Ambika Mod, ‘Sweetheart’ star, director among Bafta Breakthrough 2022

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Nell Barlow, Ambika Mod, Marley Morrison

UK actors Ambika Mod and Nell Barlow are among the 33 talents across film, TV and game selected for the 2022 edition of Bafta Breakthrough.

Mod was also chosen as a 2022 Screen Star of Tomorrow. She appeared alongside Ben Whishaw in the BBC series This Is Going To Hurt and is starring in the upcoming Netflix series One Day.

Barlow starred in the coming-of-age comedy Sweetheart which was written and directed by Marley Morrison who has also been selected as a Bafta Breakthrough. The film was nominated for five British Independent Film Awards (Bifa) in 2021, picking up best breakthrough performance for Barlow and best producer for Michelle Antoniades.

All three have been selected for the UK contingent of Bafta Breakthrough which also features Dying To Divorce director Chloe Fairweather on its 21-strong list.

Those recognised across the TV sector include Jack Rooke, who wrote and produced Channel 4’s Big Boys; Nicôle Lecky who wrote and starred in BBC’s Mood; Ralph & Katie actor Leon Harrop; and Runyararo Mapfumo who directed multiple episodes of Netflix’s Sex Education.

This is the third time US talent has been recognised by Bafta. The 12-strong list includes actor Brandon Perea, who recently appeared in Jordan Peele’s Nope, and Ellie Foumbi, who wrote and directed Sundance audience winner Our Father, The Devil.

Bafta Breakthrough, known previously as Breakthrough Brits, began in 2013 and has featured over 200 names since its conception. This year’s jury included Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ade Rawcliffe, Fiona Lamptey, Ruth Madeley, Nyasha Hatendi, Jodi Balfour and Bianca Lawson.

Bafta Breakthrough 2022

UK

Alex Thomas, director - Yorkshire Cop: Police, Racism and Me
Alyx Jones, dialogue editor - Elden Ring (game)
Ambika Mod, actor – This is Going to Hurt
Chloë Fairweather, director – Dying to Divorce
Diana Olifirova, cinematographer - Heartstopper
Emily Brown, lead designer - Alba: a Wildlife Adventure (game)
Jack Rooke, writer/executive producer – Big Boys
Jamal Green, Composer - TOEM (game)
Joanna Boateng, producer - Uprising
Leon Harrop, actor – Ralph & Katie
Marley Morrison, writer/director - Sweetheart
Morag Taylor, principal technical artist – Total War: Warhammer 3 (game)
Nell Barlow, actor - Sweetheart
Nicôle Lecky, writer/executive producer/actor – MOOD
Paul Sng, director - Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Rose Ayling-Ellis, actor - Eastenders
Runyararo Mapfumo, director – Sex Education
Sophie Cunningham, director – Look Away
Theo Williams, director – Terms & Conditions: Deeper than Drill
Zachary Soares & Luciana Nascimento, co-founders, creative director & artistic director – Moonglow Bay (game)