Killing Eve's Jodie Comer among RTS winners - BBC News
The British actress beats co-star Sandra Oh to be named best female actor at this year's awards.
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British actress Jodie Comer has beaten her Killing Eve co-star Sandra Oh to be named best female actor at this year's Royal Television Society (RTS) awards.

Lesley Manville, Lorraine Kelly and comedian Romesh Ranganathan were among others honoured at the London event.

Actor Lennie James was awarded for writing Sky Atlantic's Save Me, which was also named best drama series.

Comer, who plays an assassin in Killing Eve, said her character Villanelle was how "every female role should be".

Lorraine Kelly, Lennie James and Lesley Manville were among the other winners

"To have people come up to me in the street and say they enjoy it is always lovely," she told the BBC's Newsbeat team.

Killing Eve was adapted by Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge from a series of novellas by Observer critic Luke Jennings.

Victoria Derbyshire, Michaela Coel and Anna Friel were among the celebrity attendees

Other winners on Tuesday included Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, whose work on Inside No. 9 saw them share the male comedy performance award.

The BBC won 15 awards all on what director general Tony Hall said had been "a great night for British creativity".

Originally founded as the Television Society in 1927, the RTS is an educational charity with more than 4,800 members.

It is open to "anyone with an interest in the medium" and not specifically those with links to the industry.

Arts: The Art of Drumming (Wall to Wall Media for Sky Arts)

Comedy Performance (Female): Lesley Manville - Mum (Big Talk Productions in association with The Money Men for BBC Two)

Comedy Performance (Male): Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith - Inside No. 9 (BBC Studios for BBC Two)

Pemberton and Shearsmith previously worked together as part of The League of Gentlemen

Daytime Programme: The Repair Shop (Ricochet for BBC Two)

Entertainment: The Last Leg (Open Mike for Channel 4)

Entertainment Performance: Big Narstie and Mo Gilligan - The Big Narstie Show (Exception Entertainment / Dice Productions for Channel 4)

History: A Dangerous Dynasty: The House of Assad (72 Films for BBC Two)

Live Event: The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (BBC Studios for BBC One)

Ben Whishaw and Hugh Grant as they appear in A Very English Scandal

Mini-Series: A Very English Scandal (Blueprint Pictures for BBC One)

Presenter: Romesh Ranganathan - The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (Rumpus Media for BBC Two)

Science and Natural History: Drowning in Plastic (Raw TV for BBC One)

Single Drama: Killed By My Debt (BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit for BBC Three)

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit: Osi Umenyiora - NFL This Week and The NFL Show (Whisper Films for BBC Two)

Writer (Comedy): Stefan Golaszewski - Mum (Big Talk Productions in association with The Money Men for BBC Two)

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