BAFTA Rising Star Award

Rising Star Award
2023 Recipient: Mia McKenna-Bruce
Location	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Currently held by	Mia McKenna-Bruce (2023)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

The EE British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Rising Star Award, currently styled as the EE Rising Star Award for commercial reasons and previously known as the Orange Rising Star Award, is an award that acknowledges new talents in the acting industry.

The five nominees are chosen regardless of gender, nationality and whether they have made a breakthrough in television, film or both. Despite the nominees being chosen by the BAFTA juries, the winner is chosen entirely by public votes via text, internet or phone. This award was sponsored by Orange UK until 2012 and has been sponsored by EE since 2013.

History

The award was created after Mary Selway died in 2004. She has been recognised for her successful role as a casting director and has helped many new actors and actresses to their claim to fame.

The first winner was James McAvoy in 2006. Eva Green, Shia LaBeouf and Kristen Stewart have been the only non-British winners. The current holder of the award is Mia McKenna-Bruce, who won in 2023.

In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

Scottish actor James McAvoy was the first winner of this category.

French actress Eva Green was the first female winner.

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.

British actor Daniel Kaluuya was the first recipient to win both the Rising Star Award and the major acting category (Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Judas and the Black Messiah).

Guyanese-English actress Letitia Wright won in 2018.

British actress Bukky Bakray is the youngest Rising Star Award recipient, at age 18.

2000s

Year	Recipient
2005 (59th) [1]	James McAvoy
	Chiwetel Ejiofor
	Gael García Bernal
	Rachel McAdams
	Michelle Williams
2006 (60th) [2]	Eva Green
	Emily Blunt
	Naomie Harris
	Cillian Murphy
	Ben Whishaw
2007 (61st) [3]	Shia LaBeouf
	Sienna Miller
	Elliot Page[a]
	Sam Riley
	Tang Wei
2008 (62nd) [4]	Noel Clarke
	Michael Cera
	Michael Fassbender
	Rebecca Hall
	Toby Kebbell
2009 (63rd) [5]	Kristen Stewart
	Jesse Eisenberg
	Nicholas Hoult
	Carey Mulligan
	Tahar Rahim

2010s

Year	Recipient
2010 (64th) [6]	Tom Hardy
	Gemma Arterton
	Andrew Garfield
	Aaron Johnson
	Emma Stone
2011 (65th) [7]	Adam Deacon
	Chris Hemsworth
	Tom Hiddleston
	Chris O'Dowd
	Eddie Redmayne
2012 (66th) [8]	Juno Temple
	Elizabeth Olsen
	Andrea Riseborough
	Suraj Sharma
	Alicia Vikander
2013 (67th) [9]	Will Poulter
	Dane DeHaan
	George MacKay
	Lupita Nyong'o
	Léa Seydoux
2014 (68th) [10]	Jack O'Connell
	Gugu Mbatha-Raw
	Margot Robbie
	Miles Teller
	Shailene Woodley
2015 (69th) [11]	John Boyega
	Taron Egerton
	Dakota Johnson
	Brie Larson
	Bel Powley
2016 (70th) [12]	Tom Holland
	Laia Costa
	Lucas Hedges
	Ruth Negga
	Anya Taylor-Joy
2017 (71st) [13]	Daniel Kaluuya
	Timothée Chalamet
	Josh O'Connor
	Florence Pugh
	Tessa Thompson
2018 (72nd) [14]	Letitia Wright
	Jessie Buckley
	Cynthia Erivo
	Barry Keoghan
	Lakeith Stanfield
2019 (73rd) [15]	Micheal Ward
	Awkwafina
	Kaitlyn Dever
	Kelvin Harrison Jr.
	Jack Lowden

2020s

Year	Recipient
2020 (74th) [16]	Bukky Bakray
	Kingsley Ben-Adir
	Morfydd Clark
	Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù
	Conrad Khan
2021 (75th) [17]	Lashana Lynch
	Ariana DeBose
	Harris Dickinson
	Millicent Simmonds
	Kodi Smit-McPhee
2022 (76th) [18]	Emma Mackey
	Naomi Ackie
	Sheila Atim
	Daryl McCormack
	Aimee Lou Wood
2023 (77th) [19]	Mia McKenna-Bruce
	Phoebe Dynevor
	Ayo Edebiri
	Jacob Elordi
	Sophie Wilde

Notes

1. Credited as Ellen Page; He earned the nomination before his gender transition in 2020.

References

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External links

• The EE Rising Star Award at BAFTA