Last night, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films held the 44th Annual Saturn Awards in Los Angeles, and Star Trek: Discovery walked away from the evening with two wins to the series’ name following the show’s five nominations.
As a series, Discovery picked up a win as Best New Media Television Series — aka, best streaming series — from the 2018 nominees, beating out Netflix’s Altered Carbon, Black Mirror, Mindhunter, and Stranger Things, as well as Amazon’s Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams and Hulu’s The Handmaids’ Tale.
On hand to accept the award for the series were Discovery actors Mary Chieffo (L’Rell) and Ken Mitchell (Kol), as well as executive producer Heather Kadin (all pictured above).
In the acting categories, while fellow nominees Doug Jones and Jason Isaacs left empty-handed, Discovery series lead Sonequa Martin-Green took home the Best Actress in a Television Series trophy, accepting the prize via pre-taped video from the Discovery set in Toronto.
Martin-Green’s win beat out a group of extremely talented peers, including Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Caitriona Balfe (Outlander), Melissa Benoist (Supergirl), Lena Headey (Game of Thrones), Adrianne Palicki (The Orville), Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story), and Mary Elizabeth Windstead (Fargo).
As for some Star Trek-adjacent honorees:
- Makeup artist Joel Harlow (Star Trek ’09, Star Trek Beyond) won the Best Makeup award for his work on Marvel Studio’s Black Panther;
- Composer Michael Giacchino won Best Music for his score on Pixar’s Coco;
- One-time Voyager guest star Michael McKean (Better Call Saul) won Best Supporting Actor on Television;
- Patrick Stewart scored the Best Supporting Actor win for his role in 2016’s Logan;
- The Orville, staffed by many Trek veterans, won Best Science Fiction TV Series — note broadcast and streaming series were categorized separately, so Discovery was not a competitor in this category.
The next awards frontier for Star Trek: Discovery comes July 12, as the nominees for 2018’s Emmy Awards will be announced from Hollywood, where CBS is pushing hard for recognition for the freshman season.
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