Wicked! Erivo's Oscar nod

Star's best actress nomination for Wizard of Oz prequel

- By Ellie lorizzo

BRITISH stars Ralph Fiennes and Cynthia Erivo have earned best acting Oscar nods, as hit movie Emilia Perez the nominations dominated leading with 13.

Ralph, 62, who is nominated for Conclave, will face off against bigname actors.

They include Adrien Brody for immigrant tale The Brutalist, Timothee Chalamet for Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and Colman Domingo for Sing Sing, about prisoners joining a theatre group.

Sebastian Stan is also up for playing Donald Trump in his early days in the property business, in The Apprentice.