All news on the topic: BAFTA Leading Actress nominees

Guest columnist Claire King reminisces about her 2006 BAFTA experience with soap icon June Brown as she highlights a shortage of British female nominees on the list this year

Sarah Lancashire, who has received a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Leading Actress for her role in Sky Atlantic's Julia, has come a long way since her rise to fame on the cobbles - which is where she met her second husband