Empire Awards 2018: Full winners list

Congratulations to the winners!

Hugh Jackman / Daisy Ridley / Steven Spielberg
Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 19th Mar 2018
Last updated 19th Mar 2018

Last night we saw the stars of the big and small screen gather at London’s Camden Roundhouse for the Rakuten TV Empire Awards 2018. The big winners on the night included Star Wars: The Last Jedi, taking home Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Costume Design and Big Visual Effects.

Ahead of the event the recipient of their Legend of our Lifetime award was announced as well-renowned film director Steven Spielberg. This award category was voted for by the public, and speaking of his award, Steven Spielberg said, “Empire Magazine is the contemporary vanguard for movies and the people who love them, and this recognition is a huge honour."

See the full list of winners below:

EMPIRE ‘LEGEND OF OUR LIFETIME’ AWARD, PRESENTED BY RAKUTEN TV

Honouree: Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

EMPIRE ICON PRESENTED BY BMW

Honouree: Mark Hamill

EMPIRE INSPIRATION AWARD

Honouree: Amma Asante

EMPIRE VISIONARY AWARD

Honouree: Edgar Wright

BEST FILM, PRESENTED BY SKY CINEMA

Winner: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Get Out

Call Me By Your Name

Thor: Ragnarok

Wonder Woman

BEST DIRECTOR, PRESENTED BY VUE ENTERTAINMENT

Winner: Rian Johnson – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Edgar Wright – Baby Driver

Jordan Peele – Get Out

Patty Jenkins – Wonder Woman

Taika Waititi – Thor: Ragnarok

BEST MALE NEWCOMER

Winner: Josh O’Connor — God’s Own Country

Fionn Whitehead – Dunkirk

Ansel Elgort – Baby Driver

Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out

Timothée Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name

BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER: THE HILTON PARK LANE

Winner: Dafne Keen – Logan

Emily Beecham – Daphne

Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth

Tessa Thompson – Thor: Ragnarok

Kelly Marie Tran – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST ACTRESS, PRESENTED BY RAKUTEN TV

Winner: Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Daisy Ridley

Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman

Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip

Emma Watson – Beauty And The Beast

BEST ACTOR, PRESENTED BY RAKUTEN TV

Winner: Hugh Jackman – Logan

Hugh Jackman

John Boyega – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Andy Serkis — War For The Planet Of The Apes

Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name

Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour

BEST SCREENPLAY

Winner: Get Out

God’s Own Country

Call Me By Your Name

The Death Of Stalin

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY, PRESENTED BY THREE

Winner: Wonder Woman

Logan

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Thor: Ragnarok

Blade Runner 2049

BEST BRITISH FILM, PRESENTED BY THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Winner: God’s Own Country

The Death Of Stalin

Dunkirk

The Darkest Hour

Paddington 2

BEST HORROR

Winner: Get Out

Mother!

The Autopsy Of Jane Doe

It

Split

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner: I Am Not Your Negro

I Called Him Morgan

City Of Ghosts

An Inconvenient Sequel

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

BEST COMEDY, PRESENTED BY MONKEY SHOULDER

Winner: The Death Of Stalin

Toni Erdmann

The Big Sick

The Disaster Artist

Girls Trip

BEST THRILLER, PRESENTED BY ABSOLUTE RADIO

Winner: Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Baby Driver

John Wick: Chapter 2

The Handmaiden

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Winner: Coco

The Lego Batman Movie

My Life As A Courgette

The Red Turtle

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

BEST SOUNDTRACK

Winner: Baby Driver

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Logan Lucky

Beauty And The Beast

Call Me By Your Name

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Winner: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Greatest Showman

The Death Of Stalin

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Thor: Ragnarok

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Winner: Baby Driver

Dunkirk

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Thor: Ragnarok

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS, PRESENTED BY VUE ENTERTAINMENT

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

War For The Planet Of The Apes

Thor: Ragnarok

Ghost In The Shell

BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING

Winner: Beauty And The Beast

Murder On The Orient Express

The Greatest Showman

Thor: Ragnarok

Ghost In The Shell

BEST TV SERIES, PRESENTED BY THREE

Winner: The Crown

The Handmaid’s Tale

Big Little Lies

Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series

Stranger Things 2

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES

Winner: Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)

Claire Foy (The Crown)

Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)

Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things 2)

BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES

Winner: Jason Isaacs (Star Trek: Discovery)

Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies)

Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series)

Matt Smith (The Crown)

Dan Stevens (Legion)

Now take a look at Empire's biggest films from 2017:

20. The Lost City Of Z

2013's The Immigrant is sadly still waiting for a UK release, so praise be to the cinematic gods that James Gray's The Lost City Of Z arrived without delay. Based on the true-life tale of British explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam), this dense but always gripping biopic is part political drama, part family drama and part adventure.
On discovering the remnants of an indigenous society, Fawcett spent his life trying to prove his Amazonian finds until his unexplained disappearance in 1925. Containing one of the most beautiful scenes of the year, this undseen gem deserves, nay, demands your attention.

Empire Awards 2018: Full winners list
2 of 20