Jessica Chastain Wins Big at SAG Awards for Series George and Tammy

Jessica Chastain won big at the Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role in Showtime’s George & Tammy. 

The Eyes of Tammy Faye actress took home the SAG award for best female actor in a television movie or series for her role as a country singer, Tammy Wynette.

Chastain beat out fellow nominees Emily Blunt (The English), Julia Garner (Inventing Anna), Niecy Nash-Betts (Dahmer — Monster The Jeffrey Dahmer Story), and Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout).

She was visibly shocked when her name was called by Paul Mescal (Normal People) and Zendaya (Spider-Man: No Way Home). As she made her way to the stage, she also stunned in her hot pink taffeta dress from Zuhair Murad’s collection.

After thanking the SAG awards board, Chastain reminisced about the time she got to work with Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2). He told her college classmates “frustrating stories about auditions and he encouraged us to keep going even when we felt like no one was watching us.”

Chastain continues, “I’m telling this story now because it reminds me of how powerful our mind is and that we are what our thoughts create. So I just wanna tell everyone who might be struggling at home, to all the actors that I get to meet: Keep going. You’re one job away. I look forward to working with you. I’ll see you on set. I love you.”

Every once in awhile I think about what Philip Seymour Hoffman would be creating and I get very very sad. pic.twitter.com/LIcPrB1kRi

— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) January 17, 2020

The actress’s role in the George & Tammy series chronicled the relationship between country music legends Tammy Wynette and George Jones (Michael Shannon). Chastain had kind words for her co-star, expressing, “Michael Shannon is one of our greatest working actors,” and noted that their work together was “a dream collaboration from day one, and I wouldn’t have gotten to day two without his support.”

Congratulations to Jessica Chastain on her SAG award. George & Tammy is available to stream on Showtime. Fans can watch her acceptance speech below.