GIPHYThe actors have spoken, and the award goes to... Frances McDormand!
The A-list star won at tonight's 2018 SAG Awards in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture category for her role inThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Fellow nominees included Judi Dench (Victoria & Abdul), Margot Robbie (I, Tonya), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), and Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird).
With a strut that was one part rushed to get to the podium but all parts confident and sassy, McDormand took the stage with a "couple things to say." (Never change, Frances. Never change.)
Touching on the importance of "representation" in the entertainment industry, the actress shared, "We, those tireless men and women who represent us truly, our desires, our dreams, our individual strengths and our ethical beliefs, to them, we owe a great deal. To mine, Frank, Brian, Simon: Full credit, gentlemen, full credit."
She then praised director Martin McDonagh for his work on the film: "And to serving the word, when Martin wrote Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri he did not sketch a blueprint. He didn't string together a few words. He wrote, meticulously crafted a tsunami and then allowed his troupe of actors to surf it into the shore. Thank you, Martin."
McDormand concluded, "I also want to say this is really great and I thank you. I come out of the woods every few years and you invite me to the party, but there is a lot of young ones coming up and they need doorstops, too. Let's think about that."
Congratulations to Frances, and check out the complete list of 2018 SAG Award winners, updating in real time, here.