Carey Mulligan rules the red carpet at the Baftas

By Laura Roberts Published: 9:15PM GMT twenty-one February 2010

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The twenty-four year-old is nominated as most appropriate singer for her purpose in the British entrance of age movie An Education and is additionally in the using for a Rising Star award.

Miss Mulligan, who painted her brunette stand blonde for the occasion, wore a skirt by Vionnet, the French designer. She said: "I feel so lucky. All I ever longed for unequivocally was to work and have a vital out of acting. This has all been so mad. I"m pinching myself."

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The former Woldingham schoolgirl was deserted by 3 play schools prior to being expel in the instrumentation of Lynn Barber"s memoir. She is right away additionally nominated for an Oscar for her performance.

Also nominated for most appropriate singer at the Baftas this dusk was Meryl Streep.

Miss Mulligan, her competitor, said: "I have listened of her. She"s kind of good. I feel so undeserving."

She pronounced in any case of the evening"s result she programmed to applaud with the expel of An Education. "We haven"t seen each alternative together similar to this for a prolonged time so in any case of what happens I"m only going to get unequivocally drunk," she said.

Completing the list of most appropriate singer nominees are teenage Irish star Saoirse Ronan for The Lovely Bones, formed on Alice Sebold"s best-selling novel, Gabourey Sidibe for Precious and French singer Audrey Tautou for Coco Before Chanel.

Also in attendance the Orange British Academy Film Awards was Vanessa Redgrave who was accompanied by her daughter Joely Richardson.

Miss Redgrave, 73, was presented with an Academy Fellowship by Prince William, the newly allocated boss of the Baftas.

The prince, wearing a normal Saville Row suit, perceived outrageous cheers and stopped to discuss with watchful fans and have his design snapped outward the show house.

Kate Winslet was additionally benefaction at the ceremony, hold at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, to one side Clare Danes, Audrey Tautou, Colin Firth and Quentin Tarantino.

James Cameron"s 3D blockbuster Avatar leads the approach with eight nominations, along with The Hurt Locker.