Wallis Day is styled to perfection for Apple TV+ BAFTA Brunch in London
The 76th EE British Academy Film Awards takes place on Sunday.
And the day before, Wallis Day was dressed to perfection in a cut-out black lace dress and cropped tuxedo jacket with thigh-high boots for the Apple TV+ BAFTA Brunch held at Mount St. Restaurant in London.
The 28-year-old actress, who played Holly Cunningham on the soap opera Hollyoaks, looked daring in her rough-hemmed silk minidress, which showed off her toned abs.
Wallis completed her chic ensemble with a diamond-edged heart-shaped bag and a sparkly makeup look.
The Apple TV+ BAFTA Brunch was held to celebrate excellence in global storytelling and creativity, ahead of the awards ceremony on Sunday evening.
Unbelievable: Wallis Day, 28, was dressed to perfection for the Apple TV+ BAFTA Brunch held at Mount St. Restaurant in London on Saturday.
Wow: The actress looked daring in a lacey black dress and cropped tuxedo jacket.
Chic: Stepping out in thigh-high sock boots, Wallis completed her chic ensemble with a diamond-edged heart-shaped clutch (pictured with Charli Howard)
The Apple+ BAFTA Brunch took place the day before the 76th EE British Academy Film Awards, the biggest night in British cinema hosted by actor Richard E. Grant, 65.
Held at the Royal Festival Hall, Richard will join Alison Hammond to introduce the star-studded ceremony, while film critic Ali Plum is on the red carpet with Vick Hope.
Netflix’s anti-war drama All Quiet On The Western Front leads the nominations with a staggering 14 nominations.
The film, which is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, equals Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2001) for the most nominated non-English language film in BAFTA history.
Directed by Edward Berger, it stars Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl, Sebastian Hülk, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic and Devid Striesow.
Nominations include Best Supporting Actor, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Production Design and more.
It will face off against The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once for Best Picture, with both films garnering 10 nominations each.
Elvis, who has nine nominations, and Tar, with five nominations, will also compete for Best Picture.
Fabulous: She looked fabulous in the rough-hemmed silk mini dress, which showed off a glimpse of her toned abs
The Banshees of Inisherin follows two lifelong friends (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) who “find themselves at a dead end when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both”.
Colin Farrell is nominated for Best Actor for his role in the film, but he will face stiff competition when he takes on Austin Butler (Elvis), Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande), Paul Mescal (Aftersun) and Bill Nighy (Living).
In the Leading Actress category, Ana de Armas earned her first nomination for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Netflix’s Blonde.
She will compete against Cate Blanchett (Tar), Viola Davis (The Woman King), Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) and Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once).
In the Best Director category, four of the six are first-time director nominees: Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King); Todd Field (Tár), Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (All at Once, Everywhere) and Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front).
There were four nominations for Aftersun, The Batman, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Top Gun: Maverick, and The Whale.
Babylon earned three nominations. The film features a cast that includes Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, and Li Jun Li.
The plot chronicles the rise and fall of multiple characters during Hollywood’s transition from silent to talkies in the late 1920s.
Empire of Light; Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro; Living and Triangle of Sadness also earned a trio of shortlist nominations.
The following British short films were nominated: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse; Environment Surveillance; Your Mountain Is Waiting; The Ballad of Olive Morris; bazigaga; Bus Girl; Adrift and an Irish goodbye.
James Cameron’s sequel, Avatar: The Way Of Water, didn’t score highly on the nomination list, but it did score nominations in the sound and special visual effects categories.