Helen Mirren wins Screen Actors Guild Award 2002

Helen Mirren won a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her performance as Mrs. Wilson in Gosford Park at the 8th ceremony held March 10, 2002.  The movie won Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, which included Mirren, Charles Dance, Michael Gambon, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Clive Owen, and Maggie Smith.  

Sir Ian McKellan won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his work as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.  

Judi Dench was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Shipping News.

"Gosford Park" released 2002

Gosford Park, released January 18, 2002, is a star-studded murder mystery in the Agatha Christie style set in the 1930s.  It starred Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Derek Jacobi, Sir Michael Gambon, and Charles Dance.

It won an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Julian Fellowes.  It was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Art Direction, and Best Costume Design. Maggie Smith and Helen Mirren were both nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

It won a Golden Globe for Best Director for Robert Altman.  Julian Fellowes was nominated for Best Screenplay.  Maggie Smith and Helen Mirren were again nominated for Best Supporting Actress.