ABC

Male Actor in a Drama Series - Hugh Laurie / HOUSE – Dr. Gregory House - FOX

Ensemble in a Drama Series - GREY’S ANATOMY - ABC Justin Chambers - Alex Karev Eric Dane - Mark Sloan Patrick Dempsey - Derek Shepherd Katherine Heigl - Isobel “Izzie” Stevens T.R. Knight - George O’Malley Sandra Oh - Cristina Yang James Pickens, Jr. - Richard Webber Ellen Pompeo - Meredith Grey Sara Ramirez - Callie Torres Kate Walsh - Addison Montgomery Shepherd Isaiah Washington - Preston Burke Chandra Wilson - Miranda Bailey

Female Actor in a Comedy Series - America Ferrera / UGLY BETTY – Betty Suarez - ABC

Male Actor in a Comedy Series - Alec Baldwin / 30 ROCK – Jack Donaghy - NBC

Ensemble in a Comedy Series - THE OFFICE - NBC Leslie David Baker - Stanley Hudson Brian Baumgartner - Kevin Malone Steve Carell - Michael Scott David Denman - Roy Anderson Jenna Fischer - Pam Beesly Kate Flannery - Meredith Palmer Melora Hardin - Jan Levinson Mindy Kaling - Kelly Kapoor Angela Kinsey - Angela Martin John Krasinski - Jim Halpert Paul Lieberstein - Toby Flenderson B.J. Novak - Ryan Howard Oscar Nunez - Oscar Martinez Phyllis Smith - Phyllis Lapin Rainn Wilson - Dwight Schrute