Actress Emilia Jones has said she is "blown away" after being shortlisted in the leading actress category of the Bafta awards.
The 19-year-old daughter of Welsh singer Aled said she had been asleep during the live announcement because "never in a million years" did she think she would be considered "against such talented nominees".
But she thanked her "supportive" dad and mum who were delighted when the nominations were announced on Thursdayt, February 3.
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The actress plays Ruby Rossi in the critically-acclaimed movie Coda - the only hearing member of a deaf family who dreams of going to Berkley University.
She said she was "grateful" for the recognition after working "so hard" on the film which say her training for nine months with American Sign Language.
"I'm just so grateful that people loved Coda because I did work so hard. I was 17 when we shot so I had a big, big work load for 17, so it's nice people are being so lovely," said Emilia, who is up for leading actress alongside Lady Gaga, Joanna Scanlan and Tessa Thompson.
"I trained for nine months with American Sign Language and had singing lessons too because I loved singing, but I'd never had a singing lesson before, but I also had to learn how to fish, so I'd wake up at 3am every morning for two weeks and we'd go out three miles at sea and catch fish for hours and hours, and the Massachusetts accent, I had to learn that too.
"My dad text my mum, 'what the hell, she's done it'. They're so supportive and they've sacrificed a lot for me to do this so I'm very grateful to have them.
"You always have to make sacrifices... there have been times for me where I have been invited to things with my friends and I haven't gone because I wanted to work and better myself as an actor and focus on my auditions. You say no more than you say yes but you shouldn't let it get you down."
Vogue has hailed the actress as '2022’s Breakout Star to Watch'. Her father Aled found fame as a gifted boy soprano and later as a TV presenter, recording artist and concert performer.
Aled, from Llandegfan, Anglesey, was 16 when he ended his four-year career as a boy soprano, during which he sold six million records, gave a private performance for Charles and Diana and sang at the Vatican.
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