The people have spoken.

More than 13,000 ballots were processed, and in the end, "Angel" was
the big winner of the fifth almost annual SyFy Portal Genre Awards.

The series, which was cancelled earlier this year by The WB, won six
awards in virtual awards, including wins in all the major
categories.

The series that "Angel" spun off from, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer,"
took home two of the other awards, and creator Joss Whedon was the
winner of the Gene Roddenberry Lifetime Achievement Award.

David Boreanaz, who played Angel in the series, won for Best
Actor/Television. He becomes only the third person to ever win the
award over the last five years, following up on wins by "Star Trek:
Deep Space Nine's" Avery Brooks, and last year's winner, Ben Browder
from "Farscape." Browder was nominated this year, as -- like "Buffy
the Vampire Slayer" -- the series' final few episodes fell into the
the Genre Awards nominating period.

Sarah Michelle Gellar has finally won the Best Actress category,
after losing it last year to "Farscape's" Claudia Black. Kate
Mulgrew of "Star Trek: Voyager" has the most wins in this category,
taking it in 1999, 2000 and 2001.

James Marsters, who received two nominations for Best Supporting
Actor/Television for both "Buffy" and "Angel," ended up taking the
award for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" for the second year in a row.
Amy Acker, who played two characters during the last season
of "Angel," apparently impressed a lot of fans as she won the Best
Supporting Actress/Television category.

Charisma Carpenter, who played the character of Cordelia Chase in
both "Buffy" and "Angel," won an award herself, despite being
written out of the final season of "Angel." Her lone appearance, as
Cordelia in the episode "You're Welcome," won her Best Special
Guest/Television.

"Angel" also won for Best Episode with "A Hole in the World," as
well as Best Theme Song and Best Series.

On the movie side, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
took home three awards with Elijah Wood winning Best Young Actor,
Liv Tyler taking Best Actress/Movie, and for Best Film. Johnny Depp
took home Best Actor/Movie for his role in "The Pirates of the
Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl."

The SyFy Genre Awards is one of the largest virtual fan choice
awards on the net, and has been taking place since 1999. Over the
course of a month, fans can visit SyFy Portal once a day and vote
for their favorite actors, episodes and more in 13 categories.

Current and past winners are:

BEST ACTOR/Television
2004 - David Boreanaz, Angel
2003 - Ben Browder, Farscape
2001 - Ben Browder, Farscape
2000 - Avery Brooks, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1999 - Avery Brooks, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

BEST ACTRESS/Television
2004 - Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2003 - Claudia Black, Farscape
2001 - Kate Mulgrew, Star Trek: Voyager
2000 - Kate Mulgrew, Star Trek: Voyager
1999 - Kate Mulgrew, Star Trek: Voyager

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/Television
2004 - James Marsters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2003 - James Marsters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2001 - Robert Picardo, Star Trek: Voyager
2000 - Robert Picardo, Star Trek: Voyager
1999 - David Hemblen, Earth: Final Conflict

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS/Television
2004 - Amy Acker, Angel
2003 - Gigi Edgly, Farscape
2001 - Jeri Ryan, Star Trek: Voyager
2000 - Jeri Ryan, Star Trek: Voyager
1999 - Jeri Ryan, Star Trek: Voyager

BEST ACTOR/Movie
2004 - Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black
Pearl
2003 - Viggo Mortensen, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001 - Patrick Stewart, X-Men
2000 - Tom Hanks, The Green Mile
1999 - Patrick Stewart, Star Trek: Insurrection

BEST ACTRESS/Movie
2004 - Liv Tyler, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 - Liv Tyler, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001 - Anna Paquin, X-Men
2000 - Sigourney Weaver, Galaxy Quest
1999 - Donna Murphy, Star Trek: Insurrection

BEST YOUNG ACTOR
2004 - Elijah Wood, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 - Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2001 - Manu Intiraymi, Star Trek: Voyager
2000 - Scarlett Pomers, Star Trek: Voyager
1999 - Scarlett Pomers, Star Trek: Voyager

BEST SPECIAL GUEST/Television
2004 - Charisma Carpenter, "You're Welcome," Angel
2003 - Juliet Landau, "Lies My Parents Told Me," Buffy the Vampire
Slayer
2001 - Susanna Thompson, "Unimatrix Zero," Star Trek: Voyager
2000 - Marina Sirtis, "Pathfiner," Star Trek: Voyager
1999 - Bill Mumy, "The Siege of AR-558," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

BEST EPISODE/Television
2004 - "A Hole in the World," Angel
2003 - "Conversations With Dead People," Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2001 - "The Body," Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2000 - "What You Leave Behind," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1999 - "Dark Frontier," Star Trek: Voyager

BEST THEME SONG/Television
2004 - Angel
2003 - Farscape
2001 - Earth: Final Conflict
2000 - Star Trek: Voyager
1999 - Star Trek: Voyager

BEST SERIES/Television
2004 - Angel
2003 - Farscape
2001 - Star Trek: Voyager
2000 - Star Trek: Voyager
1999 - The X-Files

BEST MOVIE
2004 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001 - X-Men
2000 - Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
1999 - The Matrix

GENE RODDENBERRY
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
2004 - Joss Whedon
2003 - J.R.R. Tolkien
2001 - Leonard Nimoy
2000 - George Lucas
1999 - Gene Roddenberry





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