Brooklyn has been honoured with six BAFTA nominations including Outstanding British Film, while the movie's star Saoirse Ronan is up for Best Actress.

She will compete against Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Brie Larson (Room), Cate Blanchett (Carol) and Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van) for the coveted award.

Meanwhile, Michael Fassbender will vie for Best Actor for his role in Steve Jobs alongside Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) and Matt Damon (The Martian).

Emma Donoghue nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

Irish movie Room picked up a second nomination with Emma Donoghue in the running for Best Adapted Screenplay. Emma will be one of the guests on tonight's Late Late Show on RTÉ One. Emma said she was thrilled with today's nomination.

I'm over the moon to be nominated for a Bafta for adapted screenplay for Room. As a first-timer, to find myself in the company of such superb scriptwriters is an honour I'll never forget. But much of the credit should go to our extraordinary director Lenny Abrahamson, my teacher and mentor in filmcraft. I'm also delighted that Bafta has recognised the astounding performance of Brie Larson.

Carol is the most nominated film including Best Actress for Cate Blanchett

Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies and Todd Haynes' Carol lead the way at the nominations with nine each, with The Revenant following closely behind with eight and Mad Max: Fury Road with seven. The BAFTA nominations tend to be a good indicator for the Oscar nominations which will be announced on Thursday next, January 14.

Colin Farrell in The Lobster

Colin Farrell's The Lobster has been recognised in the Outstanding British Film category alongside Domhnall Gleeson's Ex Machina, Brooklyn, 45 Years, The Danish Girl and Amy.

Rooney Mara, Kate Winslet, Julie Walters, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alicia Vikander have been nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category, while Benicio Del Toro, Christian Bale, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo and Mark Rylance are up for Best Supporting Actor.

Julie Walters said she was thrilled with her nomination for Brooklyn.

What a wonderful surprise, thrilled to be nominated. And proud to be included alongside these great women and their powerful performances.

Brie Larson nominated for Best Actress and a Rising Star Award

Bel Powley, Brie Larson, Dakota Johnson, John Boyega and Taron Egerton were announced as the nominees for the EE Rising Star Award earlier this week.

Brie Larson said she was touched to receive a nomination for her role in the Irish movie, Room which opens here next week.

Thank you Bafta for this wonderful acknowledgment. I'm proud to be a part of a film that has touched so many people around the world and to share this moment with Lenny, Emma, Jacob and the entire cast and crew of Room.

The 2016 BAFTAs will take place on Sunday, February 14 at London's Royal Opera House.

Watch @stephenfry and Gugu Mbatha-Raw announce the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards! #EEBAFTAs https://t.co/zK0la2YfAP — BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 8, 2016

Take a look at the full list of nominations for the 2016 BAFTAs below.

Best Film

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Carol

The Revenant

Spotlight

Best Actor

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Matt Damon, The Martian

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Best Actress

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Brie Larson, Room

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro, Sicario

Christian Bale, The Big Short

Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation

Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight

Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

Best Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Julie Walters, Brooklyn

Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Rooney Mara, Carol

Best Director

Adam McKay, The Big Short

Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies

Todd Haynes, Carol

Ridley Scott, The Martian

Alejandro G Iñárritu, The Revenant

Outstanding British Film

45 Years

Amy

Brooklyn

The Danish Girl

Ex Machina

The Lobster

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Alex Garland, director, Ex Machina

Debbie Tucker Green, writer/director, Second Coming

Naji Abu Nowar, writer/director, Rupert Lloyd, producer, Theeb

Sean McAllister, director/producer, Elhum Shakerifar, producer, A Syrian Love Story

Stephen Fingleton, writer/director, The Survivalist

Documentary

Amy

Cartel Land

He Named Me Malala

Listen to Me Marlon

Sherpa

Animated Film

Inside Out

Minions

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Film not in the English Language

The Assassin

Force Majeure

Theeb

Timbuktu

Wild Tales

Original Screenplay

Bridge of Spies, Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Ex Machina, Alex Garland

The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino

Inside Out, Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve

Spotlight, Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer

Adapted Screenplay

The Big Short, Adam McKay, Charles Randolph

Brooklyn, Nick Hornby

Carol, Phyllis Nagy

Room, Emma Donoghue

Steve Jobs, Aaron Sorkin

Original Music

Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies

Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai, The Revenant

Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario

John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Cinematography

Janusz Kamiński, Bridge of Spies

Ed Lachman, Carol

John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road

Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant

Roger Deakins, Sicario

Editing

Hank Corwin, The Big Short

Michael Kahn, Bridge of Spies

Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road

Pietro Scalia, The Martian

Stephen Mirrione, The Revenant

Production Design

Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, Bridge of Spies

Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler, Carol

Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson, Mad Max: Fury Road

Arthur Max, Celia Bobak, The Martian

Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Costume Design

Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Brooklyn

Sandy Powell, Carol

Sandy Powell, Cinderella

Paco Delgado, The Danish Girl

Jenny Beavan, Mad Max: Fury Road

Make-up and Hair

Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn, Brooklyn

Jerry DeCarlo, Patricia Regan, Carol

Jan Sewell, The Danish Girl

Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin. Mad Max: Fury Road

Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini, The Revenant

Sound

Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Bridge of Spies

Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White, Mad Max: Fury Road

Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor, The Martian

Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom, The Revenant

David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Special Visual Effects

Ant-Man Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke

Ex Machina Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst

Mad Max: Fury Road Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams

The Martian Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan

British Short Animation

Edmond, Nina Gantz, Emilie Jouffroy

Manoman, Simon Cartwright, Kamilla Kristiane Hodol

Prologue, Richard Williams, Imogen Sutton

British Short Film

Elephant, Nick Helm, Alex Moody, Esther Smith

Mining Poems or Odes, Callum Rice, Jack Cocker

Operator, Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan

Over, Jörn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister

Samuel-613, Billy Lumby, Cheyenne Conway