Claire Foy wins big for her role in The Crown at the SAG Awards 2017

Claire Foy was among the winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards as she picked up another gong for playing the young Queen in The Crown.

The British star, 32, won the prize for outstanding performance by an actress in a TV drama series.

It follows her win at the Golden Globes earlier this month. Her co-star John Lithgow, who plays Winston Churchill in the Netflix series, was overlooked at the Globes but won best actor at last night’s SAG awards.

However The Crown was beaten to the ensemble cast prize by fellow Netflix show Stranger Things.

The sci-fi programme, set in the Eighties, stars Winona Ryder and a young cast led by British star Millie Bobby Brown.

Downton Abbey, which ended in December 2015, also missed out on the prize, its final chance for a SAG award.

At the ceremony in Los Angeles, Foy paid tribute to another co-star, Matt Smith, who played Prince Philip.

“Thank you for making this job a joy and making me laugh,” she said. It was one of the few acceptance speeches that did not criticise Donald Trump.

In the battle for best actor, Denzel Washington, star of Fences, beat Manchester By The Sea’s Casey Affleck. Emma Stone was named best actress for La La Land.

The cast of Hidden Figures were the surprise winners of the best ensemble prize, beating Manchester By The Sea and Moonlight after La La Land missed out on a nomination.

Viola Davis won best supporting actress for her performance opposite Washington in Fences, while Mahershala Ali was named best supporting actor for his role in coming-of-age drama Moonlight.

Bryan Cranston won the award for best actor in a limited series or TV movie for his portrayal of former US president Lyndon B Johnson in HBO film All The Way.

Dolly Parton presented her co-star from Nine To Five, Lily Tomlin, with the SAG Life Achievement Award.

She told the audience: “Don’t be anxious about missing an opportunity. Behind every failure is an opportunity someone wishes they had missed.”