Great Brits Adele and Daniel Day-Lewis score Oscar nominations

has scored her biggest career high yet, after being nominated for an

. The songstress, who has been put forward in the

category for her 007 theme tune

, joins a handful of other Brits on the path to

glory in 2013.After congratulations flooding in over Twitter, the 24-year-old thanked her fans. "Oh my god I feel like Meryl Streep!! Thank you x," she wrote.Joining her is

, up for

thanks to his performance in the title role of

- the US president who steered his country through the civil war. He is up against

– leading man from

,

,

, put forward for his part in

and

, who stars in

.

, who was born in Kent but moved to Australia when she was 14, has made the

shortlist for her role as a Tsunami survivor in

. She must see off competition from

, star of

,

,

's leading lady,

's

and this year's youngest nominee, nine-year-old

, star of

. For weeks, Hollywood and the world have waited with baited breath to see which actors and films would be put forward for film's most coveted prizes. On Thursday, that wait came to an end as Oscars host

and actress

announced 2013's nominees from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Home grown film

, directed by British

filmmaker

, was nominated in the coveted

category - along with

.The big screen musical adaption fared well with eight nominations in total. These included a

nod for

for her moving portrayal of Fantine. Anne must see off competition from

,

,

and

.

Sweeping the board was

's

, picking up 12 nominations in total. The presidential biopic was closely followed by

, with 11. Receiving a notable seven nods, meanwhile, was

, while new Bond film

got five in total.The big prizes will be announced on Feb. 24, 2013. In the meantime, Oscar hopefuls can look forward to the

which take place on Sunday January 13. The ceremony often serves as a litmus test for who goes on to achieve an Academy Award.

85th Academy Awards® Nominations

BEST ACTOR
• Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
• Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook 
• Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables 
• Joaquin Phoenix - The Master 
• Denzel Washington - Flight BEST ACTRESS 
• Naomi Watts - The Impossible  
• Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook  
• Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
• Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
• Alan Arkin  - Argo
• Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
• Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
• Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained  BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Amy Adams - The Master
• Sally Field - Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
• Helen Hunt- The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook BEST FILM
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty  
• Les Miserables
• Django Unchained
• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild BEST DIRECTOR
• Michael Haneke - Amour
• Benh Zeitlin- Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Ang Lee - Life of Pi
• Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
• David O.Russell - Silver Linings Playbook   BEST ORIGINAL SONG 
• Skyfall - Adele Adkins
• Before My Time- J. Ralph
• Everybody Needs A Best Friend - Seth MacFarlane 
• Pi's Lullaby -  Bombay Jayashri
• Suddenly - Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil BEST FOREIGN FILM  
• No - Chile
• Amour - Austria
• Kon Tiki - Norway
• A Royal Affair - Denmark
• War Witch - Canada