TV Choice Awards joins the BRITs as latest ceremony to ditch gendered categories in favour of 'Best Performer' gong - after BAFTA forced non-binary actors to choose male or female The TV Choice Awards has become the latest ceremony to ditch gendered ategories in favour of 'Best Performer' gongs.
Nicola Coughlan is the sole performer up for one more prize, nominated for Best Drama Performance in Bridgerton and Best Comedy Performance in C4's Big Mood (pictured).
Nicola Coughlan is the sole performer up for one more prize, nominated for Best Drama Performance in Netflix's Bridgerton and Best Comedy Performance in C4's Big Mood.
Another awards ceremony to no longer have gendered categories is The BRIT Awards after it adopted a gender-neutral approach in 2022 (Seen is Sam Smith).
But BAFTA dealt a blow to nonbinary performers, deciding – after spending two years debating the thorny question of 'gendered' acting categories – that awards nominees will have to pick a side and choose whether they want to compete as 'actors' or 'actresses'.
