Just as Ricky Gervais so cannily suggested in the episode of Extras she starred in, Kate Winslet won her only Academy Award for Best Actress after playing Hanna Schmitz in World War II romantic drama, The Reader. And it looks like her name is in the frame once more for A Little Chaos.

Kate Winslet
Will Kate Winslet win her second academy award for A Little Chaos?

Directed by Alan Rickman, A Little Chaos is a British period drama that charts the assignment of Kate Winslet’s character, Sabine De Barra, to construct the grand gardens at the Palace of Versailles.

Of course, there are still more competitors waiting in the wings to snatch the prize including Jennifer Lawrence for her role in Serena. With two academy award wins for two nominations (Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook and Best Supporting Actress for American Hustle), she’s not a candidate that will go away quietly.

The biggest contenders at this stage appear to be Amy Adams for Big Eyes, Jessica Chastain for The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby and Michelle Williams for Suite Francaise.

Marion Cotillard is also a big player, starring in two films full of Oscar promise, MacBeth and Two Days, One Night.

At the end of the night, film is likely to be the big winner because they’re so many impressive ones out there. But it would also be nice if in one of those winning films was an impressive British offering too.