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Michael Howie and Daniel Keane

Oscar nominations 2022: Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Dame Judi Dench lead British charge

Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Garfield, Olivia Colman, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Kenneth Branagh are among the British stars who have landed Oscar nominations.

Cumberbatch received a nod 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 will face stiff competition from frontrunner Will Smith, who is nominated for his turn as the father of Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard.

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog (Netflix)

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

Campion makes history as the first woman to be nominated for the best director Oscar twice.

She was nominated for The Piano in 1994.

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.

Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, who produced The Power Of The Dog, said it had been an “incredible privilege” to work with Campion.

“She is a visionary director and one of the world’s finest filmmakers,” they said in a statement on Tuesday. “Her artistry and graceful command of this story can be seen in every frame of the film and we are so grateful to The Academy for recognising it with 12 nominations.”

Colman, who won the best actress Oscar in 2019 for her role 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.

Colman and Ed Harris in The Lost Daughter (Netflix)

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

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

Dame Judi and Ciaran Hinds have both landed nominations for their performances in Sir Kenneth's autobiographical film Belfast.

(Focus Features)

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

Sir Kenneth thanked Academy voters for their  "generous recognition".

"It’s a long way from the streets of Belfast to the Academy Awards," he said.

"Today, I think of my mother and father, and my grandparents - how proud they were to be Irish, how much this city meant to them. They would have been overwhelmed by this incredible honour - as am I.”

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.

Dame Judi is nominated for the best supporting actress prize alongside Irish actress 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.

Lin Manuel-Miranda, director of tick, tick...BOOM, said she had “happy screamed” for her colleagues after hearing the news of their nomination.

And Ariana DeBose, who is hotly tipped to take home the award for best supporting actress, tweeted: “WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!”

Kodi Smit-McPhee said he was “deeply honoured” to feature in the best supporting actor category.

He added: “Over the moon to say the least that we were all recognized for our work together. Jesse/Kirsten/Benedict/Ari and of course JANE. I love you all so much.”

The 94th Oscars will take place on March 27 in Los Angeles.

Here is a list of the full nominations:

BEST PICTURE

Belfast

CODA

Don’t Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

(AMPAS)

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

BEST ACTOR

Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield - tick, tick...BOOM!

(Netflix)

Will Smith - King Richard

Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth

BEST ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter

(AP)

Penelope Cruz - Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart - Spencer

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh - Belfast

Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog

(Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Drive My Car

Steven Spielberg - West Side Story

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Ciaran Hinds - Belfast

Troy Kotsur - CODA

(AP)

Jesse Plemmons - The Power of the Dog

J.K. Simmons - Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jessie Buckley - The Lost Daughter

Ariana DeBose - West Side Story

(Niko Tavernise)

Judi Dench - Belfast

Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power Of The Dog

The Tragedy Of Macbeth

West Side Story

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

The Worst Person In The World

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Coda

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power Of The Dog

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

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)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Ascension

Attica

Flee

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

Writing With Fire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Raya And The Last Dragon

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Affairs Of The Art

Bestia

Boxballet

Robin Robin

The Windshield Wiper

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Audible

Lead Me Home

The Queen Of Basketball

Three Songs For Benazir

When We Were Bullies

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

Ala Kachuu - Take And Run

The Dress

The Long Goodbye

On My Mind

Please Hold

BEST FILM EDITING

Don’t Look Up

Dune

King Richard

The Power Of The Dog

Tick, Tick... Boom!

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power Of The Dog

The Tragedy Of Macbeth

West Side Story

BEST SOUND

Belfast

Dune

No Time To Die

The Power Of The Dog

West Side Story

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Dune

Free Guy

No Time To Die

Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Coming 2 America

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

House Of Gucci

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

“Don’t Look Up,” Nicholas Britell

“Dune,” Hans Zimmer

“Encanto,” Germaine Franco

“Parallel Mothers,” Alberto Iglesias

“The Power of the Dog,” Jonny Greenwood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Be Alive” (“King Richard”), Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson

“Dos Oruguitas” (“Encanto”), Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Down to Joy” (“Belfast”), Van Morrison

“No Time to Die” (“No Time to Die”), Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell

“Somehow You Do” (“Four Good Days”), Diane Warren

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