The cast of the TV series "Modern Family" was also honored.
Octavia Spencer accepts the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role for "The Help" at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Deep South drama "The Help" has won three prizes at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, including best actress for Viola Davis and supporting actress for Octavia Spencer.
"The Help" also claimed the guild's ensemble award, the show's equivalent of a best-picture prize.
Davis and Spencer won Sunday as black maids going public with uneasy truths about their white employers in 1960s Mississippi.
Jean Dujardin won the lead-actor honor for "The Artist" as a silent-film superstar whose career crumbles when the sound era arrives. Christopher Plummer won for supporting actor as an elderly dad who comes out as gay in "Beginners"
A complete list of winners at Sunday's 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:
MOVIES
Actor: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Actress: Viola Davis, "The Help"
Supporting actor: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners."
Supporting actress: Octavia Spencer, "The Help."
Cast: "The Help"
Stunt ensemble: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2."
TELEVISION
Actor in a movie or miniseries: Paul Giamatti, "Too Big to Fail."
Actress in a movie or miniseries: Kate Winslet, "Mildred Pierce."
Actor in a drama series: Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"
Actress in a drama series: Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story"
Actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock."
Actress in a comedy series: Betty White, "Hot in Cleveland."
Drama series cast: "Boardwalk Empire"
Comedy series cast: "Modern Family."
Stunt ensemble: "Game of Thrones."
Life Achievement: Mary Tyler Moore