On Friday 8 July BAFTA held a reception at Soho House West Hollywood in celebration of the Brits to Watch event taking place the following evening. The event was attended by the 42 Brits to Watch along with other professionals from the film, TV and video games industries in LA.
Harry Lloyd and
Gugu Mbatha-Raw have been named amongst eight young British actors of exceptional promise by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Both will join 40 filmmakers of various disciplines at an event at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, which will be attended by BAFTA’s President, HRH The Duke of Cambridge, and HRH The Duchess of Cambridge.
Harry, who recently starred in HBO's epic fantasy series
Game of Thrones, will soon be seen in Cary Fukunaga's feature film version of
Jane Eyre and as the young Dennis Thatcher in the forthcoming
The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher.
Having just starred alongside Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in
The Larry Crowne Affair, Gugu is currently filming a pilot in the US for
Touch, in which she stars opposite Kiefer Sutherland.
