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(This year,The Favouriteleads the field with 12 nominations.)
But how much do U.K.-born actors enjoy an advantage at the BAFTAs?
Can you really pencil in a Blighty-born contender to take home the trophy over an American frontrunner?
Of course, not all British winners are created equal.
How often does BAFTA go with a Britoveran established Oscar frontrunner?
How often does a British BAFTA winner go on to win the Oscar?
As mentioned above, Gary Oldman ofDarkest Hourwas the only Brit of the bunch.
Still, the Oscars didnt care, handing Ali a well-deserved trophy.
They both won Globes, and split the SAG and Critics Choice.
BAFTA broke the tie in favor of the Brit, a result that would be mirrored at the Oscars.
None of these people are British, though Nyongo is from Kenya, a Commonwealth nation.
2012No Brits won this year, which astonished me, since I sworeBeginners Christopher Plummer was from England.
(Hes actually Canadian.)
2011This was a big year for theKings Speech.
2010This year saw two American frontrunners go down to Brits.
And in Actress, Carey Mulligans breakout performance inAn Educationwas enough to power her over TheBlind Sides Sandra Bullock.
Supporting Actor went to Austrian Christoph Waltz ofInglourious Basterds, so the only American acting winner was MoNique fromPrecious.
A sad year at the BAFTAs for the US of A.
Then the Oscars copied them, and got all the headlines!
Like I said, weird.
2005Two Brits won this year, both underdogs.
(Both men would wind up losing the Oscar to Adrien Brody ofThe Pianist.)
2002Two more unexpected British winners here.
This Best Actress race ultimately came down to Sissy Spacek ofIn the Bedroomvs.
Halle Berry ofMonsters Ball, but both lost the BAFTA toIriss Judi Dench.
(As part of BAFTAs inglorious tradition of overlooking black actors, Berry wasnt even nominated.)
Both won in open races; neither went on to win the Oscar.
So, after looking at all these years of BAFTA results, what have we learned?
Not a huge surprise, but nice to work out the math anyway.
While only two British frontrunners lost the BAFTA.Christian Bale went on to win the Oscar, Julie Christie didnt.
Its a sticky wicket, innit?
