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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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  • (21)

    slumdog is extremely over rated for reasons one cant understand. Absolutely ridiculous!!!

    Posted by: dr_hamid_naseem on Sun Feb 08 10:10PM | Report abuse
  • (22)

    slumdog bafta miliioner this year.] easy to predict!!

    Posted by: ryszardmatias on Sun Feb 08 10:11PM | Report abuse
  • (23)

    Well shows how much the writer of this page knows - spelling is : Persepolis

    Posted by: francish7 on Sun Feb 08 10:11PM | Report abuse
  • (24)

    Can't beleive thar 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' didn't win anything at all.

    Posted by: dr_hamid_naseem on Sun Feb 08 10:12PM | Report abuse
  • (25)

    Mickey is back from the darkness.... Just loved his speech and can't wait to see the film.

    Posted by: pizycato on Sun Feb 08 10:13PM | Report abuse
  • (26)

    Ah Kate the token winner...

    Posted by: auspicious333 on Sun Feb 08 10:14PM | Report abuse
  • (27)

    Yet another 'Back Slapping' occaision for the 'Luvvies' Utter Rubbish as usual. Get a life you people..............

    Posted by: elinorrog on Sun Feb 08 10:15PM | Report abuse
  • (28)

    Kate Winslet definitely deserved it,she was amazing in The Reader.

    Posted by: gillian.spencer on Sun Feb 08 10:15PM | Report abuse
  • (29)

    Jonathon Ross wins! Mick Jagger did well. In Bruges should have won more.

    Posted by: towers286 on Sun Feb 08 10:16PM | Report abuse
  • (30)

    best actor was absolutely random! really wanna see the film!

    Posted by: pizycato on Sun Feb 08 10:16PM | Report abuse