The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards are officially in and this means one thing: let the red carpet games begin!

Hollywood's leading ladies who were nominated for the top honours of Best Actress are Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis for The Help, Rooney Mara for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Meryl Streep for The Iron Ladyand Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn – and come February 27 all eyes will be on the best dressed (as well as who takes home the statue, of course!).

While it's early days for the A-list to be choosing a gown, Best Supporting Actress nominee Jessica Chastain may already have her eye on one designer. Sitting front row at the Armani Privé spring 2012 Haute Couture show in Paris, she was snapped receiving the phone call with the news of her nomination for The Help.

From 10am, February 27, InStyle will have live updates online, at instylemag.com.au and posts on Twitter: Twitter.com/InStyleMag.

And DON'T MISS our official Academy Awards Twitter Party from 6.30pm at Twitter.com/InStyleMag. Our fashion and beauty editors will be online to Tweet about all the red-carpet looks as we watch it on E!.

See all the nominations here:

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Peter Straughan & Bridget O'Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Animated Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Costume Design
Lisy Christl, Anonymous
Mark Bridges, The Artist
Sandy Powell, Hugo
Michael O'Connor, Jane Eyre
Arianne Phillips, W.E.

Makeup
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady

Image: Glenn Close, Rooney Mara, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis and Michelle Williams on the red carpet at the 2012 Golden Globes. See more looks from the 2012 Golden Globes red carpet here!