BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
| British Academy Film Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1952 (presented 1953) |
| Last awarded | 1984 (presented 1985) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles is a discontinued award that was presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts until 1984.
The category had several name changes:
- 1952–1959: Most Promising Newcomer to Film[1]
- 1960–1979: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles[2]
- 1980–1982: Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles[3]
- 1983–1984: Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film[4]
Note: The BAFTA site differs on what the category title is for the 1980s, with the actors own pages on the site using the titles given above, while other pages use Most Promising Newcomer to Film.[5]
A similar award honouring new acting talent was introduced in 2006, the Orange Rising Star Award. While the nominees are chosen by the BAFTA juries, the Rising Star winner is decided by the public.
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
| Year | Actor | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 34th | |||
| Judy Davis | My Brilliant Career[6] | Sybylla Melvyn | |
| Sonia Braga | Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands | Flor | |
| John Gordon Sinclair | Gregory's Girl | Gregory Underwood | |
| Debra Winger | Urban Cowboy | Sissy Davis | |
| 1981 35th | |||
| Joe Pesci | Raging Bull | Joey LaMotta | |
| Klaus Maria Brandauer | Mephisto | Hendrik Hoefgen | |
| Timothy Hutton | Ordinary People | Conrad Jarrett | |
| Cathy Moriarty | Raging Bull | Vicki Thailer | |
| 1982 36th | |||
| Ben Kingsley | Gandhi | Mahatma Gandhi | |
| Drew Barrymore | E.T. the Extra Terrestrial | Gertie | |
| Henry Thomas | E.T. the Extra Terrestrial | Elliott | |
| Kathleen Turner | Body Heat | Matty Walker | |
| 1983 37th | |||
| Phyllis Logan | Another Time, Another Place | Janie | |
| Kevin Kline | Sophie's Choice | Nathan Landau | |
| Greta Scacchi | Heat and Dust | Olivia Rivers | |
| Julie Walters | Educating Rita | Susan "Rita" White | |
| 1984 38th | |||
| Haing S. Ngor | The Killing Fields | Pran | |
| Rupert Everett | Another Country | Guy Bennett | |
| John Lynch | Cal | Cal | |
| Tim Roth | The Hit[7] | Myron |
References
- ^ http://www.bafta.org/search.html?q=mandy%20miller&w=true
- ^ http://www.bafta.org/search.html?q=lelia%20goldoni&w=true
- ^ http://www.bafta.org/search.html?q=sonia%20braga&w=true
- ^ http://www.bafta.org/search.html?q=greta%20scacchi&w=true
- ^ http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=phyllis+logan
- ^ http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/judy-davis/159188
- ^ Walker, John (2006). Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies, pages 598-601. HarperCollins UK; Fourth edition ISBN 978-0007169573.