Colin Farrell among the winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

Colin Farrell picked up the best actor in a TV movie or limited series gong for 'The Penguin,' in which he plays the DC Comics villain of the same name, while the female prize in the category was snagged by Yorkshire-born Jessica Gunning for playing stalker Martha Scott in dark Netflix drama 'Baby Reindeer'.

Demi Moore picked up the leading actress award for body horror 'The Substance' and Timothee Chalamet secured the leading actor prize for Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown' at the 31st annual awards ceremony held at the Shrine Auditorium Expo Hall in Los Angeles.

During her acceptance speech Moore, who plays a TV fitness instructor who turns to a miracle drug after being sacked from her job, reflected on her membership of the acting organisation from the age of 15, saying it “changed my life because it gave me meaning”.

She added: “It gave me purpose. It gave direction. I was a kid on my own who had no blueprint for life. I knew nothing about acting, but I watched and I listened and I learned from all of you.

“You have all been my greatest teachers. I am so grateful that I have continued over these so many years to be able to try and sometimes succeed and sometimes fail, but to be able to keep going.” 

'Dune' and 'Wonka' actor Chalamet said that the “truth is I’m really in pursuit of greatness”, and he did not want to “downplay the effort that went into this role and how much this means to me”, after he spent five years working to portray a young Dylan.

“I poured everything I had into playing this incomparable artist Mr Bob Dylan, a true American hero,” he added.

“And it was the honour of a lifetime playing him.” Netflix, which broadcast the event, said Chalamet has become the “youngest best male actor in a leading role winner in SAG Awards history” — Hollywood star Nicolas Cage was 32 when he won for romance drama Leaving Las Vegas in 1996.

Fronted by British actor Ralph Fiennes, the cast of 'Conclave' took to the stage at the event along with Italian actress Isabella Rossellini, who has a stand-out role as a fierce nun in the Edward Berger-directed Vatican drama.

Earlier in the evening, introducing the film, Rossellini said “we would like to wish Pope Francis a quick recovery” following news that the pontiff remained in a “critical condition” with early kidney failure on Sunday.

On stage, accepting the award with the cast, Fiennes hailed Berger and producer Tessa Ross after saying: “I’ve not been elected to speak. I’ve been designated to speak on behalf of our conclave, our ensemble.”

The supporting categories went to favourites Kieran Culkin for 'A Real Pain' — about mismatched cousins who tour Poland in honour of their grandmother — and Zoe Saldana for playing a lawyer who helps a Mexican drug boss change gender in Netflix’s 'Emilia Perez'.

Japanese historical drama 'Shogun' continued its run of awards success, with acting awards won by Hiroyuki Sanada, and Anna Sawai, along with best stunt ensemble and outstanding performance by an acting ensemble in a drama prizes.

Other winners included the cast from 'Only Murders In The Building', which includes Hollywood stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, and is about a trio who start a podcast about true crime in their apartment flats.

The ceremony, which was hosted by 'Nobody Wants This' star Kristen Bell, also saw Barbarella actress Jane Fonda, 87, pick up the guild’s lifetime achievement award.

Musical 'Wicked', which stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, had five nominations but won nothing.

Other titles such as Anora and The Brutalist also missed out in the acting categories, despite wins so far at the Golden Globes, Baftas and Critics Choice Awards.