Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
* Chicago – Christine Baranski, Taye Diggs, Colm Feore, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Renée Zellweger, and Catherine Zeta-Jones
Adaptation – Nicolas Cage, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Cara Seymour, Meryl Streep, and Tilda Swinton
The Hours – Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Dillane, Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Miranda Richardson, and Meryl Streep
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Brad Dourif, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, and Elijah Wood
My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Gia Carides, Michael Constantine, John Corbett, Joey Fatone, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin, and Nia Vardalos

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
* Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York as William “Bill the Butcher” Cutting
Adrien Brody – The Pianist as Władysław “Wladek” Szpilman
Nicolas Cage – Adaptation as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Richard Gere – Chicago as Billy Flynn
Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt as Warren Schmidt

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
* Renée Zellweger – Chicago as Roxie Hart
Salma Hayek – Frida as Frida Kahlo
Nicole Kidman – The Hours as Virginia Woolf
Diane Lane – Unfaithful as Connie Sumner
Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven as Cathy Whitaker

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
* Christopher Walken – Catch Me If You Can as Frank Abagnale, Sr.
Chris Cooper – Adaptation as John Laroche
Ed Harris – The Hours as Richard “Ritchie” Brown
Alfred Molina – Frida as Diego Rivera
Dennis Quaid – Far from Heaven as Frank Whitaker

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
* Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago as Velma Kelly
Kathy Bates – About Schmidt as Roberta Hertzel
Julianne Moore – The Hours as Laura Brown
Michelle Pfeiffer – White Oleander as Ingrid Magnussen
Queen Latifah – Chicago as Matron “Mama” Morton