15th Satellite Awards

Special achievement awards

Motion picture winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama

• Javier Bardem – Biutiful
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Inception
• Michael Douglas – Solitary Man
• Robert Duvall – Get Low
• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
• James Franco – 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling – ''Blue Valentine''

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

• Steve Carell – Dinner for Schmucks
• Romain Duris – Heartbreaker
• Andy García – City Island
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Love & Other Drugs
• John Malkovich – Red
• John C. Reilly – ''Cyrus''

Best Actress – Drama

• Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Helen Mirren – The Tempest
• Natalie Portman – Black Swan
• Tilda Swinton – I Am Love
• Naomi Watts – Fair Game
• Michelle Williams – ''Blue Valentine''

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

• Annette Bening – The [Kids Are All Right (film)|The Kids Are All Right]
• Sally Hawkins – Made in Dagenham
• Catherine Keener – Please Give
• Julianne Moore – The Kids Are All Right
• Mary-Louise Parker – Red
• Marisa Tomei – ''Cyrus''

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

• ''Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole''

Best Art Direction and Production Design

• ''Shutter Island''

Best Cinematography

• ''Unstoppable''

Best Costume Design

• ''Robin Hood''

Best Director

• Ben Affleck – The Town
• Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
• Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
• Lisa Cholodenko – The Kids Are All Right
• Debra Granik – Winter's Bone
• Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
• David Michôd – Animal Kingdom
• Christopher Nolan – Inception
• Roman Polanski – ''The [Ghost Writer (film)|The Ghost Writer]''

Best Documentary Film

• ''Waiting for "Superman"''

Best Editing

• ''Unstoppable''

Best Film – Drama

• ''Winter's Bone''

Best Film – Musical or Comedy

• ''Red''

Best Foreign Language Film

• ''White Material''

Best Original Score

• ''Unstoppable''

Best Original Song

• "Alice" – Alice in Wonderland
• "Country Strong" – Country Strong
• "Eclipse " – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• "If I Rise" – 127 Hours
• "What Part of Forever" – ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse''

Best Screenplay – Adapted

• ''Winter's Bone''

Best Screenplay – Original

• ''Toy Story 3''

Best Sound

• ''Shutter Island''

Best Supporting Actor

• Pierce Brosnan – The Ghost Writer
• Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
• Tommy Lee Jones – The Company Men
• Bill Murray – Get Low
• Sean Penn – Fair Game
• Jeremy Renner – The Town
• Geoffrey Rush – ''The King's Speech''

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams – The Fighter
• Marion Cotillard – Inception
• Anne-Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy
• Vanessa Redgrave – Letters to Juliet
• Rosamund Pike – Barney's Version
• Kristin Scott Thomas – Nowhere Boy
• Dianne Wiest – ''Rabbit Hole''

Best Visual Effects

• ''Unstoppable''

Television winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama Series

• Kyle Chandler – Friday Night Lights
• Josh Charles – The Good Wife
• Michael C. Hall – Dexter
• Jon Hamm – Mad Men
• Stephen Moyer – ''True Blood''

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

• Steve Carell – The Office
• Thomas Jane – Hung
• Danny McBride – Eastbound & Down
• Matthew Morrison – Glee
• Jim Parsons – ''The Big Bang Theory''

Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

• Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock
• Idris Elba – Luther
• Ian McShane – The [Pillars of the Earth (miniseries)|The Pillars of the Earth]
• Barry Pepper – When Love Is Not Enough: The [Lois Wilson Story]
• Dennis Quaid – The Special Relationship
• David Suchet – ''Agatha Christie's Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express''

Best Actress – Drama Series

• January Jones – Mad Men
• Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
• Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men
• Anna Paquin – True Blood
• Katey Sagal – ''Sons of Anarchy''

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

• Jane Adams – Hung
• Toni Collette – United States of Tara
• Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
• Tina Fey – 30 Rock
• Lea Michele – Glee
• Mary-Louise Parker – ''Weeds''

Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

• Hope Davis – The Special Relationship
• Judi Dench – Return to Cranford
• Naomie Harris – Small Island
• Ellie Kendrick – The [Diary of Anne Frank (2009 miniseries)|The Diary of Anne Frank]
• Winona Ryder – When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
• Ruth Wilson – ''Luther''

Best Miniseries

• ''Small Island''

Best Series – Drama

• ''The Tudors''

Best Series – Musical or Comedy

• ''United States of Tara''

Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

• Ty Burrell – Modern Family
• Bruce Campbell – Burn Notice
• Chris Colfer – Glee
• Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
• Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother
• Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
• Martin Short – ''Damages''

Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

• Julie Bowen – Modern Family
• Rose Byrne – Damages
• Sharon Gless – Burn Notice
• Jane Lynch – Glee
• Catherine O'Hara – Temple Grandin
• Archie Panjabi – ''The Good Wife''

Best TV Film

• ''You Don't Know Jack''

Awards breakdown

Film

Television