Doubt leads Screen Actors Guild Awards

The picture's star, Meryl Streep, is competing for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. She will go up against Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Melissa Leo (Frozen River) and Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road).

Streep's Doubt co-stars Amy Adams and Viola Davis will both be battling it out for the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role award, against Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and Kate Winslet (The Reader).

Philip Seymour Hoffman also received a nod for his performance in Doubt - he is nominated in the best supporting actor category. He will face competition from the late Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Josh Brolin (Milk), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder) and British newcomer Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire).

The stars competing for the Best Actor trophy include Sean Penn (Milk), Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Richard Jenkins (The Visitor).

The nominees for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture are Doubt, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

The ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on 25 January (09).

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:

Richard Jenkins - The Visitor

Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon

Sean Penn - Milk

Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:

Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie - Changeling

Melissa Leo - Frozen River

Meryl Streep - Doubt

Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:

Josh Brolin - Milk

Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:

Amy Adams - Doubt

Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Viola Davis - Doubt

Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Kate Winslet - The Reader

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:

Doubt

Frost/Nixon

Milk

Slumdog Millionaire

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-series:

Ralph Fiennes - Bernard And Doris

Paul Giamatti - John Adams

Kevin Spacey - Recount

Kiefer Sutherland - 24: Redemption

Tom Wilkinson - John Adams

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:

Laura Dern - Recount

Laura Linney - John Adams

Shirley MacLaine - Coco Chanel

Phylicia Rashad - A Raisin In The Sun

Susan Sarandon - Bernard And Doris

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series:

Michael C. Hall - Dexter

Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Hugh Laurie - House

William Shatner - Boston Legal

James Spader - Boston Legal

Outstanding Performance By a Female Actor in a Drama Series:

Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters

Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Holly Hunter - Saving Grace

Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men

Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series:

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

Steve Carell - The Office

David Duchovny - Californication

Jeremy Piven - Entourage

Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:

Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?

America Ferrera - Ugly Betty

Tina Fey - 30 Rock

Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds

Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:

Boston Legal

Dexter

House

Mad Men

The Closer

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:

30 Rock

Desperate Housewives

Entourage

The Office

Weeds

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

The Dark Knight

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Iron Man

Wanted

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series:

Friday Night Lights

Heroes

Prison Break

The Unit

The Closer

Screen Actors Guild's 45th Life Achievement Award

James Earl Jones.