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Empire Awards, UK

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    Empire Award

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    Best Actor

    • Tom Cruise at an event for Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
      Winner
      • Tom Cruise
      • Minority Report
    • Mike Myers at an event for 2008 MTV Movie Awards (2008)
      • Mike Myers
      • Austin Powers in Goldmember
    • Viggo Mortensen
      • Viggo Mortensen
      • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    • Colin Farrell
      • Colin Farrell
      • Minority Report
    • Tom Hanks at an event for Larry Crowne (2011)
      • Tom Hanks
      • Road to Perdition

    Best Actress

    • Kirsten Dunst at an event for The Two Faces of January (2014)
      Winner
      • Kirsten Dunst
      • Spider-Man
    • Jennifer Connelly at an event for Snowpiercer (2020)
      • Jennifer Connelly
      • A Beautiful Mind
    • Halle Berry
      • Halle Berry
      • Die Another Day
    • Hilary Swank
      • Hilary Swank
      • Insomnia
    • Miranda Otto
      • Miranda Otto
      • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    Best British Actor

    • Hugh Grant at an event for Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
      Winner
      • Hugh Grant
      • About a Boy
    • Steve Coogan at an event for Tropic Thunder (2008)
      • Steve Coogan
      • 24 Hour Party People
    • Ian McKellen at an event for The Prisoner (2009)
      • Ian McKellen
      • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    • Andy Serkis
      • Andy Serkis
      • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    • Jude Law
      • Jude Law
      • Road to Perdition

    Best British Actress

    • Samantha Morton
      Winner
      • Samantha Morton
      • Minority Report
    • Keira Knightley at an event for Anna Karenina (2012)
      • Keira Knightley
      • Bend It Like Beckham
    • Kelly Macdonald
      • Kelly Macdonald
      • Gosford Park
    • Helen Mirren at an event for RED 2 (2013)
      • Helen Mirren
      • Gosford Park
    • Emily Watson
      • Emily Watson
      • Red Dragon

    Best British Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      28 Days Later

      7.5 (512K)
    • [object Object]

      24 Hour Party People

      7.3 (41K)
    • [object Object]

      About a Boy

      7.1 (197K)
    • [object Object]

      Bend It Like Beckham

      6.7 (120K)
    • [object Object]

      The Guru

      5.4 (16K)

    Best Director

    • Steven Spielberg at an event for The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
      Winner
      • Steven Spielberg
      • Minority Report
    • Peter Jackson
      • Peter Jackson
      • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
      • Steven Soderbergh
      • Ocean's Eleven
    • M. Night Shyamalan in The Last Airbender (2010)
      • M. Night Shyamalan
      • Signs
    • Sam Raimi at an event for Spider-Man 2 (2004)
      • Sam Raimi
      • Spider-Man

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

      8.8 (1.9M)
    • [object Object]

      Die Another Day

      6.1 (236K)
    • [object Object]

      Minority Report

      7.6 (608K)
    • [object Object]

      Road to Perdition

      7.7 (295K)
    • [object Object]

      Spider-Man

      7.4 (935K)

    Best Newcomer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Die Another Day

      6.1 (236K)
      Rosamund Pike
    • [object Object]

      28 Days Later

      7.5 (512K)
      Cillian Murphy
    • [object Object]

      Bend It Like Beckham

      6.7 (120K)
      Parminder Nagra
    • [object Object]

      Dog Soldiers

      6.8 (69K)
      Neil Marshall
    • [object Object]

      Sweet Sixteen

      7.4 (16K)
      Martin Compston

    Scene of the Year

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

      6.6 (799K)
      For the Yoda duel.
    • [object Object]

      Austin Powers in Goldmember

      6.3 (230K)
      For the opening sequence.
    • [object Object]

      Die Another Day

      6.1 (236K)
      For the sword fight.
    • [object Object]

      The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

      8.8 (1.9M)
      For Gollum's debate.
    • [object Object]

      Minority Report

      7.6 (608K)
      For the spyders.

    Independent Spirit Award

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    • Michael Winterbottom at an event for The Killer Inside Me (2010)
      Winners
      • Michael Winterbottom
      • Andrew Eaton

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Dustin Hoffman
      Winner
      • Dustin Hoffman

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    Event date

    February 5, 2003

    Event location

    London, England, UK

    Event links

    • http://www.empireonline.com/awards2009/

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