2008 BAFTA Award Winners
2008 BAFTA Award Winners
The 2008 BAFTA Awards have come and gone - and a little known French actress was the big surprise winner of a dazzling ceremony on Sunday night (February 10).
Marion Cotillard beat out British hopefuls Julie Christie and Keira Knightley to take the best actress award for her performance as singer Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose.
The complete list of BAFTA winners is as follows:
BEST FILM
Atonement – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster
BEST BRITISH FILM
This is England – Mark Herbert/Shane Meadows
THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD
Matt Greenhalgh (Writer) – Control
DIRECTOR
No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno – Diablo Cody
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The Lives of Others – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann/Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
ANIMATED FILM
Ratatoulle – Brad Bird
LEADING ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
LEADING ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
To see the entire gallery from the 2008 BAFTA Awards (February 10) - !
Gabrielle Anwar Biography
Svelte English ingenue of Hollywood films who became widely noticed when she teamed with Al Pacino for a memorable tango in “Scent of a Woman” (1992). Anwar made her English TV debut at age 15 in the BBC miniseries, “Hideaway”. After working in a number of English and American TV projects, Anwar made her American feature debut as the lead in Disney’s girl-and-her-horse story, “Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken” (1991), playing real-life stunt rider Sonora Webster famous for diving into a tank of water while on horseback. Anwar next starred opposite Michael J. Fox in the romantic comedy, “For Love or Money” (1993) and acted in “Body Snatchers” (1994), Abel Ferrara’s bloody remake of Don Siegel’s cold-war horror classic “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1956).
- Born:
on 02/04/70 in Laleham, England - Job Titles:
Actor, House cleaner
Family
- Daughter: Willow Anwar. born in 1993
- Father: Tariq Anwar. was nominated for Oscar for “American Beauty” (1999) and received a BAFTA Award for the same film
Significant Others
- Companion: Craig Sheffer. met in London in 1989
Milestones
- 1987 US TV acting debut, “Fearnot”, a TV movie
- 1988 Feature acting debut, “Manifesto”
- 1991 First film in a lead role, “Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken”
- Professional acting debut in the BBC miniseries, “Hideaway”