Anne-Marie Duff 'blown away' by Evening Standard film award

By Vicky Shaw, Press Association

Anne-Marie Duff gave a loving "thank you" to her husband James McAvoy as she scooped the best actress gong at the London Evening Standard British Film Awards.

Duff plays John Lennon's spirited mother Julia in the biopic Nowhere Boy, and was shortlisted alongside Oscar hopeful Carey Mulligan.

The night also saw Andy Serkis named best actor for his embodiment of singer Ian Dury in warts-and-all film Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.

Duff is expecting her first child with McAvoy and the pair arrived at last night's ceremony together.

Wearing a gathered pink dress over her baby bump, she said she was "blown away" to win the award.

She said: "I'd really like to be Mrs McAvoy for a minute and say thank you for seriously having to live with a flame-haired broken hearted banjo player for quite some time.

"Thank you for your support and always allowing me to take my work far too seriously, which I do."
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Congratulations to the Anne-Marie on her British Film Award win for Best Actress.  Nice to see James smiling in pictures for a change, but I'm still not liking the hair.