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The 2025 BAFTA Games Awards: Portraits

Posted: 24 Apr 2025

For the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards, BAFTA commissioned photographer Alex Ingram to capture the official portraits of our nominees, winners, presenters and performers at the ceremony.

Discover all the winners from the BAFTA Games Awards ceremony.

Yoko Shimomura. A Japanese woman with short bobbed black hair wearing a silvery dress with short sleeved black top and holding a BAFTA. — Yoko Shimomura poses with her BAFTA after being named as the 2025 Games Fellow.

Susan Wokoma. A black woman with a short afro and a black off the shoulder dress, looking down towards the ground and smiling. — Susan Wokoma, award presenter and star of BAFTA's new cinema trailer celebrating storytelling in games.

Phil Wang. An Asian man with thick dark hair and aviator style glasses wearing a large collared white shirt and red suit. — Phil Wang, host of the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards.

Ben Starr. A man wearing clown make up, clown collar and hat, and a dark suit. — Ben Starr dressed as the Balatro clown, accepted the Debut Game award on behalf of the developers.

Abubakar Salim. A black man with short cropped dark hair wearing a black shirt and silver chain and holding a BAFTA up close to the camera. — Abubakar Salim's Tales of Kenzera: Zau won the Game Beyond Entertainment category.

Karen Dunbar. A white woman with a shaved head wearing dark sunglasses, a green t-shirt and dark suit. she is sat on the floor holding a BAFTA. — Karen Dunbar received the BAFTA for Performer in a Supporting Role.

John McCormack, Louis Larsson-De Wet, Laura Dodds and two other men all pose with a BAFTA. All five people are in evening wear with the men in tuxedos and the woman (who is pregnant) in a cream full length dress. — John McCormack, Louis Larsson-De Wet and Laura Dodds, along with two others, pose with the BAFTA for New Intellectual Property which was awarded to Still Wakes the Deep.

Nicolas Doucet, Kenneth Young and Gento Morita with a BAFTA. On the left, Doucet, a white man with thick blond hair swept back off his face and wearing a tuxedo is waving his hands towards a BAFTA that the man next to him is holding. In the middle, Young, a white man with short dark blond hair and half framed glasses, is wearing a t-shirt, kilt and sporran and holding a BAFTA. On the right, Morita, an Asian man with dark hair tied in a ponytail and frameless glasses, is wearing a tuxedo and pointing towards the BAFTA. — Nicolas Doucet, Kenneth Young and Gento Morita pose with one of the five BAFTA's their game Astro Bot won.

Ashley Burch. A white woman with grey hair tied in a bun and a thick fringe. She is wearing a black dress with long tassels that are windblown around her. — Ashley Burch poses backstage after presenting one of the BAFTA Games awards.

Adam Pearson. A white man with neurofibromatosis, dark hair, and wearing a black suit and shirt, sat on a tall wooden stool. — Adam Pearson poses backstage after presenting one of the BAFTA Games awards.

Alec Newman . A white man with swept back light brown hair wearing a tuxedo and cradling his BAFTA. — Alec Newman winner of the Performer in a Leading Role Award.

Adjoa Andoh. A black woman with a closely shaved head wearing a fake shirt front halter neck dress. — Adjoa Andoh presented the award for Performer in a Leading Role to Alec Newman on the night.

Peredur ap Gwynedd. A white man with a white blond mini mohawk and a brown beard. He is wearing a black shirt and tie with gold clip detail. — Peredur ap Gwynedd, Pendulum guitarist, performed the intro music for the Awards ceremony.

Elz The Witch . A white woman with red hair tied back in a high bun wearing a strapless black dress. — Elz The Witch was one of the presenters at the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards.

Jessica Curry. A white woman with a short dark bobbed haircut wearing a v-neck red strappy dress. — Jessica Curry award-winning composer and co-founder of renowned games company The Chinese Room presented an award at the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards.

Sam McGarry and Zak Dale-Clutterbuck. Two white men with dark hair and glasses wearing tuxedos and bow ties and holding BAFTAs. — Sam McGarry and Zak Dale-Clutterbuck winners of the Evolving Game award for Vampire Survivors.

Leslie Benzies. A white man with tick dark hair wearing a black jacket and a kilt leans against a tall wooden stool. — Scottish game producer Leslie Benzies presented the award for Best Game to the Astro Bot team.

Freya Ridings . A white woman with straight ginger hair wearing an off the shoulder black top and a choker. — Freya Ridings gave a live performance as part of the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards ceremony.

Ross Tregenza and Wilbert Roget II pose with their BAFTA awards. On the left is Tregenza, a white man with dark hair tied in a bun, a beard, and wearing a grey and black patterned suit jacket. On the right is Roget II, a black man with a bald head, dark beard and wearing a black suit. — Ross Tregenza and Wilbert Roget II received the award for Music for Helldivers 2.

A woman with long wavy dark hair wearing a black top. — Voice actor and actress Anna Demetriou was delighted to be asked to present an award.

Adrian Cuevas . A white man with short cropped dark hair and stubbly beard. He is wearing a tuxedo and holding a BAFTA. — Adrian Cuevas collected the Artistic Achievement Award on behalf of the Development Team for Neva.

Neil Newbon. A white man with dark hair wearing a black suit with oversized white shirt and chain necklace. He has his head bowed and is looking at his feet. — Neil Newbon presented the award for Narrative Game during the ceremony.

Junichi Yoshizawa and Azusa Kido. A Japanese man and woman stood together holding a BAFTA. the man has thick dark hair and is wearing a black suit, the woman has dark black bobbed hair and is wearing a cap sleeved black dress. — Junichi Yoshizawa and Azusa Kido pose with the Narrative Award on behalf of the development team for Metaphor: ReFantazio.

Johan Pilestedt. A white man with thick dark brown hair and a greying beard wearing a tuxedo. — Helldivers 2 Creative Director Johan Pilestedt's pictured backstage after the game received the Multiplayer Award.

Gabriel Luna. A tanned man with dark wavy hair wearing a tuxedo and bow tie. — Gabriel Luna co-presented the Audio Achievement award at the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards.

Jodie Campbell. A black woman with braided hair tied high on her head, She is wearing a ruffle collared white shirt and black waistcoat. — Jodie Campbell co-presented the Debut Game Award which went to the game Balatro.

Aruna Jalloh. A black man wearing a black suit and tie, stood posing for the camera with one foot on a wooden box and the other foot hanging in the air off the ground. — Aruna Jalloh co-presented the Debut Game Award along with Jodie Campbell.

Tom McKay . A white man with dark hair and light stubble wearing a black shirt. — Tom McKay, the voice of Henry of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, presented Abubakar Salim with the Game Beyond Entertainment Award.

Suzi Ruffell. A woman with dark hair in a short pixie cut, sat leaning back on tall wooden stool wearing a dark blue suit and black boots. — Suzi Ruffell presented Astro Bot team with one of their many awards of the night, this one was for the Family category.

Masumi. An Asian woman with long black hair tied up in a ponytail wearing a red high necked, sleeveless dress. — Masumi presented the Technical Achievement Award on the night.

Katie Leung. A Chinese woman wearing a cap sleeved full length black dress with cut-out detail at the waist. — Katie Leung presented the Performer in a Supporting Role Award to Karen Dunbar.

Talia Mar. A white woman with long dark red hair and a tattoo sleeve on her right arm, wearing a V-neck black dress. — Talia Mar presented the Music Award to the Helldivers 2 team on the night.

Matthew Lewis. A white man with dark hair wearing a black tuxedo. He is straightening his bow tie and his sleeve has hiked up to reveal a large faced watch. — Matthew Lewis presented Astro Bot with one of their five awards, this one was for Game Design.

James Carbutt and Will Todd. Two white men with light brown hair and one with a beard and glasses. One is sat on a tall stool and one standing, both are holding BAFTA masks and wearing tuxedos. — James Carbutt and Will Todd, winners of the British Game Award for Thank Goodness You're Here!

Oli Parsons. A tall white man with a dyed blonde curtain haircut and a dark trimmed beard. He is wearing a tuxedo, bow tie, and looking off into the distance. — Oli Parsons presented the Animation Award to the Astro Bot team.

Jane Douglas and Lucy James. Two white women both with dark hair laugh and pose for the camera. The woman on the left is wearing a bright green dress and has her hair tied up and the woman on the right is wearing a black dress with floral print and has her shoulder-length hair loose. — Jane Douglas and Lucy James pose together backstage after chatting to everyone as they arrived for our red carpet show.

Ali Plumb. A white man with thick dark hair and glasses wearing a black suit jacket and kilt and pulling away from the camera. — Ali Plumb co-presented the Multiplayer Award with Adam Pearson.

Photographer: Alex Ingram.

Assistant: Daniel Walker

Produced by: Claire Rees, Rebecca Gray & Ellie Elliott.

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