If you're looking for diversity in an awards show, the SAG Awards 2016 is one of the best places you could go.

Viola Davis / Credit: Getty Images

Viola Davis / Credit: Getty Images

Amongst the winners were Britain's Dowton Abbey, Netflix's Orange is the New Black and How To Get Away With Murder actress Viola Davis, with Jeffrey Tambor, Idris Elba and Kevin Spacey also picking up accolades.

See below for the full list of television results from the night:

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

  • Downton Abbey
  • Game of Thrones
  • Homeland
  • House of Cards
  • Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

  • Orange is the New Black
  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Key & Peele
  • Modern Family
  • Transparent
  • Veep

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

  • Kevin Spacey - House of Cards
  • Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
  • Jon Hamm - Mad Men
  • Rami Malek - Mr. Robot
  • Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

  • Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder
  • Claire Danes - Homeland
  • Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
  • Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
  • Robin Wright - House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent
  • Ty Burrell - Modern Family
  • Louis CK - Louie
  • William H. Macy - Shameless
  • Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black
  • Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
  • Ellie Kemper - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
  • Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

  • Idris Elba - Luther
  • Ben Kingsley - Tut
  • Ray Liotta - Texas Rising
  • Bill Murray - A Very Murray Christmas
  • Mark Rylance - Wolf Hall

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

  • Queen Latifah - Bessie
  • Nicole Kidman - Grace of Monaco
  • Christina Ricci - The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
  • Susan Sarandon - The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
  • Kristen Wiig - The Spoils Before Dying

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