Brit Stars Keira Knightley & Sienna Miller Snubbed By Bafta

Hot British favourites Kiera Knightley, Sienna Miller and Julie Christie went home empty handed from last night’s prestigious Bafta Awards.

Keira & Julie lost out in the Best Actress category to little-known Marion Cotillard, the French star of La Vie En Rose.

Transformers star Shia LaBeouf bagged the Rising Star prize, as voted for by the public, ahead of Sienna.
 
Keira's wartime romantic epic Atonement - up for 14 awards - had been expected to clean up at the awards, but garnered just two - best film and best production.

It wasn't all bad news for the Brits - Daniel Day-Lewis was named Best Actor for his role as oil baron Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood, whilst Tilda Swinton was honoured in the Supporting Actress catagory.

And the winners are:

The Academy Fellowship
Anthony Hopkins

Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
Barry Wilkinson

Orange Rising Star
Shia Labeouf

Best Film
Atonement

Best British Film
This Is England

Best Director
Joel Coen/Ethan Coen No Country For Old Men

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille

Leading Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

Leading Actress
Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose

Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men

Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton

Music
Christopher Gunning for La Vie En Rose

Special Visual Effects
The Golden Compass

Short Animation
The Pearce Sisters

Short Film
Dog Altogether