Sunday, 16 February 2014

Lupita Nyong'o dazzles in an emerald green silk fishtail-hem gown at the 2014 BAFTAs + more Red carpet stars

Lupita Nyong'o dazzles in an emerald green silk fishtail-hem gown as she leads the charge of glittering A-list attendees at the 2014 BAFTAs alongside Amy Adams and dapper Leonardo DiCaprio

PUBLISHED: 18:15, 16 February 2014 | UPDATED: 18:44, 16 February 2014

They're very much darlings of awards seasons with their respective movies, 12 Years A Slave and The Wolf Of Wall Street, nominated for multiple accolades.

And Lupita Nyong'o and Leonardo DiCaprio led the glittering A-list attendees at the 2014 BAFTAs at London's Royal Opera House on Sunday night.

The 30-year-old actress, who has received nods in the Best Supporting Actress category and the hotly-contested Rising Star award, positively dazzled as she hit the red carpet in a striking emerald green silk fishtail-hem gown.

Positively radiant: Lupita Nyong'o dazzled in a striking emerald green silk fishtail-hem gown as she led the charge of glittering A-list attendees at the 2014 BAFTAs at London's Royal Opera House on Sunday night

Dressed to impress: Amy Adams, nominated for Best Actress for her role in American Hustle kept her look simple in a timelessly elegant black gown with a chic Peter Pan collar

Looking utterly radiant as she smouldered in front of the camera, the talented 12 Years A Slave star's simple, yet elegant, strapless frock featured a gold band around the middle to accentuate her slim waist.

Keeping her accessories to a minimum with gold cuffs and matching hoop earrings, the Mexican actress completed her red carpet ensemble with sexy smokey eye make-up and ruby red lips.

Following close behind was nominee Leonardo Di Caprio, who has received a Best Actor nod for his role in The Wolf Of Wall Street, with the star spending plenty of time interacting with his fans and signing autographs as he headed inside the Opera House.

Green goddess: Looking utterly radiant as she smouldered in front of the camera, the talented 12 Years A Slave star's simple, yet elegant, strapless frock featured a gold band around the middle to accentuate her slim waist

Keeping it simple: Cate Blanchett opted for a tried and tested red carpet ensemble in a black silk gown with floral detailing

Tipped for the top: Following close behind was nominee Leonardo Di Caprio, who has received a Best Actor nod for his role in The Wolf Of Wall Street, with the star spending plenty of time interacting with his fans and signing autographs

A true bromance: Bradley Cooper cuddled up to Michael Fassbender on the red carpet much to the delight of their fans

Doting: Michael made sure to sign autographs as he chatted to his fans on the red carpet

Amy Adams, nominated for Best Actress for her role in American Hustle kept her look simple in a timelessly elegant black gown with a chic Peter Pan collar, while Cate Blanchett followed suit in a glittering black number.

Fearne Cotton certainly made sure to wear an ensemble worthy of an award as she arrived on the red carpet, looking stunning in her floor-length gold gown, embellished with silver sequin swirls.

The E! presenter teamed her eye-catching dress with a Hollywood glam hairdo, curling her short, platinum blonde locks into voluminous curls.

She opted for a shades of gold and bronze eyeshadow for an on-trend smokey eye look, teaming it with matte pink lipstick and rose cheek blush.

Ahead of the awards, Fearne, who is presenting on the red carpet for the evening, took to Twitter to inform her followers of her Bafta-related activites, writing: 'Off to BAFTA rehearsals with Dermi for E!'

Doubled trouble: Birgit Wetzinger and Niki Lauda appeared together on the red carpet, while Les Miserables star Eddie Redmayne attended with his girlfriend Hannah

Daddy's girl: Richard E Grant linked arms with his proud daughter Olivia as they joined the crowd of glittering A-list attendees

Gold goddess: Fearne Cotton arrives at the Baftas in a stunning gold dress embellished with sequins

Dazzling: Fearne teamed her long gown with stunning curly hairdo

Time to work: It is not all fun and laughter for Dermot and Fearne who have a job to do

A lot of laughs: Fearne Cotton already seems to be enjoying her time on the red carpet

Space thriller Gravity leads the way at Sunday night's BAFTAs with 11 nominations, including best film, but 12 Years a Slave is tipped to be the night's big winner.

The Baftas are the last major movie awards before the Oscars on 2 March.

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, will attend Sunday's event at London's Royal Opera House.

The awards, which will be broadcast on BBC One at 21:00 GMT, are hosted for a ninth time by actor Stephen Fry.

Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, about a free black man who is kidnapped and enslaved, has 10 nominations - including best film, best director and best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Bookies think the harrowing historical drama will scoop five of the major categories.

American Hustle also has 10 nominations, and its stars Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence appear in all the acting categories.

The 1970s drama, about two con artists who get entangled with the FBI, is also up for best film, with David O Russell nominated for best director and original screenplay.

Other movies competing for best film include Somali piracy thriller Captain Phillips, and Philomena, based on the true story of an Irish woman trying to find the son she was forced to give up for adoption.

Captain Phillips has nine nominations while Behind the Candelabra, with Michael Douglas as Liberace, and Disney story Saving Mr Banks have five nominations each.

Philomena's Dame Judi competes in the best actress category against American Hustle's Adams, Gravity's Sandra Bullock, Emma Thompson for Saving Mr Banks and the runaway favourite Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine.

The nominations saw Dame Judi set a Bafta record, with her 15th acting nod.

Excited: Fearne is excited to be hosting E! coverage for the event on Sunday evening

Patient: Fearne waited patiently on the red carpet for the stars to arrive

'I'm obsessed with the awards. I love all of them. It's so glam. I think we're all just waiting to see who's going to be there and who's going to win and what they're wearing.'

Fearne teamed up with Dermot O'Leary to take over E! coverage in 2012, only sacrificing her spot last year when Caroline Flack stepped into her shoes.

But Fearne is thrilled to be back with Dermot, and said: 'He's just a dream to work with, we have so much fun presenting live. You never know what's going to happen, but he's great at reacting to whatever's going on.'

Although the awards are yet to be announced, it has already been reported that Dame Helen Mirren is to collect her fourth BAFTA when the 67th ceremony.

Dame Helen has been selected for the prestigious BAFTA fellowship, which has previously been won by the likes of Lord Laurence Olivier, Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Alfred Hitchcock.

It will be presented to the celebrated actress by Prince William, but has previously won three awards between 1991 and 1993, all for her hard-hitting role as DCI Jane Tennison in writer Lynda La Plante’s Prime Suspect.

Blue beauty: Gillian Anderson looked radiant in a bandeau tonal blue silk gown for the awards

Black is back: Edith Bowman (left) Poppie Jamie (centre) and Antonia O'Brien (right) all kept it chic and simple for the event in floor-length black gowns

Lighting up the red carpet: Juliet Stevenson attended alongside her daughter, while John Carew and Hofit Golan brought plenty of glamour to the proceedings