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BAFTA Awards - 2009 Winners!

Sun Feb 08 09:20PM by Movies Editor

With 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' scooping the most nominations, it was always going to be an exciting battle to see who would take home the most BAFTA masks. Add into the mix a host of A-list actors who walked the red carpet either to present an award or hoping to receive one, it really was an exciting night.The late Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'The Dark Knight'.

Take a look at the winning films and actors below:

 

Best Film: 'Slumdog Millionaire'

Also nominated: 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', 'Frost/Nixon', 'Milk', 'The Reader'

 

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke

Also nominated: Frank Langella, Dev Patel, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt

 

Best Actress: Kate Winslet ('The Reader')

Also nominated: Angelina Jolie, Kristen Scott Thomas, Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet ('Revolutionary Road')

 

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger

Also nominated: Robert Downey Jr, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brad Pitt

 

Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz

Also nominated: Amy Adams, Freida Pinto, Tilda Swinton, Marisa Tomei

 

Best British Film: Man on Wire

Also nominated: Hunger, Slumdog Millionaire, Mamma Mia!, In Bruges

 

Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Also nominated: Clint Eastwood (Changeling), David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), Stephen Daldry (The Reader)

 

Best Animation: WALL-E

Also nominated: Presepolis, Waltz With Bashir

 

See our gallery of the stars on the red carpet

 

Do you think the best film and actors won?

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  • (11)

    Slumdog millionaire should have won best british film, because it was - by a mile!!

    Posted by: alicepalma on Sun Feb 08 10:02PM | Report abuse
  • (12)

    Go Micky you are the best actor!!! I think you are awaesome Tom.... good luck micky

    Posted by: thomas.handley on Sun Feb 08 10:03PM | Report abuse
  • (13)

    Slum dog best film along with all supporting child actors

    Posted by: dkgdenise on Sun Feb 08 10:04PM | Report abuse
  • (14)

    Slumdog is super cheesey. I must be the only person who thinks its trash

    Posted by: keiran0 on Sun Feb 08 10:05PM | Report abuse
  • (15)

    Just another bit of moronic self congratulation.

    Posted by: cobblers100 on Sun Feb 08 10:07PM | Report abuse
  • (16)

    yay well done kate. i love you

    Posted by: kirstyalden on Sun Feb 08 10:08PM | Report abuse
  • (17)

    slumdog is toooooooooooooooooo overrated

    Posted by: geminishivam on Sun Feb 08 10:08PM | Report abuse
  • (18)

    zQ

    Posted by: marsh167 on Sun Feb 08 10:08PM | Report abuse
  • (19)

    Anyone who has seen Man on Wire realises it is the best British Film, funded in the UK.

    Posted by: marsh167 on Sun Feb 08 10:09PM | Report abuse
  • (20)

    Eastwood should have got best director, can't believe Rourke got best actor!

    Posted by: julian_deeming on Sun Feb 08 10:10PM | Report abuse