Jamie Lee Curtis is back at the Baftas after four decades (Picture: Getty/REX)
Jamie Lee Curtis has had a real full-circle moment with this year’s Baftas.
The Halloween actress, 64, attended her first Baftas bash four decades ago, ending with her scooping a trophy for Trading Places, in which she starred alongside Eddie Murphy.
JLC now admits she wasn’t aware of how important the trophy was for her to win at the age of 25, but she’s ‘older’ and ‘wiser’ in 2023 after being nominated once again.
Sharing nostalgic snaps from her first Baftas the day before this year’s glitzy event, she wrote: ’40 years ago, I flew to London for 24 hours, as I was nominated for a BAFTA. @bafta for #TradingPlaces with Eddie Murphy.
‘To be honest, at 25, pre internet, I didn’t really even understand the import of that institution and it was the first shiny thing I had ever been nominated for and so I went and was dumbfounded and shocked when they presented me this gorgeous trophy.
‘I borrowed a dress from a friend and #BigHairDon’tCare.’
She added that, this year at the Golden Globes, she presented former co-star Eddie with his lifetime achievement award.
‘A couple years before I ran into him at TIFF and my friend @jlcvisuals shot this beautiful portrait. Both Eddie and I now parents and long married and long in the tooth,’ she wrote alongside a picture of them together.
‘Tomorrow night, I will be back at the BAFTA’s with this mixed bunch of nuts 📷@joshtelles @everythingeverywheremovie. Older. Wiser. Way better hair, @seanjameshair in clothes that I bought retail, @ysl in jewellery made for me by my friend @cathywaterman.
‘Certainly much more centred about who I am as a human being and why we’re all here and I’m thrilled that the movie that I will be there as a nominee because of and supporting as head cheerleader is about LOVE and KINDNESS the beautiful reunification of a FAMILY but boy is this a funny little book end to this life for me.’
The actress was amongst the first arrivals of the night (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images)
Everything Everywhere All At Once is up for 10 gongs (Picture: Joe Maher/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)
JLC got playful on the carpet (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)
And she certainly did dazzle on Sunday night’s carpet with plenty of reasons to celebrate, as Everything Everywhere All At Once matched Banshees with a well-deserved 10 nominations, including a leading actress nod for Michelle Yeoh.
Posing for cameras ahead of the ceremony, Jamie Lee looked chic as one of the first stars to arrive.
Jamie Lee – nominated for best supporting actress for her role – arrived at the Royal Festival Hall wearing a black blazer and cream silk skirt.
Wearing a dark eye look and glossy pink lip, she got playful, even taking a moment to kiss the Bafta trophy on the wall behind her.
Netflix’s anti-war epic All Quiet On The Western Front leads the pack with 14 nominations tonight.
The Banshees Of Inisherin, starring Colin Farrell, follows close behind with 10 noms also.
The night could see Irish star Colin take home the first Bafta of his 25-year career.
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He is nominated in the best actor in a leading role category for the first time but faces tough opposition from Austin Butler for Elvis, Brendan Fraser for The Whale, Paul Mescal for Aftersun, Bill Nighy for Living and Daryl McCormack for Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.
This year’s Baftas ceremony has moved to the Royal Festival Hall from its previous location of the Royal Albert Hall, which had hosted the show since 2017.
The Prince and Princess of Wales will attend for the first time in three years.
The Bafta Film Awards are this year hosted by Richard E Grant.
Bafta 2023: Full list of nominations
Best film
All Quiet On The Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tár
Elvis
Outstanding British film
Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian and Charles
Empire of Light
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Living
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
See How They Run
The Swimmers
The Wonder
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Aftersun, Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)
Blue Jean, Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director), Hélène Sifre (Producer)
Electric Malady, Marie Lidén (Director)
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, Katy Brand (Writer)
Rebellion, Maia Kenworthy (Director)
Film not in the English language
All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina
Corsage
Decision to Leave
The Quiet Girl
Documentary
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Animated film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes on
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Director
All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Decision to Leave, Park Chan-wook
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Tár, Todd Field
The Woman King, Gina Prince-Bythewood
Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness
Adapted Screenplay
All Quiet on the Western Front
Living
The Quiet Girl
She Said
The Whale
Leading Actress
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Til
Ana De Armas, Blonde
Emma Thompson, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Leading actor
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Daryl McCormack, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living
Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Carey Mulligan, She Said
Supporting actor
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse
Albrecht Schuch, All Quiet on the Western Front
Micheal Ward, Empire of Light
Original score
All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Casting
Aftersun
All Quiet on the Western Front
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Triangle of Sadness
Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Elvis
Empire of Light
Top Gun: Maverick
Editing
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Production design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Batman
Elvis
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Costume design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Amsterdam
Babylon
Elvis
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
Makeup & hair
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Elvis
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
The Whale
Sound
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Special Visual Effects
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
British short animation
The Boy the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Middle Watch
Your Mountain is Waiting
British short film
The Ballad of Olive Morris
Bazigaga
Bus Girl
A Drifting Up
An Irish Goodbye
EE rising star award
Aimee Lou Wood
Daryl McCormack
Emma Mackey
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim
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She didn’t understand how ‘important’ the awards were aged 25.
