Best Actress Nominees 2013: Jessica Chastain & Jennifer Lawrence Among Those Honored

Who's Going To Take The Best Actress Trophy At The Oscars?
Best Actress winner Jessica Chastain attends the National Board of Review Awards gala at Cipriani 42nd St. on Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Best Actress winner Jessica Chastain attends the National Board of Review Awards gala at Cipriani 42nd St. on Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Oscar nominations were doled out early Thursday morning by Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone, with Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain among those with a chance at taking home the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Quvenzhané Wallis, Naomi Watts and Emmanuelle Riva were also nominated in the category.

Lawrence plays Tiffany in "Silver Linings Playbook." This year's nod marks her second -- she was also nominated for "Winter's Bone" in 2011. Chastain stars as the pivotal CIA analyst in "Zero Dark Thirty," Kathryn Bigelow's much-debated film on the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Wallis, who is just 9 years old, set a record as the youngest actress to ever compete in the category.

MacFarlane will host the awards broadcast on Feb. 24, when he'll be joined by many of Hollywood's biggest names. Oscar winners are chosen by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy is made up of working professionals in cinema. More information on the voting process is available at the Academy's website. It's worth noting that the Golden Globes -- which take place this Sunday -- are not voted on by industry insiders, but by the Hollywood Foreign Press.

A live-blog of Oscars season is available below, as is a gallery of those honored. Be sure to head back to HuffPost Entertainment for coverage of all things awards.

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