Naomi Ackie, the British star of I Wanna Dance With Somebody and The Rise of Skywalker, has been nominated for a BAFTA award for EE Rising Star.
Actors Naomi Ackie, Sheila Atim, Emma Mackey, Daryl McCormack and Aimee Lou Wood are the 2023 nominees for the BAFTA EE Rising Star Award.
The five actors have been selected for demonstrating “exceptional talent in film over the past year” and capturing “the imagination of the British public.” Previous winners include James McAvoy, Eva Green, Tom Hardy, Kristen Stewart, Tom Holland, Letitia Wright, Micheal Ward, Bukky Bakray and last year’s winner Lashana Lynch.
BAFTA’s Rising Star award is the only EE British Academy Film Awards that is decided by the public, and you can take the link to vote here. The BAFTA Film Awards will be broadcast from the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London on the evening of February 19th.
