The Best Beauty Moments From The 2025 SAG Awards – Essence

A figure coined “The Actor”  holds both a mask of comedy and tragedy—at least, as depicted in the 13 bronze trophies at tonight’s 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Held at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, the SAG Awards is the only awards show exclusively honoring the achievements of actors, celebrating the most compelling film and television performances in the past year. 

The night, however, began on the red carpet. Emilia Pérez’s Zoe Saldaña—who won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Supporting Role—arrived in a ballerina bun with a pale pink lip and smoked out eye. Just as classic, Danielle Deadwyler from The Piano Lesson fixed her micro-braids into a French twist with curled mini bangs and orange-toned eyeshadows. Meanwhile, Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo kept on her manicure from last night’s NAACP Image Awards, but switched into a silver, glitter eye look. 

Keke Palmer channeled Jessica Rabbit in a red lipstick and ginger bob, a color she first debuted during New York Fashion Week. Pixie cuts on Abbott Elementary’s Quinta Brunson and Janelle James continued the short hair trend, while light pink lipstick on Adjoa Andoh and Kerry Washington predicts spring’s favorite hue. To close the carpet, Sheryl Lee Ralph’s blush-lifted cheekbones drew tones from her berry lips, as the juiciest look of the night.

Below, take a look at the best beauty from this year’s SAG Awards.

Zoe Saldana

Danielle Deadwyler

Cynthia Erivo

Keke Palmer

Quinta Brunson

Liza Colón-Zayas

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Nana Mensah

Adjoa Andoh

Kerry Washington

Aisha Dee

Janelle James

Mychal-Bella Bowman