The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, aka the Oscars, will honor the 2016's best of film industry in 24 categories and will take place on February 26, 2017.

One of the categories is the Best Actress where some of the most talented ladies will compete to hit one of the five spots in the nomination board. So who has a better chance to do so?

If one word could describe the pool of contenders racing for Best Actress award, it's competitive.

According to Indie Wire, "Birdman" nominee Emma Stone is bringing her best game with "La La Land", having already won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at Venice Film Festival for the movie.

Amy Adams comes in with not one but two of her movies. The remarkable sci-fi thriller "Arrival", in which she portrays the role of a linguist professor who can communicate with alien visitors and also the psychological thriller "Nocturnal Animals", where Amy is an art gallery owner haunted by her ex-husband's novel.

Playing the iconic role of Jacqueline Kennedy in the biographical drama "Jackie", Natalie Portman had the critics and audience raving about her acting skills.

A surprise entry this year is definitely Ruth Negga. Making her first major lead role on the big screen with British-American historical drama film "Loving", she plays the role of a woman battling race laws.

French actress Isabelle Huppert is making her presence known in the Oscars race French-German-Belgian psychological thriller "Elle". In this critically acclaimed film, Huppert's character is trying to learn the identity of the man who raped her.

Apart from these, major predicted nominees can be Annette Bening for "20th Century Women", Jessica Chastain for "Miss Sloane", Meryl Streep for "Florence Foster Jenkins", Taraji P. Henson for "Hidden Figures", Rebecca Hall for "Christine", Jennifer Lawrence for "Passengers", Rachel Weisz for "Denial", Kate Beckinsale for "Love & Friendship", Mario Cotillard for "Allied" and Tilda Swinton for "A Bigger Splash", as per Award Circuit.