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Firth crowned king at BAFTAs

King's Speech wins seven awards including best actor

by Maria Realf

Helena, Colin and Geoffrey all took home awards for The King's Speech

In a night of few surprises, The King's Speech was crowned the big winner at this year's BAFTAs, scooping seven awards including best leading actor (Colin Firth), supporting actor (Geoffrey Rush), supporting actress (Helena Bonham Carter) and best film.

Accepting the best actor award for the second year in a row, Firth joked: "I like coming here, thank you, BAFTA."

There was also awards glory for The Social Network, which picked up best director, adapted screenplay, and editing, while Inception won for its production design, sound, and special visual Effects.

Andrew Garfield on the red carpet
However, the magnificent Black Swan only took home one gong (leading actress - Natalie Portman) despite 12 nominations, and 127 Hours, which had been up for eight awards, was left empty handed (no pun intended...).

The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award - voted for by the public - went to Inception's Tom Hardy, despite strong competition from Andrew Garfield, Aaron Johnson, Gemma Arterton and Emma Stone. Ironically Hardy was the only one of the five nominees who wasn't present at the event, but the other four were all spotted wowing the crowds outside London's Royal Opera House - particularly Garfield and Stone (see our red-carpet snaps here).

Though the weather was undeniably soggy to say the least, it didn't manage to dampen the spirits of either the fans or the talent. Other big names attending the glamorous event included Amy Adams, Jessica Alba, Jesse Eisenberg (pictured), Samuel L Jackson (awesome hat), James McAvoy, Sir Paul McCartney (pictured), Julianne Moore, Dev Patel, Kevin Spacey, Emma Watson and Rosamund Pike (who almost announced the best original screenplay winner before the nominees had been revealed! In the end it went to David Seidler for - yep, you've guessed it - The King's Speech).

Though there were hardly any big shocks on the night, it was fantastic to see so many stars turn out to celebrate the cream of this year's cinematic crop. Will there be some twists in store at the upcoming Oscars, or will The King's Speech reign supreme there too? Watch this space...

Here's the full list of winners and nominees.

Actress Emma Stone

Best Film

Outstanding British Film

  • 127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, John Smithson
  • Another Year - Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe
  • Four Lions - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
  • The King’s Speech - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
  • Made In Dagenham - Nigel Cole, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Sir Paul McCartney chats to fans

Director

Original Screenplay

Adapted Screenplay

Film not in the English Language

The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg

Animated Film

Leading Actor

Leading Actress

Supporting Actor

Supporting Actress

Original Music

Cinematography

Editing

Production Design

Costume Design

Sound

  • 127 Hours - Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri, Douglas Cameron
  • Black Swan - Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, Dominick Tavella
  • Inception - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick
  • The King’s Speech - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin
  • True Grit - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell

Special Visual Effects

Make Up & Hair

Short Animation

  • The Eagleman Stag - Michael Please
  • Matter Fisher - David Prosser
  • Thursday - Matthias Hoegg

Short Film

  • Connect - Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon
  • Lin - Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel
  • Rite - Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie
  • Turning - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown
  • Until The River Runs Red - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis

Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award

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