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BAFTAs 2024: Samantha Morton dedicates her British film academy fellowship to 'every child in care, or who has been in care and who didn't survive'


The English actress and director, 46, collected the prestigious award from producer David Heyman, who she worked with on Fantastic Beasts.

Samantha Morton accepted the British film academy's highest honour - the Bafta fellowship - and dedicated it to children in care at the ceremony in London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday Ahead of her acceptance, a clip played which was filled with tributes from her Minority Report co-star Tom Cruise, as well as collaborators Susan Lynch, Molly Windsor and Daniel Mays. 'Samantha is hugely respected by her peers in Britain and Hollywood alike for her versatility, talent and passion for the craft of acting, and we are delighted to be honouring her exceptional body of work at the EE BAFTA Film Awards next week.'

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