12 Years A Slave's Lupita Nyong'o and Blue Is The Warmest Colour's Lea Seydoux lead the nominees for 2014 BAFTA Rising Star Award
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Lupita Nyong'o and Lea Seydoux lead the nominations for this year's EE BAFTA Rising Star Award.
The Kenyan 12 Years A Slave actress and the Blue Is The Warmest Colour star - a winner of the coveted Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival - will compete for the hotly-anticipated prize at next month's glittering BAFTA ceremony in central London.
Will Poulter, who appeared in We're The Millers with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis, and fellow Brit George MacKay - who had his big break starring alongside Clive Owen in The Boys Are Back - have also been shortlisted for the BAFTA award.
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Talented: Lupita Nyong'o (L) and Lea Seydoux (R) lead the nominations for this year's EE BAFTA Rising Star Award
Star is born: Lupita Nyong'o and guest seen at the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala at the weekend
Roll on, awards season: Nyong'o, pictured with co-stars Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor, has added to the huge haul of nominations for prestigious awards ceremonies 12 Years A Slave has already accumulated
Rounding off the nominations is American star Dane DeHaan, who recently appeared opposite Daniel Radcliffe in Kill Your Darlings.
The nominees were selected by a group of jurors including actress Gemma Arterton, deputy chair of Bafta's film committee Pippa Harris and film critic Mark Kermode, and the winners will be selected by a public vote.
Seydoux, Poulter and MacKay celebrated their nominations at BAFTA HQ on Monday, where the talented French actress admitted she was 'touched' to have been nominated for the prestigious prize.
Tipped for the top: Seydoux was joined by fellow nominees Will Poulter and George MacKay to celebrate their nominations at BAFTA HQ in central London on Monday morning
Impressive: Seydoux explained she was thrilled that so many people all over the world were touched by controversial lesbian love story Blue Is The Warmest Colour
Dazzling in a blush Prada coat and chic printed Miu Miu frock, Seydoux explained she was thrilled that so many people all over the world were touched by controversial lesbian love story Blue Is The Warmest Colour.
She said: 'I am very touched, the fact that the British Academy chose me. The fact that I'm on my own makes me feel the people here recognise my work.
'It was a big success in France and all over the world. So all the people are very touched by the film, and I'm very proud of the film and the fact that everybody loves it. It's amazing the fact you do a work that everybody sees, I was not expecting that much.'
Big moment: (L-R) Spencer McHugh, Director of Brand at EE, Will Poulter, Lea Seydoux, George MacKay and Pippa Harris, EE Rising Star Deputy Chair, attended the nominations photocall on Monday
Here come the boys: Poulter and MacKay are both former child stars who have risen to success
A-list cast: Poulter admitted that starring alongside the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts and Jason Sudeikis in We're The Millers was 'a dream come true'
Meanwhile, Poulter admitted that starring alongside the likes of Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis in We're The Millers was 'a dream come true'.
He said: 'I remember my first film being a very small British independent and the second one being a big American studio shot in Australia. I was very young then, and that was my only experience of big budget films.
'So when We're The Millers came along I really didn't feel I was even capable of it. I was like, "I've only ever done this once before, I don't think I can do it again, I just scraped through the last time".
Fab five: Rounding off the nominations is American star Dane DeHaan, who recently appeared opposite Daniel Radcliffe in Kill Your Darlings
'But it was fantastic to be involved in something like that and a real dream come true to work with the likes of Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. I was very, very lucky.
'It still hasn't really sunk in, but to be in a range of films that vary in budget and style is something I'm very grateful for and something I hope I can continue with. But to be recognised alongside these guys is phenomenal.'
MacKay explained that receiving the nod has made him regard his career in a different way going forward.
He said: 'I'm thinking about it in a different way. I think when you're younger you're slightly spoiled with the situation you get put in, and to get to work with the people I got to work with without really thinking about it.
Destined for success: Dane DeHaan appeared alongside Daniel Radcliffe in biographical drama Kill Your Darlings
'I'm blessed that I didn't worry too much about it when I was a kid or over-think things, and I learned a lot unconsciously.
'But now I'm really ready and excited to learn as much as I can and do as much different work as I can to make a concerted effort to think for myself about what I want to do and carve a path for myself.'
Former winners of the BAFTA Rising Star Award are James McAvoy, Eva Green, Shia LaBeouf, Noel Clarke, Kristen Stewart, Tom Hardy and Adam Deacon.
Actress Juno Temple was handed the EE BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2013.
Musical maestro: MacKay impressed the judging panel with his role in 2013's Sunshine On Leith, featuring the music of The Proclaimers
EE was the first big network to bring superfast 4G to the UK last year, allowing mobile users to watch film even easier on their phones.
Film fans can vote for their favourite actor via their mobiles and online by visiting www.ee.co.uk/Bafta
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