Alma Awards nominees

By VARIETY STAFF

PERFORMANCE OF A LEAD LATINO/LATINA CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
"Bella"
"El Cantante"
"Illegal Tender"
"Love in the Time of Cholera"
"Tortilla Heaven"

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT - SPANISH-LANGUAGE MOTION PICTURE
"La misma luna" (Under the Same Moon)

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT -PERFORMANCE OF A LATINO-/LATINA-LED ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES
"Ugly Betty" (ABC)

ACTOR IN A DRAMA TELEVISION SERIES
Enrique Murciano - "Without a Trace" (CBS)
Edward James Olmos - "Battlestar Galactica" (Sci Fi)
Danny Pino - "Cold Case" (CBS)
James Roday - "Psych" (USA)
Adam Rodriguez - "CSI: Miami" (CBS)

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA TELEVISION SERIES
Valerie Cruz - "The Dresden Files" (Sci Fi)
Cote de Pablo - "NCIS" (CBS)
Lana Parrilla - "Swingtown" (CBS)
Sara Ramirez - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
Roselyn Sanchez - "Without a Trace" (CBS)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA TELEVISION SERIES
Ricardo Chavira - "Desperate Housewives" (ABC)
Jorge Garcia - "Lost" (ABC)
Benito Martinez - "The Shield" (FX)
Amaury Nolasco - "Prison Break" (Fox)
Miguel Sandoval - "Medium" (NBC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA TELEVISION SERIES
Alana De La Garza - "Law & Order" (NBC)
Marisol Nichols - "24" (Fox)
Paula Garces - "The Shield" (FX )
Julie Gonzalo - "Eli Stone" (ABC)
Dania Ramirez - "Heroes" (NBC)
Lauren Velez - "Dexter" (Showtime)

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY TELEVISION SERIES
Jake T. Austin - "Wizards of Waverly Place" (Disney Channel)
Joshua Gomez - "Chuck" (NBC)
Carlos Mencia - "Mind of Mencia" (Comedy Central)
Oscar Nunez - "The Office" (NBC)
Johnny Sanchez - "MADtv" (Fox)
Charlie Sheen - "Two and A Half Men" (CBS)

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY TELEVISION SERIES
Maria Canals-Barrera - Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
Selena Gomez - Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
Anjelah Johnson - MADtv (Fox)
Judy Reyes - Scrubs (NBC)
Nadine Velazquez - My Name Is Earl (NBC)
Persia White - Girlfriends (CW)

COMEDY SPECIAL
"Carlos Mencia: Performance Enhanced" (Comedy Central)
"George Lopez: America's Mexican" (HBO)
"Alex Reymundo: Hick-Spanic Live in Albuquerque" (Showtime)
"The Original Latin Divas of Comedy" (Showtime)
"The Payaso Comedy Slam" (Showtime)

DIRECTOR OF A TELEVISION SERIES
Norberto Barba - "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" - "Depths" (NBC)
Rodrigo Garcia - "In Treatment" - "Paul and Gina, Week One" (HBO)
Linda Mendoza - "Ugly Betty" - "Betty's Baby Bump" (ABC)
Miguel Sandoval - "Medium" - "Aftertaste" (NBC)
Jay Torres - "Desperate Housewives" - "Distant Past" (ABC)

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT -DIRECTOR OF A MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
Kenny Ortega - "High School Musical II" (Disney Channel)

WRITING FOR A TELEVISION SERIES
Mick Betancourt - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" - "Fight" (NBC )
Silvio Horta - "Ugly Betty" - "Jump"(ABC)
Gloria Calderon Kellett - "How I Met Your Mother" - "How I Met Everyone Else" (CBS)
Jose Molina - "Without A Trace" - "Without You" (CBS)

PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Maurice Benard - "General Hospital" (ABC)
Kamar de los Reyes - "One Life to Live" (ABC)
David Fumero - "One Life to Live" (ABC)
Galen Gering - "Passions" (NBC)
Jessica Leccia - "Guiding Light" (CBS)
Eva Tamargo - "Passions" (NBC)