Redmayne clinches best actor BAFTA for Hawking biopic

Redmayne clinches best actor BAFTA for Hawking biopic

There may be no shortage of British talent in Hollywood, but all eyes are now on Eddie Redmayne, the newcomer who scooped a best actor BAFTA in London on Sunday. He had already scooped a Golden Globe and is hoping to add an Oscar later this month to complete the trio. Among his fellow Oscar nominees was his friend and fellow British thespian Benedict Cumberbatch, who also played a troubled genius, Alan Turing, in "The Imitation Game". Based on a memoir by Jane, played by fellow Oscar nominee Felicity Jones, it charts how their relationship changed as his health declined and his fame grew, until their marriage fell apart in the early 1990s.