The nominations were announced yesterday for the 7th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, set to take place on March 11 in Los Angeles. The nominees were chosen by 4,200 randomly selected SAG members and are dubbed the only acting awards voted on entirely by the actors' peers.

In the five film categories, key nominees were Almost Famous, Billy Elliot, Chocolat, The Contender and Gladiator which all received three nominations.

The list of film nominees are:

Best Actor:
Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot
Russell Crowe, Gladiator
Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
Tom Hanks, Cast Away
Geoffrey Rush, Quills

Best Actress:
Joan Allen, The Contender
Juliette Binoche, Chocolat
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem For A Dream
Laura Linney, You Can Count On Me
Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich

Best Supporting Actor:
Jeff Bridges, The Contender
Willem Dafoe, Shadow Of The Vampire
Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich
Gary Oldman, The Contender
Joaquin Phoenix, Quills

Best Supporting Actress:
Judi Dench, Chocolat
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
Frances McDormand, Almost Famous
Julie Walters, Billy Elliot
Kate Winslet, Quills

Outstanding performance by a cast:
Almost Famous
Cited: Fairuza Balk, Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand, Anna Paquin, Noah Taylor
Billy Elliot
Cited: Jamie Bell, Jamie Draven, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters
Chocolat
Cited: Juliette Binoche, Leslie Caron, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O'Conor, Lena Olin, Peter Stormare, John Wood
Gladiator
Cited: Russell Crowe, Richard Harris, Djimon Hinsou, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed
Traffic
Cited: Steven Bauer, Benjamin Bratt, James Brolin, Don Cheadle, Erika Christensen, Clifton Collins Jr, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Miguel Ferrer, Albert Finney, Topher Grace, Luis Guzman, Amy Irving, Tomas Milian, DW Moffett, Randy Quaid, Peter Riegert, Jacob Vargas, Catherine Zeta-Jones