Best Performances of 2009

Best Supporting Actor:

5. Robert Duvall - The Road

4. Jeremie Renier - Lorna's Silence

3. Woody Harrelson - The Messenger

2. Christoph Walz - Inglourious Basterds

1. Udo Kier - My Son My Son What Have Ye Done

Best Actor

14. Michael Sheen - The Damned United

13. Martin Compston - The Disappearance of Alice Creed

12. Fernando Santos - To Die Like a Man

11. Olle Sarri - The Ape

10. Joseph Gordon Levitt - 500 Days of Summer

9. Eddie Marsan - The Disappearance of Alice Creed

8. Sam Rockwell - Moon

7. Ben Foster - The Messenger

6. Tahar Rahim - A Prophet

5. Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

4. Viggo Mortenson - The Road

3. Nicolas Cage - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

2. Xavier Dolan - I Killed My Mother

1. Colin Firth - A Single Man


Best Supporting Actress:

17. Paulina Gaitan - Sin Nombre

16. Olivia Williams - An Education

15. Jennifer Coolidge - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

14. Laura Smet - Towards Zero

13. Aggeliki Papoulia - Dogtooth

12. Hafsia Herzi - The Secret of the Grain

11. Paula Patton - Precious

10. Grace Zabriskie - My Son My Son What Have Ye Done

9. Alice Krige - Skin

8. Anna Faris - Observe & Report

7. Patricia Clarkson - Whatever Works

6. Mo'Nique - Precious

5. Sigourney Weaver - Crazy on the Outside

4. Maria Bello - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

3. Samantha Morton - The Messenger

2. Julianne Moore - A Single Man

1. Sigourney Weaver - Avatar

Best Actress

22. Isabelle Fuhrman - Orphan

21. Yvonne Strahovski - The Canyon

20. Nisreen Faour - Amreeka

19. Michelle Pfeiffer - Cheri

18. Carey Mulligan - An Education

17. Julianne Moore - Chloe
16. Robin Wright Penn - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

15. Paprika Steen - Applause

14. Kim Hye-ja - Mother

13. Tilda Swinton - I Am Love

12. Isabelle Carre - Le Refuge

11. Sophie Okonedo - Skin

10. Isabelle Huppert - White Material

9. Elisabeth Shue - Don McKay

8. Robin McLeavy - The Loved Ones

7. Zoe Saldana - Avatar

6. Hiam Abbass - Lemon Tree

5. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Anti-Christ

4. Melanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds

3. Kim Ok-Vin - Thirst

2. Paz de la Huerta - Enter the Void

1. Anne Dorval - I Killed My Mother