- Title: Actors Marisa Abela, David Jonsson among BAFTA Rising Star nominees
- Date: 7th January 2025
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - FEBRUARY 8, 2015) (REUTERS) (PART MUTE) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF O'CONNELL SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON BAFTA RED CARPET
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- Keywords: 2025 EE British Academy Film Awards BAFTA BAFTA Rising Star David Jonsson EE Rising Star Award Jharrel Jerome Marisa Abela Mikey Madison Nabhaan Rizwan
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- Country: UK
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Film
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- Story Text: Marisa Abela, who portrayed late singer Amy Winehouse in biopic "Back to Black" and David Jonsson, most recently seen in sci-fi horror "Alien: Romulus" are among the five actors nominated for the EE Rising Star Award at next month's British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards.
The pair are nominated alongside fellow "Industry" actor Nabhaan Rizwan, whose credits include film "In Camera" about an aspiring actor facing constant audition rejections and Netflix series "Kaos," a modern re-imagining of Greek mythology.
British television drama "Industry" follows a group of graduates competing for jobs at a top investment bank.
''It's so nice to be in this group, amongst friends, people that I have worked with,'' Abela said at the nominee announcement event in London on Tuesday (January 7).
Not all the talent could make the event due to work commitments, but Abela, Rizwan and Jonsson were all there in person.
Jonsson described getting nominated as ''bananas'' and ''crazy'' - saying he remembered watching event host and actor Jack O'Connell scoop the prize back in 2015, when Jonsson was still in school.
Now in it's 20th year, the EE Rising Star Award is a prize that "celebrates stars who are on their way to kind of iconic movie star status,'' explained Chair of the BAFTA Film Committee, Anna Higgs.
The other two actors on the shortlist are Jharrel Jerome, known for Oscar-winning film "Moonlight'' and most recently biographical sports drama "Unstoppable'' and Mikey Madison who stars in ''Anora'' - the top movie at last year's Cannes film festival. Madison was also nominates for best actress in a musical or comedy film at Sunday's (January 5) Golden Globes.
Past recipients of the Rising Star Award, which is voted for by the public, include "Sex Education" star Emma Mackey, "Tomorrow Never Dies" actress Lashana Lynch and Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya.
2025 EE British Academy Film Awards, Britain's top film industry honours, will take place on Feb. 16 in London.
BAFTA will announce the full list of the 2025 awards nominees next week.
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