Awards season is now well underway, with The Brutalist and Emilia Perez the big winners at the Golden Globes earlier this month.
All eyes are now on the BAFTA Film Awards in February, with the shortlists released this week and the ceremony scheduled for Sunday, February 16.
Meanhile the Oscars, the world’s most prestigious film awards, will be held on Sunday, March 2, with the nominees announced on Thursday, January 23. They had originally been planned for Friday, January 17, but were delayed due to the LA fires.
Here are the bookies’ favourites for the Best Actress Oscar when it is presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
5. Angelina Jolie
Hollywood royalty Angelina Jolie is a 15/2 shot for Best Actress for playing opera singer Maria Callas in slippery bipoic 'Maria'. If the nominations go the way of the odds she will complete the shortlist. That's unlikely though - as the Academy usually come up with a couple of shocks. | Getty Images
6. Karla Sofia Gascon
Karla Sofia Gascon would become the first ever transgender actress to be nominated for an Oscar if she's shortlisted for her performance in Spanish-language film 'Emilia Pérez'. The musical crime comedy is about a cartel boss who fakes her own death and won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. | AFP via Getty Images
7. Nicole Kidman
A packed field means that Nicole Kidman is 10/1 to win for her eyecatching lead role in raunchy drama 'Babygirl'. She's won before, for 'The Hours' in 2003. | Getty Images
8. Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Marianne Jean Baptiste is Britain's best shot at a nominee for her role in Mike Leigh's 'Hard Truths'. She was previously nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Leighs' 'Secrets & Lies' but failed to win. She's a 10/1 shot to go one better this year. | Getty Images