SAG Awards will have all female presenters

The 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards are kicking off over in LA, with E! hosts Giuliana Rancic and Renee Bargh just arriving on the red carpet.

This year is set to be a very special event with the prestigious gongs given out by women only, in wake of the Time's Up and #MeToo movement sweeping Hollywood.

Actresses Halle Berry, Patricia Arquette, Olivia Munn, Niecy Nash, Lupita Nyong'o, and Emma Stone are all taking the stage to announce winners in a powerful statement about female equality in the industry.

Kristen Bell is also set to be the first ever MC, making tonight's show sure to go down in history.

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Kathy Connell, an executive producer of show, explained the reasoning behind the epic decision to The Hollywood Reporter last December, saying it was "a unifying salute to women who have been very brave in speaking up" about sexual misconduct in recent months.

SAG's President Gabrielle Carteris also told the publication that now was the time "for all of us to come together and really move forward and create this cultural shift we're looking for."

"That's the real truth, and the awards can be a platform [for that] or not," she continued. "The time is now — you feel the energy behind it and people are ready. I would like to see us create from that energy."

This isn't the first awards show this season that has been dedicated to fronting change in the industry, with the 2018 Golden Globes transforming the red carpet into a sea of black as a silent protest against sexual assault and gender in-equality.

Aussies who have been nominated at the SAGs Include Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush and Margot Robbie.

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