BAFTA Rising Star Award

2018 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

Bold Indactes Winner

2000s

Year Recipient
2005

(59th)

James McAvoy
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Gael García Bernal
Rachel McAdams
Michelle Williams
2006

(60th)

Eva Green
Emily Blunt
Naomie Harris
Cillian Murphy
Ben Whishaw
2007

(61st)

Shia LaBeouf
Sienna Miller
Elliot Page
Sam Riley
Tang Wei
2008

(62nd)

Noel Clarke
Michael Cera
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell
2009

(63rd)

Kristen Stewart
Jesse Eisenberg
Nicholas Hoult
Carey Mulligan
Tahar Rahim

2010s

Year Recipient
2010

(64th)

Tom Hardy
Gemma Arterton
Andrew Garfield
Aaron Johnson
Emma Stone
2011

(65th)

Adam Deacon
Chris Hemsworth
Tom Hiddleston
Chris O'Dowd
Eddie Redmayne
2012

(66th)

Juno Temple
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Alicia Vikander
2013

(67th)

Will Poulter
Dane DeHaan
George MacKay
Lupita Nyong'o
Léa Seydoux
2014

(68th)

Jack O'Connell
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley
2015

(69th)

John Boyega
Taron Egerton
Dakota Johnson
Brie Larson
Bel Powley
2016

(70th)

Tom Holland
Laia Costa
Lucas Hedges
Ruth Negga
Anya Taylor-Joy
2017

(71st)

Daniel Kaluuya
Timothée Chalamet
Josh O'Connor
Florence Pugh
Tessa Thompson
2018

(72nd)

Letitia Wright
Jessie Buckley
Cynthia Erivo
Barry Keoghan
Lakeith Stanfield
2019

(73rd)

Micheal Ward
Awkwafina
Kaitlyn Dever
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Jack Lowden

2020s

Year Recipient
2020

(74th)

Bukky Bakray
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Morfydd Clark
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Conrad Khan
2021

(75th)

Lashana Lynch
Ariana DeBose
Harris Dickinson
Millicent Simmonds
Kodi Smit-McPhee
2022

(76th)

Emma Mackey
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim
Daryl McCormack
Aimee Lou Wood
2023

(77th)

Mia McKenna-Bruce
Phoebe Dynevor
Ayo Edebiri
Jacob Elordi
Sophie Wilde
 
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

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