Sienna bags star nod

Updated 17.25 Tue Jan 08 2008
Keywords: baftas, Sienna Miller

Actress Sienna Miller has been nominated for the Orange Rising Star Award.

The gong, which honours the next star to light up the silver screen, will be presented to the winner at the star-studded Bafta ceremony.

The gong, which honours the next star to light up the silver screen, will be presented to the winner at the star-studded Bafta ceremony

Miller is one of five young stars to receive the nod, including newcomer Sam Riley who received critical acclaim for his starring role in Joy Division biopic, Control.

French Bond actress Eva Green took the title last year. It is the only award at the Baftas voted for by the public.

The other nominees include US actor Shia LaBeouf, 21, who's set to appear in the fourth Indiana Jones instalment alongside Harrison Ford and Chinese actress and former model Tang Wei, 28, who makes her feature film debut in Ang Lee's erotic new thriller Lust, Caution.

The final contender is Canadian actress Ellen Page, 20, who plays a pregnant teenager in the forthcoming movie Juno with Jennifer Garner.

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