Actors Equity Awards

Actor's Equity Foundation has bestowed its annual awards for 2011. Deidre O'Connell and Reed Birney were given the Richard Seff award "for veteran character actors in supporting roles," according to the announcement in Variety. Tracee Chimo and Santino Fontana each won the Clarence Derwent Award for most promising performer. The awards will be bestowed on the four actors at the June 14th meeting of the Eastern Regional Board of the Actor's Equity Association.