Marisa Abela fights back tears as she wins Leading Actress for her racy role in Industry at the BAFTA TV Awards - before teasing season four
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Marisa Abela fought back tears as she won Leading Actress for her racy role in HBO's Industry at the 2025 BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday - before teasing the upcoming fourth season of the show.
The actress, 27, who plays business graduate Yasmin Kara-Hanani in the HBO drama, put on an emotional display as she accepted her award.
Thanking those closest to her, Marisa elegantly wiped away a tear from her face as she graced the stage in black structured corset dress.
After walking away with her prized trophy, the brunette beauty later confirmed a fourth season of the series and that they have already started filming.
She said: 'Season three felt like a massive step up for the show and I feel like that is continuing and continuing.
'So I am excited to see the response season four gets, which we are filming right now.'
Marisa recently praised 'gentle and generous' Kit Harington as she discussed filming sex scenes with him for the new series of Industry.
The actress, who worked closely with intimacy co-ordinators, stars as business graduate Yasmin, in the drama about young inner-city bankers.
Meanwhile, Kit plays Sir Henry Muck, the founder and CEO of a green tech company who has an X-rated kink.
Series three proved to be a defining one for Industry, with the pair's outrageous sex scene making headlines.
Giving an insight into filming, in an interview with ELLE UK for their digital cover, Marisa hailed Kit 'a true gentleman.'
The scene featured his character begging Marisa's Yasmin to give him a 'golden shower.'
Recalling the moment that Kit joined the programme, she admitted: ‘I couldn’t believe it, he’s such an icon of British television and HBO.
‘Kit’s done a lot of this before and there has to be a lot of trust there. There was a shower scene, and he made sure that his arm was in the perfect place, he’s a gentleman.'
She added: 'Those scenes are always weird but when you have people that are very gentle and generous, it's great.’
Intimacy co-ordinators have become a much more familiar presence on sets as raunchy scene become more and more commonplace.
The professionals help cast and crew through choreographing and coaching talent through shooting sex sequences, including discussions on boundaries and comfort.
‘I was in my second year at drama school when Me Too happened and I've benefitted from so many brave people, especially women, coming forward and making the industry a safer space for people like me,' Marisa explained.
In the episode that aired on September 8, Sir Henry asks Yasmin: 'Can you do something for me? Can you be vulnerable with me if I'm vulnerable with you?'
'Can you relieve yourself on me?'
Despite Yasmin's initial understandable apprehension, urine is soon seen trickling down Sir Henry's leg and he gleams with pleasure, before adding: 'Thank you for trusting me.'
Alongside Marisa and Kit, the drama also features Ken Leung, and Myha'la Herrold back at the helm.
Adding of her close bond with her Industry co-stars, Marisa said: ‘They are genuinely some of my closest friends. It's actually incredibly useful to have peers figuring it all out at the same time.’
Kit previously described his character as a 'posh idiot' during an appearance on CBS Mornings.
'He's always had this safety net underneath him so he doesn't need to — he can sort of just be who he wants to be, and that's not always the best thing,' he teased.
The first two seasons of Industry are available to stream now on the BBC iPlayer. The third season debuted on the iPlayer and BBC One on Tuesday, October 1.
Like series one and two, series three of Industry had eight episodes and the finale aired in the US on September 29.
The 2025 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises saw a slew of celebrities take home awards celebrating excellence in TV on Sunday, at the glitzy ceremony held in the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.
Mr. Bates vs The Post Office led the big winners of the evening, scoring two more awards to add to the ground-breaking ITV show's ever-growing list of accolades.
However, it was the BBC who came out on top, scoring 17 wins in total after a year of triumphant programming, in the ceremony - presented this year by actor Alan Cumming.
While Netflix smash Baby Reindeer and the climactic Gavin & Stacey Christmas special also won key awards.
Widely expected to claim much of Sunday evening's spotlight, Mr. Bates vs The Post Office picked up an early award for Limited Drama.
Accepting the gong from Russell Tovey and Daniel Mays, producer Patrick Spencer said: 'We could only film this because Polly Hill at ITV saved us from getting cancelled and this story only had the impact it did because the people who watched it stood up as one and demanded action with such rage, that the government had no choice but to respond.
'Our show didn't change the law, the people of this nation did. They showed in their response to Mr. Bates vs The Post Office that our country cannot abide liars and bullies.'
He added: 'May it be a warning to those who are supposed to have our backs, that they better not abuse their power.
'When accepting this award, we would like to go on record that being trusted by the post-masters to tell their story has been the greatest privilege of our lives.'
ITV went on to claim a Special Award, presented by Baroness Floella Benjamin - for its work in commissioning Mr. Bates vs The Post Office.
Urging Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government to rush through arranged compensation payments for affected former postal employees, ITV boss Kevin Lygo said: 'Hurry up and pay these people what they are due.'
The night began with Jessica Gunning collecting the award for Best Actress after winning accolades for her portrayal of crazed stalker Martha in Richard Gatt's hugely successful Netflix drama Baby Reindeer.
Danny Dyer then forced the BBC to do some quick editing, after he let slip several swear words during his acceptance speech for best Male Performance in a Comedy.
The actor, 47, won his first BAFTA for his role as Lee in Mr. Bigstuff, and allowed his excitement to get the better of him in his typically expletive-laden speech.
After first saying: 'F***ing hell, I'm choked up', the EastEnders star then shared a sweet and hilarious tribute to Mr. Bigstuff writer and his co-star Ryan Sampson, which led him to turning the air blue once more.
Danny said: 'But I got to dedicate this to Ryan Sampson. One of the greatest things to come out of Rotherham. Which is not saying much.
'But one of the best actors this country's ever produced, I'm telling you. Never done the same thing twice. Which is not something I can say.
'He wrote this part for me, so you know... I'm getting choked up again, f**k me. So you won this for me mate, I really appreciate it, thank you so much.'
He finished by addressing his two daughters Dani, 28, and Sunnie, 18, who were sat in the audience and took the opportunity to swear one last time, declaing: 'Girls, Sunnie and Dani. I've done it girls, I've f***ing done it!'
However, the BBC were less than impressed by the star breaking the watershed, with host Alan being forced to say: 'I've been asked to apologise for the naughty language there.'
And when the moment was aired just an hour later, the broadcaster made sure to trim down Danny's speech and cut out all of his curses.
Alan later accidentally let slip a swear word of his own, while presenting the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship award to journalist Kirsty Wark.
The Scottish star suffered an unfortunate blunder by mistakenly introducing the award as the 'b*****d fellowship', and upon realising his error, the mortified actor let loose yet another swear, as he sheepishly muttered: 'Oh f*** me!'
The Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television.
Kirsty was honoured for her unwavering dedication and unmatched legacy in the world of news and current affairs broadcasting.
It was also a special night for Ruth Jones, who accepted the award for female Performance in a Comedy after playing the iconic Nessa for a final time in December's Gavin & Stacey finale.
Accepting the award from Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall, she said: 'I really wasn't expecting this, so I wanted to thank the wonderful cast.
'Huge thank you to the BBC, such a fantastic institution which I am so proud to have worked with so many times.'
Turning to her writing partner, Ruth added: 'The person I would like to thank most is my dear, kind and talented friend James Corden, with whom I have shared this astonishing journey for 17-years and without whom Vanessa Shanessa Jenson would not have existed.'
Hinting at the potential of a new TV project with James, she said: 'I love you James, I love writing with you. Long may it continue.'
However the show suffered disappointment in the P&O Cruises Memorable Moment category, with blind comedian Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell's Strictly Come Dancing waltz beating Smithy's wedding to the accolade.
Scooping one of the biggest awards of the night, British star Marisa Abela won the Leading Actress accolade for her starring role in BBC hit Industry.
Collecting her award, the tearful actress said: 'I’ve been filming Industry for about six years now and (production company) Bad Wolf and HBO, the fact that they let us carry on after season one is mental.'
She also said she booked the BBC series, about a group of young finance graduates, in her first year of drama school and said the role of Yasmin 'changed my life' as she has gone on to play the late singer Amy Winehouse in the film Back To Black.
Over in the category for Leading Actor, Rivals star David Tennant - one of the favourites for the award - lost out to Lennie James for his starring role in BBC show Mr Loverman.
A shocked Lennie admitted he hadn't prepared a speech, as he 'didn’t think this was coming my way'.
It was the second award of the night for Mr Loverman, with Lennie's co-star Ariyon Bakare winning the Supporting Actor gong earlier that night and giving an emotional speech that moved much of the audience.
Popular BBC show Would I Lie To You claimed the Entertainment Programme accolade, with stars Lee Mack, Rob Brydon and David Mitchell causing the audience to crack up with their usual witty banter.
David said: 'We have been nominated eight times but this is the first time we have won. They actually abolished the category we were nominated for last year and so we thought next year we would be nominated in news, maybe a short-form drama on something that Prince Andrew has done.'
Robert Rinder and Rylan Clark also found themselves among the winners, with BBC show Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour winning the Factual Entertainment award.
Elsewhere Joe Lycett beat Stacey Solomon, Romesh Ranganathan, Claudia Winkleman, Graham Norton, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly to the Entertainment Performance award for Channel 4 show Late Night Lycett.
Meanwhile, Glastonbury won its first TV BAFTA in an astonishing 33-years for the BBC's extensive Live Event Coverage of the event at Somerset's Worthy Farm.
EastEnders also got in on the act, with the long-running BBC flagship claiming the award for Best Soap as it celebrates its milestone 40th anniversary.
The broadcasting giant claimed another gong courtesy of BBC Breakfast, with the morning show winning its first ever TV BAFTA for their Post Office Special.
The glitzy ceremony also saw powerful musical performances from pop stars Jessie J and Tom Grennan, marking Jessie's first TV performance in six years.
And award-winning concert violinist and social media sensation Esther Abrami performed Apple Tree for the In Memoriam tribute to the TV stars that passed away this year.
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