BAFTA 2022 Film Awards: No Time To Die’s Lashana Lynch wins the Rising Star award and lauds her ‘supportive’ parents and ‘working-class foundation’ for teaching her everything
Lashana Lynch won the Rising Star award at the BAFTA 2022 Film Awards.
The actress, who played MI6 agent Nomi in the latest Bond film, No Time To Die, took to the stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday to accept the award.
Lashana, 34, lauded her ‘supportive’ parents and her ‘working-class foundation’ for teaching her everything, and thanked the women that came before her for ‘laying the foundation’.
Congratulations! Lashana Lynch, 34, won the Rising Star award at the BAFTA 2022 Film Awards
Lashana accepted her award and said: ‘Thank you everyone who voted. I don’t know how people don’t stand up here and not cop their heart out.
‘I have very supportive parents, whose parents came here through the windrush generation. I have them to thank for my existence.
‘I’m grateful for coming from a working-class foundation that has taught me everything I need to know about failure, about “nos” and what “nos” mean and how to celebrate your “yeses”. Now I get to celebrate a yes that never expected.’
‘I’d like to thank the women of this country who taught me what it’s like to be in this industry as a dark skinned woman. I thank you for laying the foundation for people like me.’
A star! The actress, who played MI6 agent Nomi in the latest Bond film, No Time To Die, took to the stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday to accept the award
Speaking backstage, the actress revealed she was going to give the trophy to her mother because ‘I don’t know what to do with it’.
The nominations for the Academy’s 75th awards were announced last month with Dune, The Power Of The Dog and Belfast leading with 11, eight and six respectively.
Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded sci-fi epic landed a slew of technical nods, along with a nod for the top prize for Best Film, while Jane Campion’s dark Western and Kenneth Branagh’s Irish biopic follows close behind with eight and six respectively.
While the Academy once again recognised three women in the Director’s shortlist, this year’s nominations fell short on BAFTA’s vow to improve diversity, with only seven people of colour nominated in contrast to last year’s 12.
It was evening in the acting categories, with Lady Gaga, Caitriona Balfe and Benedict Cumberbatch battling it out for the leading honours, alongside newcomers Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ariana DeBose and Adeel Akhtar.
Grateful: Lashana accepted her award and said: ‘Thank you everyone who voted. I don’t know how people don’t stand up here and not cop their heart out’
While many of Dune’s nominations came in the technical categories, it’s also landed a nod for Best Film, alongside Belfast, Don’t Look Up, Licorice Pizza and The Power of the Dog.
The critically-acclaimed film, the first of two films based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, had been tipped for awards glory, with Hans Zimmer once again recognised in the Original Score category, along with nods for Casting, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup and Hair, Sound and Special Visual Effects.
After its success at the Golden Globes, the dark Western The Power of the Dog landed eight nominations, including Best Film, Director and Adapted Screenplay for Jane Campion, Leading Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, Original Score, Cinematography, and two nominations in the Supporting Actor category for Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons
Thankful: ‘I have very supportive parents, whose parents came here through the windrush generation. I have them to thank for my existence’
Following close behind is Belfast, which landed six nods despite an unexpected snub for Kenneth in the Director category.
The drama, which stars Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench and newcomer Jude Hill and is based on Kenneths’ childhood growing up in Northern Ireland at the height of The Troubles, was also nominated for Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actress for Caitriona, Supporting Actor for Ciarán Hinds and Editing.
Following the surprise BAFTA success of 2012’s Skyfall, the British Academy also recognised Daniel Craig’s swan song in the James Bond franchise, with five nominations.
Star-studded: Lashana was presented the award by Bukky Bakray and Lady Gaga
The action-packed epic, which was delayed multiple times due to the Covid pandemic, landed nods for Outstanding British Film, Special Visual Effects, Editing, Cinematography and Sound.
In the Outstanding British Film category, Belfast and No Time To Die fought it out for the honour alongside After Love, Ali & Ava, Boiling Point, Cyrano, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, House of Gucci, Last Night in Soho, and Passing.
The shortlist for Leading Actress prize comprised Lady Gaga (House of Gucci), Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza), Emilia Jones (Coda), Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World), Joanna Scanlan (After Love), and Tessa Thompson (Passing).
Special moment: The two actresses embraced on the red carpet following the presentation
Adeel Akhtar (Ali & Ava), Mahershala Ali (Swan Song), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog), Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up), Stephen Graham (Boiling Point) and Will Smith (King Richard) were shortlisted for the Leading Actor award.
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress were Caitríona Balfe (Belfast), Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter), Ariana Debose (West Side Story), Ann Dowd (Mass), Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) and Ruth Negga (Passing).
Mike Faist (West Side Story), Ciarán Hinds (Belfast), Troy Kotsur (Coda), Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon), Jesse Plemons (The Power Of The Dog), Kodi Smit-Mcphee (The Power Of The Dog) landed nods for Supporting Actor.
All of the performers in the Supporting Actor category were first-time nominees, with a total of 19 out of the 24 nominees for acting accolades earning their place on the shortlist for the first time.
Disney’s critically-lauded musical Encanto led the nominations for Animated Film, competing opposite Flee, Luca and The Mitchells Vs The Machines.
However, despite vows to improve diversity among the stars being nominated, this year’s list of nods fell short on 2021, with seven people of colour nominated as opposed to last year’s 12.
BAFTAs 2022: THE WINNERS
Best Film
The Power of the Dog- WINNER
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Licorice Pizza
Outstanding British Film
Belfast- WINNER
After Love
Ali & Ava
Boiling Point
Cyrano
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
House of Gucci
Last Night in Soho
No Time To Die
Passing
Best Film: Dune is up for the big going as well as 10 more gongs
Leading Actress
Joanna Scanlan, After Love – WINNER
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Renata Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Tessa Thompson, Passing
Leading Actor
Will Smith, King Richard- WINNER
Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava
Mahershala Ali, Swansong
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up
Stephen Graham, Boiling Point
Supporting Actress
Victory: Ariana DeBose was awarded the gong for Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story – WINNER
Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ruth Negga, Passing
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ann Dowd, Mass
Supporting Actor
Congrats: Troy Kotsur got Supporting Actor for his role in Coda
Troy Kotsur, CODA- WINNER
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Director
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog- WINNER
Aleem Khan, After Love
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Audrey Diwan, Happening
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Harder They Fall- WINNER
After Love
Boiling Point
Keyboard Fantasies
Passing
Adapted Screenplay
CODA- WINNER
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
Original Screenplay
Licorice Pizza- WINNER
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
EE Rising Star Award
EE Rising Star Award: Bond star Lashana Lynch won
Lashana Lynch -WINNER
Harris Dickinson
Millicent Simmonds
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Ariana DeBose
Cinematography
Dune- WINNER
Nightmare Alley
No Time To Die
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Animated Film
Encanto- WINNER
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Documentary
Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)- WINNER
Becoming Cousteau
Cow
Flee
The Rescue
Film Not in the English Language
Drive My Car- WINNER
The Hand of God
Parallel Mothers
Petite Maman
The Worst Person in the World
Costume Design
Costume Design: Cruella won the gong
Cruella- WINNER
Cyrano
Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
Make Up & Hair
The Eyes of Tammy Faye- WINNER
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
House of Gucci
Original Score: Don’t Look Up is up for a gong
Original Score
Dune – WINNER
Being The Ricardos
Don’t Look Up
The French Dispatch
The Power of the Dog
Editing
No Time To Die- WINNER
Belfast
Dune
Licorice Pizza
Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Production Design
Dune – WINNER
Cyrano
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Sound
Dune – WINNER
Last Night in Soho
No Time to Die
A Quiet Place Part II
West Side Story
Special Visual Effects
Dune- WINNER
British Short Animation
Casting
Boiling Point
The Hand of God
King Richard
West Side Story
Editing: Black and white film Belfast is nominated
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