Ciaran Hinds and Judi Dench have both landed Oscar nominations for their performances in Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical film Belfast.
The black-and-white film, inspired by Branagh’s childhood in Northern Ireland, has also landed the filmmaker an original screenplay nomination.
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Hinds, who was born in Belfast, is nominated in the best supporting actor category alongside The Power Of The Dog’s Kodi Smit-McPhee and his co-star Jesse Plemons, Troy Kotsur for Coda, and JK Simmons for Being The Ricardos.
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Dench 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 Kirsten Dunst for The Power Of The Dog.
The Oscar nominations are being announced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan.
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Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Smith, Olivia Colman and Lady Gaga are among the stars tipped to land nominations in the leading actor and actress categories.
The 94th Oscars will take place on March 27th in Los Angeles.
