Baftas 2021: All The Major Winners & Losers

10. Best Actress In A Leading Role - Frances McDormand

Best Actress has been an absolute free for all this year, and even after Frances McDormand's Bafta win for Nomadland it could still go in any direction.

The Golden Globes saw the shock win of Andra Day for her performance as the titular singer in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, the Critics' Choice Awards recognised Carey Mulligan in the timely MeToo drama Promising Young Woman and this month's Screen Actors Guild Awards honoured Viola Davis' transformative role as Ma Rainey.

However, this all changed as one time favourite Frances McDormand became a viable option again when her name was read out as Best Actress at the Baftas. Not able to attend the ceremony - one suspects not caring too much about the outcome after her lack of campaigning and having already won two Oscars - a short speech was read out on her behalf. She, like her director Chloé Zhao, expressed gratitude towards the nomad community and ended with the ambiguous phrase "long may we roll."

Looking ahead, this now means that Vanessa Kirby is the only Best Actress Oscar nominee who has not won a major award, while McDormand's odds after winning the Bafta have certainly improved as we approach the Academy Awards.