K.J. Yossman “Bridgerton” star Nicola Coughlan and “Behind Her Eyes” actor Eve Hewson are among five Irish nominees battling it out for the Irish Film & Television Academy’s (IFTA) Rising Star award.Rounding out the five are writer and director Cathy Brady (“Wildfire”), writer and actor Clare Dunne (“Herself”) and writer, director and producer Paddy Slattery (“Broken Law”).Previous winners of the Rising Star Award include Saoirse Ronan (“Ammonite”) and Michael Fassbender (“X-Men: Apocalypse”), who both went on to receive Academy Award nominations.Other past recipients include Jamie Dornan (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) and Domhnall Gleeson (“The Revenant”).“It’s such a huge honor to be nominated for the IFTA Rising Star Award, especially during.
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