Hollywood stars descend upon London for Baftas 2024 – live

Australian natives Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) and Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) are competing against each other for the Bafta Rising Star category, alongside The Bear breakout Ayo Edebiri and Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor.

Should either Elordi or Wilde win, they would become the first Australian actor to earn the award.

Should the Dublin-born Keoghan or the Cork-born Murphy triumph in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category, they would become the first Irish-born actor to take home the trophy.

Keoghan is nominated for his performance in Saltburn, and Murphy landed a nod for his role in Oppenheimer.

The Poor Things star could also become the first person ever to win Best Actress in a Leading Role as well as Outstanding British Film in one night should she take both categories.

Stone is credited as a producer on the Yorgos Lanthimos drama, which would mean she too would earn the win for Outstanding British Film.

The only other person to earn a similar victory is Nomadland’s star and producer Frances McDormand, who won Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Film at the 2021 ceremony.

Both Mulligan and Stone could join an exclusive club of only 15 other female actors who’ve won Best Actress in a Leading Role two times or more, should one of them win the category.

Mulligan, who has been nominated for Maestro, won the honour back in 2009 for An Education, while Stone, who received the new nod for Poor Things, took the category in 2016 for La La Land.

In the whole (77-year) history of the Baftas, no person of colour has ever won Best Actress in a Leading Role.

However, if The Color Purple’s Fantasia Barrino or Rye Lane’s Vivian Oparah wins the trophy, they could make history. They are up against Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), Carey Mulligan (Maestro), Margot Robbie (Barbie), and Emma Stone (Poor Things).

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The 45-year-old German actor has landed two Bafta nominations: Best Actress in a Leading Role for her powerful and stunning performance in the Oscar-nominated courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall as well as Best Actress in a Support Role for her performance in the Oscar-nominated historical drama The Zone of Interest.

Should she win both categories, Hüller would achieve a feat that’s never been done in the history of the Baftas.

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To all those in attendance, as well as those enjoying the broadcast/live stream, prepare to get your dancing shoes on.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be performing her 24-year-old track “Murder on the Dancefloor”.

In an interview last month with The Independent, Ellis-Bextor reacted to the renewed love for her song.

“It’s been pretty wild actually, but I’m definitely here for it,” she said. “I’ve always loved the fact that I’m not really in control of what happens to me and my music for a lot of the time, and I’ve always just been open to these new adventures and seeing what can happen.”

Bafta has provided a glimpse behind the curtain, revealing which Hollywood stars will be in attendance at this year’s ceremony.

A behind-the-scenes photo shared on the organisation’s official Twitter page shows off the seating arrangement for Sunday’s ceremony.

Sat on the front row alongside one another will be Cate Blanchett, Ayo Edebiri, Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Margot Robbie.

Scattered behind them will be, among others, Greta Gerwig, Emily Blunt,Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling, Rye Lane nominee Vivian Oparah, Paul Mescal and Carey Mulligan.

Meanwhile, other stars who’ll be present include Christopher Nolan, Rosamund Pike, Hugh Grant, singer Dua Lipa – and, for good measure, David Beckham.

The Bafta awards won’t be televised live, and will start around 4pm on Sunday (16 February).

But there will be red carpet coverage – and, of course, an edited version will be shown on Sunday evening.

Find all the details about how you can watch all the Baftas coverage here.