BAFTA Winner Jodie Comer Thanks Carers In Emotional Speech

Jodie Comer has won her second BAFTA, taking home the award for Leading Actress for her incredible performance in Channel 4's Help, playing a newly-trained care worker coping with the devastation of the Covid pandemic. Having previously won in 2019 for Killing Eve, she now has another iconic BAFTA mask to her name.

Accepting the BAFTA TV award, which was presented to her by actor Martin Freeman, Jodie said: 'I want to thank [writer] Jack Thorne for his integrity and his passion that is so infectious. He's completely changed my view and my priorities and my passion in regards to the work that I want to continue to do going forward.'

She also confessed she had previously messaged Jack - a writer who has worked on many award-winning shows including This Is England, Kiri and National Treasure - asking to work with him: 'I very embarrassingly slid into his DMs when I was on Twitter a few years ago and told him that I wanted to work with him.'

Jodie - who brought her mum as her plus one - ended her speech by paying tribute to the carers who helped her prepare for the role, saying: 'The biggest thank you of all goes to all of the carers and the Dementia Society who helped us in our research. They were so incredibly gracious and generous with their time - we were asking them very personal questions and they were always so willing and open. The biggest rewards for us all was they felt truly represented in the telling of this story - it was such a privilege to a part of it.'

Jodie is currently appearing on stage in her one-woman show, Prima Facie, which has received rave reviews. It follows the finale of Killing Eve, which came to an end last month after four series. Speaking to Grazia in the winners press conference she told us what she was going to miss the most about the show: 'I think all the mischief. I had so many moments on set just looking round and realising the kind of ridiculousness of everything. The strangest moments, or in the most incredible locations in the most amazing costumes, getting away with so much trouble.

'There was always a challenge with Villanelle, something unexpected around the corner. To play a character for four years and always know that you're not quite sure where it's going to go was really exciting. To be part of a show that is so loved and has such an incredible fan base - we never anticipated it was going to be as big as it was - to see how it went down was pretty incredible. I don't think that happens all the time. I felt very lucky to be part of that.'

As for what's next? 'Who knows? It's the one thing that I love about what I do. It's the first thing that terrifies you when you get to the end of a job - what am I going to do now? But it's also so exhilarating - I have no idea where I will be in six months. I'm at the theatre at the moment which I'm loving - so I'm just focussing on that at the minute.'