BAFTAs 2019: Laura Whitmore looks elegant as she joins Edith Bowman and Dermot ...

Laura Whitmore led the glamour at the 72nd annual EE British Academy Film Awards at London's Royal Albert Hall on Sunday evening.

Edith Bowman sported a quirky ensemble: a pink floor-length floral dress, complete with white lacy neck ruff.

She added a pearly queen inspired vest over the top of the dress, embroidered with a red and white bouquet of flowers. 

Shimmering: Laura Whitmore led the glamour at the 72nd annual EE British Academy Film Awards at London 's Royal Albert Hall on Sunday evening

Shimmering: Laura Whitmore led the glamour at the 72nd annual EE British Academy Film Awards at London 's Royal Albert Hall on Sunday evening

Red carpet ready: Edith Bowman and Dermot O'Leary arrived first to interview stars on the red carpet ahead of the 72nd annual EE British Academy Film Awards

Red carpet ready: Edith Bowman and Dermot O'Leary arrived first to interview stars on the red carpet ahead of the 72nd annual EE British Academy Film Awards

First to arrive: Edith turned heads in a quirky ensemble on the Royal Albert Hall red carpet on Sunday evening

First to arrive: Edith turned heads in a quirky ensemble on the Royal Albert Hall red carpet on Sunday evening

The ruffled lacy detailing continued to her sleeves and to the hem of the dress, which fell down the floor of the red carpet.

She added driving gloves to the ensemble, adding further intrigue to the inspiration of the get-up.

Edith - who is the red carpet host for the event - wore her dark blonde locks up and added statement earrings and a natural palette of make-up to her look.

Turning heads: The presenter sported a quirky ensemble: a pink floor-length floral dress, complete with white lacy neck ruff

Turning heads: The presenter sported a quirky ensemble: a pink floor-length floral dress, complete with white lacy neck ruff

Turning heads: The presenter sported a quirky ensemble: a pink floor-length floral dress, complete with white lacy neck ruff

Quirky: She added a pearly queen inspired vest over the top of the dress, embroidered with a red and white bouquet of flowers

Quirky: She added a pearly queen inspired vest over the top of the dress, embroidered with a red and white bouquet of flowers

The event is being held at the Royal Albert Hall for the third year in a row, after the move from the Royal Opera House.

Joanna Lumley is hosting for a second time after impressing last year in place of Stephen Fry while Cirque de Soleil will also be back with another performance after their 2018 tribute to Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water. 

Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite has swept the nominations with 12 nods in top categories including a Best Actress chance for its star Olivia Colman, Supporting Actress nominations for Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz and a shot at Best Film.

The Favourite will compete with A Star Is Born, BlacKkKlansman, Green Book and Roma for Best Film but surprisingly, after its success at last month's Golden Globes, Bohemian Rhapsody was snubbed in the category.

The Favourite is nominated in 12 categories. Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma and A Star Is Born each have seven nominations; Vice has six, BlacKkKlansman has five, and Cold War and Green Book have four each. Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Mary Poppins Returns, Mary Queen of Scots and Stan & Ollie have three nominations each.

The 2019 nod marks Olivia's sixth BAFTA nomination but her first for a film role after previously winning for TV hits Twenty Twelve, Accused and Broadchurch.

Olivia competes against Glenn Close for The Wife, Lady Gaga for A Star Is Born, Melissa McCarthy for Can You Ever Forgive Me?' and Widows star Viola Davis, but in another shock snub, Mary Poppins Returns lead Emily Blunt has missed out on a nomination. 

In fact, Mary Poppins Returns only received nominations in the technical categories for BAFTA, with three nods in total for Best Film Music, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design. 

Olivia's chances at scoring her first film BAFTA have only increased after she took home the Best Actress Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy for The Favourite at the Golden Globes.   

Olivia's critically-acclaimed film was released last month and follows the love triangle Queen Anne forms with two of her female courtiers, played by Emma and Rachel, who are both nominated in the Best Supporting Actress Category.

The Favourite is also nominated for Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Make Up & Hair, Editing and Yorgos Lanthimos for Director.

Bohemian Rhapsody could build on its surprise success at the Golden Globes with its seven BAFTA nominations, but it has missed out on chance at the Best Film prize.

The Queen biopic provided the biggest shock of the 2019 Golden Globes when it beat favourite A Star is Born to take home the Best Motion Picture Drama prize, which followed a win for leading man Rami Malek.

Rami is nominated for the BAFTA Leading Actor where he will again compete against A Star Is Born's Bradley Cooper as well as Viggo Mortensen and British actors Christian Bale and Steve Coogan.

Bale is the favourite to take home Leading Actor for his incredible transformation into Dick Cheney for Vice. 

A Star Is Born has scored the same number of BAFTA nominations as its rival Bohemian Rhapsody, with seven chances. As well as its Best Actor nod for Bradley, who also

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