After posting my choice for the BAFTA rising star award there have been a few comments suggesting other nominees deserve to win. While I stand by my choice of Jack O’Connell I actually believe all the nominees are deserving to demonstrate this I thought I would run through the winners and losers from previous years.
2006
Winner: James McAvoy
Other Nominees: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gael García Bernal, Rachel McAdams, Michelle Williams
2007
Winner: Eva Green
Other Nominees: Emily Blunt, Naomie Harris, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw
2008
Winner: Shia LaBeouf
Other Nominees: Sienna Miller, Ellen Page, Sam Riley, Tang Wei
2009
Winner: Noel Clarke
Other Nominees: Michael Cera, Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Hall, Toby Kebbell
2010
Winner: Kristen Stewart
Other Nominees: Jesse Eisenberg, Nicholas Hoult, Carey Mulligan, Tahar Rahim
2011
Winner: Tom Hardy
Other Nominees: Gemma Arterton, Andrew Garfield, Aaron Johnson, Emma Stone
2012
Winner: Adam Deacon
Other Nominees: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Chris O’Dowd, Eddie Redmayne
2013
Winner: Juno Temple
Other Nominees: Elizabeth Olsen, Andrea Riseborough, Suraj Sharma, Alicia Vikander
2014
Winner: Will Poulter
Other Nominees: Dane DeHaan, George MacKay, Lupita Nyong’o, Léa Seydoux