BEST PERFORMANCE

RUNNER-UP JASON E KELLEY AND OZIOMA AKAGHA AS COLT AND JULIANNA IN DEATHLOOP

How could we ever separate these two? The mutterings and retorts of Colt and Julianna’s verbal sparring matches are so perfectly interwoven that it almost feels like a single performance. With a fresh squabble delivered at the outset of each loop, the prospect of failure – and eternity – seems more appealing in the company of Kelley and Akagha.

RUNNER-UP MAYA SAROYA AS MEENA HUGHES IN LAST STOP

Abrasive, seemingly uncaring, work-driven to the point of psychopathy. It’s not an easy role – nor, importantly, the kind often given to a woman of colour. We’d describe Meena as refreshingly unlikeable, but that might be the wrong descriptor, since the sheer force of Saroya’s performance makes us care despite – or perhaps because of? – her many obvious flaws.

WINNER ERIKA MORI AS ALEX CHEN IN LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS

There are many potential pitfalls for a character such as the emotion-hoovering Alex Chen, yet Mori never lets Chen’s reactions to others’ most potent feelings tip into actorly histrionics. Her blossoming romance with either Katy Bentz’s Steph or Eric Emery’s Ryan, meanwhile, is defined by understatement – Mori deftly (and movingly) captures the tentativeness of a foster-system survivor.