Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Penelope Cruz, Volver
• Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
• *Helen Mirren, The Queen
• Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet, Little Children

Best Supporting Actress

• Adriana Barraza, Babel
• Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
• *Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Children of Men
• *The Departed
• Little Children
• Notes on a Scandal

Best Original Screenplay

• Babel
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• *Little Miss Sunshine
• Pan's Labyrinth
• The Queen