Stars: Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Richard and Mildred Loving

Ruth Negga arrives at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Irish actress Ruth Negga has landed an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

The hotly-tipped Limerick native secured her first Academy Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Loving, in which she stars as one half of an interracial couple who break the law by getting married in 1960s Virginia.

Joel Edgerton stars as her husband Richard in the film adaptation of a true story.

Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Natalie Portman (Jackie), Emma Stone (La La Land) and Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) were also nominated.

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The role has already scored Irish-Ethiopian Negga (34) a BAFTA Rising star nomination.

In a successful day for Irish film, Irish-funded The Lobster, staring Colin Farrell, secured Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, while Dubliner Consolta Boyle landed an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design.

The 89th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood on February 26 and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

The full list of nominations are as follows:

Supporting Actor

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Lucas Hedges, Manchester By The Sea

Dev Patel, Lion

Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Lead Actor

Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington, Fences

Cinematography

Arrival

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

Silence

Animated Feature Film

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Zootopia

Costume Design

Allied

Fantastic Beasts

Florence Foster Jenkins

Jackie

La La Land

Documentary (feature)

Fire at Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life, Animated

OJ: Made in America

13th



Documentary (short subject)

Extremis

4.1 Miles

Joe's Violin

Watani: My Homeland

The White Helmets

Film Editing

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Moonlight



Foreign Language Film

Land of Mine

A Man Called Ove

The Salesman

Tanna

Toni Erdmann



Makeup and Hair Styling

A Man Called Ove

Star Trek Beyond

Suicide Squad

Original Song

Audition (The Fools Who Dream), La La Land

Can't Stop the Feeling, Trolls

City of Stars, La La Land

The Empty Chair, Jim: The James Foley Story

How Far I'll Go, Moana

Original Score

Jackie

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

Passengers

Production Design

Arrival

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Hail, Caesar!

La La Land

Passengers

Adapted Screenplay

Arrival

Fences

Hidden Figures

Lion

Moonlight

Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan

La La Land, Damien Chazelle

The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos, Epthimis Filippou

Manchester By the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan 20th Century Women, Mike Mills

Sound Mixing

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

LaLa Land

Rogue One

13 Hours

Best Actress

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Ruth Negga, Loving

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Emma Stone, La La Land

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis, Fences

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea

Best Director

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight



Best Picture

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Hidden Figures

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