Sean Penn won best supporting male actor for his performance in “One Battle After Another” and Catherine O’Hara won a posthumous award at the 32nd Actor Awards.
In the ceremony, streaming live Sunday on Netflix from the Shine Auditorium on Los Angeles, O’Hara won best female actor in a comedy series for her performance as a movie executive in the showbiz satire “The Studio.” O’Hara died at the age of 71 on Jan. 30 from a blood clot in the lungs. At the Shine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the crowd stood in a standing ovation for O’Hara after she was announced as the winner.
Seth Rogen, co-creator of “The Studio,” accepted the award on her behalf. He recalled a passionate collaborator who would, the night before a scene, invariably send a polite email with suggested rewrites. Rogen said O’Hara “showed that you could be a genius and you could be kind.”
“If you have people in your lives who don’t know her work,” Rogen said, “show them O’Hara dancing to Harry Belafonte in ‘Beetlejuice,’ show them O’Hara hurting her knee in ‘Best in Show’ and doing that amazing thing where she hobbles around, and tell the people as they are laughing that that’s Catherine O’Hara and we were lucky that we got to live in a world where she so generously shared her talents with us.”
Seth Rogen accepts the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series for “The Studio” on behalf of Catherine O’Hara during the 32nd Annual Actor Awards. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Seth Rogen accepts the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series for “The Studio” on behalf of Catherine O’Hara during the 32nd Annual Actor Awards. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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With two weeks to go until the Academy Awards, the 32nd Actor Awards on Sunday are the final pre-Oscars showdown for “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners.”
The Actor Awards are one of the most closely watched Oscar precursors. Actors make up the largest slice of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the guild’s choices often align.
Best supporting actor has been a tough category to predict, but Penn looks like the front-runner after winning last week at the BAFTAs and again at the Actor Awards. Penn didn’t attend Sunday’s awards.
The ceremony, presented by the actors guild SAG-AFTRA, are streaming live on Netflix. Kristen Bell, returning as host, kicked off the show on a light, song-and-dance note despite the war in Iran and entertainment industry upheaval.
The Actor Awards were the biggest Hollywood bash since Paramount reached an agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $111 billion. The merger, which awaits regulatory approval, sent shock waves through Hollywood. Netflix chief executive Ted Sarandos, whose company lost out to Paramount competing bid, walked the red carpet in jeans.
Before the ceremony began, the award for best stunt ensemble went to a Paramount release: “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.” Among the TV awards, “The Studio” won for comedy series and “The Pitt” won for drama series. Individual winners included Keri Russell (“The Diplomat”), Rogen (“The Studio”), Michelle Williams (“Dying for Sex”), Owen Cooper (“Adolescence”) and Noah Wyle (“The Pitt”).
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” came in the heavy favorite, having won at the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, the Directors Guild Awards and at Saturday’s Producers Guild Awards. The film comes in with a record seven nominations and is seen as the most likely winner of the night’s top award, best ensemble.
The four other nominees for best ensemble are: “Sinners,” “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme” and “Frankenstein.” If Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” upsets “One Battle After Another” on Sunday night, it would add a late dose of unpredictability to Oscars.
Harrison Ford was honored with the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award, presented with warm sarcasm by Woody Harrelson. The 83-year-old actor said he was humbled.
“I’m in a room with actors, many of whom are here because they’ve been nominated to receive a prize for their amazing work, while I’m here to receive a prize for being alive,” said Ford, who called it “the half point” of his career.
Harrison Ford poses in the press room with the lifetime achievement award during the 32nd Annual Actor Awards on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Harrison Ford poses in the press room with the lifetime achievement award during the 32nd Annual Actor Awards on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Ford teared up for much of his speech, reflecting on a career that he noted was “not an overnight success.” He called the award “very encouraging.”
“I’m indeed a lucky guy,” said Ford. “Lucky to have found my people. Lucky to have work that challenges me. Lucky to still be doing it.”