Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
• Peter O'Toole – Venus
• Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness

  Best Actress

• Penélope Cruz – Volver
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet – Little Children

  Best Cinematography

• Babel – Rodrigo Prieto
• The Departed – Michael Ballhaus
• The Fountain – Matthew Libatique
• Letters from Iwo Jima – Tom Stern

  Best Director

• Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel
• Paul Greengrass – United 93

  Best Documentary Film

• Deliver Us from Evil
• Jesus Camp
• Shut Up & Sing
• Wordplay

  Best Film

• Babel
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• United 93

  Best Foreign Language Film

• Apocalypto, United States
• Pan's Labyrinth , Mexico/Spain/United States
• Tsotsi, South Africa
• Volver, Spain

  Best Original Score

• Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla
• Letters from Iwo Jima – Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens
• Notes on a Scandal – Philip Glass
• The Queen – Alexandre Desplat

  Best Screenplay – Adapted

• Little Children – Todd Field and Tom Perrotta
• Notes on a Scandal – Patrick Marber
• A Prairie Home Companion – Garrison Keillor
• Thank You for Smoking – Jason Reitman

  Best Screenplay – Original

• Babel – Guillermo Arriaga
• Letters from Iwo Jima – Iris Yamashita
• Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt
• United 93 – Paul Greengrass

  Best Supporting Actor

• Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland
• Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
• Jack Nicholson – The Departed
• Brad Pitt – Babel
• Michael Sheen – The Queen

  Best Supporting Actress

• 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

• Ivana Baquero – Pan's Labyrinth
• Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
• Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee''

  Most Promising Filmmaker

• Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Gil Kenan – Monster House
• James McTeigue – V for Vendetta
• Jason Reitman – Thank You for Smoking