Best Actor in a Leading Role.1. Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland in Cast Away
2. Russell Crowe as Maximus in Gladiator
3. Jamie Bell as Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot
4. Geoffrey Rush as the Marquis de Sade in Quills
5. Mark Ruffalo as Terry Prescott in You Can Count on Me
6. George Clooney as Everett in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
7. Javier Bardem as Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls
8. Tony Leung as Chow Mo-wan in In the Mood for Love
9. Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho
10. Ed Harris as Jackson Pollock in Pollock
Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1. Björk as Selma Jezkova in Dancer in the Dark
2. Ellen Burstyn as Sara Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream
3. Laura Linney as Sam Prescott in You Can Count on Me
4. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich
5. Michelle Yeoh as Yu Shu Lien in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
6. Maggie Cheung as Su Li-zhen in In the Mood for Love
7. Joan Allen as Laine Henson in The Contender
8. Sandra Bullock as Gracie Hart in Miss Congeniality
9. Juliette Binoche as Vianne in Chocolat
10. Renée Zellweger as Betty Sizemore in Nurse Betty
Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
1. Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus in Gladiator
2. Benicio del Toro as Javier Rodriguez in Traffic
3. Albert Finney as Ed Masry in Erin Brockovich
4. Emilio Echevarría as El Chivo in Amores perros
5. Oliver Reed as Proximo in Gladiator
6. Billy Crudup as Russell Hammond in Almost Famous
7. Jeff Bridges as President Jackson Evans in The Contender
8. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in Almost Famous
9. Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire
10. Tim Blake Nelson as Delmar in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1. Frances McDormand as Elaine Miller in Almost Famous
2. Kate Hudson as Penny Lane in Almost Famous
3. Jennifer Connelly as Marion Silver in Requiem for a Dream
4. Marcia Gay Harden as Lee Krasner in Pollock
5. Parker Posey as Meg Swan in Best in Show
6. Julie Walters as Mrs. Wilkinson in Billy Elliot
7. Regina Hall as Brenda Meeks in Scary Movie
8. Catherine Deneuve as Kathy in Dancer in the Dark
9. Ziyi Zhang as Jen Yu in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10. (tie) Connie Nielsen as Lucilla in Gladiator
10. (tie) Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helena Ayala in Traffic
Best Actor in a Leading Role.1. Russell Crowe as John Nash in A Beautiful Mind
2. Tom Wilkinson as Matt Fowler in In the Bedroom
3. Gene Hackman as Royal Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums
4. Ewan McGregor as Christian in Moulin Rouge!
5. John Cameron Mitchell as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
6. Guy Pearce as Leonard in Memento
7. (tie) Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko in Donnie Darko
7. (tie) Denzel Washington as Det. Alonzo Harris in Training Day
9. Haley Joel Osment as David in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
10. (tie) Sean Penn as Sam Dawson in I am Sam
10. (tie) Billy Bob Thornton as Hank Grotowski in Monster's Ball
Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1. Naomi Watts as Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn in Mulholland Dr.
2. Nicole Kidman as Satine in Moulin Rouge!
3. Sissy Spacek as Ruth Fowler in In the Bedroom
4. Audrey Tautou as Amélie Poulain in Amélie
5. Halle Berry as Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball
6. Nicole Kidman as Grace Stewart in The Others
7. Judi Dench as Iris Murdoch in Iris
8. Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones' Diary
9. Isabelle Huppert as Erika Kohut in The Piano Teacher
10. Thora Birch as Enid in Ghost World
Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
1. Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Steve Buscemi as Seymour in Ghost World
3. Jim Broadbent as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge!
4. Jim Broadbent as John Bayley in Iris
5. Ben Kingsley as Don Logan in Sexy Beast
6. Jude Law as Gigolo Joe in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
7. Ed Harris as Parcher in A Beautiful Mind
8. Luke Wilson as Richie Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums
9. (tie) Hayden Christensen as Sam Monroe in Life as a House
9. (tie) Heath Ledger as Sonny Grotowski in Monster's Ball
Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1. Jennifer Connelly as Alicia Nash in A Beautiful Mind
2. Marisa Tomei as Natalie Strout in In the Bedroom
3. Maggie Smith as Constance Trentham in Gosford Park
4. Gwyneth Paltrow as Margot Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Helen Mirren as Mrs. Wilson in Gosford Park
6. Laura Elena Harring as Rita in Mulholland Dr.
7. Kate Winslet as Young Iris Murdoch in Iris
8. Maribel Verdú as Luisa Cortés in Y tu mamá también
9. Frances O'Connor as Monica Swinton in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
10. Cameron Diaz as Julie Gianni in Vanilla Sky
2002
Best Actor in a Leading Role.
1. Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist
2. Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman in Adaptation.
3. Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in Gangs of New York
4. Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt in About Schmidt
5. Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can
6. Robin Williams as Seymour Parrish in One Hour Photo
7. Adam Sandler as Barry Egan in Punch-Drunk Love
8. Michael Caine as Thomas Fowler in The Quiet American
9. Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan in Road to Perdition
10. Edward Norton as Monty Brogan in 25th Hour
Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1. Julianne Moore as Cathy Whitaker in Far From Heaven
2. Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in The Hours
3. Renée Zellweger as Roxie Hart in Chicago
4. Oksana Akinshina as Lilja in Lilja 4-Ever
5. Julianne Moore as Laura Brown in The Hours
6. Meryl Streep as Clarissa Vaughan in The Hours
7. Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lee Holloway in Secretary
8. Diane Lane as Connie Sumner in Unfaithful
9. Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo in Frida
10. (tie) Jodie Foster as Meg Altman in Panic Room
10. (tie) Jennifer Aniston as Justine Last in The Good Girl
Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
1. Chris Cooper as John Laroche in Adaptation.
2. Paul Newman as John Rooney in Road to Perdition
3. Dennis Quaid as Frank Whitaker in Far From Heaven
4. Ed Harris as Richard Brown in The Hours
5. Christopher Walken as Frank Abagnale in Catch Me If You Can
6. John C. Reilly as Amos Hart in Chicago
7. Andy Serkis as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
8. Dennis Haysbert as Raymond Deagan in Far From Heaven
9. Artyom Bogucharsky as Volodya in Lilja 4-Ever
10. Jude Law as Harlen Maguire in Road to Perdition
Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1. Meryl Streep as Susan Orlean in Adaptation.
2. Catherine Zeta-Jones as Velma Kelly in Chicago
3. Emily Watson as Lena Leonard in Punch-Drunk Love
4. Queen Latifah as Matron Mama Morton in Chicago
5. Samantha Morton as Agatha in Minority Report
6. Michelle Pfeiffer as Ingrid Magnussen in White Oleander
7. Kathy Bates as Roberta Hertzel in About Schmidt
8. Toni Collette as Kitty in The Hours
9. Toni Collette as Fiona in About a Boy
10. Miranda Richardson as Yvonne/Mrs. Cleg in Spider
2003
Best Actor in a Leading Role.
1. Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2. Bill Murray as Bob Harris in Lost in Translation
3. Ben Kingsley as Behrani in House of Sand and Fog
4. Sean Penn as Jimmy Markum in Mystic River
5. Jude Law as Inman in Cold Mountain
6. Sean Penn as Paul Rivers in 21 Grams
7. Nicolas Cage as Roy Waller in Matchstick Men
8. Rémy Girard as Rémy in The Barbarian Invasions
9. Peter Dinklage as Finbar McBride in The Station Agent
10. Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar in American Splendor
Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1. Charlize Theron as Aileen in Monster
2. Naomi Watts as Cristina Peck in 21 Grams
3. Scarlett Johansson as Charlotte in Lost in Translation
4. Toni Collette as Sandy Edwards in Japanese Story
5. Uma Thurman as The Bride in Kill Bill Vol. 1
6. Evan Rachel Wood as Tracy Freeland in Thirteen
7. Jennifer Connelly as Kathy in House of Sand and Fog
8. Nicole Kidman as Grace Margaret Mulligan in Dogville
9. Samantha Morton as Sarah in In America
10. Keisha Castle-Hughes as Peikea in Whale Rider
Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
1. Ken Watanabe as Katsumoto in The Last Samurai
2. Tim Robbins as Dave Boyle in Mystic River
3. Benicio del Toro as Jack Jordan in 21 Grams
4. Albert Finney as Ed Bloom, Senior in Big Fish
5. Bill Nighy as Billy Mack in Love Actually
6. Sean Astin as Sam in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
7. Peter Sarsgaard as Chuck Lane in Shattered Glass
8. Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
9. Paul Bettany as Dr. Stephen Maturin in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
10. Djimon Hounsou as Mateo in In America
Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1. Holly Hunter as Melanie Freeland in Thirteen
2. Shohreh Aghdashloo as Nadi in House of Sand and Fog
3. Marcia Gay Harden as Celeste Boyle in Mystic River
4. Renée Zellweger as Ruby Thewes in Cold Mountain
5. Patricia Clarkson as Joy Burns in Pieces of April
6. Christina Ricci as Selby in Monster
7. Marie-Josée Croze as Nathalie in The Barbarian Invasions
8. Emma Thompson as Karen in Love Actually
9. Jessica Lange as Sandra Bloom, Senior in Big Fish
10. (tie) Laura Linney as Sarah in Love Actually
10. (tie) Alison Lohman as Angela in Matchstick Men
2004
Best Actor in a Leading Role.
1. Paul Giamatti as Miles in Sideways
2. Don Cheadle as Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda
3. Jim Carrey as Joel Barrish in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Javier Bardem as Ramón Sampedro in The Sea Inside
5. Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in The Aviator
6. Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler in Downfall
7. Johnny Depp as James Matthew Barrie in Finding Neverland
8. Clint Eastwood as Frankie Dunn in Million Dollar Baby
9. Gael García Bernal as Ángel/Juan/Zahara in Bad Education
10. James Caviezel as Jesus in The Passion of the Christ
Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1. Kate Winslet as Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Imelda Staunton as Vera in Vera Drake
3. Hilary Swank as Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby
4. Uma Thurman as The Bride in Kill Bill: Vol. 2
5. Abbie Cornish as Heidi in Somersault
6. Catalina Sandino Moreno as María Álvarez in Maria Full of Grace
7. Nicole Kidman as Anna in Birth
8. Bryce Dallas Howard as Ivy Walker in The Village
9. Julie Delpy as Celine in Before Sunset
10. Rachel McAdams as Allie Hamilton in The Notebook
Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
1. Thomas Haden Church as Jack in Sideways
2. Clive Owen as Larry in Closer
3. Morgan Freeman as Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris in Million Dollar Baby
4. David Carradine as Bill in Kill Bill: Vol. 2
5. Mark Wahlberg as Tommy Corn in I Heart Huckabees
6. Rodrigo De la Serna as Alberto Granado in The Motorcycle Diaries
7. (tie) Phil Davis as Stan in Vera Drake
7. (tie) Peter Sarsgaard as Clyde Martin in Kinsey
9. Freddie Highmore as Peter Llewelyn Davies in Finding Neverland
10. (tie) James Garner as Duke in The Notebook
10. (tie) Josh Peck as George Tooney in Mean Creek
Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1. Virginia Madsen as Maya in Sideways
2. Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator
3. Natalie Portman as Alice in Closer
4. Rachel McAdams as Regina George in Mean Girls
5. Sophie Okonedo as Tatiana Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda
6. Laura Linney as Clara McMillen in Kinsey
7. Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver in Kill Bill: Vol. 2
8. Carly Schroeder as Millie in Mean Creek
9. (tie) Julie Christie as Emma du Maurier in Finding Neverland
9. (tie) Natalie Portman as Sam in Garden State
9. (tie) Kate Winslet as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies in Finding Neverland
2005
Best Actor in a Leading Role.
1. Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in Capote
3. Joaquin Phoenix as John R. Cash in Walk the Line
4. Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle in The Constant Gardener
5. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Neil in Mysterious Skin
6. David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck.
7. Russell Crowe as Jim Braddock in Cinderella Man
8. Jeff Daniels as Bernard Berkman in The Squid and the Whale
9. Cillian Murphy as Patrick 'Kitten' Braden in Breakfast on Pluto
10. Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Chris Wilton in Match Point
Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1. Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice
2. Reese Witherspoon as June Carter in Walk the Line
3. Felicity Huffman as Bree in Transamerica
4. Joan Allen as Terry Ann Wolfmeyer in The Upside of Anger
5. Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow in King Kong
6. Laura Linney as Joan Berkman in The Squid and the Whale
7. Q'Orianka Kilcher as Pocahontas in The New World
8. Charlize Theron as Josey Aimes in North Country
9. Gwyneth Paltrow as Catherine in Proof
10. Toni Collette as Rose in In Her Shoes
Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
1. Matt Dillon as Officer John Ryan in Crash
2. Clifton Collins Jr. as Perry Smith in Capote
3. Paul Giamatti as Joe Gould in Cinderella Man
4. Jake Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain
5. Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet in Pride & Prejudice
6. William Hurt as Richie Cusack in A History of Violence
7. Jesse Eisenberg as Walt Berkman in The Squid and the Whale
8. Terrence Howard as Cameron Thayer in Crash
9. (tie) George Clooney as Bob Barnes in Syriana
9. (tie) Mickey Rourke as Marv in Sin City
Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1. Amy Adams as Ashley Johnsten in Junebug
2. Michelle Williams as Alma in Brokeback Mountain
3. Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener
4. Maria Bello as Edie Stall in A History of Violence
5. Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennet in Pride & Prejudice
6. Catherine Keener as Nelle Harper Lee in Capote
7. Thandie Newton as Christine Thayer in Crash
8. Anne Hathaway as Lureen Newsome in Brokeback Mountain
9. Scarlett Johansson as Nola Rice in Match Point
10. Renée Zellweger as Mae Braddock in Cinderella Man
2006
Best Actor in a Leading Role.
1. Ryan Gosling as Dan Dunne in Half Nelson
2. Leonardo DiCaprio as Billy Costigan in The Departed
3. Peter O'Toole as Maurice in Venus
4. Ulrich Mühe as Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler in The Lives of Others
5. Clive Owen as Theo Faren in Children of Men
6. Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland
7. James McAvoy as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan in The Last King of Scotland
8. Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer in Blood Diamond
9. Hugh Jackman as Tommy Creo/Tomas in The Fountain
10. Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat in Borat
Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1. Helen Mirren as The Queen in The Queen
2. Penélope Cruz as Raimunda in Volver
3. Judi Dench as Barbara Covett in Notes on a Scandal
4. Maggie Gyllenhaal as Sherry Swanson in Sherrybaby
5. Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada
6. Kate Winslet as Sarah Pierce in Little Children
7. Abbie Cornish as Candy in Candy
8. Naomi Watts as Kitty Fane in The Painted Veil
9. Rachel Weisz as Izzy Creo/Isabel in The Fountain
10. Carice van Houten as Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries in Black Book
Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
1. Steve Carell as Frank Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine
2. Jackie Earle Haley as Ronnie J. McGorvey in Little Children
3. Sergi López as Vidal in Pan's Labyrinth
4. Michael Sheen as Tony Blair in The Queen
5. Greg Kinnear as Richard Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine
6. Eddie Murphy as James 'Thunder' Early in Dreamgirls
7. Jack Nicholson as Frank Sullivan in The Departed
8. Stanley Tucci as Nigel in The Devil Wears Prada
9. Mark Wahlberg as Staff Sgt. Dignam in The Departed
10. Alan Arkin as Grandpa Edwin Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine
Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1. Adriana Barraza as Amelia in Babel
2. Jennifer Hudson as Effie White in Dreamgirls
3. Emily Blunt as Emily Chalton in The Devil Wears Prada
4. Rinko Kikuchi as Chieko Wataya in Babel
5. Abigail Breslin as Olive Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine
6. Emma Thompson as Karen Eiffel in Stranger Than Fiction
7. (tie) Cate Blanchett as Sheba Hart in Notes on a Scandal
7. (tie) Toni Collette as Sheryl Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine
9. Maggie Gyllenhaal as Ana Pascal in Stranger Than Fiction
10. Maribel Verdú as Mercedes in Pan's Labyrinth
2007
Best Actor in a Leading Role.
1. Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood
2. Casey Affleck as Robert Ford in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
3. Viggo Mortensen as Nikolai in Eastern Promises
4. Gordon Pinsent as Grant Anderson in Away from Her
5. Brad Pitt as Jesse James in The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. Emile Hirsch as Chris McCandless in Into the Wild
7. George Clooney as Michael Clayton in Michael Clayton
8. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Jon Savage in The Savages
9. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Andy Hanson in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
10. (tie) Benicio del Toro as Jerry Sunborne in Things We Lost in the Fire
10. (tie) Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom in Lars and the Real Girl
Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1. Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf in La vie en Rose
2. Laura Linney as Wendy Savage in The Savages
3. Anamaria Marinca as Otilia in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
4. Ellen Page as Juno MacGuff in Juno
5. Julie Christie as Fiona Anderson in Away from Her
6. Amy Adams as Giselle in Enchanted
7. Belén Rueda as Laura in The Orphanage
8. Jodie Foster as Erica Bain in The Brave One
9. Keri Russell as Jenna Hunterson in Waitress
10. Markéta Irglová as Girl in Once
Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
1. Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men
2. Hal Holbrook as Ron Franz in Into the Wild
3. Tommy Lee Jones as Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men
4. Tom Wilkinson as Arthur Edens in Michael Clayton
5. Max von Sydow as Papinou in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
6. Albert Finney as Charles Hanson in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
7. Robert Downey Jr. as Paul Avery in Zodiac
8. Stephen Graham as Combo in This is England
9. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Gust Avrakotos in Charlie Wilson's War
10. Paul Dano as Paul Sunday/Eli Sunday in There Will Be Blood
Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1. Amy Ryan as Helene McCready in Gone Baby Gone
2. Tilda Swinton as Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton
3. Cate Blanchett as Jude in I'm Not There.
4. Vanessa Redgrave as Older Briony in Atonement
5. Catherine Keener as Jan Burres in Into the Wild
6. Saoirse Ronan as Briony Tallis - Age 13 in Atonement
7. Kelly Macdonald as Carla Jean Moss in No Country for Old Men
8. Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
9. Samantha Morton as Debbie Curtis in Control
10. Marie-Josée Croze as Henriette Roi in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2008
Best Actor in a Leading Role.
1. Mickey Rourke as Randy in The Wrestler
2. Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk
3. Richard Jenkins as Prof. Walter Vale in The Visitor
4. Frank Langella as Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon
5. Colin Farrell as Ray in In Bruges
6. Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Wheeler in Revolutionary Road
7. Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands in Hunger
8. Brendan Gleeson as Ken in In Bruges
9. Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in Iron Man
10. Clint Eastwood as Walk Kowalski in Gran Torino
Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1. Sally Hawkins as Poppy in Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Anne Hathaway as Kym in Rachel Getting Married
3. Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz in The Reader
4. Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins in Changeling
5. Kate Winslet as April Wheeler in Revolutionary Road
6. Kristin Scott Thomas as Juliette Fontaine in I've Loved You So Long
7. Maria Heiskanen as Maria Larsson in Everlasting Moments
8. Melissa Leo as Ray Eddy in Frozen River
9. Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier in Doubt
10. Rebecca Hall as Vicky in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
1. Heath Ledger as Joker in The Dark Knight
2. Eddie Marsan as Scott in Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder
4. Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight
5. Ralph Fiennes as Harry Waters in In Bruges
6. (tie) Josh Brolin as Dan White in Milk
6. (tie) Ralph Fiennes as Michael Berg in The Reader
8. Jason Butler Harner as Gordon Northcott in Changeling
9. Michael Shannon as John Givings in Revolutionary Road
10. Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones in Milk
Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1. Marisa Tomei as Cassidy in The Wrestler
2. Penélope Cruz as Maria Elena in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
3. Amy Adams as Sister James in Doubt
4. Viola Davis as Mrs. Miller in Doubt
5. Hiam Abbass as Mouna Khalil in The Visitor
6. Rosemarie DeWitt as Rachel in Rachel Getting Married
7. Samantha Morton as Hazel in Synecdoche, New York
8. Tilda Swinton as Elizabeth Abbott in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
9. Evan Rachel Wood as Stephanie in The Wrestler
10. Taraji P. Henson as Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009
Best Actor in a Leading Role.
1. Colin Firth as Prof. George Falconer in A Single Man
2. Jeremy Renner as Sergeant William James in The Hurt Locker
3. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom Hansen in (500) Days of Summer
4. Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake in Crazy Heart
5. George Clooney as Ryan Bingham in Up in the Air
6. Michael Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik in A Serious Man
7. Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell in Moon
8. (tie) Viggo Mortensen as Man in The Road
8. (tie) Max Records as Max in Where the Wild Things Are
10. Sharlto Copley as Wikus Van De Merwe in District 9
Best Actress in a Leading Role.
1. Carey Mulligan as Jenny in An Education
2. Gabourey Sidibe as Precious in Precious
3. Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne in Bright Star
4. Meryl Streep as Julia Child in Julie & Julia
5. Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon in The Lovely Bones
6. Helen Mirren as Sofya Tolstoy in The Last Station
7. Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side
8. Shohreh Aghdashloo as Zahra in The Stoning of Soraya M.
9. Maya Rudolph as Verona De Tessant in Away We Go
10. Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria
Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
1. Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds
2. Woody Harrelson as Cpt. Tony Stone in The Messenger
3. Anthony Mackie as Sergeant JT Sanborn in The Hurt Locker
4. Alfred Molina as Jack in An Education
5. Stanley Tucci as George Harvey in The Lovely Bones
6. Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker in In the Loop
7. Nicholas Hoult as Kenny Porter in A Single Man
8. Christian McKay as Orson Welles in Me and Orson Welles
9. Guillermo Francella as Pablo Sandoval in The Secret in Their Eyes
10. Michael Fassbender as Lt. Archie Hicox in Inglourious Basterds
Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
1. Mo'Nique as Mary in Precious
2. Vera Farmiga as Alex Goran in Up in the Air
3. Anna Kendrick as Natalie Keener in Up in the Air
4. Samantha Morton as Olivia Pitterson in The Messenger
5. Marion Cotillard as Luisa Contini in Nine
6. Mélanie Laurent as Shoshanna Dreyfus in Inglourious Basterds
7. Diane Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark in Inglourious Basterds
8. Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jean Craddock in Crazy Heart
9. Soledad Villamil as Irene Menéndez Hastings in The Secret in Their Eyes
10. (tie) Penélope Cruz as Carla in Nine
10. (tie) Marion Cotillard as Billie Frechette in Public Enemies
