The BAFTA Breakthrough UK programme is supported by Netflix
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Meet the 2026 UK Breakthroughs

Posted: 4 Nov 2026

Find out about 2026’s BAFTA Breakthrough UK participants, supported by Netflix. These emerging talents from across film, games and television were selected by leading industry figures from the BAFTA membership.

To contact a BAFTA Breakthrough participant, email [email protected]

Photography: BAFTA/Sane Seven

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Photography Team
Photographer: Sane Seven, Creative Director: Marius Seven, First Assistant: Andrew Edwards.

Styling Team
Stylist: Peter Bevan, Styling Assistant: Clementine Brown; Make-Up Artists: Pablo Rodriguez & Rahual Das, courtesy of Armani Beauty; Hair Stylists: Philipp Haug & Alison Pilichos, courtesy of Schwarzkopf Professional.

For BAFTA
Photography Director: Claire Rees, Junior Photography Producer: Rebecca Gray, Photography Coordinator: Ellie Elliott.

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The BAFTA Breakthrough programme is supported by Netflix
BAFTA Partners

Netflix is the main supporter of BAFTA’s flagship new talent scheme: BAFTA Breakthrough UK, which showcases and supports the next generation of creative talent across Film, Games and Television.

To date BAFTA Breakthrough has championed 290 creatives, including actors Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh, Abubakar Salim, Josh O’Connor, Niamh Algar and Jessie Buckley. Composer Segun Akinola, game producer Dan Gray, producer Sarah Brocklehurst, production designer Luke Hull, screenwriters Laurie Nunn and Charlie Covell, writers and actors Charlie and Daisy-May Cooper and directors Destiny Ekaragha and Michael Pearce. Previous Breakthroughs have gone on to flourish within their respective disciplines, many becoming BAFTA winners and nominees.

Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films, and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching, as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.