Frances McDormand won the best actress award on Sunday at the British Bafta awards for her role as a woman who loses her home in rural Nevada and embarks on a journey of discovery across the US in the film "Nomadland". The American actress beat back competition from nominees Bukky Bakray for "Rocks", Radha Blank for "The Forty-Year-Old Version", Vanessa Kirby for "Pieces of a Woman", Wunmi Mosaku for "His House", and Alfre Woodard for "Clemency". cps/lc