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Jodie Comer is celebrating after picking up her second BAFTA TV Award on Sunday night. She won the Leading Actress prize for her performance as a health care assistant working during the Covid-19 pandemic in Help, a British TV movie written by Jack Thorne that is available in the U.S. on Acorn TV.
Comer previously won the same award in 2019 for her performance as Villanelle in BBC America's Killing Eve. After thanking co-star Stephen Graham, who plays a patient battling early-onset Alzheimer's disease, Comer told the audience at London's Royal Festival Hall: "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," she added. "It was such a privilege to be a part of it."

Matthew Macfadyen won the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in Succession, while Sean Bean took home the Best Actor award for his work in the three-part prison drama Time, which is available in the U.S. on BritBox. Comer's Help co-star Cathy Tyson collected the Supporting Actress award.
Motherland, the sitcom about middle-class motherhood starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Lucy Punch and Diane Morgan, took home the prize for Best Scripted Comedy. You can look for Motherland over at SundanceTV in the U.S. Graham Norton was nominated for the Best Entertainment Performance for his work on The Graham Norton Show, but lost out to Big Zuu of Big Zuu's Big Eats. Norton can take consolation in the fact that he has won this award on six previous occasions: more than anyone else.
The BBC has a full list of nominations and winners.
What do you think of this year's crop of BAFTA winners?