Shailene Woodley, Jack O'Connell And Margot Robbie Among Nominees For BAFTA Rising Star Award

Shailene Woodley, Jack O'Connell and Margot Robbie will all be battling it out for this year’s BAFTA Rising Star award, along with Miles Teller and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The recipient will be announced during the BAFTA awards ceremony on February 8th, with the winner being decided by a public vote.

While the nominees do not have to be newcomers, the award recognises those who “have demonstrated exceptional talent, and are destined to be bright stars in the future of cinema.” For all five nominees 2014 was the break out year in their career, with each giving at least one star making performance.

Despite making her big screen debut in 2011 alongside George Clooney in The Descendants, 2014 was arguably the year Shailene Woodley hit the big time. The 23 year old actress became the undisputed queen of the young adult movie last year, thanks to her roles in the Divergent series and _The Fault in Our Star_s.

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English actor Jack O’Connell has come to prominence in the last year thanks to his role in Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie and British drama Starred Up. The 24 year old also counts This Is England and TV series ‘Skins ‘ among his previous credits.