The late Chadwick Boseman took home the SAG Award for best male actor in a lead role for his portrayal of Lavee Green in Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”.
His widow, Simone Ledward Boseman, accepted the honor on his behalf.
“Thank you, God. Thank you Leroy and Carolyn Boseman,” she said before thanking Ma Rainey’s castmates and filmmakers. “If you see the world unbalanced, be a crusader that pushes the seesaw of the mind strongly. This is a quote from Chadwick Boseman. Thank you, screen actors. Thank you, Chad.”
The drama was Boseman’s last performance after he died last August at the age of 43. He has already set a record for most SAG nominations – four – in a single year.
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The “Black Panther” star was also posthumously nominated for her supporting role in “Da 5 Bloods” and participated in nominations for both Spike Lee’s film and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”.
Chadwick Boseman as Levee in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”.
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Boseman has posthumously won the Golden Globe Award for Best Male Actor in a Leading Role and the Critics Choice Award. He was also posthumously nominated for an Oscar.
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It was at the SAG Awards, where Boseman made one of his most memorable speeches. At the 2019 guild awards, Boseman spoke on behalf of the cast of “Black Panther” when the film won the main award. “We all know what it’s like to hear that there’s no place for you to be introduced,” said Boseman at the time. “Still, you are young, talented and black.”
On Sunday night, Boseman’s co-star, Viola Davis, won the best actress award for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; Yuh-Jung Youn, best supporting actress in “Minari”; and Daniel Kaluuya, best supporting actor for “Judas and the Black Messiah”.
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In the television categories, the sets of “Schitt’s Creek” (for comedy series) and “The Crown” (for drama series) have extended their award streak. Other winners were Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”), Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”), Jason Bateman (“Ozark”) and Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True “).
The Associated Press contributed to this report.