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Kate Hudson looked elegant in a chic white dress as she attended Cartier’s star-studded pre-BAFTA party in Mayfair, London on Friday night.
The American actress, 46, is nominated for a Best Leading Actress gong for her role as Claire Sardina in Song Sung Blue.
Kate couldn’t wipe the smile off her face as she joined the likes of Paul Mescal, Russell Tovey, Mark Strong and Tilda Swinton at the bash.
British actress Tilda, 65, looked ageless in a black ensemble complete with a chic cream jacket.
Also in attendance was rising stars Mia McKenna-Bruce, 28, and Aled Jones‘ actress daughter Emilia, 23.
The starry guests departed the party with gifts from Cartier ahead of the BAFTAs on Sunday night.
Kate shared a clip of the moment she learned she had landed a BAFTA nomination for her performance.
She starred in the musical drama opposite Hugh Jackman, as real life married couple Mike and Claire Sardina, who started a Neil Diamond cover band in 1990s Milwaukee.
Taking to her Instagram to voice her gratitude and joy, Kate shared hilarious footage of her getting the news of her nod, while sat down at a restaurant.
The clip showed the Bride Wars star squealing in shock and repeatedly exclaiming ‘Oh my God!’ as she leapt to her feet and raced out of the dining room to answer her phone.
While in the caption, she shared her thanks to BAFTA and explained that the nomination felt like ‘a love letter’, because she and her family had always seen England as a ‘real home’.
Kate penned: ‘BAFTA! Thank you! I am so honored to be nominated ?? England has always been a real home for me and my family so this nomination feels like a love letter back to a place that’s given us so much. See you soon London Town.’
Alongside, the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days star posted a slew of throwback snaps of her children exploring the capital.
Kate is mum to son Ryder, 21, with ex-husband and Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson, son Bingham, 14, with ex-fiance and Muse singer Matt Bellamy, and daughter Rani, seven, with her current fiance Danny Fujikawa.
It marks her second BAFTA nod, coming 25 years after she was first nominated for her performance as Penny Lane in Almost Famous.
This year Kate is facing off in a formidable category including frontrunner Jessie Buckley as William Shakespeare’s wife in Chloe Zhao’s biopic Hamnet.
Her competition is rounded out by Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Chase Infiniti in One Battle After Another, Emma Stone in Bugonia and Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value.
The winners will be announced on Sunday February 22 at the EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, which will be hosted by Alan Cumming.
EE BAFTA FILM AWARDS 2026: FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS
BEST FILM
HAMNET
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
28 YEARS LATER
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY
DIE MY LOVE
H IS FOR HAWK
HAMNET
I SWEAR
MR BURTON
PILLION
STEVE
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
THE CEREMONY Jack King (Director, Writer), Hollie Bryan (Producer), Lucy Meer (Producer)
MY FATHER’S SHADOW Akinola Davies Jr. (Director), Wale Davies (Writer)
PILLION Harry Lighton (Director, Writer)
A WANT IN HER Myrid Carten (Director)
WASTEMAN Cal McMau (Director), Hunter Andrews (Writer), Eoin Doran (Writer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
THE SECRET AGENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SIR?T
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
DOCUMENTARY
2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA
APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS
COVER-UP
MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
ANIMATED FILM
ELIO
LITTLE AMÉLIE
ZOOTROPOLIS 2
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
ARCO
BOONG
LILO & STITCH
ZOOTROPOLIS 2
DIRECTOR
BUGONIA
HAMNET
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
I SWEAR
MARTY SUPREME
THE SECRET AGENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
BUGONIA
HAMNET
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
PILLION
LEADING ACTRESS
JESSIE BUCKLEY Hamnet
ROSE BYRNE If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
KATE HUDSON Song Sung Blue
CHASE INFINITI One Battle After Another
RENATE REINSVE Sentimental Value
EMMA STONE Bugonia
LEADING ACTOR
ROBERT ARAMAYO I Swear
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET Marty Supreme
LEONARDO DICAPRIO One Battle After Another
ETHAN HAWKE Blue Moon
MICHAEL B. JORDAN Sinners
JESSE PLEMONS Bugonia
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ODESSA A’ZION Marty Supreme
INGA IBSDOTTER LILLEAAS Sentimental Value
WUNMI MOSAKU Sinners
CAREY MULLIGAN The Ballad of Wallis Island
TEYANA TAYLOR One Battle After Another
EMILY WATSON Hamnet
SUPPORTING ACTOR
BENICIO DEL TORO One Battle After Another
JACOB ELORDI Frankenstein
PAUL MESCAL Hamnet
PETER MULLAN I Swear
SEAN PENN One Battle After Another
STELLAN SKARSGÅRD Sentimental Value
CASTING
I SWEAR Lauren Evans
MARTY SUPREME Jennifer Venditti
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Cassandra Kulukundis
SENTIMENTAL VALUE Yngvill Kolset Haga, Avy Kaufman
SINNERS Francine Maisler
CINEMATOGRAPHY
FRANKENSTEIN Dan Laustsen
MARTY SUPREME Darius Khondji
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Michael Bauman
SINNERS Autumn Durald Arkapaw
TRAIN DREAMS Adolpho Veloso
EDITING
F1 Stephen Mirrione
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE Kirk Baxter
MARTY SUPREME Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Andy Jurgensen
SINNERS Michael P. Shawver
COSTUME DESIGN
FRANKENSTEIN Kate Hawley
HAMNET Malgosia Turzanska
MARTY SUPREME Miyako Bellizzi
SINNERS Ruth E. Carter
WICKED: FOR GOOD Paul Tazewell
MAKE UP & HAIR
FRANKENSTEIN Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many
HAMNET Nicole Stafford
MARTY SUPREME Kyra Panchenko, Kay Georgiou, Mike Fontaine
SINNERS Siân Richards, Shunika Terry, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine
WICKED: FOR GOOD Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Mark Coulier, Sarah Nuth
ORIGINAL SCORE
BUGONIA Jerskin Fendrix
FRANKENSTEIN Alexandre Desplat
HAMNET Max Richter
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Jonny Greenwood
SINNERS Ludwig Göransson
PRODUCTION DESIGN
FRANKENSTEIN Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
HAMNET Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
MARTY SUPREME Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
SINNERS Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne
SOUND
F1 Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta
FRANKENSTEIN Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitallie, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoem
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor
SINNERS Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco
WARFARE Mitch Low, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon
F1 Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington
FRANKENSTEIN Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Christian Mänz, Francois Lambert, Glen McIntosh, Terry Palmer
THE LOST BUS Charlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, David Zaretti
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
CARDBOARD
SOLSTICE
TWO BLACK BOYS IN PARADISE
BRITISH SHORT FILM
MAGID / ZAFAR
NOSTALGIE
TERENCE
THIS IS ENDOMETRIOSIS
WELCOME HOME FRECKLES
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ROBERT ARAMAYO
MILES CATON
CHASE INFINITI
ARCHIE MADEKWE
POSY STERLING