Aimee Lou Wood and Erin Doherty land double Bafta TV Awar...
Adolescence has the most nominations overall with 11, followed by A Thousand Blows with seven.
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Alright so Adolescence has the most nominations overall with 11, followed by A Thousand Blows with seven.
Aimee Lou Wood and Erin Doherty land double Bafta TV Award nominations 24 minutes ago Save Emma Saunders Culture reporter Save Aimee Lou Wood (left) and Erin Doherty will compete in both the best actress and supporting actress categories White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood and Adolescence actress Erin Doherty are among the leading contenders for this years Bafta TV Awards after picking up two nominations each. Wood is recognised in the best actress category for her role as a young woman with agoraphobia in BBC Three comedy-drama Film Club, and is up for best supporting actress for playing a fun-loving yoga teacher in dark comedy White Lotus. (let that sink in)
Meanwhile, Doherty is nominated for her portrayal of gang leader Mary Carr in Disney+s Victorian thriller A Thousand Blows, and for playing a psychologist in Netflixs hard-hitting drama Adolescence.
The Details
The Adolescence cast have already enjoyed plenty of awards success, including at the Emmys Both leading shows star Stephen Graham, and he is nominated for best actor for his role as a distressed dad in Adolescence. The show, which sparked a national debate about teenage violence and socials when it was dropped a year ago, is up for best limited drama.
It also has an wild five acting nominations - for Christine Tremarco, Ashley Walters and Owen Cooper alongside Doherty and Graham. The other best actor nominees are Colin Firth (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth), Ellis Howard (What it Feels Like for a Girl), James Nelson-Joyce (This City is Ours), Matt Smith (The Death of Bunny Munro) and Taron Egerton (Smoke).
Why This Matters
The best actress shortlist includes Jodie Whittaker (Toxic Town), Narges Rashidi (Prisoner 951), Sheridan Smith (I Fought the Law) and Sian Brooke (Blue Lights), along with Wood and Doherty.
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