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12 Years A Slave actress up for Bafta Rising Star award 12 Years A Slave actress up for Bafta Rising Star award
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Actress Lupita Nyong'o, who was in the hotly-tipped film 12 Years A Slave, is among five young actors nominated for this year's Bafta Rising Star award.Actress Lupita Nyong'o, who was in the hotly-tipped film 12 Years A Slave, is among five young actors nominated for this year's Bafta Rising Star award.
She is joined by Blue is the Warmest Colour actress Lea Seydoux and Sunshine on Leith star George McKay. She is joined by Blue is the Warmest Colour actress Lea Seydoux and Sunshine on Leith star George MacKay.
Will Poulter from We're the Millers and Narnia film The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Kill Your Darlings actor Dane DeHaan complete the list.Will Poulter from We're the Millers and Narnia film The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Kill Your Darlings actor Dane DeHaan complete the list.
The winner is revealed at the Baftas which take place on Sunday 16 February.The winner is revealed at the Baftas which take place on Sunday 16 February.
The Bafta Rising Star nominees were selected by a group including actress Gemma Arterton, Pippa Harris, the deputy chair of Bafta's Film Committee Pippa Harris and film critic Mark Kermode. The Bafta Rising Star nominees were selected by a group including actress Gemma Arterton, Pippa Harris, the deputy chair of Bafta's film committee and film critic Mark Kermode.
Last year's winner was Juno Temple, whose breakthrough role was in Notes on a Scandal (2006), alongside Cate Blanchett. Her other film appearances include Atonement (2007), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and dark comedy Killer Joe.Last year's winner was Juno Temple, whose breakthrough role was in Notes on a Scandal (2006), alongside Cate Blanchett. Her other film appearances include Atonement (2007), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and dark comedy Killer Joe.
Nyong'o has already won praise for her performance as young cotton picker Patsey in 12 Years a Slave, acting alongside Chiwitel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender. Nyong'o, who said she was "absolutely delighted" to be nominated, has already won praise for her performance as young cotton picker Patsey in 12 Years a Slave, acting alongside Chiwitel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender.
She is nominated for best supporting actress at this year's Golden Globes and was handed the breakthrough performance award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival over the weekend.
As well as acting she is also an award-winning film-maker and wrote, directed, and produced the documentary In My Genes, about the treatment of Kenya's often misunderstood albino population.
MacKay, who took the lead role in Scottish musical Sunshine on Leith last year, started his film career at the age of 10, playing Curly in PJ Hogan's Peter Pan.
He has already earned nominations from the British Independent Film Awards and the Critics' Circle Awards for his performance in Scott Hicks' The Boys Are Back and played Eddie in Kevin Macdonald's apocalyptic tale How I Live Now.
French actress Seydoux's intense performance in controversial love story Blue is the Warmest Colour saw her share the Palme d'Or at Cannes film festival with director Abdellatif Kechiche and co-star Adele Exarchopoulos.
She has starred in several other high-profile films including Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Ridley Scott's Robin Hood and Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, as well as her first action role in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.
In the last few years DeHann, who starred opposite Daniel Radcliffe in Kill Your Darlings, has also featured in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and with Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond the Pines.
Also known for playing Jesse in HBO drama In Treatment, and featuring in camcorder superhero Chronicle in 2012, he said it was a "huge honour and humbling experience" to be featured on the list.
Later this year DeHann will play Peter Parker's old friend Harry Osbourn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, opposite Andrew Garfield.
Poulter made his film debut as the star of quirky British comedy Son of Rambow in 2007, earning himself a nomination for most promising newcomer at that year's British Independent Film Awards.
He called it an "absolute honour to be nominated".
"To be recognised by Bafta in a category which ultimately is judged by the public is truly special. Thank you," said Poulter.
The actor also recently starred alongside Jennifer Aniston in We're the Millers and played the lead in Dexter Fletcher's directorial debut Wild Bill.
James McAvoy was the first winner of Bafta's Rising Star award in 2006. Other previous winners include Eva Green, Shia LaBeouf, Noel Clarke, Kristen Stewart, Tom Hardy and Adam Deacon.
"It's always tough to choose five nominees from the hundreds of suggestions from our members and film industry figures, and this year has been no exception," said Pippa Harris, who chairs the Rising Star jury.
"The EE Rising Star Award acknowledges new talent but also allows the British public to be involved in the judging process, and choose their stars of the future," she added.
Voting takes place online until 14 February 2014.