Eddie Redmayne up for second consecutive Oscar; nods for DiCaprio, Fassbender and Winslet

The British star will compete with Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant, Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs, Matt Damon for The Martian and Bryan Cranston for Trumbo.

Redmayne took home the Academy Award last year for his performance as Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

DiCaprio has won affection for being both a Hollywood heartthrob and an acclaimed actor, but an Oscar has so far eluded him.

Despite rave reviews, he was pipped to the post on numerous occasions when nominated for awards.

In 1994 he lost out on the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, and in 2005 he failed to win the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his part in The Aviator.

In 2007 he again lost out on the Best Actor gong for Blood Diamond, and in 2014 he was beaten once again in the same category for his role in The Wolf of Wall Street.

Financial drama The Big Short, espionage thriller Bridge Of Spies and revenge epic The Revenant will compete with Spotlight, Room, The Martian, Brooklyn and Mad Max: Fury Road for BEST PICTURE. But there was no nomination for the Star Wars blockbuster The Force Awakens.

Irish director Lenny Abrahamson secured a nomination for BEST DIRECTOR for Room, about a young woman and her son living in confinement.

The Big Short’s director Adam McKay also received a nod, alongside George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road, Spotlight director Tom McCarthy and Alejandro G Inarritu for The Revenant.

Charlotte Rampling secured a BEST ACTRESS nod for her role in 45 Years, as did Irish actress Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn, in which she plays a homesick immigrant in New York.

They will compete against former Oscar winners Cate Blanchett, who is nominated for Carol, and Jennifer Lawrence, for Joy, as well as Golden Globe winner Brie Larson, who is nominated for Room.

Kate Winslet landed a nomination for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS for her role as Joanna Hoffman in Steve Jobs. The British star was the surprise winner in the category at the Golden Globes and will be up against Blanchett’s co-star Rooney Mara for Carol, as well as Redmayne’s co-star in The Danish Girl, Alicia Vikander.

Spotlight actress Rachel McAdams and Jennifer Jason Leigh also landed nominations in the category.

British talent dominated the BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR category, with nods for Christian Bale in The Big Short, Tom Hardy in The Revenant and Mark Rylance in Bridge Of Spies. They will compete with Sylvester Stallone for Creed and Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight.

Sam Smith has been nominated for BEST ORIGINAL SONG for Writing’s On The Wall, the theme to James Bond film Spectre.

The Grammy-winning singer recently won a Golden Globe for the track alongside his writing partner Jimmy Napes.

They will compete with singles including Lady Gaga’s track Til It Happens To You from The Hunting Ground and The Weeknd’s Earned It from Fifty Shades Of Grey.

The star-studded Oscars ceremony will be held on February 28.

AT A GLANCE

Star Wars: The Force Awakens was not excluded entirely from the nominations - it secured nods for film editing, original score, sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects. Here is a full list of nominees:

• 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)