Natalie Portman has been nominated for Britain’s most important film award.
Two days after she picked up a Golden Globe for her performance as an ambitious, tortured ballerina in Black Swan, the Israeli-born actress has been placed in the running for the Bafta award for Best Actress.
The drama, which arrives on British screens this week, has been nominated for five awards, including the Best Director nod for its Jewish filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.
It is also in the running to be named Best Film at the ceremony on February 13, but will have to beat the Coen brothers’ remake of True Grit and the Aaron Sorkin-scripted The Social Network to take the prize.
