The actor, 44, ripped into Normal People star Paul Mescal, 25, and actor Greg Davies, 53, during the ceremony in London on Sunday, leaving some fans to say he smashed the presenting gig.
I May Destroy You Leads Winners at 2021 BAFTA TV Awards
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The Michaela Coel-created television show wins big at this year s BAFTA TV Awards, taking the coveted titles of both best leading actress and mini-series. Jun 7, 2021
Michaela Coel was the big winner at the 2021 BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday (06Jun21).
The British drama series, which she also wrote, co-directed, and executive produced, picked up the prize for Mini-Series as well as Leading Actress for Coel.
She previously picked up the awards for Writer: Drama and Directing: Fiction, which she shared with
Sam Miller, at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards awards last month (May21).
Coel paid particular tribute to Ita O Brien, the show s intimacy director .
She said O Brien was crucial to 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 .
The intimacy director role is essential for every production company that wants to make work exploring themes of consent , Coel said
.
The Crown empty-handed.
The fictionalised account of the modern British royal family, which swept the board at the Golden Globes earlier this year, had been nominated for four categories, including Helena Bonham Carter for best supporting actress as Princess Margaret.