Great Brits Chiwetel Ejiofor and Dame Judi Dench could be on the path to Oscar glory after receiving nominations for best actor and best actress respectively.
Chiwetel Ejiofor Chiwetel, 36, will go up against Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), Christian Bale(American Hustle) and Bruce Dern(Nebraska). Matthew is the man to beat, having lost three stone to play an HIV positive cowboy, in a performance being dubbed a 'McConnaissance'.
Cate Blanchett A raft of regulars will vy for best actress alongside Dame Judi, including Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine), Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Meryl Streep (August: Osage County) and Amy Adams (American Hustle). Gravity and American Hustle, both up for best picture, are in the lead with ten nominations each.
86th Academy Awards® Nominations
BEST ACTOR
- Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
- Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
- Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
- Christian Bale - American Hustle
- Bruce Dern - Nebraska BEST ACTRESS
- Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
- Sandra Bullock - Gravity
- Judi Dench - Philomena
- Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
- Amy Adams - American Hustle BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
- Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
- Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
- Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
- Jonah Hill - The Wolf of Wall Street BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
- Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
- Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
- Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
- June Squibb - Nebraska BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- The Croods
- Despicable Me 2
- Ernest & Celestine
- Frozen
- The Wind Rises BEST PICTURE
- 12 Years a Slave
- Gravity
- American Hustle
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Captain Phillips
- Nebraska
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- Her
- Philomena BEST DIRECTOR
- Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
- Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
- Alexander Payne - Nebraska
- David O.Russell - American Hustle
- Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- Let it Go - Frozen
- Ordinary Love - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
- Happy - Despicable Me 2
- Alone Yet Not Alone - Alone Yet Not Alone
- The Moon Song - Her BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- The Broken Circle Breakdown - Belgium
- The Great Beauty - Italy
- The Hunt - Denmark
- The Missing Picture - Cambodia
- Omar - Palestine