2017 – a year of awards

For us, 2017 will be remember as a year of awards and award nominations for our graduates:

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Asian Media Awards for Best Radio Show 2017
Nominee: BBC Asian Network’s Mawaan and Emily featuring Emily Lloyd-Saini

Audio and Radio Awards for Best New Show 2017
Nominee: BBC Asian Network’s Mawaan and Emily featuring Emily Lloyd-Saini

BAFTA
for Leading Actress 2017
Nominee: Claire Foy for The Crown

 BAFTA
for Leading Actor 2017
Nominee: Babou Ceesay for Damilola, Our Loved Boy

BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Debut Performance 2017
Winner: Lee Rufford

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series 2017
Winner: Claire Foy for The Crown

IARA Awards for Best Young Actress in Film/TV/Drama
Winner: Kiran Sonia Sawar for Murdered by My Father

RadioTimes.com Reader Award for Best Actor 2017
Nominee: Babou Ceesay for Guerrilla

Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Female Actor in a Drama Series 2017
Winner: Claire Foy for The Crown

Screen Nation Film and Television Award for Best Male Performance 2017
Nominee: Babou Ceesay for Damilola, Our Loved Boy

TV Choice Award
for Best Actor 2017
Nominee: Babou Ceesay for Guerrilla

TV Choice Award
for Best Actress 2017
Nominee: Claire Foy for The Crown

And 2018 starts in the same vein with nominations for Claire Foy for the second series of Netflix’s The Crown as Best Actress in both the 2018 Golden Globe Awards and the US Screen Actors’ Guild Awards.