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The Orange Rising Star Award
Ignoring the rather precise imagery of the name (and the winner is... Betelgeuse!), I think it would be rather nice if Chiwetel Ejiofor, the villain in Serenity, won this. Not only because he’s an incredible actor, with a range of stunning turns to his name, but because Jonathan Ross insists on calling him ‘Chewie’. It's one of those polls we get to vote for online. It's announced with the, erm, Orange BAFTAs (and the winner is... mandarin!) in February. You can go vote here:http://www.orange.co.uk/entertainment/film/baftasVoting.php
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He is quite good a good actor in Serenity -- I don't think I'd seen him in anything before that movie, but he's very good in that.
I find Michelle Williams's presemce on that list a bit odd, but that might be because she's been around the US for a number of years on television and so I wouldn't usually think of her as someone new, but that's probably just the difference from a US perspective vs a UK one...
I think the major selling point for his Serenity performance is that in such a role there is always the temptation to, and the possible audience enjoyment of, deliberately hamming it up a bit. Instead, we get a full on real person. At exactly the same time, he also portrayed a loud, brassy transvestite in Kinky Boots. The man has range.