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Despite an outcry last year about a lack of diversity in the Academy's choices, all of the nominees in the acting categories this year are white. Straight Outta Compton, which is about the roots of black hip-hop group NWA, nominated only for its original screenplay.

Best-actress nominees include Cate Blanchett for Carol, Brie Larson for Room, Jennifer Lawrence for Joy, Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years and Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn. At 25, Lawrence is the youngest four-time acting nominee in Oscar history. Blanchett is a two-time winner, while newcomer Larson and veteran Rampling are both first-time nominees.

Alicia Vikander picked up a supporting actress nomination for her role as the wife of a transgender pioneer in The Danish Girl. Other actresses nominated in the supporting category include Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Rooney Mara (Carol), Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) and Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs).

Carol, the tender portrayal of a female photographer who falls in love with a married older woman in the 1950s' New York, boasted six nominations in total, though it failed to pull one for best picture or director Todd Haynes. The screenplay, adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt, garnered a best adapted screenplay nomination.