Baftas 2023: The red carpet in pictures
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Hollywood stars gathered for the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday, which were held at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
Here is a selection of photos from the red carpet, where stars posed for photographs before the ceremony got under way.
Actress Lily James, who presented an award, turned heads in a Tamara Ralph gown with pearl and crystal structured plunging neckline
![Viola Davis attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London,](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/B3B8/production/_128680064_gettyimages-1467637352.jpg)
Viola Davis, star of The Woman King, was nominated for best leading actress
![Tár star Cate Blanchett and Austin Butler from Elvis](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/EB94/production/_128680306_butlerblanchettcompgett.jpg)
Tár star Cate Blanchett and Austin Butler from Elvis won best leading actress and actor
![Michelle Yeoh attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/101D8/production/_128680066_gettyimages-1467636890.jpg)
Michelle Yeoh was nominated for her leading role in Everything Everywhere All At Once
![Eddie Redmayne attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/14FF8/production/_128680068_gettyimages-1467639695.jpg)
British actor Eddie Redmayne, who stars in The Good Nurse opposite Jessica Chastain
![Puppets from Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro on the red carpet for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony at the Southbank Centre in London,](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/03E5/production/_128679900_hi082477546.jpg)
The (teeny-tiny) puppets from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (which won best animated feature) also appeared for photographers
![Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/0134/production/_128680300_bansheescomp.jpg)
The Banshees of Inisherin stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson were among several stars wearing UNHCR blue ribbons in solidarity with refugees
![Ariana DeBose arrives at the 2023 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in London](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/5205/production/_128679902_hi082477491.jpg)
Last year’s best supporting actress winner, West Side Story star Ariana DeBose, returned to perform and present one of the awards this year
![Paul Mescal attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/9D74/production/_128680304_gettyimages-1467642483.jpg)
Paul Mescal starred in Aftersun, which won outstanding British debut
![Danielle Deadwyler and Bill Nighy at the Baftas](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/12D34/production/_128680177_compgett.jpg)
Till star Danielle Deadwyler and British actor Bill Nighy, who stars in Living, were both nominated for acting prizes
![Jamie Lee Curtis arrives at the 2023 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in London](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/6D5D/production/_128679972_hi082477070.jpg)
Everything Everywhere All At Once star Jamie Lee Curtis was up for best supporting actress
![Florence Pugh attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/EB9E/production/_128681306_gettyimages-1467640433.jpg)
Actress Florence Pugh’s film The Wonder was nominated for outstanding British film
![Naomi Ackie attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/53A0/production/_128680412_cropnaomiackiegett.jpg)
Naomi Ackie, who was nominated for the rising star award, portrayed Whitney Houston in the biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody
![Rami Malek and Brendan Fraser at the Bafta Film Awards](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/A1C0/production/_128680414_compgettbfandrm.jpg)
Former Bafta winner Rami Malek and The Whale star Brendan Fraser, who was nominated for best leading actor
![Gwendoline Christie attending the 76th British Academy Film Awards held at the Southbank Centre"s Royal Festival Hall in London](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/BB7D/production/_128679974_hi082477912.jpg)
Game of Thrones actress Gwendoline Christie
![Ana de Armas and Emma Thompson at the Bafta Film Awards](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/C8D0/production/_128680415_adaetcropgett.jpg)
Blonde star Ana de Armas and Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’s Emma Thompson were both nominated for best leading actress
![Ke Huy Quan attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/10624/production/_128680176_gettyimages-1467640344-2.jpg)
Ke Huy Quan is the favourite to win an Oscar next month for his performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once, but lost at the Baftas
![Angela Bassett and Carey Mulligan](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/0968/production/_128680420_bassettmulligangett.jpg)
Wakanda Forever’s Angela Bassett and She Said star Carey Mulligan were both nominated for best supporting actress
![Richard E Grant at the Baftas](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/15F29/production/_128679898_hi082477585.jpg)
Richard E Grant hosted the ceremony this year
![Sandy Powell](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/13E00/production/_128680418_spcropgett.jpg)
Costume designer Sandy Powell received the Fellowship this year – Bafta’s highest honour
![The Prince and Princess of Wales at the Bafta Film Awards](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/16510/production/_128680419_katewilliamgettyimages-1467653199.jpg)
The Prince and Princess of Wales were in attendance – Prince William has been president of Bafta since 2010.