Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006

, Best Director winner , Best Actor winner , Best Actress winner , Best Supporting Actress winner 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 Lubezki''' • Babel – Rodrigo Prieto • The Departed – Michael Ballhaus • The Fountain – Matthew Libatique • Letters from Iwo Jima – Tom Stern Best 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 Truth • Deliver Us from Evil • Jesus Camp • Shut Up & Sing • Wordplay Best Film The Departed • Babel • Little Miss Sunshine • The Queen • United 93 Best Foreign Language Film '''Letters from Iwo Jima, United States''' • Apocalypto, United States • ''Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)'', Mexico/Spain/United States • Tsotsi, South Africa • Volver, Spain Best Original Score '''The Fountain – Clint Mansell''' • 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 '''The Departed – William Monahan''' • 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 '''The Queen – Peter Morgan''' • Babel – Guillermo Arriaga • Letters from Iwo Jima – Iris Yamashita • Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt • United 93 – Paul Greengrass Best 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 Most Promising Filmmaker 'Rian Johnson – Brick''''' • Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine • Gil Kenan – Monster House • James McTeigue – V for Vendetta • Jason Reitman – Thank You for Smoking ==References==