Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006
The 19th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 28, 2006 honored the best in film for 2006.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
- Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
- Peter O'Toole – Venus
- Will Smith – ''The Pursuit of Happyness''
Best Actress
Helen Mirren – The Queen- Penélope Cruz – Volver
- Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
- Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby
- Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
- Kate Winslet – ''Little Children''
Best Cinematography
Children of Men – Emmanuel LubezkiBabel – Rodrigo PrietoThe Departed – Michael BallhausThe Fountain – Matthew LibatiqueLetters from Iwo Jima – Tom SternBest Director
Martin Scorsese – The Departed- Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
- Stephen Frears – The Queen
- Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel
- Paul Greengrass – ''United 93''
Best Documentary Film
An Inconvenient TruthDeliver Us from EvilJesus CampShut Up & Sing- ''Wordplay''
Best Film
The DepartedBabelLittle Miss SunshineThe Queen- ''United 93''
Best Foreign Language Film
Letters from Iwo Jima, United StatesApocalypto, United StatesPan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno), Mexico/Spain/United StatesTsotsi, South AfricaVolver, SpainBest Original Score
The Fountain – Clint MansellBabel – Gustavo SantaolallaLetters from Iwo Jima – Kyle Eastwood and Michael StevensNotes on a Scandal – Philip GlassThe Queen – Alexandre DesplatBest Screenplay – Adapted
The Departed – William MonahanLittle Children – Todd Field and Tom PerrottaNotes on a Scandal – Patrick MarberA Prairie Home Companion – Garrison KeillorThank You for Smoking – Jason ReitmanBest Screenplay – Original
The Queen – Peter MorganBabel – Guillermo ArriagaLetters from Iwo Jima – Iris YamashitaLittle Miss Sunshine – Michael ArndtUnited 93 – Paul GreengrassBest Supporting Actor
Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children- Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland
- Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
- Jack Nicholson – The Departed
- Brad Pitt – Babel
- Michael Sheen – ''The Queen''
Best Supporting Actress
Rinko Kikuchi – Babel- Adriana Barraza – Babel
- Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
- Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
- Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine
- Jennifer Hudson – ''Dreamgirls''
Most Promising Performer
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby- Ivana Baquero – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
- Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
- Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
- Keke Palmer – ''Akeelah and the Bee''