"This contract is an enormous victory for working performers, and it marks the dawning of a new era for the industry. Getting to this point was truly a collective effort," union president Fran Drescher and national executive director Duncan Crabtree Ireland said in a joint statement.

The approval of the three-year contract was no certainty, with some prominent members voicing dissent on the deal for which the union leaders bargained.

LOS ANGELES - SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly approved the tentative deal that ended the 118-day strike against studios, the actors union announced Tuesday evening. The three-year agreement was approved 78.33%-21.67%. Turnout was 38.15%, according to the union.

The recently reelected leader of the union and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland were at the center of the talks with Netflix's Ted Sarandos, Disney's Bob Iger, NBCUniversal's Donna Langley and Warner Bros Discovery's David Zaslav.

Members of the SAG-AFTRA actors union approved a three-year contract with major studios on Tuesday, formally ending six months of Hollywood labor disputes that halted film and television production.

Hollywood actors overwhelmingly ratified a new, hard-fought deal with studios on Tuesday that paves the way for a rebound of an entertainment industry that had seen film and television production come to a halt during a months-long strike.