Nottingham-born award-winning actor, writer and director Samantha Morton is due to be awarded the BAFTA Fellowship - the charity's highest accolade - at the EE BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday night . It is presented in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television.
For her portrayal of notorious child-murderer Myra Hindley in Longford Morton received Best Actress nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, and BAFTA Television Award, and won a Golden Globe®. In 2009, she made her directorial debut with The Unloved, a semi-autobiographical film based in the British children’s care system, which won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama, and a BAFTA Scotland Best Actor award for Robert Carlyle.
The BAFTA Fellowship will be presented as part of a special commemoration of Morton’s work to-date during the awards show at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, which is being hosted by David Tennant and is due to be broadcast from 7pm on BBC One, and Player. Morton said: "As a proud BAFTA member I am honoured, profoundly humbled and grateful to BAFTA for giving me this award."