Felicity Jones screamed with joy over BAFTA nomination

Actress Felicity Jones said she "ran around her hotel room screaming" after finding out she was nominated for the Leading Actress British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2015 award.

The actress was joyful after getting to know that she was nominated for her portrayal of Stephen Hawking's first wife Jane Wilde Hawking in "The Theory Of Everything", reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"I've been running round my hotel room screaming. It's midnight here. We're just about to go to bed, but we've all been emailing each other and exclaiming with excitement. I'm looking forward to celebrating with a glass of champagne and Skyping my family," BBC quoted her as saying.

Also nominated for the category are Rosamund Pike for "Gone Girl", Reese Witherspoon for "Wild", Julianne Moore for "Still Alice" and Amy Adams for "Big Eyes".

"I feel very lucky to be in such remarkable company. I've watched those performances and I feel like they're very exciting for women in film because they are all revolutionary performances," she added.

Her co-star Eddie Redmayne portrays Stephen Hawking in the film and he is nominated for the Leading Actor prize too.