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Eddie Redmayne Shortlisted for BAFTA Rising Star Award

Eddie Redmayne
(© Tristan Fuge)
Eddie Redmayne
(© Tristan Fuge)

Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne is among the actors on the BAFTA Rising Star Shortlist, which was announced in London earlier today, according to published reports.

Also shortlisted were actors Adam Deacon, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, and Chris O’Dowd.

Redmayne won the 2010 Tony for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for Red. He can currently be seen on the big screen in My Week With Marilyn, and will be playing Marius in the forthcoming film adaptation of the musical, Les Miserables.