BAFTA TV Awards 2021: Michaela Cole wins Best Mini-series and Leading Actress for BBC, HBO drama show

The winners of the BAFTA TV awards were announced at a hybrid event filmed at London’s Television Centre and hosted by Richard Ayoade. Keeping COVID-19 protocols in mind, only nominees of the main categories were present in person, while others tuned in virtually. Michaela Cole’s BBC and HBO drama show I May Destroy You won two awards — for best mini-series and leading actress — at the event. Cole dedicated her second BAFTA to intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien. The show depicts the impact of sexual assault on survivors and is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar Premium in India. “I want to dedicate this award to the director of intimacy Ita O’Brien. Thank you for your existence in our industry, for making the space safe for creating physical, emotional, and professional boundaries so that we can make work about exploitation, loss of respect, about abuse of power, without being exploited or abused in the process,” said the actor, according to Variety. Other winners include Paul Mescal as Leading Actor for Normal People, Aimee Lou Wood as Female Performance in Comedy for Netflix’s Sex Education and Malachi Kirby as Supporting Actor for Small Axe. Leading Actress Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You  Leading Actor Paul Mescal, Normal People  Drama Series Save Me Too  Single Drama Sitting In Limbo Comedy Entertainment Programme The Big Narstie Show  Live Event Springwatch 2020 Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment (as voted for by the public): Britain’s Got Talent: Diversity perform a routine inspired by the events of 2020  Mini-Series I May Destroy You  Reality & Constructed Factual The School That Tried To End Racism  Female Performance In A Comedy Programme Aimee Lou Wood, Sex Education  Male Performance In A Comedy Programme Charlie Cooper, This Country  Supporting Actor Malachi Kirby, Small Axe  Supporting Actress Rakie Ayola, Anthony  Scripted Comedy Inside No 9  International Welcome To Chechnya: The Gay Purge (Storyville) Single Documentary Locked In: Breaking The Silence (Storyville)