The British movie industry considers the BAFTA’s Europe’s equivalent to the Oscars as it is the only other truly international annual film awards event. Preceding the prestigious Oscar or Academy Awards held in Hollywood U.S.A., there is no doubt that the BAFTA does add weight to the possibility of success in the Oscar nominations and [...]
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The 2009 BAFTA’s award nominations
Published by January 16th, 2009 in Actors and Actresses, Baftas and Films. 0 CommentsNaomie Harris – RISING STAR AWARD
Published by January 12th, 2007 in Actors and Actresses. 0 CommentsCambridge graduate Naomie Harris the 30 year old daughter of sitcom writer Lisselle Kayla was born in London and trained at the famous Bristol Old Vic. While she has acted in TV and film since she was nine, she only became a high-profile actress in 2002, with her performance as Selena, a co-lead in the [...]
Born in 1980 in France and brought up and schooled there by her French mother and Swedish dentist father, himself appearing in a one off film in 1966, Eva Green studied in Paris and then a ten week “finishing course†at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. The new “Bond†girl made [...]
Winning critical acclaim in the multi award winning British movie My Summer of Love, which shot Emily to international prominence, she has now gone on to bigger and bigger things. Described by her co-star Meryl Streep, in the 2006 movie The Devil Wears Prada, as “the best young actress I’ve worked with in some [...]
Cillian Murphy – RISING STAR AWARD
Published by January 12th, 2007 in Actors and Actresses. 0 CommentsA native of Cork in Ireland, born in 1976, actor and musician Cillian Murphy is one of the five nominees for the BAFTA rising star award in the 2007 ceremony. Set for big things, with his impressive range of acting and his success in film roles, his female admirers would say aided by his startling [...]
Twenty six year old Bedfordshire born Ben Wishaw graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2003. Always prepared to take on challenging roles, he is a versatile actor who played the part of Grenouille in the recently released movie Perfume. Trevor Nunn’s Hamlet on stage saw rave reviews for his performance which [...]