The Shooting Stars Award is annually presented to ten young European actors at the Berlin International Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...

. It was introduced in 1998 by European Film Promotion

European Film Promotion

European Film Promotion is an organisation which works for the worldwide promotion and marketing of European cinema. The EFP network incorporates 31 national promotion organisations from 32 European countries.-Activities:EFP's major objectives are:...

 (EFP), a pan-European network of film promotion and export organisations, and is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the EU. The Shooting Stars initiative promotes young European acting talent and their careers and thus European film.

Event

The up-and-coming actors are presented with the Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...

. Since 2009, the award is donated by Studio Babelsberg, the oldest large-scale film studio in the world. During the festival, the Shooting Stars are presented to the film industry (meetings with international casting directors, film directors and producers) as well as to the public and the international media (press conference, photo shootings).

Selection Process

Every EFP member organisation can nominate an actor or an actress from their country, who have to match the following criteria:

• the actor/ actress has already established a successful professional career in his/her native country
• is fluent in English
• is not older than 35
• has had a main role in a film which was released in the 12 months prior to nomination as a Shooting Star
• is already well-known from a film which has received wide exposure (selected for different festivals, released in several countries)
• either the nominated actor or the film has received a national film award

The nominees are then presented to an international jury of experts who select the ten Shooting Stars, based on the actor's performance in his most recent films.
The jury members for 2010 are Anna Geislerová

Anna Geislerová

Anna Geislerová aka Aňa Geislerová is a Czech actress.Anna became well known for her role as Eliška/Hana in the 2003 movie Želary and as Anna in the 1999 movie Return of the Idiot...

, Czech actress and former Shooting Star herself, Italian director Giuseppe Piccioni, German producer Karl Baumgartner, UK-casting director Leo Davis and US-film journalist Steven Gaydos.

Award winners

Some of today's most renowned actors started their career receiving the Shooting Stars Award, among them Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig

Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor. His early film roles include Elizabeth, The Power of One, A Kid in King Arthur's Court and the television episodes Sharpe's Eagle, Zorro and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the Desert...

, Oscar-Winner Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Hannah Weisz born 7 March 1970)is an English-American film and theatre actress and former fashion model. She started her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she co-founded the theatrical group Cambridge Talking Tongues...

, Daniel Brühl

Daniel Brühl

Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo is a Spanish/German actor. He is best known as Daniel Brühl.-Personal life:Brühl was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His father was the late German stage director Hanno Brühl and his mother was a Spanish professor. He also has a brother and a sister...

, Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu is a German actor.Bleibtreu was born in Munich, the son of actors Monica Bleibtreu and Hans Brenner, and the great-grand-nephew of the actress Hedwig Bleibtreu.Bleibtreu grew up in Hamburg...

, Johanna Wokalek

Johanna Wokalek

Johanna Wokalek is a German stage and film actress. A student of Klaus Maria Brandauer, she received critical recognition and three newcomer awards for her performance in the play Rose Bernd. Wokalek is best known for her award-winning appearances in the German films Hierankl, Barfuss, and The...

, Nicolas Cazalé

Nicolas Cazalé

Nicolas Cazalé is a French model and actor who is most noted for his role in the 2004 French film, Le Grand Voyage for which he won a Jury Award for Best Actor at the 2005 Newport International Film Festival...

, Nina Hoss

Nina Hoss

-Early life:Nina's father, Willi Hoss, was a German trade unionist and politician . Her mother, Heidemarie Rohweder, was an actress at Stuttgart National Theatre and later director of the Esslingen-based Württemberg State Playhouse .-Career:In 1997 Hoss graduated from the Drama School "Ernst Busch"...

, Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier is a French actress and model, who has appeared in 33 films since 1989. She was nominated for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Swimming Pool and Un secret .-Early life:...

, Elio Germano

Elio Germano

Elio Germano is an Italian actor.Born in Rome, he debuted, aged twelve, in the Castellano e Pipolo's movie Ci hai rotto papà...

, Maria Bonnevie

Maria Bonnevie

Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie is a Norwegian-Swedish actress. She was born in Västerås, Sweden, but she grew up in Oslo, Norway. Her parents, both actors, are the Norwegian actress Jannik Bonnevie and Swedish actor Per Waldvik...

 and David Kross

David Kross

David Kross is a German actor. He is best known internationally for his role as Michael Berg in The Reader.- Early life :...

.

List of Award Winners:

Year	Actors	Actresses
1998	Juan Diego Botto Juan Diego Botto Juan Diego Botto-Rota is an Argentine-Spanish actor.Botto's father disappeared during the Argentine Dirty War when Juan Diego was only two years old...  (Spain) Fritz Karl Fritz Karl Fritz Karl is an Austrian film, television and stage actor born in Gmunden, Upper Austria. He is one of the most busy Austrian actors.-Private Life:...  (Austria) Victor Löw Victor Löw Victor Löw , is a Dutch actor.Victor Löw studied at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp. He played his first small part in The Northerners...  (The Netherlands) Michaël Pas (Belgium) Melvil Poupaud Melvil Poupaud Melvil Poupaud is a French actor.He was named after Herman Melville by his screenwriter mother. At the age of ten, he launched into acting with a role in La Ville des Pirates , directed by Raul Ruiz. At the age of 15, he was nominated for a César...  (France) Lars Simonsen Lars Simonsen Lars Simonsen , is a Danish actor.He graduated from Aarhus Teater in 1990. In theatre roles, he has appeared at Odense Teater, Rialto Teatret, Gladsaxe Teater, Husets Teater and Betty Nansen Teatret, among others....  (Denmark) Jürgen Vogel Jürgen Vogel Jürgen Peter Vogel is a German actor, screenwriter, film producer and singer.-Biography:Jürgen Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife. He worked as a child model, later had various jobs and visited the Munich drama school for one day. In 1985 he moved to Berlin, where he shared a...  (Germany)	Beatriz Batarda Beatriz Batarda Beatriz da Silveira Moreno Batarda is a Portuguese actress named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion in 1998. She studied Design at IADE Institute in Lisbon and trained in acting at Guidhall School of Music and Drama in London.She was born in London and grew up in...  (Portugal) Clotilde Courau (France) Sabrina Leurquin (Belgium) Labina Mitevska Labina Mitevska Labina Mitevska is a Macedonian actress.Mitevska began her acting career aged 19 after studying in Skopje, Denmark and the University of Arizona...  (United Kingdom) Franka Potente Franka Potente Franka Potente is a German film actress and singer. She first appeared in the comedy After Five in the Forest Primeval and gained critical recognition in the action thriller Lola rennt . Potente received Germany's highest film and television awards for her performances in Run Lola Run and...  (Germany) Ingrid Rubio Ingrid Rubio Ingrid Rubio is one of the top actresses in Spanish language cinema. She won the Special Mention Awad at the 1996 San Sebastián International Film Festival for her performance in the film Taxi....  (Spain) Anneke von der Lippe Anneke von der Lippe Anneke von der Lippe is a Norwegian actress.She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1988, and has since acted both at Det Norske Teatret and at Nationaltheatret , in roles such as "Nora" in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, "Masja" in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, and...  (Norway) Vicky Volioti (Griechenland) Rachel Weisz Rachel Weisz Rachel Hannah Weisz born 7 March 1970)is an English-American film and theatre actress and former fashion model. She started her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she co-founded the theatrical group Cambridge Talking Tongues...  (United Kingdom)
1999	Moritz Bleibtreu Moritz Bleibtreu Moritz Bleibtreu is a German actor.Bleibtreu was born in Munich, the son of actors Monica Bleibtreu and Hans Brenner, and the great-grand-nephew of the actress Hedwig Bleibtreu.Bleibtreu grew up in Hamburg...  (Germany) Mathieu Demy Mathieu Demy Mathieu Demy is a French actor and director, born 15 October 1972 in Paris. He is the son of Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy.- Filmography :*1988 : Kung-Fu Master*1993 : À la belle étoile with Julie Gayet, Chiara Mastroianni...  (France) Renos Haralambidis (Greece) Diogo Infante Diogo Infante Diogo Nuno Infante de Lacerda, born 28 May 1967, in Lisbon, is a Portuguese theatre, cinema and television actor and television presenter. He is the natural son of Maria Infante de Lacerda by an Englishman named Jonathan and maternal grandson of Renée Lance Infante de Lacerda , daughter of the 5th...  (Portugal) Eduardo Noriega Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor) Eduardo Noriega Gómez is a Spanish film actor, perhaps best known for his roles in two Alejandro Amenábar films, the multiple Goya Award-winning Tesis and Open Your Eyes . He also starred in The Wolf...  (Spain) Paul Ronan (Ireland) Christian Schmidt (Austria) Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson (Iceland) Johan Widerberg Johan Widerberg Johan Widerberg, born March 16, 1974 in Stockholm, is a Swedish actor appearing in numerous Swedish films and TV series.- Biography :Johan Widerberg is the son of Swedish director Bo Widerberg....  (Sweden)	Soraya Gomaa (Switzerland) Iben Hjejle Iben Hjejle Iben Hjejle is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the John Cusack film High Fidelity . In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom Langt fra Las Vegas and playing the girlfriend of Danish comedian Casper Christensen, her real life boyfriend...  (Denmark) Kelly Macdonald Kelly Macdonald Kelly Macdonald is a Scottish actress, known for her role in the independent film Trainspotting and mainstream releases such as Nanny McPhee, Gosford Park, Intermission, No Country for Old Men and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2...  (United Kingdom) Ana Moreira Ana Moreira Ana Moreira is a Portuguese actress. She has appeared in over 20 films since 1997. She starred in The Mutants, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...  (Portugal) Maria Schrader Maria Schrader Maria Schrader is a German actress, screenwriter, and director. She directed the award winning 2007 film Love Life that was based on a novel by Zeruya Shalev.-Work:...  (Germany) Rachael Stirling Rachael Stirling Rachael Atlanta Stirling is an English stage, film and television actress. She is a two-time Olivier nominee for her stage work, but is best known for her performance as Nancy Astley in the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet.-Personal life:...  (United Kingdom) Alexia Stresi (France) Tamar van den Dop (The Netherlands) Leonor Watling Leonor Watling Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling is an award-winning Spanish film actress and singer.-Early life:Watling was born in Madrid, Spain to a Spanish father and a British mother, and has three siblings, with whom she speaks English. Her father died when she was a teenager.When she was a child, she...  (Spain)
2000	Antoine Chappey Antoine Chappey Antoine Chappey is a French actor. He has appeared in over 80 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in the film Nelly, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...  (France) Daniel Craig Daniel Craig Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor. His early film roles include Elizabeth, The Power of One, A Kid in King Arthur's Court and the television episodes Sharpe's Eagle, Zorro and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the Desert...  (United Kingdom) August Diehl August Diehl August Diehl is a German actor, known for playing SS-Sturmbannführer Dieter Hellstrom in Inglourious Basterds and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie Salt.-Life and career:...  (Germany) Hilmir Snær Guðnason Hilmir Snær Guðnason Hilmir Snær Guðnason is an Icelandic actor. He is famous in his native country and has appeared in both film and on stage. In 2000 he was named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion...  (Iceland) Thure Lindhardt Thure Lindhardt Thure Lindhardt is a Danish actor, educated at the drama school at Odense Theater in 1998....  (Denmark) Fele Martínez Fele Martínez Fele Martínez is a Goya Award-winning Spanish actor.-Early years:Martínez was born in Alicante, Spain. A product of the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático in Madrid, he began to act and direct theater at an early age...  (Spain) Francisco Nascimento (Portugal) Martin Rapold (Switzerland)	Carolin Ducey (France) Rita Durão (Portugal) Nina Hoss Nina Hoss -Early life:Nina's father, Willi Hoss, was a German trade unionist and politician . Her mother, Heidemarie Rohweder, was an actress at Stuttgart National Theatre and later director of the Esslingen-based Württemberg State Playhouse .-Career:In 1997 Hoss graduated from the Drama School "Ernst Busch"...  (Germany) Nadja Hüpscher (The Netherlands) Myriam Muller Myriam Muller Myriam Muller is a Luxembourgian actress. She starred in Hochzäitsnuecht, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Hochzaeitsnuecht * 8½ Women...  (Luxembourg) Photini Papadodima (Greece) Nina Proll Nina Proll Nina Proll is an Austrian actress. She has appeared in over 50 films and television shows since 1995. She starred in the film September, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival....  (Austria) Alexandra Rapaport Alexandra Rapaport Alexandra Rapaport is a Swedish film and stage actress born in Bromma. She has studied at Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm from where she graduated in 1997.Her parents are from Poland.-Filmography :*Ellinors bröllop...  (Sweden) Maya Sansa Maya Sansa -Biography:Maya Sansa was born in Rome the daughter of an Iranian father and an Italian mother. When she was 14, she started to study acting at her high school in Rome the "Virgilio". She then moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There she graduated in acting and was...  (Italy) Natalia Verbeke Natalia Verbeke Natalia Verbeke Leiva, is a Spanish actress, of Argentine and Flemish origin.- Biography :...  (Spain)
2001	Stefano Accorsi Stefano Accorsi Stefano Lelio Beniamino Accorsi is an Italian actor.-Early life and background:Accorsi was born in Bologna. He graduated from Bologna's Theatrical School in 1993, and acted in the theatre for several years before moving to cinema....  (Italy) Eloy Azorin Eloy Azorin Eloy Azorín is a Spanish film, theatre and television actor.- Biography :Born on the 19th of February, 1977 in Madrid, Spain, he is the son of the humourist Eloy Arenas.Eloy's first film role was at the age of 19...  (Spain) Benno Fürmann Benno Fürmann Benjamin "Benno" Fürmann is a German film and television actor.-Life and work:Fürmann was born in Berlin-Kreuzberg. By the age of 15 he had lost both his parents. At 17, he had a serious accident while train surfing, and had to spend six weeks in the hospital as a result...  (Germany) Mickey Hardt Mickey Hardt Mickey Hardt is an actor, model and martial artist born in Switzerland. He is best known for his role in the German television series Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz. Hardt is experienced in Taekwondo and Savate.-Life and career:...  (Luxembourg) Baltasar Kormákur Baltasar Kormákur Baltasar Kormákur is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík, Hafið, A Little Trip to Heaven , and a film based on the book Mýrin by Arnaldur Indriðason...  (Iceland) Filip Peeters (Belgium) Alexandre Pinto (Portugal) Malik Zidi Malik Zidi Malik Zidi is a French film, television and theater actor. Zidi is a four-time nominated and one time César Award recipient for Most Promising Actor.-Career:...  (France)	Kate Ashfield Kate Ashfield Kate Ashfield is a British actress, best known for her award-winning roles as Jody in the Anglo-German film Late Night Shopping, as Sadie MacGregor in the British film This Little Life and as Liz in the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead.-Biography:Ashfield was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England...  (United Kingdom) Elaine Cassidy Elaine Cassidy Elaine Cassidy is an award-winning Irish actress and is best known for playing the lead character Abby Mills in the American CBS TV series Harper's Island, Felicia in Felicia's Journey opposite Bob Hoskins, Runt in Disco Pigs opposite Cillian Murphy, and Lydia in The Others.-Early life:Elaine...  (Ireland) Anne-Shlomit Deonna (Switzerland) Ann Eleonora Jørgensen Ann Eleonora Jørgensen Ann Eleonora Jørgensen is a Danish film, television and stage actor.She is best known for her television work in TAXA and Forbrydelsen , and for her film roles in Italian for Beginners , for which she won a Robert Award for Best Supporting Actress, and In Your Hands , for which she won...  (Denmark) Heike Makatsch Heike Makatsch - Early life :Makatsch was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the daughter of former German national ice hockey team goaltender Rainer Makatsch. She spent several months in New Mexico in 1988 in an effort to improve her English, and later studied politics and sociology at the University of Düsseldorf for...  (Germany) Gørild Mauseth Gørild Mauseth Gørild Mauseth is a Norwegian actress. After graduating from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre, she has worked at both Den Nationale Scene and Nationaltheatret . She is best known for her movie and television roles, that include "Deadline Torp" and Når mørket er forbi...  (Norway) Birgit Minichmayr Birgit Minichmayr Birgit Minichmayr is an Austrian actress and singer born in Linz, Austria. Birgit Minichmayr studied drama at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna.-Career:...  (Austria) Evelina Papoulia Evelina Papoulia Evelina Papoulia , born in Athens, Greece, on 25 March 1971, is a Greek actress/dancer.-Career:In 1989 she moved to New York to study dance at The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and acting at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute...  (Greece) Ludivine Sagnier Ludivine Sagnier Ludivine Sagnier is a French actress and model, who has appeared in 33 films since 1989. She was nominated for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Swimming Pool and Un secret .-Early life:...  (France) Aylin Yay (Belgium)
2002	Enrique Alcides (Spain) Luc Feit (Luxembourg) Michael Finger (Switzerland) Fabrizio Gifuni (Italy) Marcell Miklós (Hungary) Jérémie Renier Jérémie Renier Jérémie Renier is a Belgian actor. He lives in Paris, France. His film debut was in the critically praised La Promesse , directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. He became better known to worldwide audiences in Brotherhood of the Wolf and L'Enfant...  (Belgium) Fedja van Huêt Fedja van Huêt Fedja van Huêt is a Dutch stage and film actor. He studied a college of theatre en starred several plays and movies. He was connected to the theater companies RO-theatre and Theatre Company Hollandia...  (The Netherlands) Antonio Wannek (Germany)	Carla Bolito (Portugal) Maria Bonnevie Maria Bonnevie Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie is a Norwegian-Swedish actress. She was born in Västerås, Sweden, but she grew up in Oslo, Norway. Her parents, both actors, are the Norwegian actress Jannik Bonnevie and Swedish actor Per Waldvik...  (Norway) Rachida Brakni Rachida Brakni Rachida Brakni is a French actress of Algerian origin. She is married to the football hero turned film actor Eric Cantona, whom she met on the filmset of Outremangeur in 2002....  (France) Lindsey Harris (Ireland) Athena Maximou (Greece) Tuva Novotny Tuva Novotny Tuva Moa Matilda Karolina Novotny Hedström , simply known as Tuva Novotny, is a Swedish actress and singer. She was born in Stockholm but grew up in Åmot outside Arvika. Tuva is the daughter of Czech movie director David Novotny and actress Barbro Hedström. She is currently living in Copenhagen in...  (Sweden) Lucy Russell Lucy Russell Lucy Russell may refer to:*Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford*Lucy Russell...  (United Kingdom) Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic actress from Reykjavík.In 1994, Margrét graduated from Listaháskóli Íslands, the Icelandic Drama Academy, and worked at Reykjavík Theatre Company for several years...  (Iceland) Maria Würgler Rich (Denmark)
2003	Daniel Brühl Daniel Brühl Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo is a Spanish/German actor. He is best known as Daniel Brühl.-Personal life:Brühl was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His father was the late German stage director Hanno Brühl and his mother was a Spanish professor. He also has a brother and a sister...  (Germany) Libero de Rienzo Libero De Rienzo -Career:De Rienzo was born at Naples, but was raised at Rome.In 2001, De Rienzo appeared in three films: Fat Girl, Gioco con la morte, and Santa Maradona. He received a David di Donatello award for best supporting actor for his work in Santa Maradona...  (Italy) Kristoffer Joner Kristoffer Joner Kristoffer Joner is a Norwegian actor born in Stavanger, Norway.- Career :Films include Detector, Mongoland, Villmark, Loose Ends, Samaritan, Min Misunnelige Frisør, Kissed by Winter, Naboer, Gymnaslærer Pedersen, The Man Who Loved Yngve and most recently Hidden .He was named one of the "Shooting...  (Norway) Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nikolaj Lie Kaas is a prominent Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s and who is still actively working today. He is also the host of the annual Zulu Comedy Galla on Danish TV....  (Denmark) Torkel Petersson Torkel Petersson Torkel Petersson is a Swedish actor born in Lund, Sweden, on August 19, 1969.-Selected filmography:*1999: Zero Tolerance *2000: Jalla! Jalla!*2002: Old Men in New Cars *2003: Kopps...  (Sweden) Matthias Schoenaerts Matthias Schoenaerts Matthias Schoenarts is the son of the Belgian actor Julien Schoenaerts. After finishing the academy of dramatic arts in Antwerp, Matthias featured in several movies.-Filmography:*Priest Daens as Wannes Scholliers*Waternimf...  (Belgium) Daan Schuurmans Daan Schuurmans Daniël Adrianus Augustinus "Daan" Schuurmans is a Dutch actor.-Career:Schuurmans began his career in 1996, when he got a role in Fort Alpha. After several other roles he landed in Westenwind...  (The Netherlands) Jamie Sives Jamie Sives -Filmography:-External links:...  (United Kingdom)	Leonor Baldaque Leonor Baldaque Leonor Baldaque is a Portuguese actress who currently lives in Rome. She regularly stars on films directed by veteran Manoel de Oliveira. She is grand-daughter of Award-winning writer Agustina Bessa-Luís...  (Portugal) Cécile de France Cécile de France Cécile de France is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art de la séduction and Irène , she gained international attention for her lead role in Haute Tension and Hereafter .- Career :Born in Namur, she left Belgium at the age of 17 to go to Paris where she...  (France) Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir (Iceland) Minna Haapkylä (Finland) Maria Hofstätter (Austria) Marilita Lambropoulou Marilita Lambropoulou Marilita Lambropoulou , born July 15, 1974 in Athens, Greece is a Greek actress. She is very popular with home audiences for her work in films like Athens Blues , directed by Giorgos Panousopoulos and The King , directed by Nikos Grammatikos , for which she won the "Quality Award".Marilita trained...  (Greece) Flora Montgomery Flora Montgomery Flora Anne Selina Montgomery is a Northern Irish actress.-Early life and family:She was born at her family's ancestral home in Greyabbey, Newtownards, Ards, County Down, Ulster, Northern Ireland, and educated at Rockport School, daughter of William Howard Clive Montgomery of Rosemount House and of...  (Ireland) Szonja Oroszlán (Hungary) Mona Petri (Switzerland) Goya Toledo Goya Toledo Goya Toledo is a Spanish film and television actress and model.Born at Arrecife on the island of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands, on the 24 September 1969, Toledo started out as a model before venturing into acting. Her most well-known role to date has been playing the model Valeria in the...  (Spain) Tatiana Vilhelmová (Czech Republic)
2004	Georg Friedrich (Austria) Aksel Hennie Aksel Hennie Aksel Hennie is a Norwegian actor, director and writer. He has acted in a number of successful Norwegian movies, and has received several awards....  (Norway) Michael Koch (Switzerland) Tom Leick (Luxembourg) Tómas Lemarquis Tómas Lemarquis Tómas Lemarquis is an Icelandic actor. He possibly best recalled for his appearance in the 2003 Icelandic film Nói Albínói.Lemarquis is the son of French actor Gérard Lemarquis and an Icelandic mother...  (Iceland) Filippo Nigro (Italy) Andrew Scott Andrew Scott (actor) Andrew Scott is an Irish film, television, and stage actor. He received the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs production of A Girl in a Car with a Man and an IFTA award for the film Dead Bodies...  (Ireland) Ângelo Torres Angelo Torres Angelo Torres is an American cartoonist and caricaturist whose work has appeared in many comic books, as well as a long-running regular slot in Mad magazine, typically film or television parodies.-Biography:...  (Portugal) Andreas Wilson Andreas Wilson Andreas Axel Janota Wilson is a Swedish actor who played the leading role in the Oscar-nominated Evil. He has also starred in Kill Your Darlings, Babas bilar and Den utvalde. He was named as one of European films' "Shooting Stars" by the European Film Promotion in 2004...  (Sweden)	Alexandra Aidini (Greece) Elena Anaya Elena Anaya Elena Anaya is a Spanish actress whose career dates back to 1995.Anaya is the youngest of 5 children. She first received international attention in 2001 for her role in the sexually explicit drama Lucía y el sexo and also appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella .Her best-known Hollywood film...  (Spain) Lubna Azabal Lubna Azabal Lubna Azabal is a Belgian actress, born in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother. After studing at the Conservatoire royal of Brussels, she began a theatrical career in Belgium. In 1997, she took her first film role when Belgian film-maker Vincent Lannoo chose her to act beside Olivier...  (Belgium) Eva Birthistle Eva Birthistle Eva Birthistle is an Irish actress, best known for her role in Ae Fond Kiss. She won the London Film Critics Circle British Actress of the Year award in 2004 and has twice won the IFTA Best Actress in a Leading Role award.-Biography:...  (United Kingdom) Irina Björklund Irina Björklund Irina Björklund is a Finnish actress.Björklund was born in Danderyd, Stockholm County, Sweden but she quickly moved to Finland with her family. She has acted in movies and in television series. Some well known movies include Rukajärven tie , Levottomat , Minä ja Morrison , and Vieraalla Maalla...  (Finland) Zoé Félix Zoé Félix Zoé Félix is a French actress.-Acting career:She was discovered by an agent at the age of 17 in a bus. Two years after, she decided to contact the agent to find little acting jobs in order to pay her studies at the Beaux-Arts. She attended the Beaux-Arts for two years.-Movie:Finally she got the...  (France) Anna Geislerová Anna Geislerová Anna Geislerová aka Aňa Geislerová is a Czech actress.Anna became well known for her role as Eliška/Hana in the 2003 movie Želary and as Anna in the 1999 movie Return of the Idiot...  (Czech Republic) Kristine Nevarauska Kristīne Nevarauska Kristīne Nevarauska is a Latvian actress. In the theater, since 2005, she has worked for Dailes teātris, but between 2001 and 2005 she worked for Valmieras Drāmas teātris. She has also took part in several films....  (Latvia) Eszter Ónodi (Hungary) Thekla Reuten Thekla Reuten Thekla Simona Gelsomina Reuten is a Dutch actress.Reuten was born in Bussum, Netherlands, the daughter of an Italian mother and a Dutch father. Reuten portrayed Duncan MacLeod's love interest Anna in Highlander: The Source, released in September 2007...  (The Netherlands) Sonja Richter Sonja Richter Sonja Richter is a Danish actress. She is probably the best known for her performance in 2002 film Open Hearts by Susanne Bier, for which she was nominated for Bodil Award and Robert Award....  (Denmark) Maria Simon Maria Simon Maria Simon is a German actress.- Family and background :Simon is the sister of the actress Susanna Simon. She was born and brought up in the former East Germany but moved to New York in 1990 to live with her father, a computer expert with the UN, and sister Dalena Simon...  (Germany)
2005	Jan Budař Jan Budař Jan Budař, alias Pavel Bedura is a Czech actor, director, singer, composer and script writer.-Biography:Jan graduated from Brno's Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in 2000. He started his career in Brno's theatres under the tutelage of Vladimír Morávek, one of the most acclaimed Czech...  (Czech Republic) Jakob Cedergren (Denmark) Mark O'Halloran Mark O'Halloran Mark O'Halloran is an Irish scriptwriter and actor. He is a native of Ennis, County Clare. He has written award-winning screenplays for the films Adam and Paul and Garage and the RTE mini-series Prosperity....  (Ireland) Giorgio Pasotti (Italy) Max Riemelt Max Riemelt Max Riemelt is a German actor born in Berlin in 1984 . He says "it was more by coincidence because I hadn't really thought about getting involved in acting and hadn't joined any drama groups at school"....  (Germany) Trond Espen Seim Trond Espen Seim Trond Espen Seim is a Norwegian actor.He has played private detective Varg Veum in a series of films based on the eponymous series of novels by Gunnar Staalesen...  (Norway) Kari-Pekka Toivonen Kari-Pekka Toivonen Kari-Pekka Toivonen is a Finnish actor. He received a 2004 Best Actor Jussi Award for the film Upswing. Taivonen, who received his Master's Degree at the Theatre Academy of Finland, was the recipient of a 2005 Shooting Stars Award....  (Finland) Unax Ugalde Unax Ugalde Unax Ugalde Gutiérrez is a Spanish actor born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Basque Country.-Biography:Unax Ugalde, son of a worker at the Altos Hornos and a housewife, was born in 1978 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. While, as a student, he ambitioned to become a marine scientist, started taking classes...  (Spain)	Aleksandra Balmazovic (Slovenia) Johanna Bantzer (Switzerland) Marisa Cruz (Portugal) Sara Forestier Sara Forestier Sara Forestier is a French actress who lives in Paris. She began her film career in 2001 and received a César Award for Most Promising Actress in Games of Love and Chance...  (France) Dorka Gryllus (Hungary) Frida Hallgren Frida Hallgren Frida Sophia Hallgren is a Swedish actress, internationally known from As It Is in Heaven.After finishing her degree, Frida attended the theater university in Malmö. This training was connected to a practical course at the city theater of Gothenburg. Thereafter Frida received several theater roles...  (Sweden) Monic Hendrickx Monic Hendrickx Monic Hendrickx is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including three Golden Calf awards for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, the Jury Award at the 2001 Newport Beach Film Festival and the Best Actress Award at the 1999 Buenos Aires International Festival of...  (The Netherlands) Alexia Kaltsiki (Greece) Sascha Ley Sascha Ley Sascha Ley is a Luxembourgian singer, song-writer, composer and actress, best known for her work in the jazz genre, and with the Travelling Light Band....  (Luxembourg) Alfrun Ornolfsdottir (Iceland) Archie Panjabi (United Kingdom) Marie Vinck (Belgium) Franziska Weisz Franziska Weisz Franziska Weisz is an Austrian actress. She starred in the film Hotel, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.- Cinema :...  (Austria)
2006	Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson (Iceland) Carlos Leal Carlos Leal Carlos Leal is a Swiss rapper and actor.Leal was born in Lausanne to Galician immigrants. In 1990, he co-founded Sens Unik. The group produced four gold records and contributed music to the films La Haine and Neutre ....  (Switzerland) Pavel Liška (Czech Republic) Nuno Lopes Nuno Lopes Nuno Lopes is a Portuguese actor. Awarded, in 2006, with the Best Actor Globo de Ouro for his performance in Alice, he also took the Best Actor prize at the Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro and the Shooting Star award at the Berlin International Film Festival.-Training:He graduated from the...  (Portugal) Christos Loulis (Greece) Mimoun Oaïssa Mimoun Oaïssa Mimoun Oaïssa is a Moroccan-Dutch actor and screenwriter. He graduated from Amsterdam Theatre School in 1999 and followed acting lessons abroad. He was a stage actor from 1998 till 2001 and then quit to start acting on screen. His major films include Hush Hush Baby and Schnitzel Paradise...  (The Netherlands) Jasper Pääkkönen Jasper Pääkkönen Jasper Pääkkönen is a Finnish film actor who has appeared and starred in over 15 films. According to a calculation published by Finnish tabloid IltaSanomat, Pääkkönen is "the most profitable film actor in Finland" for having starred in numerous box office hits during his career...  (Finland) Riccardo Scamarcio Riccardo Scamarcio Riccardo Scamarcio is an Italian film actor.-Biography:Scamarcio was born in Trani, Apulia.He went to train as an actor at the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema in Rome, where he now lives. His debut acting role was in a TV series in 2000, while his first ever lead role in a feature film was in Tre...  (Italy)	Beate Bille (Denmark) Marta Etura Marta Etura Marta Etura Palenzuela is a Spanish film and television actress.-Cinema:* 2001: Sin vergüenza* 2002: El Caballero Don Quijote* 2002: Trece campanadas* 2002: La Vida de nadie* 2003: Mariposas de fuego...  (Spain) Gabriella Hámori (Hungary) Maarja Jakobson (Estonia) Vesela Kazakova (Bulgaria) Iva Krajnc (Slovenia) Ruth Negga Ruth Negga Ruth Negga is an Ethiopian-Irish actress who has starred in Irish films such as Capital Letters , Isolation and Breakfast On Pluto...  (Ireland) Lucy Punch Lucy Punch Lucy Punch is an English actress. Her credits include the television shows Doc Martin and The Class, and the films Hot Fuzz and Bad Teacher.-Life and career:...  (United Kingdom) Kathrin Resetarits (Austria) Eva Röse Eva Röse Eva Röse is a Swedish actress and television host.-Filmography:*Adam & Eva , One of Tove's girl friends*Längtans blåa blomma , Beata 'Betty' Tollman*Magnetisörens femte vinter , Sofie...  (Sweden) Ane Dahl Torp Ane Dahl Torp Ane Dahl Torp is a Norwegian actress. Her first film appearance was in The Woman of My Life . She has received an Amanda award for her roles both as Trude Eriksen in Svarte penger, hvite løgner , and as Nina Skåtøy in the film Gymnaslærer Pedersen .Torp was named a "Shooting Star" at the Berlin...  (Norway) Fanny Valette Fanny Valette Fanny Valette is a French actress, born July 4, 1986 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.- Biography :Valette started her career in an episode of L'instit...  (France) Johanna Wokalek Johanna Wokalek Johanna Wokalek is a German stage and film actress. A student of Klaus Maria Brandauer, she received critical recognition and three newcomer awards for her performance in the play Rose Bernd. Wokalek is best known for her award-winning appearances in the German films Hierankl, Barfuss, and The...  (Germany)
2007	Nils Althaus (Switzerland) Nicolai Cleve Broch Nicolai Cleve Broch Nicolai Cleve Broch is a Norwegian actor of theatre and film. He rose to national fame playing one of the leading roles in the 2002 drama series Lekestue, which aired on NRK in 2002. He is also known for playing the protagonist in Buddy, a romantic comedy from 2003. Other major film credits...  (Norway) Maximilian Brückner Maximilian Brückner Maximilian, greatest name in the world, Brückner is a German actor. He has won numerous awards including the Deutscher Kritikerpreis in 2006 and received a European Shooting Stars Award in 2007....  (Germany) Pádraic Delaney Pádraic Delaney Pádraic Delaney is an Irish actor best known for playing Teddy O'Donovan in the Ken Loach film The Wind That Shakes the Barley, for which he earned an IFTA nomination as well as being named Irish Shooting Star for the 2007 Berlin Film Festival...  (Ireland) David Dencik David Dencik David Dencik is a Swedish actor.After having had minor roles in different films, David Dencik became an established actor in Sweden for his role as the killer John Ausonius in the three-part TV mini-series Lasermannen in 2005...  (Denmark) Tommi Eronen Tommi Eronen Tommi Johannes Eronen is a Finnish actor, best known for starring in the movies Jade Warrior and Bad Luck Love . His performance in Bad Luck Love garnered him a Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actor....  (Finland) Gísli Örn Gardarsson (Iceland) Óscar Jaenada (Spain) Kevin Janssens Kevin Janssens Kevin Janssens is a Belgian professional football player. His best position is left-midfielder.He made his senior debut for K.V. Turnhout in third division, and was transferred to second division team Lierse in December 2008...  (Belgium) Marko Mandic (Slovenia) Péter Nagy Peter Nagy Peter Nagy is a Czechoslovak-Slovak slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s from the early 2000s. He won a bronze medal for Czechoslovakia in the K-1 team event at the 1991 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Tacen....  (Hungary) Afonso Pimentel (Portugal) Gustaf Skarsgård Gustaf Skarsgård Gustaf Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, son of My Skarsgård and Stellan Skarsgård and brother of Eija, Valter, Sam, Bill and Alexander Skarsgård...  (Sweden) Rain Tolk (Estonia) Jules Werner (Luxembourg)	Kate Dickie Kate Dickie Kate Dickie is a Scottish actress who has appeared in television series, stage plays and films. She is best-known for her portrayal as the security camera operative Jackie in her starring debut Red Road, directed by Andrea Arnold, and for which she was given several awards as best actress, among...  (United Kingdom) Agnieszka Grochowska (Poland) Klára Issa Klára Issová Klára Issová , sometimes known as Klára Issa, is a Czech film, stage and television actress. She is daughter of Syrian director Michel Issa, she is cousin of actress Martha Issová. Klára studied Conservatory...  (Czech Republic) Mélanie Laurent Mélanie Laurent Mélanie Laurent is a French actress, director, singer and writer. She is best known to international audiences for her role as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, for which she won Best Actress from the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics...  (France) Táňa Pauhofová Tána Pauhofová - Biography :She was born in 13th August 1983, Bratislava in Czechoslovakia. She studied Gymnasium. In year 2001 studied Dramatic Arts in University of Musical Arts in Bratislava. She works in dubbing, commercials and she plays in theatre. She was Shooting Stars 2007 in European Film Promotion.-...  (Slovak Republic) Maria Popistaşu (Romania) Halina Reijn Halina Reijn Halina Reijn is a Dutch actress and writer.Halina Reijn was professionally trained at the Theatre Academy in Maastricht...  (The Netherlands) Sabrina Reiter (Austria) Jasmine Trinca Jasmine Trinca Jasmine Trinca is an Italian actress.She began her career in 2001, chosen by Nanni Moretti for his award-winning The Son's Room, receiving the Guglielmo Biraghi prize as best new talent of the year...  (Italy) Panayota Vladi (Greece)
2008	Joel Basman (Switzerland) Nicolas Cazalé Nicolas Cazalé Nicolas Cazalé is a French model and actor who is most noted for his role in the 2004 French film, Le Grand Voyage for which he won a Jury Award for Best Actor at the 2005 Newport International Film Festival...  (France) Elio Germano Elio Germano Elio Germano is an Italian actor.Born in Rome, he debuted, aged twelve, in the Castellano e Pipolo's movie Ci hai rotto papà...  (Italy) Marko Igonda (Slovak Republic) Zsolt Nagy Zsolt Nagy Zsolt Nagy is a Romanian politician of Hungarian ethnicity. Since December 2004, he is the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, but he was suspended on June 11, 2007 due to an investigation regarding some strategic privatisations...  (Hungary)	Stine Fischer Christensen (Denmark) Maryam Hassouni Maryam Hassouni Maryam Hassouni is a Moroccan television and film actress. In 2006 she won an International Emmy Award for her role in Offers .-Biography:...  (The Netherlands) Hannah Herzsprung Hannah Herzsprung Hannah Herzsprung is a German actress.- Biography :Hannah Herzsprung is the daughter of actor Bernd Herzsprung and fashion designer Barbara Engel. She debuted as an actress in 1997 in the BR series Aus heiterem Himmel, where she played the role of Miriam "Mimi" Pauly in the beginning of the fourth...  (Germany) Anamaria Marinca Anamaria Marinca Anamaria Marinca is a Romanian actress. She made her debut with the Channel 4 film Sex Traffic, for which she won British Academy Television Award for Best Actress...  (Romania)
2009	David Kross David Kross David Kross is a German actor. He is best known internationally for his role as Michael Berg in The Reader.- Early life :...  (Germany) Cyron Melville (Denmark) Samuli Vauramo Samuli Vauramo Samuli Vauramo is a Finnish actor.Vauramo was born in Vantaa, Finland. Vauramo graduated from the Finnish Theatre Academy in 2005. After graduating he worked at the Theatre of Kotka, where he acted in Aleksis Kivi's famous play Nummisuutarit. In 2005, he starred as a rap DJ in the praised film...  (Finland)	Sarah Bolger Sarah Bolger Sarah Lee Bolger is an Irish actress. She is known for her role as Princess / Lady Mary Tudor on The Tudors and for her role as Mallory Grace in The Spiderwick Chronicles.-Early life:...  (Ireland) Celine Bolomey (Switzerland) Verónica Echegui (Spain) Hafsia Herzi Hafsia Herzi Hafsia Herzi is a French actress of Algerian and Tunisian descent. She is best known for her debut role in the award-winning Franco-Tunisian feature The Secret of the Grain for which she won the award for most promising actress at the César Awards 2008, and the Marcello Mastroianni award, for best...  (France) Carey Mulligan Carey Mulligan Carey Hannah Mulligan is an English actress. She made her film debut as Kitty Bennet in Pride & Prejudice . She had roles in numerous British programmes and, in 2007, made her Broadway debut in The Seagull to critical acclaim....  (United Kingdom) Alba Caterina Rohrwacher (Italy) Orsi Tóth (Hungary)
2010	Anders Baasmo Christiansen Anders Baasmo Christiansen Anders Baasmo Christiansen, born 29 January 1976 is a Norwegian actor from Hamar, Norway.He earned his breakthrough in 2003 when he received the Amanda-price for his performance in the Norwegian picture Buddy....  (Norway) Dragoş Bucur Dragos Bucur Dragoş Bucur is a Romanian actor.Dragoş Bucur received the Shooting Stars Award, the annual acting award for up-and-coming actors by European Film Promotion, at the Berlin International Film Festival 2010.-Selected filmography:...  (Romania) Kryštof Hádek Kryštof Hádek Kryštof Hádek is a Czech actor.A talented young actor was surrounded by art since his childhood, when, as well as his two brothers attended the music classes in the People's School of Art...  (Czech Republic) Edward Hogg Edward Hogg Edward Hogg is an English actor, known for portraying Jesco White in White Lightnin and Stephen Turnbull in Bunny and the Bull.-Background:...  (United Kingdom) Michele Riondino (Italy)	Agata Buzek Agata Buzek Agata Bronisława Buzek is a Polish actress.Agata, the daughter of Polish politician and current President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, was born in Pyskowice in Gliwice County, Poland. At a young age she suffered from poliomyelitis and was treated in Germany...  (Poland) Zrinka Cvitešić Zrinka Cvitešic Zrinka Cvitešić is a film, television and theatre actress.As a theatre actress, she has been a member of the Croatian National Theatre since 2005. In addition to acting, she is also an accomplished dancer...  (Croatia) Anaïs Demoustier (France) Lotte Verbeek Lotte Verbeek Lotte Verbeek is a Dutch actress born in Venlo, the Netherlands. She won the Leopard for the best actress at the Locarno International Film Festival 2009 for her role in Nothing Personal...  (The Netherlands) Pihla Viitala (Finland)
2011	Pilou Asbæk (Denmark) Alexander Fehling Alexander Fehling Alexander Fehling is a German film and stage actor. He is best known to English-language audiences as Staff Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film, Inglourious Basterds.-Life and career:Fehling was born in Berlin...  (Germany) Domhnall Gleeson Domhnall Gleeson Domhnall Gleeson is an Irish actor, director and writer from Dublin. He has acted on both stage and screen, picking up a Tony Award nomination in 2006 for his part in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore...  (Ireland) Nik Xhelilaj Nik Xhelilaj Kreshnik Xhelilaj , better known by his stage name Nik Xhelilaj, is an Albanian film and stage actor. He began his international career with the movie The Sadness of Mrs...  (Albania)	Sylvia Hoeks (The Netherlands) Clara Lago Clara Lago Clara Lago Grau is a Spanish actress.- Filmography :* El Mal Ajeno * El Juego Del Ahorcado * El club de los suicidas * Arena en los Bolsillos * La vida que te espera...  (Spain) Natasha Petrovic Natasha Petrovic Nataša Petrović , also known as Natasha Petrovic, is a Macedonian actress of Serbian descent...  (Mazedonia) Andrea Riseborough Andrea Riseborough -Early life:Riseborough grew up in Whitley Bay. In reference to The Long Walk To Finchley, she has described her parents as "working-class Thatcherites"....  (United Kingdom) Marija Škaričić (Croatia) Alicia Vikander Alicia Vikander Alicia Amanda Vikander is a Swedish actress best known for her role in Swedish TV drama Andra Avenyn and the role of Alice Deane in the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son... (Sweden)

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