BAFTA Awards 2026: Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi score BAFTA nominations
Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi have continued their awards season run, nabbing nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards.
The BAFTAs are the UK equivalent of the Oscars and largely seen as a good predictor of who will take home the Academy Award trophy that closes out awards season.
It also means the Aussie actors have scored the nomination trifecta of major awards this year, being nominated for the Golden Globes, Oscars and now BAFTAs.
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Byrne again scored the nod for Leading Actress in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, where she plays a mum navigating her daughter’s mystery illness while dealing with an absent husband.
It marks her first-ever BAFTA nomination, while Elordi celebrates his third nomination, getting recognised in the Supporting Actor category for his role as The Creature in Frankenstein.
They’re not the only Australians nominated, with costume and production designer Fiona Crombie receiving a nomination in Production Design for Hamnet.
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One Battle After Another was the biggest winner of this year’s crop, scoring 14 nominations in total, including Best Film.
It’s also given Leonardo DiCaprio a record seventh Leading Actor nomination across his career, tying in the top spot with Michael Caine, Daniel Day-Lewis, Peter Finch, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Lemmon and Laurence Olivier.
The action-thriller also had two nominations in the Supporting Actor category, with Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn taking on Elordi in the category, which also features Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Stellan Skarsgard for Sentimental Value.
After missing out on an Oscar nomination, Paul Mescal scored a Supporting Actor nomination for the BAFTAs for his role as William Shakespeare in Hamnet.
The movie also gave Oscar front-runner Jessie Buckley a nomination in the Leading Actress category, going up against Byrne along with Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) and Emma Stone (Bugonia).
Hamnet has scored its own record, becoming the most-nominated film by a female director in BAFTAs history, with 11 nominations.
Two-time Oscar winner Chloé Zhao scored nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, along with Best Film.
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Sinners, the vampire horror which broke Oscars records with a staggering 16 nominations, came in with 13 at the BAFTAs, including Best Film as well as Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler.
Michael B Jordan also nabbed a Leading Actor nomination for his double role in the movie and will go up against DiCaprio and favourite Marty Supreme‘s Timothée Chalamet.
Others nominated in the category include fellow Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), British actor Robert Aramayo (I Swear) and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia), who had been overlooked by the Oscars for his stellar performance in the Yorgos Lanthimos drama.
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Some notable absentees missing from the nominations list include Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked: For Good, as well as Aussie actors Joel Edgerton for Train Dreams and Hugh Jackman in Song Sung Blue.
Guillermo del Toro also missed out on a Best Director nod for Frankenstein, having also missed out on an Oscar nomination in the same category.
The Netflix drama scored eight nods in total but missed out on a Best Film BAFTA nomination.
The BAFTA Awards will be held in London on February 22 (February 23 AEDT), hosted by Alan Cumming, three weeks ahead of the Oscars this year, which will be on March 15 (March 16 AEDT).
FULL LIST OF 2026 BAFTA AWARD NOMINATIONS:
BEST FILM
Hamnet — Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes
Marty Supreme — Timothée Chalamet, Anthony Katagas, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another — Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value — Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Sinners — Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler
DIRECTOR
Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier
Sinners, Ryan Coogler
LEADING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia
LEADING ACTOR
Robert Aramayo, I Swear
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
28 Years Later — Danny Boyle, Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, Bernard Bellew, Alex Garland
The Ballad of Wallis Island — James Griffiths, Rupert Majendie, Tom Basden, Tim Key
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — Michael Morris, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jo Wallett, Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Abi Morgan
Die My Love — Lynne Ramsay, Martin Scorsese, Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Cirrocchi, Andrea Calderwood, Enda Walsh, Alice Birch
H Is for Hawk — Philippa Lowthorpe, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Emma Donoghue
Hamnet — Chloé Zhao, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Speilberg, Sam Mendes, Maggie O’Farrell
I Swear — Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff, Piers Tempest
Mr. Burton — Marc Evans, Ed Talfan, Josh Hyams, Hannah Thomas, Trevor Matthews, Tom Bullough
Pillion — Harry Lighton, Emma Norton, Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
Steve — Tim Mielants, Alan Moloney, Cillian Murphy, Max Porter
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
The Ceremony — Jack King (Director, Writer), Hollie Bryan (Producer), Lucy Meer (Producer)
My Father’s Shadow — Akinola Davies Jr. (Director), Wale Davies (Writer)
Pillion — Harry Lighton (Director, Writer)
A Want in Her — Myrid Carten (Director)
Wasteman — Cal McMau (Director), Hunter Andrews (Writer), Eoin Doran (Writer)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tom Basden and Tim Key
Bugonia, Will Tracy
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Pillion, Harry Lighton
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
I Swear, Kirk Jones
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value, Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Sinners, Ryan Coogler
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
Arco — Ugo Bienvenu, Félix De Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman
Boong — Lakshmipriya Devi, Ritesh Sidhwani
Lilo & Stitch — Dean Fleischer Camp, Jonathan Eirich
Zootropolis 2 — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin
The Secret Agent — Kleber Mendonça Filho, Emilie Lesclaux
Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier, Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Sirât — Oliver Laxe, Domingo Corral
The Voice of Hind Rajab — Kaouther Ben Hania, Nadim Cheikhrouha
COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein, Kate Hawley
Hamnet, Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme, Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners, Ruth E. Carter
Wicked: For Good, Paul Tazewell
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon
F1 — Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington
Frankenstein — Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell
How to Train Your Dragon — Christian Mänz, Francois Lambert, Glen McIntosh, Terry Palmer
The Lost Bus — Charlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, David Zaretti
DOCUMENTARY
2,000 Meters to Andriivka — Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath
Apocalypse in the Tropics — Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino Cover-Up — Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Olivia Streisand, Yoni Golijev
Mr. Nobody Against Putin — David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta Karásková
The Perfect Neighbour — Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee
ANIMATED FILM
Elio — Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm
Little Amélie — Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, Edwina Liard, Claire Le Combe, Henri Magalon
Zootropolis 2 — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
CASTING
I Swear, Lauren Evans
Marty Supreme, Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another, Cassandra Kulukundis
Sentimental Value, Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman
Sinners, Francine Maisler
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme, Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another, Michael Bauman
Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso
EDITING
F1, Stephen Mirrione
A House of Dynamite, Kirk Baxter
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen
Sinners, Michael P. Shawver
MAKE UP & HAIR
Frankenstein — Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many
Hamnet — Nicole Stafford
Marty Supreme — Kyra Panchenko, Kay Georgiou, Mike Fontaine
Sinners — Siân Richards, Shunika Terry, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine
Wicked: For Good — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Mark Coulier, Sarah Nuth
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet, Max Richter
One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood
Sinners, Ludwig Göransson
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau
Hamnet, Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton
Marty Supreme, Jack Fisk and Adam Willis
One Battle After Another, Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino
Sinners, Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne
SOUND
F1 — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta
Frankenstein — Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitallie, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoem
One Battle After Another — Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor
Sinners — Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco
Warfare — Mitch Low, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Cardboard — J.P. Vine, Michaela Manas Malina
Solstice — Luke Angus
Two Black Boys in Paradise — Baz Sells, Dean Atta, Ben Jackson
BRITISH SHORT FILM
Magid/Zafar — Luis Hindman, Sufiyaan Salam, Aidan Robert Brooks
Nostalgie — Kathryn Ferguson, Stacey Gregg, Marc Robinson, Kath Mattock
Terence — Edem Kelman, Noah Reich
This Is Endometriosis — Georgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriette Wright
Welcome Home Freckles — Huiju Park, Nathan Hendren
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
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