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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Emily Retter

Joanna Scanlan went from breakdown to winning BAFTA after she was 'left shaking'

Shaking for hours, her exhausted body numbed to near paralysis, her normally active mind ­mirroring the inertia in her limbs.

This was Joanna Scanlan aged 29, about as far as could possibly be from the poised, funny, vivacious underdog who beat House of Gucci’s Lady Gaga to win Best Actress at Sunday’s BAFTAs.

Her shock victory was one of the moments of the night, and her poignant speech, one she never thought she would get to give.

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