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Streep and Williams to battle for Bafta

Meryl Streep’s portrayal of Margaret Thatcher and Michelle Williams’s role as Marilyn Monroe have put them head-to-head at this year’s Baftas.

Tue, 17 Jan, 2012 - 08:03

Meryl Streep's portrayal of Margaret Thatcher and Michelle Williams's role as Marilyn Monroe have put them head-to-head at this year's Baftas.

US actress Streep is up for best actress for her portrayal of the former UK prime minister.

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Courts Entertainment BAFTAs Place: UK Place: Piccadilly Place: Royal Opera House Place: Covent Garden Person: Streep Person: Williams Person: Meryl Streep Person: Margaret Thatcher Person: Michelle Williams Person: Marilyn Monroe Person: Tilda Swinton Person: Viola Davis Person: Berenice Bejo Person: Gary Oldman Person: Brad Pitt Person: George Clooney Person: Michael Fassbender Person: Jean Dujardin Person: Martin Scorsese Person: Daniel Radcliffe Person: Holliday Grainger Person: Tim Corrie Person: Carey Mulligan Person: Dame Judi Dench Person: Melissa McCarthy Person: Jessica Chastain Person: Octavia Spencer Person: Jim Broadbent Person: Denis Thatcher Person: Kenneth Branagh Person: Laurence Olivier Person: Philip Seymour Hoffman Person: Jonah Hill Person: Christopher Plummer Person: Lynne Ramsay Person: Lionel Shriver Person: Scorsese Person: Michel Hazanavicius Person: Nicolas Winding Refn Person: Tomas Alfredson Person: Stephen Fry Person: Joe Cornish Person: Will Sharpe Person: Tom Kingsley Person: Ralph Fiennes Person: Richard Ayoade Person: Paddy Considine Person: Diarmid Scrimshaw Person: James Marsh Person: Simon Chinn Person: Nicolas Winding Event: Orange British Academy Film Awards Event: Bafta Event: BAFTA awards Organisation: BAFTA

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