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Barbra Streisand<\/a> celebrated another milestone in her legendary career on Saturday, receiving the Life Achievement Award at the <\/span>30th Screen Actors Guild Awards<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The 81-year-old iconic actress, director and performer was presented with her award by <\/span>Jennifer Aniston<\/a>, who praised Streisand as an inspiration and an icon.<\/span><\/p>\n “Barbra, that’s all you have to say and you know,” Aniston said.\u00a0“That face, that voice, that talent.”<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Friends <\/span><\/em>actress honored the <\/span>Funny Girl<\/span><\/i>\u00a0lead for her impact on not only film, television and the stage, but the changes she has helped make in the world as an activist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Barbra did not just pave the way for us women, she bulldozed it,” Aniston said Saturday night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In a surprise move, <\/span>Bradley Cooper<\/a> — another actor-turned-director like Streisand — also joined in on the celebration, discussing how his own career has been impacted by Streisand. Cooper directed the remake of <\/span>A Star Is Born<\/span><\/em>, the movie Streisand starred in earlier on in her career.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “As an actor, Barbra is so completely natural,” Cooper said.\u00a0“She never just sings a song, she tells a story.”<\/span><\/p>\n Finally, Streisand then took the stage to accept the award, choking back tears from behind a podium as she received a nearly two-minute standing ovation from the crowd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “This is such a wonderful award to get because you know in advance you’re going to get it,” she joked. “If you don’t get it, you have to put on such a happy face.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Thank you SAG-AFTRA, I’m very proud to be a member for over 60 years, I can’t quite believe it,” Streisand added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It’s been an impressive career so far for Streisand, who released her long-awaited memoir,\u00a0<\/span>My Name Is Barbra<\/em><\/a>, on Nov. 7, sharing her story in her own words. The legendary entertainer is one of only a handful of stars who can claim EGOT status, having won an Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar and a Tony throughout her six decades in the spotlight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Funny Girl <\/span><\/em>star is the 21st woman to win SAG’s Life Achievement Award since the union handed out the first to Eddie Cantor in 1962.<\/span><\/p>\n She celebrated the achievement in an Instagram post in December, writing, “I’m so honored to be chosen to receive this prestigious award.”<\/span><\/p>\n “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 later added in a statement. “The movies were a portal to a world I could only imagine. 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.”<\/span><\/p>\n The notoriously private performer opened up about the honor in an interview with the <\/span>L.A. Times<\/em><\/a> this week — admitting that she agreed to attend this year’s SAG Awards because she knew she was already a winner — and shared the moment she knew she had to become an actress.<\/span><\/p>\n “It was when I first saw Marlon Brando when I was 13. I had to become an actress, there was no turning back,” she recalled. “Acting has to be a passion that you can\u2019t ignore. It\u2019s like a calling. If it’s just a simple decision like between one career and another, forget it. You have to be strong enough to take the kind of rejection actors get.”<\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0<\/span>2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards<\/a>\u00a0is on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 5 p.m. PT\/8 p.m. ET and is\u00a0<\/span>streaming live on Netflix<\/a>\u00a0from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Follow along at\u00a0<\/span>ETonline.com<\/a>\u00a0for full coverage from the awards show, including red carpet arrivals,\u00a0<\/span>the complete winners list\u00a0<\/a>and more.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n