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Empire Awards, UK

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    Empire Award

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    Best Actor

    • Christian Bale at an event for The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
      Winner
      • Christian Bale
      • The Dark Knight
    • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
      • Robert Downey Jr.
      • Iron Man
    • Daniel Craig
      • Daniel Craig
      • Quantum of Solace
    • Johnny Depp at an event for Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
      • Johnny Depp
      • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    • Daniel Day-Lewis
      • Daniel Day-Lewis
      • There Will Be Blood

    Best Actress

    • Helena Bonham Carter
      Winner
      • Helena Bonham Carter
      • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    • Angelina Jolie
      • Angelina Jolie
      • Changeling
    • Sally Hawkins
      • Sally Hawkins
      • Happy-Go-Lucky
    • Elliot Page
      • Elliot Page
      • Juno
    • Olga Kurylenko
      • Olga Kurylenko
      • Quantum of Solace

    Best British Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      RocknRolla

      7.2 (272K)
    • [object Object]

      Eden Lake

      6.7 (104K)
    • [object Object]

      Hunger

      7.5 (76K)
    • [object Object]

      In Bruges

      7.9 (483K)
    • [object Object]

      Son of Rambow

      7.0 (33K)

    Best Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Son of Rambow

      7.0 (33K)
    • [object Object]

      Burn After Reading

      7.0 (368K)
    • [object Object]

      Ghost Town

      6.7 (80K)
    • [object Object]

      In Bruges

      7.9 (483K)
    • [object Object]

      Tropic Thunder

      7.1 (475K)

    Best Director

    • Christopher Nolan at an event for Inception (2010)
      Winner
      • Christopher Nolan
      • The Dark Knight
    • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
      Ethan Coen
      • Joel Coen
      • Ethan Coen
      • No Country for Old Men
    • Tim Burton
      • Tim Burton
      • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    • Paul Thomas Anderson
      • Paul Thomas Anderson
      • There Will Be Blood
    • Andrew Stanton
      • Andrew Stanton
      • WALL·E

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Dark Knight

      9.1 (3.1M)
      Christopher Nolan
    • [object Object]

      Iron Man

      7.9 (1.2M)
    • [object Object]

      No Country for Old Men

      8.2 (1.1M)
    • [object Object]

      There Will Be Blood

      8.2 (679K)
    • [object Object]

      WALL·E

      8.4 (1.3M)

    Best Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eden Lake

      6.7 (104K)
    • [object Object]

      The Mist

      7.1 (363K)
    • [object Object]

      The Orphanage

      7.4 (168K)
    • [object Object]

      The Strangers

      6.1 (153K)
    • [object Object]

      Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

      7.3 (400K)

    Best Newcomer

    • Gemma Arterton at an event for Gemma Bovery (2014)
      Winner
      • Gemma Arterton
    • Hayley Atwell
      • Hayley Atwell
    • Toby Kebbell
      • Toby Kebbell
    • Robert Pattinson at an event for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
      • Robert Pattinson
    • Jim Sturgess
      • Jim Sturgess

    Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Superhero

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wanted

      6.7 (422K)
    • [object Object]

      The Dark Knight

      9.1 (3.1M)
    • [object Object]

      Hellboy II: The Golden Army

      7.0 (295K)
    • [object Object]

      Iron Man

      7.9 (1.2M)
    • [object Object]

      WALL·E

      8.4 (1.3M)

    Best Soundtrack

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mamma Mia!

      6.5 (295K)
    • [object Object]

      Quantum of Solace

      6.5 (486K)
    • [object Object]

      RocknRolla

      7.2 (272K)
    • [object Object]

      Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

      7.3 (400K)
    • [object Object]

      There Will Be Blood

      8.2 (679K)

    Best Thriller

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quantum of Solace

      6.5 (486K)
    • [object Object]

      Changeling

      7.7 (272K)
    • [object Object]

      Eagle Eye

      6.6 (199K)
    • [object Object]

      Gone Baby Gone

      7.6 (304K)
    • [object Object]

      No Country for Old Men

      8.2 (1.1M)

    Done in 60 Seconds

    • [object Object]

      Pearl Harbour in 60 Seconds

      5.2 (36)
      Mark C. Wong

    Special Award

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    • Danny Boyle
      Winner
      • Danny Boyle
      For outstanding contribution to British cinema.
    • Russell Crowe
      Winner
      • Russell Crowe
      Actor of our Lifetime.

    Icon Award

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    • Viggo Mortensen
      Winner
      • Viggo Mortensen

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    Event date

    March 29, 2009

    Event location

    London, England, UK

    Event links

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

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