The nominees for the 2013 BAFTA EE Rising Star Award have been announced.
The award is the only one at the BAFTAs - to be held on February 10 - that will be voted for by the public.
Nominees were selected by jurors including deputy chairman of BAFTA's film committee Pippa Harris, director Kevin Macdonald, actor Benedict Cumberbatch and film critic Mark Kermode.
Harris said: “This year the quality of emerging acting talent has been just incredible and the jury had a very tough job selecting the short list. It’s great that the EE Rising Star Awards gives the general public the opportunity to champion their film stars of the future and I can’t wait to see who they vote their winner for 2013.”
The award celebrates actors and actresses who have demonstrated exceptional talent and who have the potential to be cinema stars of the future. The nominees for 2013 are:
Elizabeth Olson - At 17, Elizabeth moved to New York to study acting at the Tisch School of the Arts. After graduating she took Sundance by storm in 2011 when she appeared in two films at the festival: Martha Marcy May Marlene and Silent House. Last year she was back at the festival with Liberal Arts and, most recently, Elizabeth has completed production on the Spike Lee directed remake of Oldboy, opposite Samuel L Jackson and Josh Brolin.
Andrea Riseborough - Andrea graduated from RADA in 2005 and quickly began to accumulate critical acclaim and awards for her stage and screen work. She made her film debut in Roger Michell’s Venus. Roles in Never Let Me Go, Brighton Rock and Happy-Go-Lucky soon followed. Andrea has also starred as both a young Margaret Thatcher in Margaret Thatcher –The Long Walk to Finchley and Wallis Simpson in W.E. and was named a Berlin Shooting Star in 2011. She recently finished filming opposite Tom Cruise in Oblivion, which will be released in April.
Suraj Sharma - Nineteen-year-old Suraj was picked from 3,000 hopefuls across India to star in director Ang Lee’s 3D epic, Life Of Pi. Before taking on the role, Suraj had no previous acting experience. The director had complete faith in his young lead, describing Suraj as a “gift from god” and a “great actor in a past life”.
Juno Temple In just a few years, Juno Temple has firmly established herself as one of the most versatile and talented young actresses in Hollywood. Her breakthrough arrived when she won the role of Cate Blanchett’s rebellious, brooding daughter in Notes On A Scandal. This led to her appearance in the BAFTA and Oscar-winning Atonement. Since then a variety of well received film roles have followed, most recently opposite Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch in the Killer Joe.
Alicia Vikander - Swedish-born Alicia trained with The Royal Swedish Ballet for nine years before dedicating herself to acting. After appearing in several shorts and Swedish TV shows, she made her big-screen debut in Lisa Langseth’s Pure. Last year saw Alicia burst onto the international scene with two major roles in Anna Karenina, opposite Keira Knightley and Jude Law and the period drama A Royal Affair with Mads Mikkelsen. Recently Alicia has starred in the Warner Bros. feature The Seventh Son.
Voting is now open at no cost at www.ee.co.uk/bafta.
