Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, a Kerry producer and an Armagh cinematographer receive Oscar nominations

Daniel Day-Lewis has received a best actor nod for his portrayal of US President Abraham Lincoln at the 85th Oscars nomination ceremony in Los Angeles.

The 55-year-old London-born actor, who has Irish citizenship and lives in Co Wicklow, will go head to head with Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables), Joaquin Phoenix (The Master) and Denzel Washington (Flight) in the same category. Day-Lewis has previously been nominated four times in the best actor category, winning twice for My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood.

His film Lincoln has been nominated 12 times overall, including in the best picture category, alongside Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty.

Take a look at the trailer for Lincoln here:

Elsewhere there will be Irish interest on the night in both the cinematography and the animated short film categories. 

Seamus McGarvey 

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Armagh man Seamus McGarvey was nominated for his cinematography in Anna Karenina, a film based on Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name. This is the second Academy Award nomination for Seamus in this category. He was previously nominated for Atonement  in 2007.

Kerry producer Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly received a nomination for her animated short film Head Over Heels. She made it alongside the American writer-director Timothy Reckart, with the help of the National Film and Television School in the UK.

According to its official synopsis, it tells the story of the emotional distance between a long-married husband and wife which has resulted in an unusual living arrangement.

You can watch the trailer below:

 From Timothy Reckart

The main nominations are as follows:

Best film
Amour
Argo
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Life Of Pi
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best actress
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Best actor
Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight

Best director
Michael Haneke - Amour
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
David O Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best supporting actor
Alan Arkin - Argo
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Best supporting actress
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook

Best foreign film
Amour
No
War witch
A Royal Affair
Kon-Tiki

The 85th Academy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on 24 February.