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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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  • (71)

    i agree but all i'm saying is that eckhart was also brilliant and deserves the nomination as much.

    Posted by: rtuck13 on Sun Feb 08 10:48PM | Report abuse
  • (72)

    Great to see a British actress winning at last. Go Kate - all the way to the Oscars!

    Posted by: topfraggle on Sun Feb 08 10:49PM | Report abuse
  • (73)

    Best Bafta's, a truly amazing set of films up for awards, I would have hate judging this year! Slumdog for Oscar

    Posted by: bmjones68 on Sun Feb 08 10:49PM | Report abuse
  • (74)

    heath ledger deserves knighting for the dark knight!!! just one question, how can slumdog millionare win best film but not best british film? it doesn't make sense

    Posted by: linda_clarke on Sun Feb 08 10:51PM | Report abuse
  • (75)

    what a joke its all a fix!

    Posted by: pughjan on Sun Feb 08 10:51PM | Report abuse
  • (76)

    What would you know about film rtuck13, like your some kind of critic or something huh??? Why dont you mind your own business and go back to your penguin farm....

    Posted by: ajcallan on Sun Feb 08 10:51PM | Report abuse
  • (77)

    slumdog millionaire deserves to have won best film around for a long time brilliant story lines well done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Posted by: slove1 on Sun Feb 08 10:51PM | Report abuse
  • (78)

    4

    Posted by: womanofgenius on Sun Feb 08 10:54PM | Report abuse
  • (79)

    heath ledger was awesome as joker .. good in monsters ball too .. anyway he should get more than supporting actor! who was he supporting .. he carried the lot of em ..

    Posted by: mccobe on Sun Feb 08 10:54PM | Report abuse
  • (80)

    slumdog didnt deserve to win its a naff film

    Posted by: craig.smith37 on Sun Feb 08 10:59PM | Report abuse