Barbra Streisand Gives Peak Babs in Beret and Glittering Gold Sequins at 2024 SAG Awards

Barbra Streisand was timeless at the 2024 SAG Awards where she received the Life Achievement Award from the guild.

The singer and actress, 81, glittered in a gold top and skirt combo layered under an open black jacket with complementary gold floral embroidery at the collar.

Streisand topped the look with a black beret with matching sparkle stitching and slipped on black leather gloves.

The Funny Girl star stepped on stage to accept the SAG Life Achievement Award, which is awarded to those who exhibit the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” according to a press release.

Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper, the star of 2018's A Star Is Born (Streisand starred in the 1976 version), took the stage to introduce the film icon, where Aniston revealed that she and Streisand once shared a kiss at midnight on New Year's Eve.

The EGOT winner was met with a standing ovation when she hit the stage, followed by emotional responses from several audience members, including Anne Hathaway, Emma Stone and later, Joey King, all of whom had teary eyes.

After joking that this is the best award to get "because you know in advance you're going to get it," Streisand began her sentimental acceptance speech, "Thank you SAG-AFTRA. I'm very proud to be a member for over 60 years. I can't quite believe it."

Streisand — who also made headlines after publishing her revealing memoir, My Name Is Barbra, in November 2023 — became the 59th recipient of the Life Achievement Award, joining the likes of Robert De Niro, Debbie Reynolds and, most recently, Sally Field.

In a release about the honor, the guild also called the EGOT honoree "one of the greatest entertainers of all time.”

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“Ever since I was a young girl sitting in the Loew’s Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, I dreamed of being one of those actresses I saw on the screen," Streisand said in a statement.

"The movies were a portal to a world I could only imagine,” she continued. “Even though I was an unlikely candidate, somehow my dream came true. This award is especially meaningful to me because it comes from my fellow actors, whom I so admire."

The guild’s president, The Nanny star Fran Drescher, also called Streisand "an icon and unparalleled talent, a force of nature who has seamlessly woven her brilliance through the fabric of our industry" in a December statement.

The 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles and aired live on Netflix on Saturday. Awards were presented to the best individual and cast performances on film and television, voted on by fellow actors.