United Kingdom, Feb. 24 -- 'Conclave' scooped the coveted Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture accolade at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday (23.02.25).

The religious drama beat off competition from 'A Complete Unknown', 'Anora', 'Emilia Perez', and 'Wicked' to take the night's top prize, with Ralph Fiennes speaking on behalf of the cast to thank their "genius" director Edward Berger and producer Tessa Ross.

He said on stage at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium: "I've not been elected to speak, I've been designated to speak on behalf of our 'Conclave' ensemble. We're missing the wonderful Stanley Tucci and Brian O'Byrne, and many, many others of our great cast, Thomas Loibl and Lucian Msamati.

"This is down t...