Nadia Nadarajah won the Outstanding Stage Performance award at the Asian Media Awards.
Nadia, who is deaf took the role of Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at The Globe.
Journalists and broadcasters joined actors and presenters at the 12th ceremony, which celebrates achievements in a range of categories in TV, radio, stage, online and creative media.
The ceremony is supported by the University of Salford and took place at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate on Friday October 25.
Nadia was presented his award by Abid Khan of event partners Janan.
For the first time in ten years, Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare’s colossal story of love, duty, and power unfolds in the Globe Theatre in an epic bilingual production using Spoken English and British Sign Language. Rome is an empire ruled by men.
Egypt is a kingdom governed by a woman. Despite their different cultures, Roman general Antony falls for Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Their passion blazes across two continents, upsets the world order and puts thousands of lives at risk.
This bilingual production was performed in two languages: British Sign Language (BSL) and Spoken English. Some scenes were performed only in BSL; some scenes were performed only in Spoken English; and some scenes will feature both languages.