BAFTAs 2026: Records That Could Be Broken!

Tobias Fanta Sports Betting Expert

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Ahead of the 79th BAFTA Awards, VegasInsider has collected a list of records that could be broken at Sunday’s ceremony.

To highlight a few records that could be broken:

1. Four movies have a chance of breaking the record for the most awards won in one evening at the BAFTAs, which is currently held by “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, which won 9 awards at the 1971 ceremony: “One Battle After Another” (14 nominations), “Sinners” (13 nominations), “Hamnet” (11 nominations) and “Marty Supreme” (11 nominations) could break the record.

2. Jessie Buckley (nominated for “Hamnet”) could become the first Irish actress to ever win in the Best Actress category while Renate Reinsve (nominated for “Sentimental Value”) could become the first Norwegian actress to win in the Best Actress category

3. Chloé Zhao (nominated for “Hamnet”) could become the first woman to ever win multiple times in the Best Director category (she previously won for "Nomadland")

4. Jennifer Lawrence (nominated for co-producing “Die My Love”) could become the first woman to win in the Outstanding British Film category following a win in an acting category (she won in the Best Supporting category for "American Hustle").

5. Emma Stone (nominated for “Bugonia”) could join a rare group of 5 actresses who managed to win 3 or more times in the Best Actress category (she previously won for "La La Land" & "Poor Things").

Updated on 2/17/26

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Tobias Fanta

Tobias is a Digital PR Manager and he creates research focused on sports and entertainment; his research has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Forbes, The New York Times, Time Magazine & more. More from Tobias Fanta