BAFTA Rising Star nominees announced

Public invited to vote for their favourite.

by Amber Wilkinson

Will Poulter, Léa Seydoux and George MacKay.
Will Poulter, Léa Seydoux and George MacKay.
The nominees for BAFTA's Rising Star Award - recognising up-and-coming British acting talent - have been announced.

The are:

- American actor Dane DeHaan, whose credits include the role of Lucien Carr in Kill Your Darlings. He also stars in upcoming Sundance film Life After Beth and will play Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man.

- British actor George MacKay - who has had a year of noteworthy performances in films including How I Live Now, Sunshine On Leith and For Those In Peril.

- Mexican-born 12 Years A Slave star Lupita Nyong’o. As well as acting, Lupita is also an award-winning film-maker. She wrote, directed, and produced documentary In My Genes.

of Kenya’s often misunderstood albino population.

- Will Poulter, whose star has arguably been on the rise since his breakthrough performance in Son Of Rambow in 2007, is moving seamlessly from a child actor to an adult career with his recent performance in We're The Millers and is likely to become much more of a household name when he takes on the role of Gally in James Dashner's The Maze Runner adaptation later this year.

- French actress Léa Seydoux is no stranger to nominations this year after co-starring in the critically acclaimed prize magnet Blue Is The Warmest Colour. In 2014, she will be seen in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, as Beauty in a new adaptation of Beauty And The Beast and in fashion biopic Saint Laurent.

The winner will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony on Sunday February 16, with nominees selected by an influential group of jurors including actress Gemma Arterton, Deputy Chair of BAFTA’s Film Committee Pippa Harris, and film critic Mark Kermode.

Voting is now open to the public at www.ee.co.uk/bafta.

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