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Karen Gillan, Andy Serkis And Rosamund Pike Win Empire Awards

Karen Gillan’s transformation from ‘Doctor Who’ assistant to Hollywood star continues after she won the Best Female Newcomer prize at the Jameson Empire Film Awards on Sunday night (29 March).

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Empire readers voted Gillan the prize for her performance as the blue villainess Nebula in ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ (see below). “This is so cool!” she said as she accepted the award.

Andy Serkis, usually ignored by awards shows, picked up the Best Actor prize for his performance capture role of Caesar in ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’. In his speech he said the readers of the magazine understood motion capture much better than most of Hollywood.

Rosamund Pike was also snubbed at the Oscars and Golden globes for her incredible performance in ‘Gone Girl’, but finally won Best Actress here.

Sadly she couldn’t be in London to collect the prize, saying via video link to the ceremony: “I cannot believe that the one time I can’t attend an award ceremony is the one time I win.

“I’ve become so accomplished at losing I have no idea what to say now I’ve won.”

‘Interstellar’ was the big winner of the evening, taking the awards for Best Director and Best Film. Director Christopher Nolan was also honoured with the Empire Inspiration award, presented to him by ‘Interstellar’ actress Jessica Chastain.

The full list of winners are below:

Best Newcomer — Male
Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)
Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) - WINNER
Daniel Huttlestone (Into The Woods)
Jack O’Connell (Unbroken)
Dan Stevens (The Guest)

Best Newcomer — Female presented by Max Factor
Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Carrie Coon (Gone Girl)
Essie Davis (The Babadook)
Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy/Oculus) - WINNER
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle)

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy presented by MediCinema
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past - WINNER

Best Horror presented by Vue Cinema
Annabelle
The Babadook - WINNER
The Guest
Oculus
Under the Skin

Best Comedy presented by Absolute Radio
22 Jump Street
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Inbetweeners 2
The LEGO® Movie
Paddington - WINNER

Best Thriller presented by Corinthia Hotel London
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game - WINNER
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Locke

Best British Film presented by The Hollywood Reporter
The Imitation Game
Kingsman: The Secret Service - WINNER
Paddington
The Theory of Everything
Under The Skin

Jameson Best Actor
Richard Armitage (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)
Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) - WINNER

Best Actress presented by Max Factor
Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) - WINNER
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Best Director presented by Air New Zealand
Peter Jackson (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Christopher Nolan (Interstellar) - WINNER
Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)
Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)

Best Film presented by Viber
Boyhood
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Imitation Game
Interstellar- WINNER

Done In 60 Seconds
UK: Ghostbusters- Oliver Jones & Robert Kenyon - WINNER
Russia: The Grand Budapest Limited - Olga Goldfarb  & Daria Mikhailova
Bulgaria: Braveheart - Dimitar Kostadinov & Nataliya Petkova
Armenia: Harry Potter - Mkhitar Danielyan & Aram Hayrapetyan

WINNER Empire Hero
Game of Thrones

WINNER Empire Inspiration
Christopher Nolan

WINNER Empire Legend presented by Jameson Irish Whiskey
Ralph Fiennes

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