Bafta nominations for Golden Globe winner Winslet
Kate Winslet nominated twice in Baftas best actress category
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Thursday, 15, Jan 2009 05:26
The 33-year-old is nominated twice in the best actress category, for her performances in Revolutionary Road and The Reader.
The British actress received the same honour for her performance in Revolutionary Road at Sunday's Golden Globe awards, also being named best supporting actress for The Reader.
Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, the big winner at the Golden Globes and now a firm Oscar favourite, is the joint most nominated film for this year's Baftas with 11 nods.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is also nominated 11 times, with director David Fincher, lead actor Brad Pitt and screenwriter Eric Roth all recognised.
Winslet is again facing competition for the best actress award from Meryl Streep (Doubt), Angelina Jolie (Changeling) and fellow Briton Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long).
However, Anne Hathaway is a surprise absentee from the list, having been nominated for a Golden Globe for Rachel Getting Married.
Mickey Rourke could follow his best actor Golden Globe with the same prize at the Baftas though he faces a tough challenge from Pitt, Sean Penn (Milk), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) and rising British star Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire).
Elsewhere, the late Heath Ledger is again the favourite to claim the best supporting actor prize - one of nine nominations for The Dark Knight - and there are nominations for In Bruges, Wall-E and Waltz With Bashir.