The actor, who recently received her first Oscar nomination for best supporting actress, also reflected on the wider significance of the win backstage.

“It’s an honour to be seen, it’s an honour to be an Afro-Latina, an openly queer woman of colour, a dancer, a singer and an actor,” she told the media. “It’s indicative of me that I will not be the last and that’s the important part. Whatever firsts are attached to my name are immensely special to me but focused on if I’m the first of anything then I will not be the last.”

One of the most moving moments of the night came when Helen Mirren picked up the SAG Life Achievement award, introduced by her Collateral Beauty co-star Kate Winslet on video and Cate Blanchett in person.

While introducing Mirren, Winslet, who also won best female actor in a limited series or TV movie for Mare Of Easttown, celebrated her immense range.

“Her acting power is immeasurable and magnetic,” Winslet said. “From attorneys, assassins, detectives and spies, monarchs and wives, her performances give us real human beings, unvarnished, untethered.”

All the standout moments from the 2022 SAG awards, from Kate Winslet’s tribute to Helen Mirren to Marlee Martin’s celebration of deaf culture