Emma Stone paid tribute to her mum as she won Best Actress for her role in Poor Things at the 77th EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday.
The Hollywood star, 35, took home the top prize for her role as Bella Baxter in the sci-fi comedy and made sure to thank her mother Krista for believing in her dreams.
She said: ‘She kind of made me believe this crazy idea that I can do something like this.’
The Cruella star said she was ‘in awe’ of all of the team behind the surreal comedy, where she plays a woman who is reanimated and implanted with the brain of a baby. Emma looked visibly pleased with herself as she entered the Winners’ Room at the ceremony,
Emma Stone made sure to pay tribute to her mum as she collected her BAFTA on Sunday night in London
The actress looked in shock as she entered the Winners’ Room clutching her Best Actress statuette
The Hollywood star, 35, took home the top prize for her role as Bella Baxter in the sci-fi comedy and made sure to thank her mother Krista for believing in her dreams.
THE BAFTA WINNERS AT A GLANCE
Best Film – Oppenheimer
Best Director – Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Supporting Actor – Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer
Leading Actor – Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Leading Actress – Emma Stone, Poor Things
Supporting Actress – Da’vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Emma fought off competition from Maestro actress Carey Mulligan, Rye Lane’s Vivian Oparah, Barbie star Margot Robbie, Anatomy of a Fall actress Sandra Huller and former American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino – who had been nominated for her role in The Color Purple – for the gong.
Meanwhile, Cillian Murphy won the Leading Actor award at the BAFTAs.
The 47-year-old actor – who plays the titular role in Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb saga – picked up the prize at the ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
He triumphed in a category which included Bradley Cooper for ‘Maestro’, Colman Domingo for ‘Rustin’, Paul Giamatti for ‘The Holdovers’, Barry Keoghan for ‘Saltburn’ and Teo Yoo for ‘Past Lives’.
Cillian won his award after Nolan paid tribute to his leading man when he collected his Best Director award for ‘Oppenheimer‘.
Robert Downey Jr won the Supporting Actor gong for the film, which was also victorious in the Cinematography and Editing categories.
Oppenheimer has been nominated for a total of 13 awards.
Earlier, Da’Vine Joy Randolph won the Supporting Actress award for The Holdovers.
The Cruella star beamed as she held onto her prize for her role in the sci-fi comedy at the BAFTAs on Sunday night
Just moments earlier, Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy scooped the Best Actor gong for his role in the wartime epic
She said: ‘Thank you for trusting me with this beautiful character.
‘Being able to wear this beautiful gown, standing on the stage in London, is not a responsibility I take lightly.’
She also thanked her co-star Giamatti and said she ‘cries every time’ she says his name.
She went on: ‘I’m proud to call you a friend and thank you for never wavering.’
French legal drama ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ won the Original Screenplay gong and co-writer and director Justine Triet, collected the award.