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Tuesday January 23, 2008

Saoirse Ronan Nominated For Best Supporting Actress

Daniel Day-Lewis follows up his Golden Globes prize with an Oscar nomination (Paramount Vantage)

Day-Lewis Gets The Nod For The Best Actor Oscar

Irish teenager Saoirse Ronan has been nominated for an Oscar in another great year for Irish nominees. Ronan is nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance in 'Atonement'. The 13-year-old faces competition from Cate Blanchett ('I'm Not There'), Ruby Dee ('American Gangster'), Amy Ryan ('Gone Baby Gone') and Tilda Swinton ('Michael Clayton') for the award.

Commenting on her nomination from New Zealand, where she is shooting a film, Ronan said she was "delighted and thrilled".

Other Irish interest in this year's awards includes Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, who are nominated in the Best Original Song category for 'Falling Slowly' from 'Once'. Armagh-born cinematographer Séamus McGarvey is nominated in the Best Cinematography category for his work on 'Atonement'.

Wicklow resident Daniel Day-Lewis is nominated for Best Actor for his performance in 'There Will Be Blood'.

The Oscars take place on Sunday 24 February.

Full List Of Oscar Nominations

Best motion picture of the year
Atonement" (Focus Features)
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War"
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton"

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie in "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney in "The Savages"
Ellen Page in "Juno"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement"
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"

Best animated feature film of the year
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney)
"Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once". Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted". Music by Alan Menken. Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush". (Nominees to be determined)
"So Close" from "Enchanted". Music by Alan Menken. Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted". Music by Alan Menken. Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Achievement in cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" Roger Deakins
"Atonement" Seamus McGarvey
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" Janusz Kaminski
"No Country for Old Men" Roger Deakins
"There Will Be Blood" Robert Elswit

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