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The Irish Going For Gold At This Year's Oscars

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01:11 14 Jan 2016


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Irish movie Brookyln has been shortlisted for Best Picture at the 2016 Academy Awards.

Saoirse Ronan is nominated as Best Actress for her role in the movie, while Michael Fassbender has been shortlised for Best Actor for playing Steve Jobs.

Room, which started life as a book written by Dublin-born author Emma Donoghue, is up for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Lenny Abrahmson, who was born in Dublin in 1966, is up for Best Diector for Room.

The Revenant leads the way, with 12 nominations including one for Leonardo DiCaprio who is tipped to take home his first ever Oscar for Best Actor.

 

Here is the full list of nominations:

:: Best actor in a supporting role

Christian Bale (The Big Short)

Tom Hardy (The Revenant)

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

:: Best actress in a supporting role

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

:: Best actor in a leading role

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Matt Damon (The Martian)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

:: Best actress in a leading role

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Brie Larson (Room)

Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)

:: Best picture

The Big Short

Bridge Of Spies

Brooklyn

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight

:: Best director

Adam McKay (The Big Short)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Alejandro G Inarritu (The Revenant)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Lenny Abrahamson (Room)

:: Best original score

Bridge Of Spies

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

:: Best original screenplay

Bridge Of Spies

Ex Machina

Inside Out

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton

:: Best adapted screenplay

The Big Short

Brooklyn

Carol

The Martian

Room

:: Best animated feature

Anomalisa

Boy And The World

Inside Out

Shaun The Sheep Movie

When Marnie Was There

:: Best documentary feature

Amy

Cartel Land

The Look Of Silence

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

:: Best original song

Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)

Manta Ray (Racing Extinction)

Simple Song #3 (Youth)

Til It Happens To You (The Hunting Ground)

Writing's On The Wall (Spectre)


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