{"id":127642,"date":"2025-11-11T14:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/127642\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T14:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:44:14","slug":"joe-alwyn-benedict-wong-join-jury-for-2026-bafta-rising-star-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/127642\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Alwyn, Benedict Wong Join Jury for 2026 BAFTA Rising Star Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/joe-alwyn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_joe-alwyn_1\" data-tag=\"joe-alwyn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Alwyn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/benedict-wong\/\" id=\"auto-tag_benedict-wong_1\" data-tag=\"benedict-wong\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benedict Wong<\/a> and Sheila Atim are on the jury selecting the 2026 EE Rising Star Award nominees ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/bafta\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bafta_1\" data-tag=\"bafta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BAFTA<\/a> Film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/awards\/\" id=\"auto-tag_awards_1\" data-tag=\"awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAlongside a host of industry experts, the trio of acting talent gathered in London deliberate on who should be shortlisted as a BAFTA rising star before the final vote is put to the British public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPast recipients of the EE Rising Star Award have gone on to achieve some of cinema\u2019s highest accolades and become household names. Previous winners include Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lashana Lynch, Letitia Wright, James McAvoy, Eva Green, Daniel Kaluuya, Kristen Stewart, Tom Hardy, Emma Mackey and, most recently, David Jonsson who received the award at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0such a privilege to be part of the EE Rising Star Award jury this year,\u201d said Alwyn, known for The Brutalist, Kinds of Kindness and Conversations with Friends. \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0been an impressive year for film and television, and the level of talent out there today is truly inspiring. I know firsthand how transformative this kind of recognition can be and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0exciting to celebrate these emerging voices who are shaping the future of the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDoctor Strange and Weapons star Wong added: \u201cThe EE Rising Star Award is such an important accolade for the talent in front of the camera, but it was also an honor\u00a0to work alongside a jury that reflects the diverse range of talent that exists behind the scenes too. Collaboration is at the heart of our industry, and it was a joy to\u00a0convene\u00a0around the jury table today and work alongside BAFTA and EE to support the future of our craft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBladerunner 2099\u2018s Atim also said: \u201cAs artists,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0constantly evolving \u2014 taking risks,\u00a0learning\u00a0and finding our voices through our work. What I love about the EE Rising Star Award is that it\u00a0recognizes\u00a0the journey, not just a single milestone.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0not just a celebration of career achievement, but of potential, creative courage and all the work still ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPresided over by Anna Higgs, BAFTA Film Committee member, the panel also included acclaimed director Raine Allen Miller (Rye Lane, The Roots\u00a0Manoeuvre) and casting director Aisha Bywaters\u00a0(Dreamers, We Are Lady Parts, The Last Tree),\u00a0who gathered at The Savoy, the official hotel partner for the EE BAFTA Film Awards, to debate the longlist and select the final five nominees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFollowing public voting, the winner will be revealed at the ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Alwyn, Benedict Wong and Sheila Atim are on the jury selecting the 2026 EE Rising Star Award&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1096,74327,80419,80420,146,85,399,46,80421],"class_list":["post-127642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-awards","tag-bafta","tag-bafta-awards","tag-benedict-wong","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-international","tag-israel","tag-joe-alwyn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}