Shortlist for BAFTA 'Rising Star' gong features no women

The nominees for the BAFTA 2012 Rising Star Award have been revealed, and it’s an all-male shortlist.

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The jurors, including Simon Pegg, Sienna Miller and David Yates selected Chris Hemsworth, Adam Deacon, Chris O’Dowd, Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston.

Tom Hiddleston can shortly be seen in Steven Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’, but also found fame in ‘Thor’, as villain Loki.

Chris O’Dowd is probably most recognisable from ‘The IT Crowd’, but broke into movies with ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ and smash-hit ‘Bridesmaids’.

Chris Hemsworth became a star this year after playing the lead in Marvel comic flick ‘Thor’. He will reprise the role in ‘The Avengers’ later this summer.

Eddie Redmayne won plaudits for his supporting role in ‘My Week With Marilyn’, and recently finished filming a BBC adaptation of ‘Birdsong’.

Adam Deacon starred in Brit hits ‘Kidulthood’ and ‘Adulthood’, and directed his own film ‘Anuvahood’ earlier this year.

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The award, the only BAFTA to be voted for the public, has been a fairly accurate gage for future success in recent times.

Last year’s winner Tom Hardy is now a huge star and will play Bane in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’.

2010 winner Kristen Stewart became a superstar in ‘Twilight’ films.

Previous winners also include Noel Clarke, Shia LaBoeuf, Eva Green and James McAvoy.

The Orange BAFTA ceremony is taking place on the evening of Sunday, 12 February, 2012.