Anthony Hopkins, Kate Beckinsale win top honours at UK’s National Film Awards

Sir Anthony Hopkins and Kate Beckinsale were among the big winners at the eight annual National Film Awards held in the UK.

Picked by the National Film Academy, Hopkins was honoured with this year’s award for Global Contribution to Motion Picture.

“I will like to thank the National Film Academy and the film fans nationwide for voting for me for the Global Contribution to Motion Picture award. This is one that I am really humbled by,” Hopkins said in a statement.

Looking every bit a star in a plunging glittery gown, Beckinsale took home the award for Best Actress for her role as Lindy in the film ‘Jolt’.

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“This is probably the nicest award show I have ever been to,” Beckinsale said after her win. She later thanked everyone on Instagram for voting for her.

The Best Actor award went to Jude Law for the Harry Potter spin-off ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’, while the Best Feature Film and Best British Film awards were handed down to Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’. Olive Tennant also won Best Newcomer for the same film.

Netflix series ‘Emily in Paris’, which has made headlines worldwide in the past year, led the way with three gongs including Best TV Drama Series, Best Supporting Actor in a TV series and lead star Lily Collins also getting a win for Best Actress in a TV series.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to icon Anita Dobson.

This year, more than 3.5 million film and television fans voted via the official National Film Academy website.

The National Film Academy produces the National Film Awards in the UK and the National Film & TV Awards ceremony in the US annually. The third edition of the NFTA returns to Los Angeles on December 5 this year.

Here’s a list of big winners of the night.

Kate Beckinsale (Jolt)

Jude Law (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore)

Olive Tennant (Belfast)

Lily Collins (Emily in Paris)

Ben Miller (Professor T)

Matthew Horne (The Nan Movie)

Helen Mirren (The Duke)

Save The Cinema

Emma Naomi (Professor T)

Lucien Laviscount (Emily in Paris)

Emily in Paris

Last Night in Soho

Top Boy

A Violent Man

Stephen Brown, Marcelo Grion, Stephen Karandy (The Prototype)

The Tinder Swindler

Belfast

People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan

Craig Fairbrass (A Violent Man)

Belfast

Martin Owen (Twist)

9 – Martín Barrenechea and Nicolás Branca

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Anthony Hopkins (The Father)