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Nominations for the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Announced

January 5, 2006

Los Angeles, California - Nominations for the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2005 in five film and eight primetime television categories were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater.

Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg introduced Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) and Benjamin Bratt (E-Ring), who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors®.

Screen Actors Guild will honor its own at the 12th Annual SAG Awards™ ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center, simulcast live nationally on Turner Network Television (TNT) and TBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT, and 6 p.m. MT.

Of the top industry accolades presented to performers, only the Screen Actors Guild Awards® are selected purely by actors’ peers. Two randomly selected panels--one for television and one for film--each comprised of 2,100 SAG members from across the United States, chose this year’s Actor® nominees. The secret ballots were mailed Friday, Dec. 2, 2005, by Integrity Voting Systems, the Awards’ official teller. Voting was completed by noon Jan. 3, 2006.

Awards ballots will be mailed January 6, 2006. The entire active membership of the Guild across the country will vote on all acting categories. Votes must be received by Integrity Voting Systems by noon Friday, Jan. 27, where results will be tallied and sealed until they are opened by the presenters at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® ceremonies on Jan. 29.

The Screen Actors Guild Post-Awards Gala, benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, will be hosted for the tenth consecutive year by PEOPLE Magazine and by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF)

12TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

• Russell Crowe / CINDERELLA MAN – Jim Braddock (Universal Pictures)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman / CAPOTE – Truman Capote (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
• Heath Ledger / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Ennis Del Mar (Focus Features)
• Joaquin Phoenix / WALK THE LINE – John R. Cash (20th Century Fox)
• David Strathairn / GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. – Edward R. Murrow (Warner Independent Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• Judi Dench / MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS – Mrs. Laura Henderson (The Weinstein Company)
• Felicity Huffman / TRANSAMERICA – Bree (The Weinstein Company)
• Charlize Theron / NORTH COUNTRY – Josey Aimes (Warner Bros.)
• Reese Witherspoon / WALK THE LINE – June Carter (20th Century Fox)
• Ziyi Zhang / MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Sayuri (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

• Don Cheadle / CRASH – Graham (Lions Gate Films)
• George Clooney / SYRIANA – Bob Barnes (Warner Bros.)
• Matt Dillon / CRASH – Officer Ryan (Lions Gate Films)
• Paul Giamatti / CINDERELLA MAN – Joe Gould (Universal Pictures)
• Jake Gyllenhaal / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Jack Twist (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams / JUNEBUG – Ashley (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Catherine Keener / CAPOTE – Nelle Harper Lee (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
• Frances McDormand / NORTH COUNTRY – Glory (Warner Bros.)
• Rachel Weisz / THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Tessa Quayle (Focus Features)
• Michelle Williams / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Alma (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

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Nominations for Primetime Television were also announced. They can be found in the full press release.

Source: Screen Actors Guild Press Release