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Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2004 at the 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Saturday, February 5, 2005 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
The honorees were selected by the active Guild membership nationwide.

James Garner was presented with Screen Actors Guild’s highest honor, the 41st Annual Life Achievement Award by Mel Gibson and Julie Andrews, following a filmed personal memoir.

Honored with individual awards were Cate Blanchett, Jamie Fox, Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank for performances in motion pictures and Glenn Close, Jennifer Garner, Teri Hatcher, Jerry Orbach, Geoffrey Rush and Tony Shalhoub for performances in television. Screen Actors Guild originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles. The Actor® for a motion picture cast performance went this year to “Sideways” and the Actors® for television drama and comedy ensemble performances went this year to “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “Desperate Housewives”.

Dennis Franz introduced “What Actors Do,” a cinematic tribute to the diverse work of Screen Actors Guild’s membership.

PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) hosted the Screen Actors Guild Post-Awards Gala for the ninth consecutive year. This exclusive event honors the philanthropic causes and good works of the members of the Screen Actors Guild. The gala, benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, immediately followed the SAG Awards on the backlot of the Shrine Exposition Center.

The complete list of recipients of the 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® follows.

1TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS®
ACTOR® RECIPIENTS

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jamie Foxx / RAY - Ray Charles Universal Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Hilary Swank / MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Maggie Warner Bros.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Morgan Freeman / MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Scrap Warner Bros.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett / THE AVIATOR - Katharine Hepburn Miramax Films

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
SIDEWAYS Fox Searchlight Pictures

Thomas Haden Church Jack
Paul Giamatti Miles
Virginia Madsen Maya
Sandra Oh Stephanie