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70 SAG-AFTRA | Spring 2023 | sagaftra.org From left, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland; Sam Elliott (1883); and actor-director True Harlow Fisher-Duddy with her mom and SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer Joely Fisher. screenplays are so good that my hands shook the first time I read them. Projects with such deep and complicated characters that the process of understanding [and] owning them changed me. They opened and revealed parts of myself I would not have known otherwise," she said. "Thank you for this great honor from you, the people I most wanted respect from in my life: actors." SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher's speech to the audience highlighted her important union initiatives, including the start of the Green Council, the new benefit plan for Medicare-eligible members, and ongoing work with IMDb (see For Members for more). The annual SAG Awards ceremony is the largest fundraising effort for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. Each year, proceeds from the show go toward supporting the Foundation's many career and assistance programs for union members and their families. Longtime SAG Awards sponsor People magazine hosted the post-Screen Actors Guild Awards Gala, the awards' official afterparty ceremony. Both the YouTube broadcast and digital "For Your Consideration" screeners were available with audio description and closed captioning. The 30th awards ceremony will air exclusively on Netflix. CHRISTOPHER POLK/SHUTTERSTOCK MAARTEN DE BOER/SHUTTERSTOCK JOHN SCUILLI/SHUTTERSTOCK JOHN SALANGSANG/SHUTTERSTOCK The cast of The White Lotus