Some past TV work featuring 2009 Oscar hopefuls, for your consideration…

Daniel Day-Lewis (“Nine”) for best actor

Morgan Freeman (“Invictus”) for best actor

George Clooney (“Up in the Air”) for best actor

Jeff Bridges (“Crazy Heart”) for best actor

Meryl Streep (“Julie & Julia”) for best actress

Woody Harrelson (“The Messenger”) for best supporting actor [clip at 1:14]

Alec Baldwin (“It’s Complicated”) for best supporting actor

Penelope Cruz (“Nine”) for best supporting actress

Julianne Moore (“A Single Man”) for best supporting actress

Samantha Morton (“The Messenger”) for best supporting actress

Judi Dench (“Nine”) for best supporting actress

Diane Kruger (“Inglourious Basterds”) for best supporting actress

Mariah Carey (“Precious”) for best supporting actress

Sigourney Weaver (“Avatar”) for best supporting actress