Kate Winslet has won two awards at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles, winning best actress for Revolutionary Road and best supporting actress for The Reader.
"Is this really happening?" she asked as she collected her second prize.
Slumdog Millionaire was named best film drama, one of four awards Danny Boyle's Mumbai-set movie received.
Heath Ledger was given a posthumous supporting actor prize for The Dark Knight, while Mickey Rourke was named best actor in a drama for The Wrestler.
Other British recipients included Sally Hawkins, named best comedy actress for her role in Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky.
The Globes - which recognise both film and television - are often regarded as an indicator of the movies and actors who will go on to win honours at the Academy Awards.
'Pulsating affection'
Winslet had been expected to be named best supporting actress for The Reader, in which she plays a former Nazi prison guard who has an affair with a teenager.
But her second win for Revolutionary Road - in which she plays a frustrated housewife living in 1950s America - came as a surprise.
Winslet, 33, apologised to her fellow nominees for winning and paid tribute to her "spectacular" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
She also thanked her husband Sam Mendes for directing Revolutionary Road and "killing us every single day".
Boyle was named best director for Slumdog Millionaire, which also picked up prizes for Simon Beaufoy's screenplay and for AR Rahman's score.
"Your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated," said Boyle as he collected his individual award.
'Sadness and pride'
Ledger's honour was accepted by Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, who said the late actor would be "eternally missed but never forgotten".
"All of us who worked with Heath accept with an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride," he continued.
Irish star Colin Farrell was named best actor in a musical or comedy for his role as a hit man in black comedy In Bruges.
Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, meanwhile, was named best comedy, ahead of Happy-Go-Lucky and Mamma Mia.
source : BBC news
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