<p>LONDON (AP) — British actor Micheal Ward has been charged with rape and sexual assault, police said Friday.</p>
<p>The Metropolitan Police force said the 27-year-old faces two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault. The charges relate to one woman and the offenses reportedly took place in January 2023.</p>
<p>The Crown Prosecution Service said it authorized the charges "having carefully reviewed a file of evidence."</p>
<p>Ward is due to appear at London's Thames Magistrates' Court on Aug. 28.</p>
<p>Ward has appeared in films including "Blue Story," "The Book of Clarence" and the recently released American political satire "Eddington."</p>
<p>In 2020 he won the Rising Star award at the British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTAs. He was nominated for an acting BAFTA for Sam Mendes' "Empire of Light" and for a BAFTA television award for the Steve McQueen-directed series "Small Axe."</p>
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