Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor has told Sky News that being in the running for a BAFTA “means the world” after the nominations for its Rising Star award were announced.
“With social media, there’s a very curated kind of idea of what it is to be an actress,” she said. “And actually, it’s a lot of rejection and a lot of getting back on the horse and days like today make it feel really worth it.”
She was speaking at the announcement of the nominees for this year’s EE BAFTA Rising Star award.
Saltburn’s Jacob Elordi, The Bear actress Ayo Edebiri, and stars of the films How To Have Sex and Talk To Me – Mia McKenna-Bruce and Sophie Wilde – are also among the nominees.
Previous winners – including Tom Hardy, Kristen Stewart and Daniel Kaluuya – have gone on to become household names.
It is the only BAFTA award voted for by the public.
Dynevor, 28, has been nominated for her work in the film Fair Play – a role she admits she practically begged director Chloe Domont for.
Dynevor said: “I read the script and it was a female director, it’s a female story and it’s kind of roles that I dreamed about doing when I was a kid. So to be recognised for this film in particular is… very gratifying.”
She is best known for Netflix‘s Bridgerton, in which she plays Daphne, who has a romance with Rege-Jean Page’s character the Duke of Hastings in the first season.
Australian-born actor Elordi has recently starred in Saltburn, a thriller about high society, and as Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s biographical drama about the famous musician’s ex-wife, Priscilla.
The 26-year-old, also known for HBO’s Euphoria and Netflix romance trilogy The Kissing Booth, said he is “deeply honoured” to be recognised.
Meanwhile, Edebiri, 28, who is in 2023 teen comedy Bottoms about a fight club started to find romance, said it is “wonderful and humbling to receive this nomination”.
She is in the running for the BAFTA after winning the award for best television actress (musical or comedy) at the Golden Globes.
That win was for her work on the hit Hulu series The Bear, for which the American comedian, writer and producer starred as young chef Sydney Adamu opposite Jeremy Allen White. She has been nominated for an Emmy for the same role.
“With social media, there’s a very curated kind of idea of what it is to be an actress,” she said. “And actually, it’s a lot of rejection and a lot of getting back on the horse and days like today make it feel really worth it.”
She was speaking at the announcement of the nominees for this year’s EE BAFTA Rising Star award.
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Saltburn’s Jacob Elordi, The Bear actress Ayo Edebiri, and stars of the films How To Have Sex and Talk To Me – Mia McKenna-Bruce and Sophie Wilde – are also among the nominees.
Previous winners – including Tom Hardy, Kristen Stewart and Daniel Kaluuya – have gone on to become household names.
It is the only BAFTA award voted for by the public.
Dynevor, 28, has been nominated for her work in the film Fair Play – a role she admits she practically begged director Chloe Domont for.
Dynevor said: “I read the script and it was a female director, it’s a female story and it’s kind of roles that I dreamed about doing when I was a kid. So to be recognised for this film in particular is… very gratifying.”
She is best known for Netflix‘s Bridgerton, in which she plays Daphne, who has a romance with Rege-Jean Page’s character the Duke of Hastings in the first season.
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Australian-born actor Elordi has recently starred in Saltburn, a thriller about high society, and as Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s biographical drama about the famous musician’s ex-wife, Priscilla.
The 26-year-old, also known for HBO’s Euphoria and Netflix romance trilogy The Kissing Booth, said he is “deeply honoured” to be recognised.
Meanwhile, Edebiri, 28, who is in 2023 teen comedy Bottoms about a fight club started to find romance, said it is “wonderful and humbling to receive this nomination”.
She is in the running for the BAFTA after winning the award for best television actress (musical or comedy) at the Golden Globes.
That win was for her work on the hit Hulu series The Bear, for which the American comedian, writer and producer starred as young chef Sydney Adamu opposite Jeremy Allen White. She has been nominated for an Emmy for the same role.