Love Island Stars Mix with Hollywood A-Listers at BAFTAs

 It is no longer just the A-list that attend the prestigious awards ceremonies after being nominated for their film success from the past year.

There has been a growing trend in reality stars and influencers receiving invitations to the event and rubbing shoulders with Hollywood's elite at the celebration.

Among the unlikely attendees at the EE BAFTA Film Awards this year, which were hosted at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, were , and her husband Spencer and Maura Higgins.

Lottie, who also attended a pre-BAFTA bash on Saturday evening with her brother Louis girlfriend , was spotted on the red carpet.

During the outing, she was joined by actress Amybeth McNulty and Shadow and Bone star Amita Suman.

Lottie, 27, put on a daring display in a plunging burgundy gown with a sizzling leg slit, showcased her toned limbs as she flashed the flesh. 

TV and radio star Vogue Williams was another surprising attendee at the ceremony as she posed for cameras beside her husband Spencer Matthews. 

Vogue, 40, opted for full glamour in a dramatic black gown with a pair of striking leather gloves, while accessorising with large gold earrings.

The Irish native wore her blonde locks back in a ponytail with a curled section framing her features, enhancing her looks with soft make-up.

She was joined by her tuxedo-clad husband Spencer, 37, who opted for a classic style for the big event.

Maura Higgins, who started out on Love Island, was among the arrival after making waves in Hollywood.

Maura, who is appearing on the current series of  US, mingled with the A-list at the prestigious ceremony.

Maura turned heads in a red form-fitting satin dress, with structured detailing across the chest and a dramatic train that followed her down the carpet.

The statement gown, which featured delicate black beading, was teamed with a pair of black sheer opera gloves and minimal jewellery.

Maura wore her brunette locks slicked back into a tight bun and enhanced her pretty features with a glamorous coat of make-up.

While Maura has yet to be nominated for any awards, she has just made her acting debut in Irish comedy, The Spin.

The statement gown, which featured delicate black beading, was teamed with a pair of black sheer opera gloves and minimal jewellery.

Maura wore her brunette locks slicked back into a tight bun and enhanced her pretty features with a glamorous coat of make-up.

While Maura has yet to be nominated for any awards, she has just made her acting debut in Irish comedy, The Spin. 

Maura was said to have 'impressed big Hollywood executives' with her appearance.

However, Maura, who plays Rose in the feel-good road movie, has less than two minutes of air time in the 1 hour 32 minute film.

In a scene shortly after, she adds: 'Ugh Dermot can we please just do it tomorrow because I've had just such a long day and I'm knackered. Yeah I've had just such a long day.' 

After an hour of the movie passes, Maura returns to the screen and says just one more line.

The film follows Dermot (Brenock O'Connor) and Elvis (Owen Colgan), two music lovers who run a struggling record shop in Omagh, Northern Ireland.

Facing an unpaid rent bill and their vicious landlord Sadie (Derry Girls' Tara Lynne O'Neill), who's eager to get them out of her building, the pair stumble across a deal too good to be true: rare, vintage records of blues legend Robert Johnson for sale in Cork at a knock-down price.

If they can make it to the other end of Ireland in time, then maybe they could get the rare vinyl, and save the shop…

With just two days to get there the pair head off in a rusty Vauxhall as old as the hills.

As they navigate their journey, they meet locals and make new friends along the way.

Despite Maura's film debut being just a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo, she reportedly who were eager to find out Maura's future movie plans.

Directed by filmmaker Michael Head, the movie follows two music-obsessed friends on a frantic two-day road trip across Ireland, to save their record shop from closing. 

Maura appears alongside singer  and actor Brencock O'Connor.

The actress plays Brenock's (Dermot) onscreen girlfriend at the beginning of the film and looks a far cry from her red-carpet-ready appearance as she stripped back her makeup and swept her hair behind her face.

In her first ever script, she says: 'Ah there you are, did you play already?', before shouting 'play ' when Brenock performs in their local bar.

Sources last year claimed: 'Everyone was talking about Maura and how great she was. She can act and people were impressed.

'There were a lot of important people from the film in that room and conversations were taking place about what she does next', The Mirror reported.

The Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall will provide the backdrop as the very best of contemporary cinema converge for the The 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday evening. 

Hosted by Alan Cumming, this year's ceremony will welcome stars including Leonardo , Timothée Chalamet,  and Michael B. Jordan as the year's biggest cinema releases are honoured.

Those walking the red carpet will be treated to a DJ set by Magic FM presenter Neev Spencer, while Clara Amfo and Ali Plumb will be reporting live from outside the legendary London venue. 

A lengthy list of celebrity guest presenters includes , , , , , and British grime artist . 

The Royal Festival Hall stage will also welcome appearances from , Minnie Driver, Monica Bellucci, Patrick Dempsey and Regé-Jean Page, among others. 

Entertainment on the night will come from a diverse spectrum of performers, including a first performance outside the United States of record breaking track Golden from KPop Demon Hunters, sung by JAE, AUDREYNUNA & REI AMI, the voices of HUNTR/X. 

Meanwhile, British singer Jessie Ware will perform a Barbara Streisand cover in a moving tribute during the In Memoriam.

This year's Special Award recipients include Dame Donna Langley, who will be honoured with this year’s BAFTA Fellowship, the arts charity’s highest accolade. 

The British Chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment will be celebrated for her prolific career and as of the most influential and respected figures in the entertainment industry.

Additionally, Clare Binns, Creative Director of Picture House Cinemas, will be presented with the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award. 

The honour recognises her role in championing diverse and fiercely independent work on big screens around the United Kingdom. 

One Battle After Another will be no doubt be hoping to win one award after another, with Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film earning a remarkable fourteen nominations at this year's ceremony. 

But it faces stiff competition, notably from supernatural horror Sinners, with thirteen nominations, and Hamnet, director Chloé Zhao's moving drama about the death of Shakespeare's only son, with eleven. 

Adapted for the screen from Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel about the Bard's family life, Hamnet has broken the record for the most nominations for a female-directed film in BAFTA history. 

Irish star Jessie Buckley has been nominated for her lead role in the film after already scoring a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award and nominations for the Academy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. 

Co-star Paul Mescal, who was was snubbed during Oscar nominations, will also be hoping for an award after earning a Supporting Actor BAFTA nod. 

One Battle After Another earned the most nods with 14, including one for lead star Leonardo DiCaprio