The
EE British Academy Film Awards nominations for 2015 were announced Friday morning, with a few familiar Harry Potter faces getting recognition, including actors Ralph Fiennes and Imelda Staunton.
Fiennes was nominated for leading actor for his work in the dark comedy,
The Grand Budapest Hotel, which also got the most nominations for a single film this year. Stauton got a nod in the Supporting Actress category for the critically-acclaimed movie
Pride.
Harry Potter producer David Heyman and his movie Paddington were nominated for Outstanding British Film; and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Parts 1 and 2 composer Alexandre Desplat one of the many nominations for
The Grand Budapest Hotel in the original score category.
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LEADING ACTOR
• Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
• Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
• Michael Keaton - Birdman
• Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
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OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
• ’71 - Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke
• The Imitation Game - Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, Graham Moore
• Paddington - Paul King, David Heyman
• Pride - Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford
• The Theory of Everything - James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
• Under the Skin - Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter Campbell
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SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Emma Stone - Birdman
• Imelda - Staunton Pride
• Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
• Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
• Rene Russo - Nightcrawler
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ORIGINAL MUSIC
• Birdman - Antonio Sanchez
• The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat
• Interstellar - Hans Zimmer
• The Theory of Everything J - ohann Johannsson
• Under the Skin - Mica Levi
The BAFTA awards will take place February 8, 2014 in London.