Thursday, December 19

2006 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance Winner and Nominees

2006 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance Winner

Babel Rinko Kikuchi

Babel

Rinko Kikuchi

Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

Dreamgirls Jennifer Hudson

Dreamgirls

Jennifer Hudson

A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

Half Nelson Ryan Gosling

Half Nelson

Ryan Gosling

An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.