JULIANNE Moore took the best actress award at the Baftas and paid tribute to her Scottish relatives.

 

The 54-year-old who defied the years as she caught the eye on the red carpet in a low cut Tom Ford scarlet gown, won the gong for her role as a woman struck down by Alzheimer's in Still Alice.

And she made sure she recognised her roots as she thanked her Scottish relatives "who poured love into me".

Moore's Greenock-born mother Anne Love Smith who moved to the United States more than 50 years ago, died following an embolism in 2009.

The four-time Oscar nominee said she felt compelled to mention them during her first ever Baftas speech.

She said: "My pitch kept going up because I was so nervous during my speech. I did want to mention my mother, my grandmother and my great aunts, because they're all from Scotland. That was important to me."

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