The star-studded 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Award, celebrating acting achievements in film and TV over the past year, saw dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri scoop the top prize on Sunday.

Frances McDormand was named best actress for playing an angry mother in the Fox Searchlight film and Britain's Gary Oldman won best actor for playing wartime leader Winston Churchill in Focus Features Darkest Hour.

Having also won at the Golden Globes victory, Oldman will now be a favourite for the Academy Awards success.

He beat out competition from his "old sparring partner" Denzel Washington and fellow Briton Daniel Kaluuya.

The Crown's Vanessa Kirby (
Image:
Getty Images North America)

"I am honestly and truly thrilled and overjoyed to be in this room tonight," Oldman said.

"I'm so deeply, deeply honoured and proud to receive this magnificent award, god bless you all."

Allison Janney won for her supporting actress role as a demanding mother in independent ice-skating movie I, Tonya, while Sam Rockwell was named best supporting actor for his performance as a dim-witted police officer in Three Billboards.

Morgan Freeman accepts the Life Achievement Award (
Image:
REUTERS)

Nicole Kidman, 50, won for playing a battered wife in HBO's female-centric TV series Big Little Lies.

"How wonderful that our careers today can go beyond 40 years old. Twenty years ago we were pretty washed up by this stage in our lives. This is not the case now," Kidman said.

And Claire Foy won actress in a drama series for her portrayal of the Queen in The Crown - though the actress wasn't there to collect her award.

James Franco was in attendance after skipping the Critics' Choice Awards (
Image:
Getty Images North America)

James Franco, a best actor nominee for The Disaster Artist, did show up after missing the recent Critics' Choice Awards but skipped the red carpet.

The actor has been keeping a low profile since describing allegations of sexual impropriety against him by five women two weeks ago as "not accurate."

Thelma and Louise reunite on the red carpet (
Image:
REUTERS)

The star-studded SAG ceremony took place after two days of marches by hundreds of thousands of women throughout the United States.

Host Kristen Bell said women were having a "watershed moment" as she kicked off the two-hour awards show, which was marked by speeches about female empowerment in the face of a sexual misconduct scandal that has swept Hollywood.

Halle Berry stuns on the red carpet in her crystal-encrusted dress (
Image:
REUTERS)

The organisers announced an all-woman line-up to present the awards, including Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o, who accused Weinstein of harassment, and Olivia Munn, one of the actresses to accuse director Brett Ratner of sexual misconduct, which he denied.

The annual ceremony is seen as a good indicator for the Oscars because actors are the largest group in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, judges of the Academy Awards.

The Stranger Things cast pose on the red carpet (
Image:
REUTERS)
Inside the glittering ceremony (
Image:
REUTERS)

The full winners list:

FILM

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Dame Judi Dench - Victoria & Abdul

Sally Hawkins - The Shape Of Water

Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - WINNER

Margot Robbie - I, Tonya

Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Timothee Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name

James Franco - The Disaster Artist

Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out

Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour - WINNER

Denzel Washington - Roman J Israel, Esq.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Mary J Blige - Mudbound

Hong Chau - Downsizing

Holly Hunter - The Big Sick

Allison Janney- I, Tonya - WINNER

Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Steve Carell - Battle Of The Sexes

Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project

Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Richard Jenkins - The Shape Of Water

Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - WINNER

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

The Big Sick

Get Out

Lady Bird

Mudbound

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - WINNER

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Baby Driver

Dunkirk

Logan

War For The Planet Of The Apes

Wonder Woman - WINNER

TV

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

Laura Dern - Big Little Lies

Nicole Kidman - Big Little Lies - WINNER

Jessica Lange - Feud: Bette And Joan

Susan Sarandon - Feud: Bette And Joan

Reese Witherspoon - Big Little Lies

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock: The Lying Detective

Jeff Daniels - Godless

Robert De Niro - The Wizard Of Lies

Geoffrey Rush - Genius

Alexander Skarsgard - Big Little Lies - WINNER

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things

Claire Foy - The Crown - WINNER

Laura Linney - Ozark

Elisabeth Moss - The Handmaid's Tale

Robin Wright - House Of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman - Ozark

Sterling K. Brown - This Is Us - WINNER

Peter Dinklage - Game Of Thrones

David Harbour - Stranger Things

Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Uzo Aduba - Orange Is The New Black

Alison Brie - Glow

Jane Fonda - Grace And Frankie

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep - WINNER

Lily Tomlin - Grace And Frankie

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson - Black-ish

Aziz Ansari - Master Of None

Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm

Sean Hayes - Will & Grace

William H Macy - Shameless - WINNER

Marc Maron - Glow

Video Loading

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

The Crown

Game Of Thrones

The Handmaid's Tale

Stranger Things

This Is Us - WINNER

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Black-ish

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Glow

Orange Is The New Black

Veep - WINNER

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

Game Of Thrones - WINNER

Glow

Homeland

Stranger Things

The Walking Dead

Life Achievement Award

Morgan Freeman