Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman among Brits in running for Oscars - plus nominations in full

Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman among Brits in running for Oscars - plus nominations in full

Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Garfield, Olivia Colman, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Kenneth Branagh are among the British stars in the running to pick up Oscars as the star-studded ceremony returns to full wattage on Sunday.

Cumberbatch is nominated for the best actor prize for his role as a cruel rancher in Jane Campion’s western The Power Of The Dog, which leads the pack with 12 nominations, but faces stiff competition from frontrunner Will Smith, who is nominated for his turn as the father of Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard.

They are nominated alongside Garfield for his role as Rent playwright Jonathan Larson in Tick, Tick… Boom!, Javier Bardem for Being The Ricardos, and Denzel Washington for The Tragedy Of Macbeth.

Campion has made history as the first woman to be nominated for the best director Oscar twice and is widely tipped to take home the prize.

She was nominated for The Piano in 1994 and would be the third woman to win the gong, after Chloe Zhao for Nomadland last year and Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker in 2010.

The Power Of The Dog, her return to the big screen following a foray into television, is nominated for 12 prizes, including best picture, while stars Kirsten Dunst, her partner Jesse Plemons and co-star Kodi Smit-McPee are all recognised in supporting categories.

Colman, who won the best actress Oscar in 2019 for her turn in The Favourite, has landed her second nomination in that category for her role as a mother reflecting on her past in The Lost Daughter.

She picked up a supporting nod last year for her part in The Father.

She will compete for the best actress gong against Kristen Stewart for her performance as Diana, Princess of Wales in Spencer, Penelope Cruz for Parallel Mothers, Nicole Kidman for Being The Ricardos and apparent frontrunner Jessica Chastain for The Eyes Of Tammy Faye.

Dame Judi and Ciaran Hinds are nominated for their performances in Sir Kenneth’s autobiographical film Belfast.

The black-and-white film, inspired by the actor’s childhood in Northern Ireland, has also landed the best director and best original screenplay nominations, while the film is in the running for best picture, with a total of seven nods.

Hinds, who was born in Belfast, is nominated in the best supporting actor category alongside The Power Of The Dog’s Smit-McPhee and Plemons, Troy Kotsur for Coda, and JK Simmons for Being The Ricardos.

Kotsur, who has won almost every precursor award, has already made history as the first deaf actor to be nominated for an Oscar.

Dame Judi is nominated for the best supporting actress prize alongside Irish star Jessie Buckley for The Lost Daughter, Ariana DeBose for West Side Story, Aunjanue Ellis for King Richard, and Dunst for The Power Of The Dog.

The ceremony will return to the Dolby Theatre this year after a Covid-safe event in a Los Angeles railway station in 2021.

Beyonce and Billie Eilish will be part of the musical line-up following their nominations for best original song for work on King Richard and No Time To Die respectively.

The nominations in full:

– Performance by an actor in a leading role

Javier Bardem in Being The Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power Of The Dog

Andrew Garfield in Tick, Tick… Boom!

Will Smith in King Richard

Denzel Washington in The Tragedy Of Macbeth

– Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Ciaran Hinds in Belfast

Troy Kotsur in Coda

Jesse Plemons in The Power Of The Dog

JK Simmons in Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power Of The Dog

– Performance by an actress in a leading role

Jessica Chastain in The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter

Penelope Cruz in Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman in Being The Ricardos

Kristen Stewart in Spencer

– Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter

Ariana DeBose in West Side Story

Judi Dench in Belfast

Kirsten Dunst in The Power Of The Dog

Aunjanue Ellis in King Richard

– Best animated feature film of the year

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Raya And The Last Dragon

– Achievement in cinematography

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power Of The Dog

The Tragedy Of Macbeth

West Side Story

– Achievement in costume design

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

– Achievement in directing

Belfast – Kenneth Branagh

Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson

The Power Of The Dog- Jane Campion

West Side Story – Steven Spielberg

– Best documentary feature

Ascension

Attica

Flee

Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Writing With Fire

– Best documentary short subject

Audible

Lead Me Home

The Queen Of Basketball

Three Songs For Benazir

When We Were Bullies

– Achievement in film editing

Don’t Look Up

Dune

King Richard

The Power Of The Dog

Tick, Tick… Boom!

– Best international feature film of the year

Drive My Car (Japan)

Flee (Denmark)

The Hand Of God (Italy)

Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom (Bhutan)

The Worst Person In The World (Norway)

– Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

Coming 2 America

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

House Of Gucci

– Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

Don’t Look Up

Dune

Encanto

Parallel Mothers

The Power Of The Dog

– Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

Be Alive from King Richard

Dos Oruguitas from Encanto

Down To Joy from Belfast

No Time To Die from No Time To Die

Somehow You Do from Four Good Days

– Best motion picture of the year

Belfast

Coda

Don’t Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power Of The Dog

West Side Story

– Achievement in production design

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power Of The Dog

The Tragedy Of Macbeth

West Side Story

– Best animated short film

Affairs Of The Art

Bestia

Boxballet

Robin Robin

The Windshield Wiper

– Best live action short film

Ala Kachuu – Take And Run

The Dress

The Long Goodbye

On My Mind

Please Hold

– Achievement in sound

Belfast

Dune

No Time To Die

The Power Of The Dog

West Side Story

– Achievement in visual effects

Dune

Free Guy

No Time To Die

Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home

– Adapted screenplay

Coda

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power Of The Dog

– Original screenplay

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

The Worst Person In The World

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