EE Rising Star Award

EE RISING STAR AWARD 2025

 

Now in its 20th year running, the EE Rising Star Award is the only award presented at the EE BAFTA Film Awards which is voted for by you—the British public. An amazing jury panel of TV and film experts chose their shortlist and EE is delighted to announce the winner of the EE Rising Star Award 2025.


DAVID JONSSON

We’re delighted to announce David Jonsson as the winner of the EE Rising Star Award 2025. David Jonsson recently starred as the co-lead in Alien:Romulus, and will soon be appearing in Stephen King’s The Long Walk opposite Cooper Hoffman. He also led the adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy in 2023.

    

What's the EE Rising Star Award?

Running since 2005, with past winners including Tom Holland and Mia McKenna-Bruce, it is the only prize at the EE BAFTA Film Awards chosen by the public. The award honours an emerging actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and ambition and has begun to capture the imagination of the British public, with many former winners going on to become huge household names.

Previous winners of the EE Rising Star Award

2025

David Jonsson

2024

Mia McKenna-Bruce

2023

Emma Mackey

2022

Lashana Lynch

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