Introducing this year's extraordinary UK #BAFTABreakthrough talent! 💫 Huge congratulations to the 2023 cohort! Get to know the Breakthroughs below 👇 BAFTA Breakthrough is in partnership with Netflix UK & Ireland

Writer, performer and executive producer Adjani Salmon (@theadjani) captured the universal struggle to make dreams reality in their debut television comedy-drama Dreaming Whilst Black. 👉

Bella Ramsey has been busy trying to survive a post-apocalyptic world in their role as Ellie in The Last of Us. 👉

Cash Carraway created, wrote and executive produced her debut television series, the dark comedy drama, Rain Dogs. 👉

Writer/director Charlotte Regan took inspiration from her own childhood experiences for her debut feature film Scrapper, a coming-of-age tale set on a London housing estate. 👉

Cynthia De La Rosa’s hair and make up journey has taken her from the English National Opera to Channel 4 sitcom Everyone Else Burns. 👉

Director Ella Glendining (@Ella_Bee_G) made a moving, insightful and very personal film with her debut feature, the documentary Is There Anybody Out There? 👉

Funmi Olutoye’s (@FunmiOlutoye) multi-talented work has featured across ITV Daytime including the Good Morning Britain segment Black History Makers, which she created and produced. 👉

Writer/director and BAFTA nominee Georgia Oakley released her thoughtful and authentic debut feature film, Blue Jean. 👉

Voice and performance director Holly Reddaway (@hollyreddaway) has worked on a phenomenal 11 games releases in 2023, including one of the year’s biggest hitters, Baldur’s Gate 3. 👉

You may have played lead designer Joel Beardshaw’s (@RobotJoel) inventive dodgeball-esque puzzler Desta: The Memories Between. 👉

Hair & make up designer Kat Morgan has been busy setting the right mood for the day and creating a positive environment on the set of Blue Jean. 👉

Kathryn Ferguson (@kath_ferguson) wrote and directed Nothing Compares, a moving and absorbing film about musician Sinéad O’Connor. 👉

2D Artist and game designer Kitt Byrne (@KittByrne) created incredible artwork for the BAFTA-nominated game Gibbon: Beyond the Trees 👉

Michael Anderson (@gravykun) has been working on ustwo’s wonderfully innovative games, most recently as producer on Desta: The Memories Between. 👉

Pete Jackson created and wrote BAFTA-winning dark comedy drama Somewhere Boy. 👉

Raine Allen-Miller's (@RaineAM) directorial debut feature, Rye Lane, is a masterful romcom packed with universal charm. 👉