Emma Watson looked effortlessly glamorous as she took to the red carpet for the BAFTA 2022 Film Awards on Sunday afternoon.

The Harry Potter star, 31, put on a show-stopping display in a statement gown featuring a plunging black halter-neck top and a cream tulle skirt with an elegant train.

She strutted up the red carpet at London’s Royal Albert Hall in a pair of pointed black heels adorned with beaded ankle straps, which added several inches to her frame.

Emma styled her brunette tresses in a loose wave while she bolstered her natural good looks with a smokey-eye make-up palette and a slick of lipgloss.

The actress accessorised her sensational ensemble with a glitzy pair of silver tassel earrings and an array of understated silver rings, while she held a white beaded clutch in one hand.

The Beauty And The Beast star appeared to be in excellent spirits as she was seen laughing and flashing a huge grin as she graced the BAFTA red carpet.

Dune dominated the British Academy Film Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night, while The Power Of The Dog took home Best Film. 

The science fiction movie swept the board as it scooped five out of its eleven nominations for the 75th ceremony which saw diversity triumph, with Lashana Lynch taking home Rising Star, deaf actor Troy Kotsur awarded Supporting Actor and West Side Story’s Ariana Debose accepting the Supporting Actress gong.

Joanna Scanlan, 60, won the Leading Actress award for her performance in the Aleem Khan-directed drama After Love and Will Smith, 53, won the Leading Actor gong for his role in King Richard.

The politically charged show returned after a two-year delay with host Rebel Wilson giving Vladimir Putin the middle finger, while many of the stars wore black and Ukraine ribbons in a mark of solidarity.

Dune was awarded Special Visual Effects, Sound, Production Design, Cinematography and Original Score.

The first of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, directed by Denis Villeneuve, was presented the Best Cinematography Award by Naomi Campbell and Ru-Paul.

Hans Zimmer was once again recognised in the Original Score category after battling it out against Being The Ricardos, Don’t Look Up, The French Dispatch and The Power of the Dog.

However, Dune lost out on the Best Film gong to the gritty Western movie The Power of the Dog. Director Jane Campion couldn’t attend the ceremony and so producer Tanya Seghatchian accepted it on her behalf.

Leading Actress Joanna admitted to being overwhelmed by her success when she took to the stage. 

Joanna faced competition from Lady Gaga, Alana Haim, Emilia Jones, Tessa Thompson and Renate Reinsve for the award.

But she explained on stage that the film – which tells the story of a widow who discovers her late husband’s secret family – was made with ‘blood, sweat and tears’.

Earlier in the night, Will Smith won the Leading Actor gong for his role in ‘King Richard’. The Hollywood star played the part of Richard Williams – the dad of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams – in the hit film.

The success marked the first BAFTA win of Will’s career, but he wasn’t able to attend the ceremony in London.

After vows from organisers to improve diversity among the stars being nominated, the ceremony saw the likes of Bond star Lashana take to the stage, hailing her working class background after winning the Rising Star award.

The actress, 34, portrayed MI6 agent Nomi in James Bond’s No Time to Die.

She said: ‘Thank you everyone who voted. Wow thank you everyone involved in No Time To Die, my career, my parents, my grandparents who came from Jamaica – the Windrush generation. I am thankful for them for my existence.

I am proud to come from a working class family, I have been taught about failure, about no’s and how to celebrate your yeses. Now I get to celebrate a yes, I never expected.

‘I want to thank the women who taught me how to be in this industry as a dark skinned women. Thank you for laying the foundations for people like me. I appreciate it. Thank you.’

And No Time To Die was a big winner on the night with Tom Cross and Elliot Graham winning Best Editing, beating Belfast, Dune, Licorice Pizza and Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised).

Ariana DeBose was awarded the gong for Best Supporting Actress in West Side Story. The 31-year-old portrayed Anita in the adaptation of the 1957 musical. West Side Story also scooped Best Casting with Cindy Tolan. 

The actress was against tough competition in the category as she went head-to head with Caitríona Balfe (Belfast), Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter), Ann Dowd (Mass), Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) and Ruth Negga (Passing). 

 Ariana said her win for best supporting actress in West Side Story is ‘the wildest ride of my life’ but she is ‘thrilled’ to see diversity at the London ceremony.

Speaking backstage after her win, DeBose said: ‘Go in and show them what you have to offer, you are absolutely worthy, that is what this experience has taught me. It has been the wildest ride of my life and getting wilder every day.

‘I will say it has been so overwhelming and exciting, this doesn’t happen every day, but I am excited by the opportunity to work with different people – there is a rumour I am going to be in a Sony Marvel film, I am looking for new art to make.’

Belfast won Outstanding British Film, with director Kenneth Branagh saying: ‘This is a black and white film about The Troubles, it was not an easy pitch but with the great talent in this room please remember if you build it, they will come.

‘Believe in the uniqueness of your story, your voice and the imagination of the public to embrace any story well told. Thank you very much for being so kind to ours, we deeply appreciate it.’

The actor also presented Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer which was awarded to Jeymes Samuel for The Harder They Fall.

Troy Kotsur took home Supporting Actor for Coda – following a teenager being the only hearing member of a deaf family, who struggles to balance her attempts to help her family’s struggling fishing business and her own life aspirations.

Millie Bobby Brown and Florence Pugh gave him the award. The deaf actor, 53, said winning the BAFTA is a ‘big pay-off for many years of hellish times’.

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