JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer
Supporting acting awards went to Idris Elba and Alicia Vikander at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" repeated for best ensemble in a television comedy series.
Amid continuing uproar over diversity in Academy Award nominees, early SAG Awards winners offered a stark antidote to the rancor that has characterized Hollywood's awards season. Accepting the ensemble award for "Orange Is the New Black," co-star Laura Pepron gestured to the cast of the prison comedy standing behind her.
"Look at this stage," said Pepron at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. "This is what we talk about when we talk about diversity."
Elba, who was notably overlooked in Oscar nominations, won best supporting actor for another Netflix product: Cary Fukunaga's child soldier drama "Beasts of No Nation."
"Ted something, from Netflix -- whatever your name is," said Elba, referring to Netflix's head of content Ted Sarandos. "Well done for your belief, bro."
Elba made no direct reference to the crisis that has swept through Hollywood in the last two weeks -- which might have been far less severe had he been nominated by the Academy Awards, as many expected. Elba won again shortly later for best actor in a miniseries for the BBC's "Luther."
Queen Latifah, however, gave one of the evening's most stirring speeches while accepting the award for most outstanding female performance in a TV movie or miniseries for "Bessie."
"I hope that anyone out there who does not come in the package that people say you should, keep fighting for it," said Latifah.
"Flip those rocks over. Keep pushing, keep turning, you can do it. You build your own boxes, not people. So knock that thing away and do you!" she added.
Uzo Aduba, accepting her second straight SAG Award for best actress in a comedy in "Orange Is the New Black," didn't address the topic straight on. But she praised creator Jenji Kohan for making "a show that reflects and represents so many people."
She addressed actors watching at home, urging them to "keep plugging."
"No matter if anyone tells you get out of that line you're waiting in, stay in line," said Aduba. "You have the chance. It is yours."
Vikander, the breakout star of 2015, won for best supporting actress for her performance in "The Danish Girl," cementing her as the Oscar favorite. The Swedish actress remembered, as a girl, watching her mother perform in plays.
"I learned then and I know still that acting is not in a bubble, that magic only happens between acting companions," said Vikander, who then thanked her co-star Eddie Redmayne.
Best actor in a TV comedy went to Jeffery Tambor for the acclaimed Amazon series "Transparent."
The great comedian Carol Burnett is to accept the SAG lifetime achievement award from presenters Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
AP's Sandy Cohen in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
