Community & Business
2 May, 2023
Nikeah receives BAFTA award
KURANDA local turned Hollywood visual effects producer Nikeah Forde has been awarded one of the most prestigious Film and TV Awards attainable, a BAFTA, after the recent BAFTA TV Craft Awards in London.
Nikeah has been recognised for her work on critically acclaimed HBO series, “House of the Dragon”, and alongside her team, was awarded the BAFTA for her work last Saturday.
House of the Dragon is just the latest project in the 38-year-old’s long line of work which includes “The Martian”, “The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader”, “Cinderella” and “Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle”.
Upon receiving the award Nikeah addressed the thousands of people gathered with an acceptance speech where she thanked the many people who helped her during her journey.
“All the biggest things in my life happened to me on this show – I got engaged, I miraculously got pregnant, and I gave birth,” she said.
“But mostly thank you to Angus Bickerton, the greatest VFX supervisor around, the godfather to my daughter and to the role.
“Thank you everyone.”
Nikeah feels it’s amazing to be recognised for all the work both her and her team did during the production of “House of the Dragon”.
“What an incredible honour,” she said.
“It’s a lovely thing to have your peers vote for your work like this, I definitely feel I’ve chosen the right career path.”
