Sky Bet are tipping a British double at the Oscars with Daniel Day-Lewis 2/9 to take the best lead actor gong and veteran English actress Julie Christie 1/3 favourite to scoop lead actress honours. The last time Brits scooped best actor and actress Oscars honours was in 1964.
Sky Bet’s entertainment manager, Helen Jacob, said “Daniel Day-Lewis looks a shoo-in for the lead actor, and Julie Christie will be hard to beat for best actress honours. And with Atonement picking up a best picture nod, it promises to be a great Oscar year for British talent!
Atonement, which has also bagged 14 BAFTA nominations, is flying the flag for Britain in the best picture category and is Sky Bet’s 3/1 second favourite behind the 8/11 frontrunner ‘No Country For Old Men’. Its directors, the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers, are 11/10 favourites to be named best directors.
Further British hopes lie with Saoirse Ronan and Tilda Swinton in the best supporting actress category with Sky Bet quoting then both as 8/1 shots.
Due to the ongoing Writers’ Guild of America strike there is still some reservation on whether the ceremony will take place but Sky Bet does not envisage this scenario, quoting 1/10 that it goes ahead as planned and 5/1 that it is cancelled.
Oscar Nomination Odds from Sky Bet:
BEST PICTURE
No Country For Old Men 8/11
Atonement 3/1
There Will Be Blood 3/1
Juno 10/1
Michael Clayton 16/1
DIRECTOR
Joel Coen/Ethan Coen- No Country For Old Men 11/10
Paul Thomas Anderson- There Will Be Blood 9/4
Julian Schnabel- The Diving Bell And The Butterfly 9/4
Tony Gilroy- Michael Clayton 12/1
Jason Reitman- Juno 18/1
LEADING ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood 2/9
George Clooney - Michael Clayton 5/1
Johnny Depp - Sweeny Todd 6/1
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises 16/1
Tommy Lee Jones - Valley of Elah 16/1
LEADING ACTRESS
Julie Christie - Away From Her 1/3
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose 3/1
Ellen Page - Juno 7/1
Laura Linney- The Savages 16/1
Cate Blanchett- Elizabeth: The Golden Age 25/1
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men 1/10
Hal Holbrook- Into The Wild 8/1
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton 8/1
Casey Affleck- Assassination Of Jesse James 14/1
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War 18/1
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There 11/10
Amy Ryan- Gone Baby Gone 6/5
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement 8/1
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton 8/1
Ruby Dee- American Gangster 10/1
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