International AACTAs announced with Nicole Kidman winning Best Actress

Nicole Kidman is dominating the 2022 awards season, picking up yet another win for her portrayal of Lucille Ball in Being The Ricardos.

Nicole Kidman has been dominating awards seasons for decades, and it looks like 2022 is no exception.

The 54-year-old Australian actress is a hot favourite to win the Academy Award this year for her portrayal of Lucille Ball in Being The Ricardos, and in the meantime she’s picking up every gong on offer.

Kidman nabbed the award for Best Actress in Film overnight at the International Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) awards, following her win at the Golden Globes earlier this month.

She’s also been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, with the ceremony set to take place in late February. The Oscars nominations will be announced next week.

“This is an enormous honour to accept this award … It means so much to have this acknowledged by my Australian film peers. Thank you AACTA. Thank you Australia. I’m completely chuffed,” Kidman said.

Nicole Kidman is dominating the 2022 awards season. Picture: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Elsewhere among the winners at the 11th annual International AACTA Awards, western drama The Power Of The Dog won Best Film, Best Lead Actor in Film for Benedict Cumberbatch, and Best Supporting Actor in Film for Australian actor Kodi Smit-McPhee.

In the television category, Kate Winslet scored Best Lead Actress in a Series for Mare Of Easttown, while Australian actor Murray Bartlett won Best Lead Actor in a Series for The White Lotus.

Here is the full list of winners:

FILM

Best Film

Being The Ricardos

Belfast

Dune

Licorice Pizza

Nitram

Winner: The Power Of The Dog

New Zealand director Jane Campion scored a win for her movie, The Power Of The Dog. Picture: Christophe Archambault/AFP

Best Lead Actor in Film

Caleb Landry Jones – Nitram

Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick … Boom!

Will Smith – King Richard

Denzel Washington – The Tragedy Of Macbeth

Winner: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power Of The Dog

Best Lead Actress in Film

Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers

Lady Gaga – House Of Gucci

Jennifer Hudson – Respect

Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Winner: Nicole Kidman – Being The Ricardos

Best Supporting Actor in Film

Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza

Jamie Dornan – Belfast

Ciarán Hinds – Belfast

Al Pacino – House Of Gucci

Winner: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog

Best Supporting Actress in Film

Caitríona Balfe – Belfast

Cate Blanchett – Don’t Look Up

Kirsten Dunst – The Power Of The Dog

Sally Hawkins – Spencer

Winner: Judi Dench – Belfast

Best Direction in Film

Belfast – Kenneth Branagh

Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson

Nitram – Justin Kurzel

The Power Of The Dog – Jane Campion

Winner: Dune – Denis Villeneuve

Best Screenplay in Film

Belfast – Kenneth Branagh

Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson

Nitram – Shaun Grant

The Power Of The Dog – Jane Campion

Winner: Being The Ricardos – Aaron Sorkin

TELEVISION

Best Drama Series

Maid

Mare Of Easttown

Nine Perfect Strangers

Squid Game

The Handmaid’s Tale

Winner: Succession

Best Comedy Series

Hacks

Sex Education

Ted Lasso

The Great

The Kominsky Method

Winner: The White Lotus

Murray Bartlett won Best Actor in a Series for The White Lotus.

Best Actor in a Series

Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game

Ewan McGregor – Halston

Jeremy Strong – Succession

Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso

Winner: Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus

Best Actress in a Series

Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus

Nicole Kidman – Nine Perfect Strangers

Jean Smart – Hacks

Sarah Snook – Succession

Winner: Kate Winslet – Mare Of Easttown