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JESSIE BUCKLEY HAS won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Hamnet at the 79th British Academy Film Awards this evening.

The Kerry woman was presented the award by Cork man Cillian Murphy. 

It was the second award for the film, which also won Outstanding British Film.

In the latter category, it was up against Cillian Murphy’s film Steve, which he starred in and produced. The drama is a British-Irish co-production. 

Hamnet’s stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal were among the Irish nominees at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, where the awards show took place.

Mescal, who was up for Supporting Actor, missed out on the award which went to Sean Penn for One Battle After Another. 

Jessie Buckley pictured attending the 79th British Academy Film Awards, at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, where she won Best Actress in a Leading Role. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

Hamnet was nominated for 11 Baftas – including Best Film, Outstanding British Film and Best Director for Chloé Zhao. It lost out in nine of its nominated categories, and won in two.

Dublin and London-based production company Element Pictures are behind films Bugonia, Pillion and My Father’s Shadow, which had a total of nine nominations between them.

Cillian Murphy pictured this evening in London. He's to present an award this evening. James Manning / PA James Manning / PA / PA

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another led the awards, followed by Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. One Battle After Another won the overall award for Best Film, finishing the night with five awards.

Outside of the Irish nominees, there was surprise as Robert Aramayo won Best Actor in a Leading Role over Timothée Chalamet, who was expected to nab the award for his turn in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme.

Aramayo won for I Swear, directed by Kirk Jones. 

The full list of winners is as follows:

• Adapted Screenplay – One Battle After Another
• Animated Film – Zootropolis 2
• Best Film – One Battle After Another
• British Short Animation – Two Black Boys in Paradise
• British Short Film – This is Endometriosis
• Casting – I Swear
• Children’s and Family Film – Boong
• Cinematography – One Battle After Another
• Costume Design – Frankenstein
• Director – Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
• Documentary – Mr. Nobody Against Putin
• Editing – One Battle After Another
• EE Rising Star – Robert Aramayo
• Fellowship – Donna Langley
• Film Not in the English Language – Sentimental Value
• Leading Actor – Robert Aramayo (I Swear)
• Leading Actress – Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
• Makeup and Hair – Frankenstein 
• Original Score – Sinners
• Original Screenplay – Sinners
• Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema – Clare Binns
• Outstanding British Film – Hamnet
• Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer – My Father’s Shadow
• Production Design – Frankenstein
• Sound – F1
• Special Visual Effects – Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Supporting Actor – Sean Penn
• Supporting Actress – Wummi Mosaku