The EE British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Rising Star Award, currently styled as the EE Rising Star Award for commercial reasons and previously known as the Orange Rising Star Award, is an award that acknowledges new talents in the acting industry.
2023 Recipient: Mia McKenna-Bruce
Scottish actor James McAvoy was the first winner of this category.
French actress Eva Green was the first female winner.
American actress Kristen Stewart won in 2009.
Orange UK was a mobile network operator and internet service provider in the United Kingdom, launched in 1994. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was purchased by France Télécom in 2000, which then adopted the Orange brand for all its other mobile communications activities. Orange UK merged with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile UK to form a joint venture, EE in 2010. EE continued to operate the Orange brand until February 2015, when new connections and upgrades on Orange tariffs were withdrawn. Existing Orange customers could continue on their plans until March 2019.
Adjacent Orange and T-Mobile shops in Leeds in 2009. The two were later re-branded as EE stores.
An Orange Shop in London, UK
An Orange Arrows F1 car.
