The Hours Author: Michael Cunningham Screenwriter: David Hare Director: Stephen Daldry Cast Nicole Kidman Virginia Woolf Julianne Moore Laura Brown Meryl Streep Clarissa Vaughn Ed Harris Richard Stephen Dillane Leonard Woolf Miranda Richardson Vanessa Bell John C. Reilly Dan Brown Toni Collette Kitty Allison Janney Sally Lester Claire Danes Julia Vaughn Jeff Daniels Louis Waters Winner of the National Board of Review's award for best picture, The Hours won the Golden Globe's prize for top drama and best actress for Nicole Kidman after earning five nominations. The Seattle Film Critics awarded David Hare kudos for best adapted screenplay, while Julianne Moore won best actress honors from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her work in both The Hours and Far From Heaven. Toni Collette received the Boston Film Critics Society award for supporting actress for her work in The Hours and About a Boy, while the Las Vegas Film Critics Society gave Nicole Kidman the nod for best actress and John C. Reilly the award for best supporting actor (including his work in Chicago and Gangs of New York).