BAFTA nominations latest: Films and stars in the running revealed - with one film leading the way

That's it from our live coverage of today's BAFTA nominations.

You can read our report on the key nominees and moments from today below.

And of course, we'll be back in a few weeks to cover the ceremony itself - we'll see you then.

Our arts and entertainment correspondent Katie Spencer caught up with The Ballad Of Wallis Island director James Griffiths and star and writer Tom Basden earlier today, shortly after the nominations were announced.

The film, which also stars Tim Key and Carey Mulligan, is up for three BAFTAs, including oustanding British film, best adapted screenplay, and a supporting actress nod for Mulligan.

Basden said being nominated for three was "absolutely beyond our wildest expectations".

"It's just a gift that keeps giving really," said Griffiths. "I feel incredibly grateful that we've been recognised and supported by so many people actually throughout the year."

The film stars Key as an eccentric millionaire who invites two former bandmates (and also former lovers) to reunite for a private show on his island.

Basden said he had been messaging Mulligan after learning the nominations. "I think it's so deserved," he said. "She's so brilliant in it."

And Key is in Los Angeles at the moment, Basden added, so was in bed due to the time difference when the nominations were announced. 2But he woke up, he got up, and he's been messaging and he is very happy."

He also said he hoped the recognition would raise the film's profile, as well as that of other British films.

"I hope for films like I Swear and Pillion, [they] are brilliant British films this year. That's that's what you want, isn't it? You want people to really go out and look for these British films, these smaller stories, you know - lower-budget movies that are being made here. And seek out the stories that we're making and feel proud that there's this creativity and brilliance at work in Britain."

Finally, Spencer asked how they feel about walking the BAFTAs red carpet.

"I think in truth, we sort of feel a bit like outsiders because we just kind of made this film really on our own terms with very little in the way of budget or anything like that," Basden said. "So to be sort of walking next to your Chalamets and your DiCaprios is obviously completely surreal.

"We'll take it in our stride, of course, but we might end up just asking for selfies, maybe."

There are 26 BAFTA categories in total, including the public-voted rising star award.

One Battle After Another leads the nominations with 14, while Sinners has 13, and Marty Supreme and Hamnet each have 11.

Here is the list of nominations in full.

There are a range of nationalities represented in the 2026 acting nominations, with Australian, Irish, Norwegian, Puerto Rican and Swedish nominees making the list, along with those from the UK and the US.

BAFTA tends to recognise British talent a bit more than its Hollywood counterparts - but has that happened this year?

Across the four acting categories, UK actors make up five of the 24 nominees - the same number as the past three years.

Ireland has two nominations this year, with Hamnet stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in the running for best actress and best supporting actor.

In the categories for male actors, I Swear stars Robert Aramayo and Peter Mullan are the sole UK hopefuls, for best leading actor and best supporting actor respectively.

The UK is best represented in the best supporting actress category, where three of the six nominees are British: Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners), Carey Mulligan (The Ballad Of Wallis Island) and Emily Watson (Hamnet).

There are no British nods in the best actress category.

Wicked: For Good star Cynthia Erivo is perhaps the biggest surprise to be left off the list, though the film in general has not fared as well as the first part did last year.

While One Battle After Another leads the nominations with 14, Hamnet has broken a record with its 11 nods.

The film, which stars Irish actors Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley as Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway, or Agnes, tells a story of love and grief that is said to have inspired one of the writer's most famous works.

Helmed by Chloe Zhao, it is now BAFTA's most nominated film ever by a female director, with nods for its stars and in the best film category. Largely filmed in Herefordshire, it is also in the running for outstanding British film, as well as best director for Zhao.

And it looks set to do well come the ceremony, too, as Buckley has proved unbeatable through the awards season so far, with wins at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards this month.

She is up against fellow Golden Globe winner Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You), as well as Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), Emma Stone (Bugonia) and Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another) in the leading actress category.

Mescal is less of a favourite as he faces competition from Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, who both star in One Battle After Another, as well as Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Peter Mullan (I Swear) and Golden Globe winner Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value) in the best supporting actor category - but you never know.

Zhao is the only female filmmaker nominated in the directing category, with Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value) and Ryan Coogler (Sinners) also shortlisted.

Two of this year's rising star nominees are also shortlisted in the acting categories - and leading acting categories, no less.

This is a big deal as the rising star award recognises actors and actresses near to the start of their career, so to also appear alongside Hollywood A-listers in the main shortlists is an achievement.

The two crossover nominees are British actor Robert Aramayo, who stars in I Swear, based on the true story of Tourette's campaigner John Davidson, and Chase Infiniti, who stars alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in this year's most nominated film, One Battle After Another.

Infiniti faces competition from Jessie Buckley (Hamnet), Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) and Emma Stone (Bugonia) in the leading actress category - with Irish star Buckley the favourite after wins at the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards earlier this month.

Aramayo is up against Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), Michael B Jordan (Sinners) and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia), as well as DiCaprio, in the leading actor category - and again, after wins at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, Chalamet is probably the favourite here.

Entertainment reporter Debbie Ridgard caught up with Aramayo when the rising star nominees were announced this month (they go before the main nods as this award is one voted for by the public).

"It's a real big honour to be recognised in this way amongst these actors, it's unbelievable," Aramayo said of his rising star nod.

On playing Davidson, he said: "It was a different sort of pressure really because John is an amazing person, I mean he really is a real life superhero and he inspires me so much.

"I think he's an incredible person so to be able to be a part of telling his story, genuinely, was a huge honour, but also a lot of pressure just to sort of... I wanted to do a good job."

Now Aramayo has a leading actor BAFTA nomination, too.

Getting your first BAFTA nomination is a big deal, so congratulations to the first-timers for 2026.

In the performance categories, there are nine actors and actresses nominated for the first time - from newcomers to veteran stars.

• Robert Aramayo - I Swear
• Odessa A'zion - Marty Supreme
• Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
• Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another
• Michael B Jordan - Sinners
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
• Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value
• Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another

Six former and current BAFTA rising stars are also nominated - Robert Aramayo, Jessie Buckley, Timothee Chalamet, Jacob Elordi, Chase Infiniti and Carey Mulligan.

And in the best director category, two of the six are first-time nominees - Ryan Coogler and Josh Safdie.

By Katie Spencer, arts and entertainment correspondent

At a time when what's happening in America feels worlds away from how things are here in the UK, so too has a divide emerged between our awards shows.

Let's start with the fact that vampire horror Sinners, which received a record number of Oscar nominations last week, isn't leading the pack; while its still got a high 13,  One Battle After Another is the one to beat for BAFTA, with 14 nominations.

BAFTA often leans more arthouse, or culturally British, and that's why we've seen I Swear - which follows the life of a Tourette's campaigner and his experience growing up in Scotland in the 1980s - pick up five nominations, including acting nods for British stars Robert Aramayo and Peter Mullan.

It doesn't get more quintessentially British than a film about a folk band reforming on a fictional island, and The Ballad Of Wallis Island has three nods.

It has earned Carey Mulligan a supporting actress nomination - in a category that's shaping up to be a battle of the Brits, with  Sinners' Wunmi Mosaku and Hamnet's Emily Watson also nominated.

Key omission

And speaking of Hamnet, BAFTA has righted a perceived wrong after Irish actor Paul Mescal was snubbed by the Oscars - don't worry, he's made the cut over here.

One big thing to note is there's no K-pop - as Netflix chose to stream Demon Hunters over here before showing it in cinemas, which is a rule-breaking no-no for BAFTA.

And then there's Wicked. If fans were green with envy about the musical missing out at the Academy Awards, there's justice for Elphaba as the film is in the running for three of the technical BAFTAs.

The questions is - while BAFTA is fielding a different race, will the main winners still end up being the same?

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