- Title: UNITED KINGDOM: Juno Temple leads BAFTA Rising Star nominations
- Date: 7th January 2013
- Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - JANUARY 23, 2012) (REUTERS) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) ACTRESS ANDREA RISEBOROUGH AT "W.E." PREMIERE
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- Story Text: Actresses dominated the shortlist for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts' Rising Star award on Monday (January 7), taking four of the five places.
This is quite the opposite to last year's list of nominees, which consisted entirely of male actors, including Chris Hemsworth, Chris O'Dowd, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston and Adam Deacon, who went on to win the award.
Juno Temple, who appeared in the 2007 drama "Atonement" and appears in the darkly comic "Killer Joe" alongside Matthew McConaughey, said the nomination was both an honour as well as an encouragement for her.
"I'm still digesting it for sure, but I think truly it's just an honour. It's something that I did not expect to happen and something that I'm so excited by and so encouraged by, cause I really wanna do this for the rest of my life. I absolutely love what I do, and it's just nice to know that I'm kind of taking the right path right now. You know and it's so lovely to have an award like this that is encouraging young actors to keep doing what they do and I just think that's really inspiring and I think all of us are fighting for what we wanna do and we have to passion to do it and ya, it's such an honour to be here," she said.
It is the 23-year-old's first BAFTA nod, and as such holds a particular place for her.
"This moment is definitely a highlight in my career. But you know also last year I was very lucky. I worked back to back all year and got to play so many different roles from a prostitute to a schizophrenic to a fairy to a dead girl you know it's like that's what I love about this business you never know who you gonna gonna be playing for the next two days, two weeks, two months, whatever. And every job for me there is a -- high path you know. It's just, I just like working, " she said.
Temple is up against fellow Brit Andrea Riseborough, best known for her leading role in Madonna's biopic of Wallis Simpson "W.E.", U.S. actress Elizabeth Olsen ("Martha Marcy May Marlene"), and Sweden's Alicia Vikander, who starred in Danish period drama "A Royal Affair" and last year's adaptation of the novel "Anna Karenina".
At 19, Suraj Sharma is the youngest on the list and the sole male representative, having been picked from 3,000 hopefuls to star in Ang Lee's recent 3D picture "Life of Pi" despite no previous acting experience.
Speaking of her fellow nominees, Temple said watching the hard work they do also motivates her to persevere in this competitive field.
"I think they're people I am inspired by when I go and -- it reminds you why you do this when you go and see other young people doing brilliant things. You go and you're like just excited by the whole industry in itself you know. And I'm really honoured to be up there with those -- fantastic fantastic young talents," the actress said.
Today's list of nominees also demonstrates the diverse mix of talent, from newcomer Suraj Sharma to Riseborough, who has a number of films under her belt. It also highlights what the award is about: spotting stars of the future.
"I mean one of the things about the award is it is not a true beginners award, so we're not looking for child acting stars for instance. In the case of Suraj that's-- really the exception. We normally look for people who have a body of work who've maybe done three or four films already and maybe have one or two coming out in the -- in this calendar year. So it's people who we feel confident have long careers ahead of them. -- That's really the point of the award, " EE Rising Star jury chair, Pippa Harris explained.
The Rising Star Award, which will be handed out on February 10 at the main BAFTA prize ceremony, is the only category voted for by the public. This also makes it the most unpredictable award, says film critic and jury member Mark Kermode.
"It was one thing to arrive at that shortlist, it will be quite another thing to have to sit in the room and argue which one of them should be the winner. And that's the lovely thing about it is, it is for the public to decide. You know last year when Adam Deacon won it was, you know it surprised a lot of people. Actually I kind of thought that that was a possibility because he's got such strong popular support you know through a number of, through music and through film and it was very very interesting to happen and this is the best thing about the award, it can catch people off guard," he said.
People can now cast their votes at ee.co.uk/bafta. When the award is handed out next month, the winner will join the list of previous recipients, which include James McAvoy, Eva Green, Shia LaBeouf and Kristen Stewart. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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