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100 BAFTA Moments - Dame Maggie Smith Receives the Special Award in 1993

28 December 2014

42 days to go - Lord Attenborough presents her with the award

In her illustrious career, Dame Maggie Smith has been nominated for 17 BAFTAs, winning five times. In addition to this, she has received both the Special Award and the BAFTA Fellowship. 

When accepting the Special Award, Smith stated: 

If it’s possible to be in films without taking your clothes off or indeed killing people with machine guns I seem to have managed to do that!

Watch Smith's speech in full below. 

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