BAFTA Rising Star Award

2019 winner Letitia Wright

The EE Rising Star Award, formerly known as the Orange Rising Star Award, is one of the award categories for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is for new talents in the acting industry. The award was made after Mary Selway's death in 2004. She helped many new actors and actresses to fame. The five nominees can be any nationality and either gender. Their breakthrough can be in television, film or both. The nominees are chosen by the BAFTA juries. The winner is chosen entirely by the public votes by text, internet or phone. This award was sponsored by Orange UK until 2012. From 2013, it was sponsored by EE.

Winners and nominees

James McAvoy, first winner of the award

French actress Eva Green was the first female winner

Tom Holland is the youngest person to have won the award

Daniel Kaluuya was the winner of this award in 2018

Year	Winner	Nominated
2006 (59th)	James McAvoy	Chiwetel Ejiofor Gael García Bernal Rachel McAdams Michelle Williams
2007 (60th)	Eva Green	Emily Blunt Naomie Harris Cillian Murphy Ben Whishaw
2008 (61st)	Shia LaBeouf	Sienna Miller Ellen Page Sam Riley Tang Wei
2009 (62nd)	Noel Clarke	Michael Cera Michael Fassbender Rebecca Hall Toby Kebbell
2010 (63rd)	Kristen Stewart	Jesse Eisenberg Nicholas Hoult Carey Mulligan Tahar Rahim
2011 (64th)	Tom Hardy	Gemma Arterton Andrew Garfield Aaron Taylor-Johnson Emma Stone
2012 (65th)	Adam Deacon	Chris Hemsworth Tom Hiddleston Chris O'Dowd Eddie Redmayne
2013 (66th)	Juno Temple	Elizabeth Olsen Andrea Riseborough Suraj Sharma Alicia Vikander
2014 (67th)	Will Poulter	Dane DeHaan George MacKay Lupita Nyong'o Léa Seydoux
2015 (68th)	Jack O'Connell	Gugu Mbatha-Raw Margot Robbie Miles Teller Shailene Woodley
2016 (69th)	John Boyega	Taron Egerton Dakota Johnson Brie Larson Bel Powley
2017 (70th)	Tom Holland	Laia Costa Lucas Hedges Ruth Negga Anya Taylor-Joy
2018 (71st)	Daniel Kaluuya	Florence Pugh Josh O'Connor Tessa Thompson Timothée Chalamet
2019 (72nd)	Letitia Wright	Jessie Buckley Cynthia Erivo Barry Keoghan Lakeith Stanfield
2020 (73rd)	Micheal Ward	Awkwafina Jack Lowden Kaitlyn Dever Kelvin Harrison Jr.

BAFTA Rising Star Award Media

American actress Kristen Stewart won in 2009.
English actor Tom Hardy won in 2010.
English actress Juno Temple won in 2012.
English actor John Boyega won in 2015.
English actor Tom Holland won in 2016.
Guyanese-English actress Letitia Wright won in 2018.
British actress Bukky Bakray is the youngest Rising Star Award recipient, at age 18.

Other websites

The EE Rising Star Award at BAFTA