15th SAG Awards: 2009 SAG winners / SAG Awards winners

Looking for the 2009 SAG winners / SAG Awards winners this year? Who among the Golden Globe winners announced a few weeks ago will score a second win going into the homestretch of the 2009 awards season? Will Slumdog Millionaire win again, or will The Curious Case of Benjamin Button score this time? And what about Kate Winslet, will she score another double solidifying her chances for a first Oscar award in less than three weeks? Well, we'll find out the answers to these questions when the 2009 SAG Awards winners / 15th SAG winners are announced in a few hours time.

Going into the final weeks of the 2009 awards season, and with the Oscar voting in progress, the results of the 2009 SAG Awards holds great significance for all of the nominees. The SAG has become a good barometer of the Oscars as it is similarly peer voting, though on a smaller scale as it only involves the actors' branch of the Academy. SAG winners usually go on to win in the Oscars though there are some exceptions. Still, it will be a good gauge of Academy voters' sentiments.

Slumdog Millionaire is riding high on the crest of previous victories from different awards organizations. It will be interesting to see if the Actors Guild will honor the film's cast with a SAG. If it does, the award will be sweet for the actors in the film who have not been so lucky with nominations of their own in the Oscars and Golden Globes.

Another eagerly anticipated result is the nomination of Heath Ledger. He has been honored by a win in the Golden Globes and a nomination in the oScars. A win at the 2009 SAG Awards will definitely boost his chances of picking up that posthumous Academy Award - the first since Peter Finch won for "Network" in the seventies. My bet is that Heath will win. His fellow actors recognize his talent and his loss, and will definitely give him this last honor he so deserves.

Can't wait for the results. The list of nominees below will be updated as the 2009 SAG winners / 15th SAG Awards winners are revealed.

15th SAG Awards Nominations / 2009 SAG Nominees

(The winners' names will be highlighted after they are announced)

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn, "Milk"
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
Kate Winslet, "Revolutionary Road"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Kate Winslet, "The Reader"


Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
"Doubt"
"Milk"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"


TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House M.D."
William Shatner, "Boston Legal"
James Spader, "Boston Legal"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters"
Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: SVU"
Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
David Duchovny, "Californication"
Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"
Tony Shalhoub, "Monk"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"
Tracy Ullman, "Tracy Ullman's State of the Union"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
"Boston Legal"
"The Closer"
"Mad Men"
"House"
"Dexter"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
"30 Rock"
"Desperate Housewives"
"Entourage"
"The Office"
"Weeds"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Tom Wilkinson, "John Adams"
Ralph Fiennes, "Bernard and Doris"
Paul Giamatti, "John Adams"
Kiefer Sutherland, "24: Redemption"
Kevin Spacey, "Recount"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Laura Dern, "Recount"
Laura Linney, "John Adams"
Shirley MacLaine, "Coco Chanel"
Phylicia Rashad, "A Raisin in the Sun"
Susan Sarandon, "Bernard and Doris"