Stars of stage and screen join Eddie
Redmayne as he is welcomed into the OMEGA family at an intimate dinner
in London.
Stephen Urquhart, Eddie Redmayne & Dan Stevens
One of the world's most exciting young
talents, Eddie Redmayne was last night officially welcomed into the OMEGA
family as International Ambassador at an intimate private VIP dinner at
Quaglino’s in Mayfair, London.
Eddie Redmayne and his wife
Guests joined Eddie for dinner and an evening
of musical performances to celebrate the new partnership. The evening was
attended by high profile International VIPs and renowned UK talents including;
Chiwetel Ejiofor, who won the Bafta for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and was
also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar award in 2013 for 12 Years a Slave; and
Dan Stevens, best known for his lead role as Matthew Crawley in the acclaimed
television series Downton Abbey.
Eddie Redmayne & Chiwetel Ejiofor
Eddie Redmayne
Dan Stevens
MC for the evening, Clemency Burton-Hill,
welcomed OMEGA President Stephen Urquhart and Eddie onto the stage before the
festivities began. When asked why Eddie makes such a perfect ambassador for the
OMEGA brand, Mr Urquhart replied that beyond his obvious acting talent, Eddie
has always carried himself with an elegance and integrity that is inspiring to
all ages. He also demonstrates humility about his success – all qualities that
are important to, and embody the spirit of OMEGA. Eddie commented that it was
truly an honour to be invited to join the OMEGA family with such an impressive
roster of acting and sporting greats, and he was looking forward to his new
role.
Quaglino Restaurant London
Redmayne joins an impressive list of other
high profile OMEGA Ambassadors including George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Nicole
Kidman, Rory McIlroy, and Cindy Crawford.
Eddie Redmayne
Eddie Redmayne recently rose to stardom
playing the role of world famous physicist Stephen Hawking in the biopic The
Theory of Everything. The role won Redmayne a 2015 Academy Award in the
category of Best Actor in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe Award for Lead Actor
in a Motion Picture – Drama, a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male
Actor in a Leading Role, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Next, he will star in Tom Hooper’s (The
King’s Speech) The Danish Girl, alongside Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts
and Ben Wishaw.
Eddie’s other notable film credits include
the multi-award winning Les Miserables, again directed by Tom Hooper, The
Weinstein Company’s My Week With Marilyn, Savage Grace alongside Julianne Moore,
and The Good Shepherd with Robert de Niro and Angelina Jolie.
On stage, Eddie won a Tony Award for Best
Actor in 2010 for his performance in Red, which had transferred to Broadway
from the Donmar Warehouse in London. He has garnered critical acclaim for
his many stage performances including Richard II (Donmar), Now or Later (Royal
Court), and The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? (Almeida).
Clemency Burton Hill
Clemency presents Breakfast on BBC Radio 3
and numerous other arts and music programmes for TV and radio including The
Culture Show, the Proms, BBC New Generation Artists, and BBC Young Musician of
the Year, which she has fronted since 2010. As a journalist she writes for The
Economist’s Intelligent Life, the FT Weekend Magazine, the Independent and the
Guardian. She is the music columnist for BBC Culture and the author of two
novels: The Other Side of the Stars (2009) and All The Things You Are (2014).
Clemency is also a keen violinist, and is passionate about promoting music
education.
Please visit OMEGA'S screen legends here:Screen-legends
Have a look at the OMEGA Globemaster watch
he is wearing here: Omega Globemaster
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