Winslet scooped the prize for best leading actress for her performance in “I am Ruth” at the BAFTA TV Awards Sunday night at London's Royal Festival Hall. “I Am Ruth,” also stars her real-life daughter Mia Threapleton.
In her powerful acceptance speech Winslet said that “ I am Ruth” was made for every parent, their children, and families who feel they are “held hostage by the perils of the online world”, and for young people who have become “addicted to social media and its darker side”.
She also made an impassioned appeal to the powers that be to criminalize and eradicate harmful online content saying, “We want our children back”.
Watch the full speech right here – it is sure to resonate with every parent.
"If I could cut this in half, I would give the other half to my daughter" ??
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) May 14, 2023
Kate Winslet accepts her Leading Actress BAFTA!#BAFTATVAwards with @pandocruises pic.twitter.com/x3tWx9k5Pw
