Two years to the day before Micheal Ward won the EE Rising Star Award at the 2020 Baftas, he would
have been locking up his local William Hill branch. One year on, he would have just wrapped filming on
Top Boy and be about to start shooting crime drama Blue Story. The night after the awards, according
to his Twitter account, he woke up in a shirt and bow tie with the award at his side. This clearly bodes
well for a raucous acting career and is proof of what a starring role in a major series can change for a
young actor. He is now set to star in Steve McQueen’s miniseries Small Axe alongside Letitia Wright,
coincidentally last year’s EE Rising Star Award winner and a Top Boy alumna. But one tweet’s still
online that serves as an almost perfect reminder to stay rooted: “Can’t wait for Top Boy,” a pre-cast
Ward wrote in 2013 of the series’ imminent second series on Channel 4. “Gna be sick :D.” Too right.The Rising StarMicheal Ward
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