Last week, let's face the very hot young French actress Eva Green, the 2007 winner of the BAFTA Orange Rising Star award winner, announced this year’s nominees for the Osame award.

Said award recognises five international actors and actresses who have demonstrated exceptional talent and have begun to capture the imagination of the public as a star in the making. This year the five nominees are: Shia LeBeouf, Sienna Miller, Ellen Page, Sam Riley and Tang Wei.

The Orange Rising Star Award is unique as it is the only Award presented at the Orange British Academy Film Awards to be voted for by the British public. Film fans can have their say by voting via the Orange website orange.co.uk/bafta; or via text message*. The winner will be announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards on Sunday 10 February 2008.

To vote for:
Shia LeBeouf       text ORSA SHIA to 82058
Sienna Miller        text ORSA SIENNA to 82058
Ellen Page       text ORSA ELLEN to 82058
Sam Riley       text ORSA SAM to 82058
Tang Wei       text ORSA TANG to 82058

A jury, chaired by producer Duncan Kenworthy and consisting of respected industry figures, including director John Madden, Empire Executive Editor Ian Nathan and last year’s winner, Eva Green, selected the five nominees from a long list of recommendations put forward by the film industry and BAFTA members.

Nominees must have featured in a film that has been entered for this year’s Orange British Academy Film Awards. Nominees will have generally already appeared in several feature films in their career so far.

Eva Green commented: "I was delighted to receive the award last year, winning was a huge surprise. The nominees I was up against would all have been worthy winners of the award so I was thrilled when the public voted me as The Orange Rising Star. This year’s five nominees are all actors who have really stood out in their work and I’m sure we’ll see a lot more of them throughout 2008.”

Hattie Magee, Head of Partnerships at Orange, commented: “The Orange Rising Star Award is the only award at the BAFTA Film Awards voted for by the public. It’s great to be able to give real film fans the opportunity to vote on tomorrow’s rising stars and to get involved with such a significant night in the film calendar.

“It is important for us to be involved in an award that promotes and supports next generation talent and reflects our belief in a brighter future.”

Finola Dwyer, Chairman of the BAFTA Film Committee, said: “This is the third year of the Orange Rising Star Award which has previously been awarded to the huge talents of James McAvoy & Eva Green, who, since they won, have both gone on to show why they were worthy winners.

“We are pleased to be working with Orange again on the awards and we’re sure that the five nominees for the Orange Rising Star Award will ensure that this will be one of the most exciting awards of the night.”

The Orange Rising Star Award was created in honour of Mary Selway, the highly respected BAFTA-winning casting director who died in 2004. Mary’s career spanned three decades and over ninety films . She helped launch the careers of many stars in films as varied as Gosford Park, Master & Commander, Notting Hill and Withnail & I, among countless others. She worked with notable directors such as Steven Spielberg, Roman Polanski, Clint Eastwood and Ridley Scott, contributing to the creation of some of the silver screen's most memorable characters.

VOTE NOW!

For more information on The Orange Rising Star Award, visit www.orange.co.uk/bafta.
*Text cost 25p plus a standard network charge. Network charges may vary.

FYI, the guy above is the talent that I voted for, CONTROL's Sam Riley!!!