Double Bafta nomination for Winslet
Kate Winslet has a double shot at Bafta glory after landing two best actress nominations.
The 29-year-old is nominated for her performances in Finding Neverland and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
She faces competition from Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake, Ziyi Zhang for House Of Flying Daggers and Charlize Theron for Monster.
Leonardo DiCaprio is nominated for best actor for his role as eccentric movie mogul Howard Hughes in The Aviator, a performance which earned him a Golden Globe last night.
DiCaprio is up against fellow Golden Globe winner Jamie Foxx for Ray Charles biopic Ray, Gael Garcia Bernal for The Motorcycle Diaries, Jim Carrey for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Johnny Depp for Finding Neverland.
The five nominees for best film are The Aviator, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, The Motorcycle Diaries and Vera Drake.
The Aviator leads the way with 14 nominations, followed by JM Barrie biopic Finding Neverland and Mike Leigh’s abortion drama Vera Drake, which have 11 nominations each.
The Baftas take place on February 12 at the Odeon in London’s Leicester Square.
The nominations were announced at Bafta's headquarters in Piccadilly by actress Emily Mortimer.
The Aviator’s 14 nominations include Martin Scorsese for best director. Scorsese is up against Mike Leigh for Vera Drake, Marc Forster for Finding Neverland, Michael Gondry for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Michael Mann for Collateral.
The lavish biopic is also up for best original screenplay, best cinematography, best film score and best supporting actor for Alan Alda, amongst others.
Jamie Foxx has a second nomination, this time for best supporting actor as a taxi driver in Collateral.
Clive Owen, fresh from his Golden Globe success, also has a nomination for Closer. The other nominees are Phil Davis for Vera Drake and Rodrigo de la Serna for The Motorcycle Diaries.
Veteran British star Julie Christie has a best supporting actress nomination for her role in Finding Neverland, but faces tough competition from Cate Blanchett (The Aviator), Natalie Portman (Closer), Meryl Streep (The Manchurian Candidate) and Heather Craney (Vera Drake).
Vera Drake, Mike Leigh’s critically acclaimed tale of a backstreet abortionist in the 1950s, is nominated both for best film and outstanding British film of the year.
The other contenders in the British category are Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Dead Man’s Shoes, My Summer Of Love and Shaun Of The Dead.
Imelda Staunton is favourite to win the best actress award for her role as Vera Drake. She lost out at last night’s Golden Globes to Hilary Swank.
Charlize Theron has already won an Oscar for her performance as a serial killer in Monster but the film was only released in the UK in April 2004, meaning it was too late to make last year’s Bafta nominations.
Actors who failed to make the Bafta shortlist this year include Jude Law for Closer, Nicole Kidman for Birth and Tom Cruise for Collateral.
The awards will be hosted for the fifth time by Stephen Fry and will take place on a Saturday for the first time.
