Meryl Streep up for Bafta gong
Meryl Streep's portrayal of Margaret Thatcher and Michelle Williams's role as Marilyn Monroe have put them head-to-head at this year's Baftas.
Meryl Streep's portrayal of Margaret Thatcher and Michelle Williams's role as Marilyn Monroe have put them head-to-head at this year's Baftas.
US star Streep is up for best actress for her portrayal of the former prime minister.
British actress Tilda Swinton is also up for the award for her part in We Need To Talk About Kevin, alongside Viola Davis for The Help, Berenice Bejo for top-nominated film The Artist, and Williams for her role in My Week With Marilyn.
Streep has already won a Golden Globe for her role in The Iron Lady, and is tipped for an Oscar.
Silent film The Artist has scooped the largest number of nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards, with 12.
Cold War thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy follows with 11, including a leading actor nod for Gary Oldman.
His rivals at the awards, the biggest event in the British film calendar, include heartthrobs Brad Pitt for Moneyball and George Clooney for The Descendants.
Irish-German star Michael Fassbender is also up for leading actor for Shame, the movie about sex addiction, and French actor Jean Dujardin is nominated for The Artist.
Hugo, Martin Scorsese's first children's film, has nine nominations, including best director.
My Week With Marilyn has six nominations and The Help and War Horse are each nominated five times.
Full list of nominations
Best Film:
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Outstanding British Film:
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer:
Attack The Block - Joe Cornish (director/writer)
Black Pond - Will Sharpe (director/writer), Tom Kingsley (director), Sarah Brocklehurst (producer)
Coriolanus - Ralph Fiennes (director)
Submarine - Richard Ayoade (director/writer)
Tyrannosaur - Paddy Considine (director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (producer)
Foreign language film:
Incendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Director:
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn
Hugo - Martin Scorsese
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Tomas Alfredson
We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay
Leading actor:
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Clooney - The Descendants
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Michael Fassbender - Shame
Leading actress:
Berenice Bejo - The Artist
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn
Tilda Swinton - We Need To Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis - The Help
Supporting actor:
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides Of March
Supporting actress:
Carey Mulligan - Drive
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Judi Dench - My Week With Marilyn
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Octavia Spencer - The Help
Documentary:
George Harrison: Living In The Material World
Project Nim
Senna
Animated film:
The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Rango
