The winner will be announced on Sunday 13th March 2022 at the EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony on BBC One.
Lashana Lynch played the first female 007 in No Time To Die
This year’s Bafta Rising Star nominees have been revealed, with No Time To Die actress Lashana Lynch and A Quiet Place’s Millicent Simmonds up for the award.
Fellow nominees for the award include West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose, The King’s Man actor Harris Dickinson and Kodi Smit-McPhee from The Power of The Dog.
The next star of the future will be named at the Bafta wards taking place in March where former winners include John Boyega, Tom Hardy, James McAvoy, and Kristen Stewart.
Meanwhile, Australian actor Kodi Smit-McPhee, 25, has been called “the secret weapon” in Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Mr Smit-McPhee has already won a Golden Globe for his role as teenager Peter Gordon.
Smit-McPhee said that to be recognised by Bafta was to be “able to kind of redeem the blood, sweat and tears” that went into his work. He called Campion “a force of nature and a true genius” who constantly pushed him to be brave.
Congratulations to NO TIME TO DIE’s Lashana Lynch who has been nominated for an #EERisingStar @BAFTA Award. Vote here: https://t.co/2AahwqkJHu pic.twitter.com/PkLTnAETTQ
— James Bond (@007) February 1, 2022
Lashana Lynch, 34, played 00 agent Nomi in Daniel Craig’s last outing as James Bond and previously starred in Captain Marvel alongside Brie Larson.
The star is currently filming historical epic The Woman King.
