'Killing Eve' scores top honours at BAFTA TV Awards
"Killing Eve" emerged the biggest winner at BAFTA's British Academy Television Awards, scooping the trophies of best drama series and best leading actress for Jodie Comer.
According to BAFTA official website, the hit show also took home the best supporting actress for Fiona Shaw.
This was the first BAFTA victory for Comer, who essays Villanelle / Oksana Astankova, a psychopathic, skilled assassin who becomes obsessed with the MI5 officer who is tracking Eve, essayed by Sandra Oh.
Shaw said since she starred in the show "people have started to suspect I am a spy." She plays Carolyn Martens, head of the Russia Section at intelligence agency MI6.
The BAFTA TV Award for best mini-series went to "Patrick Melrose", beating out a fair competitor in "A Very English Scandal".
"Avengers: Endgame" star Benedict Cumberbatch bagged the best leading actor award for his performance in "Patrick Melrose". Hugh Grant from "A Very English Scandal" was a frontrunner for the win.
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