Dame Helen also picked up nominations for the title role in the TV miniseries Elizabeth I and best actress in a TV miniseries or movie for Prime Suspect: The Final Act.

She, Dame Judi and Winslet will go up against Penelope Cruz, for her role in Volver, and Maggie Gyllenhaal for Sherrybaby.

Hugh Laurie was nominated in the TV drama series category for his role in House.

British 23-year-old Emily Blunt was nominated as best supporting actress for her role as fashion magazine assistant in The Devil Wears Prada.

Peter Morgan was shortlisted for best screenplay for The Queen and Patrick Marber for Notes On A Scandal.

Bruno set for the big screen - Nov 1 2006
Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly signed a whopping £22 million deal to bring his comic creation Bruno to the big screen.

The comedy chameleon made the lucrative deal with Universal Pictures, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Bruno - an uber-gay Austrian fashionista who fancies himself as "the voice of Austrian youth TV" - first popped up in Sacha’s TV series Da Ali G Show.

The bottle-blonde character is seen travelling to trendy fashion shows all over the globe, where he pokes fun at guests and convinces them to make shocking comments about the industry.

He will be the third of Sacha’s characters to hit the silver screen, after Ali G and Kazakhstani reporter Borat.

The spoof journalist and "Kazakhstan’s sixth most famous man" attended the London premiere of his film last week. see photos

He arrived on the red carpet in a wooden cart drawn by a mule, accompanied by 30 members of his peasant family and several barrels of fermented horse urine.

Borat: Cultural Learning’s Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan, opens nationwide on November 2.

Bruno set for big screen debut? - Oct 27 2006
Following his big-screen version of Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen is preparing to unveil a brand-new character.

It looks like the comedy chameleon is is set to start work on a movie featuring uber-gay Austrian fashionista Bruno early next year.

In fact, the New York Post is already warning fashionistas of Bruno’s impending attack on the traditionally snooty New York fashion week scene in February.

Paul Wilmot, the fashion PR guru who was unwittingly interviewed by Bruno last year as part of Da Ali G Show, told the newspaper: "Bruno is one of the strangest characters ever to inhabit the planet. He will be an odd and welcome addition to New York Fashion Week in February."

Borat and mule arrive for premiere - Oct 26 2006
Borat brought the glory of Kazakhstan to the West End. see photos

The comic creation of Sacha Baron Cohen attended the British premiere of his new film.

The spoof journalist and "Kazakhstan’s sixth most famous man" arrived on the red carpet in a wooden cart drawn by a mule.

He brought along 30 members of his peasant family and several barrels of fermented horse urine.

Borat said he was hoping to meet Madonna after reading about her adoption of 13 month old Malawian boy David Banda.

"I have brought here with me my 11-year-old son, his wife and their new-born baby, who I am hoping to sell to singing transvestite Madonna," he said.

He is also looking forward to meeting the Queen, "although not for sexy time".