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BAFTA Awards - 2009 Winners!

Sun Feb 08 09:20PM by Movies Editor

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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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  • (191)

    no way!!!!!

    Posted by: boochie1284 on Mon Feb 09 05:35PM | Report abuse
  • (192)

    My friends dad wrote slumdog millonare its so cool

    Posted by: isabel.griffin on Mon Feb 09 06:08PM | Report abuse
  • (193)

    slumdog millionaire was definitely the right choice... amazing film!!!!

    Posted by: laura.jennings4 on Mon Feb 09 06:29PM | Report abuse
  • (194)

    Anytime an English Actor/Actress or and English film or English anything comes up against an American Actor/Actress or American film, they give the English the nod over the American. The only time Americans win is when there are no English contending. Bafta is notorious for being biased towards the English. Case and point Slumdog is an English film, it won, Boyle is English and he won best director, Winslet is English she won Best Actress, and back when Meryl Streep won the Oscar for best actress for Sofie's Choice and received instant international acclaim and awards, Bafta gave the Best Actress award to Julie Walters, one of their own. I am not an American even tough I do live here and I have no dog in this fight. This is just my observation: Bafta is a complete and utter joke!

    Posted by: waryrox on Mon Feb 09 06:56PM | Report abuse
  • (195)

    Why didnt Mamma Mia get more? well done kate and heath ledger(RIP).

    Posted by: actevafitness on Mon Feb 09 08:18PM | Report abuse
  • (196)

    Glad to see Heath Ledger win. Hope he wins the oscar too. Slumdog Millionaire was good but I didn't think it was the best film. Frost/Nixon was supposed to be very good but I didn't see it so cannot comment. Well done Kate always thought she was a good actress. All in all it was a good show.

    Posted by: karenmonaghan29 on Mon Feb 09 08:30PM | Report abuse
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    I'm So GlAd Heath Ledger won! He wAs An AmAzing Actor! whAt A Legend! :)

    Posted by: sgbathome on Mon Feb 09 08:39PM | Report abuse