Rebel Wilson, an Australian actress, has been announced as the host of the 2022 BAFTA Film Awards, which will be held in London on March 13, 2022.

The ceremony, which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London, will be aired on BBC One and iPlayer.

Wilson succeeds Edith Bowman and Dermot O'Leary, who hosted the semi-virtual edition last year.

In 2020, the actress took down the BAFTA house with this speech:

On February 3, the BAFTA nominees will be announced. This week, the longlists were released.

The Critics' Choice Awards announced yesterday that they will be moving to the same date as BAFTA due to TV scheduling conflicts, which might be a sticky issue for talent nominated at both awards presentations.

“I am very honoured to be hosting the EE British Academy Film Awards in March, where Covid will no longer exist because it will clearly have been canceled by then. It’s going to be so much fun! I don’t wanna put any pressure on this – I know I’m not going to be funny because I am no longer fat. And besides, I’m not going to ‘sweat-it’ with nerves because I have a peculiar medical condition where I can’t sweat…or cause offense to people because of my adorable Australian accent. So basically I’ll just be there to hang out with Dame Judi Dench and together we’ll both try and bond with Daniel Craig. And yes, I do mean ‘bond’. This show will be an anniversary celebration of some important British film franchises such as Harry Potter and not such as Cats. Everybody’s going to love it, I’m sure! See you guys in March,” said Rebel Wilson.

Amanda Berry OBE, Chief Executive of BAFTA, added: “We are delighted to welcome Rebel Wilson as this year’s host of the EE British Academy Film Awards. Rebel has stolen the show at several previous Film Awards, and we’re hugely excited to see her bring her fantastic charisma and humour to the whole show as we celebrate the very best in film."