Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 19) — Filipino actress Dolly de Leon again made history as her acclaimed performance in “Triangle of Sadness” has earned her a nomination at the 2023 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA).
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De Leon was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, along with Angela Bassett from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Hong Chau from “The Whale,” Kerry Condon from “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Jamie Lee Curtis from “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” and Carey Mulligan from “She Said.”
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Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness” — a satirical black comedy film — also got nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Casting.
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BAFTA announced this year’s nominees on Jan. 19, Thursday, narrowing down the long list it bared last Jan. 7.
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The awarding ceremony will take place on Feb. 19 (Feb. 20, early Monday morning in Manila).
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De Leon’s BAFTA nomination follows her historic nomination at the Golden Globe Awards in the same category, which Bassett won on Jan. 11.
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“I’m really proud. I feel like I have the entire nation behind me with this. I don’t feel like the nominee, I feel like the whole country is the nominee,” the 53-year-old actress earlier told CNN Philippines.
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She has also won Best Supporting Performance at the 2022 Los Angeles Films Critics Association Awards held last December.
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