Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Emma Thompson will battle it out for Best Actress at the BAFTAs 2014

By Sophia Charalambous

PUBLISHED: 04:32 EST, 8 January 2014 | UPDATED: 11:11 EST, 8 January 2014


An astronaut, a troubled socialite and Mary Poppins' author will all battle it out for the prestigious title of Best Actress at this year's Bafta Awards.

Sandra Bullock, who plays medical engineer Ryan Stone stranded in space in Gravity, is in the running for the coveted award.

The 49-year-olds nomination helped to make Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity the most Bafta-nominated film this year, with 11 nods including best film, best director and best British film.

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Stranded: Sandra Bullock has been nominated as Best Actress for her role in Gravity

Stranded: Sandra Bullock has been nominated as Best Actress for her role in Gravity

Bullock joins Melbourne-born actress Cate Blanchett, 44, to vie for the title of Best Actress, who plays the troubled socialite Jasmine in Woody Allen's comedy drama.

Blue Jasmine has been nominated in a total of three categories, one for Allen's Original Screenplay, and the other for English actress Sally Hawkins, 37, who plays Jasmine's sister Ginger.

Blanchett has already won a Best Actress Bafta for Elizabeth in 1998 and a Best Supporting Actress Bafta for Meredith Logue in The Talented Mr Ripley in 1999.

 
Troubled: Cate Blanchett gives a convincing portrayal of a fallen socialite in Blue Jasmine

Troubled: Cate Blanchett gives a convincing portrayal of a fallen socialite in Blue Jasmine

Superstar: Cate Blanchett has received Baftas in the past for her roles in The Talented Mr Ripley and Elizabeth

Superstar: Cate Blanchett has received Baftas in the past for her roles in The Talented Mr Ripley and Elizabeth

Both up: Cate has been nominated in the Best Actress category while British actress Sally Hawkins has been nominated as Best Supporting Actress for their roles in Blue Jasmine

Both up: Cate has been nominated in the Best Actress category while British actress Sally Hawkins has been nominated as Best Supporting Actress for their roles in Blue Jasmine

  

FULL LIST OF BAFTA 2014 NOMINATIONS

Best Film
Gravity

sandra

12 Years A Slave

American Hustle

Captain Philips

Philomena

Leading Actor 

chiwetel

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave

Christian Bale, American Hustle

Tom Hanks, Captain Philips

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf Of Wall Street

Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Supporting Actor

Michael Fassbender,  12 Years A Slave

Bradley Cooper, American Hustle

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Matt Damon, Behind The Candelabra

Daniel Brühl, Rush

Leading Actress

emma thompson

Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Amy Adams, American Hustle

Judi Dench, Philomena

Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Supporting Actress 

Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

sally hawkins

Julia Roberts, August: Osage County

Oprah Winfrey, The Butler

Outstanding British Film


Gravity

Philomena

Saving Mr. Banks

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

Rush

Director 

tom hanks

Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave

David O. Russell, American Hustle

Paul Greengrass, Captain Philips

Martin Scorsese, The Wolf Of Wall Street

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Writer/Director Paul Wright and Producer Polly Stokes, For Those in Peril

Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson (Writers), Good Vibrations

Kieran Evans (Writer/Director), Kelly + Victor

Scott Graham (Writer/Director), Shell

Kelly Marcel (Writer), Saving Mr. Banks.

Original Screenplay

Gravity

American Hustle

Inside Llewyn Davis

Blue Jasmine

Nebraska

Inside Llewyn Davis

Original Music


Gravity

Captain Philips

Saving Mr. Banks

The Book Thief


Editing

Gravity

12 Years A Slave

Captain Philips

Rush

Production Design

leonardo

Gravity

12 Years A Slave

American Hustle

Behind The Candelabra

The Great Gatsby

Costume Design

American Hustle

Behind The Candelabra

Saving Mr. Banks

The Great Gatsby

The Invisible Woman

Make Up & Hair

American hustle

American Hustle

Behind The Candelabra

The Butler

The Great Gatsby

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Sound

Gravity

Captain Philips

All Is Lost

Rush

Inside Llewyn Davis

Special Visual Effects

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Iron Man 3

Pacific Rim

Star Trek Into Darkness

Gravity 

Film Not in the English Language

blue is warmest colour

Blue is the Warmest Colour

The Great Beauty

Metro Manila

Wadjda

The Act of Killing

Animated Film

Despicable Me 2

Frozen

Monsters University.

The British Short Animation

Everything I Can See From Here

I Am Tom Moody

Sleeping With the Fishes

British Short Film

Island Queen

Keeping Up With the Joneses,

Orbit Ever After

Room 8

Sea View

EE Rising Star Award

bafta

Dane DeHaan

George MacKay

Lupita Nyong’o

Will Poulter

Léa Seydoux

Adapted Screenplay

philomena

12 Years A Slave

Captain Philips

Philomena

Behind The Candelabra

The Wolf Of Wall Street

Cinematography

Gravity

12 Years A Slave

Captain Philips

Nebraska

Inside Llewyn Davis




But the Baftas would not be complete without a couple of British actresses amongst the lineup.

And Emma Thompson, 54, is one of the leading ladies to take that crown with her portrayal of Mary Poppins' creator P.L.Travers in the Disney film, Saving Mr. Banks.

The film is also nominated in two other categories, Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut For A British Writer - Kelly Marcel (Writer).

Thompson has not won a Bafta since her awards for Best Actress in Sense and Sensibility in 1996 and in Howards End in 1993.

Practically perfect in every way: Emma Thompson receives a nod for Saving Mr. Banks

Practically perfect in every way: Emma Thompson receives a nod for Saving Mr. Banks

Good pals: Emma Thompson received a Bafta nomination, however renowned actress Meryl Streep did not for her leading role in August: Osage County

Good pals: Emma Thompson received a Bafta nomination, however renowned actress Meryl Streep did not for her leading role in August: Osage County

The three women will also be competing against Amy Adams as Sydney Prosser in American Hustle and Dame Judi Dench as the title character in Philomena.

Dame Judi's nomination puts her one ahead of Meryl Streep, who was overlooked in the best actress category for August: Osage County.

Surprise nomination: Amy Adams came as a surprise Best Actress nomination for her role in American Hustle

Surprise nomination: Amy Adams came as a surprise Best Actress nomination for her role in American Hustle

Bafta veteran: Dame Judi Dench is one of four Brits to be nominated this year

Bafta veteran: Dame Judi Dench is one of four Brits to be nominated this year

Other Brits nominated include Chiwetel Ejiofor, as Best Actor in 12 Years a Slave and Sally Hawkins as Ginger in Blue Jasmine.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony at London's Royal Opera House on February 16.

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Amy Adams deserves it

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This is why award 'ceremonies' can't be taken seriously. Bullock panting and annoyingly screaming her head off for near 90mins doesn't equate to 'good', let alone 'award' winning acting. As for Thompson, hasn't she basically been playing the same character for near 20 years? Don't get me started on the others. Bafta has no credibility, as they are obvious in their bias toward anything 'Brit'. Then again, neither do any of the others.

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Emma Thompson all the way! She was sooo perfect as P L Travers and really added so many dimensions to that character. I think Sandra did a good job in Gravity too, although I just didn't like the film as much.

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I loved Cate Blanchett ..she was great in Blue Jasmine. But then again--she's great in everything as far I'm concerned. She is the kind of actress whose pain you can feel across the screen. LOVE HER!

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Kate looks very different from the role in the film has she had a facelift?

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Emma was amazing in Saving Mr Banks, but I also loved Sandra in Gravity... I think Emma just tops it for me!

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I wouldn't mind Cate Blanchett and especially Emma Thompson winning best actress award :D .As for most of the other categories, although Gravity has the most noms.............. I hope 12 Years a Slave will win most of the awards. It was a sad yet memorable & amazing movie.

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Go Sandra!!!!!

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I thought Gravity was a brilliant film and it only had 2 actors in the film. The cinematography was very good as well, it really made the viewer feel what the character felt, isolated. Sandra's acting was amazing, as was Clooney's.

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Please, everyone sucks.

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