Glamour Women of the Year Awards: the winners Glamour's Women of the Year Awards winners included two Downton Abbey ladies, Kylie Minogue, Jessie J and an honorary mention for Tom Hiddleston. By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor6:00AM BST 30 May 2012 (TELEGRAPH)

Downton Abbey actresses Michelle Dockery and Jessica Brown Findlay were among the winners at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards.

Dockery, who plays Lady Mary in the ITV costume drama, was honoured with the Editor’s Special Award and hailed as an ambassador both for British acting talent and British style.

Jo Elvin, editor of Glamour, said: "Downton Abbey is a beloved smash both here and in the States, with the bulging award cabinet to prove it. And how many young actresses could really hold their own in scene after scene with Maggie Smith?

"Michelle Dockery is a great actress who we'll also soon see in the BBC's Shakespeare season and the film, Anna Karenina. Of course, this being Glamour, we also love that she is a great style ambassador for Britain."

Brown Findlay was named UK TV Actress of the Year for her performance as Lady Sybil, and joked about a recent encounter with a Hollywood fan.

“The craziest moment was when I met Tom Hanks at a Bafta event in LA,” she said. “Halfway through the conversation, he got really embarrassed because he suddenly realised I was Lady Sybil. He kept apologising and saying, ‘You’re Lady Sybil! I love you!”


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David Tennant launches the BBC’s ambitious Shakespeare season Former Doctor Who actor stars in Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet by E Jane Dickson 9:45 AM, 22 April 2012 (RADIO TIMES)

David Tennant is a little baffled by the Cultural Olympiad: “I’m a bit hazy as to what it actually means, what it all adds up to,” he says.

“But if it means more Shakespeare, it’s fine my me.” In cultural terms, the Bard is a world-beater, Team GB’s biggest hitter. (“Well, him and Adele,” offers Tennant. “I think they’re the book-ends of our culture.”) Themes from The Tempest will form the centrepiece of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and this week sees the launch, as part of the Cultural Olympiad, of BBC’s Shakespeare Season, with new productions, for Radio 3, of Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet (which is broadcast next Sunday).

Tennant, who picked up the Best Actor award for Kafka: the Musical in the BBC Audio Drama awards in January, takes a part in both productions. Despite a dose of flu, he’s closeted with fellow cast members in the green room at Broadcasting House, prior to recording his performance as Malvolio in Twelfth Night.


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