Sienna MillerSienna Miller is in the running for her first acting prize at the Empire Awards.

The 23-year-old was nominated for best newcomer for her performance opposite real-life boyfriend Jude Law in Alfie.

The couple fell in love on the set of the film and are planning to marry next year.

She is up against 12-year-old Finding Neverland star Freddie Highmore and Claudia Schiffer's director husband Matthew Vaughn.

The Sony Ericsson Empire Awards are the only movie awards voted for by the British public and are held on March 13.

Best British actress contenders include Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake and Keira Knightley for King Arthur.

Daniel Craig is nominated for best British actor for Layer Cake, alongside Rhys Ifans for Enduring Love and Paul Bettany for Wimbledon.

Best British film will go to either Enduring Love, Sean Of The Dead, Layer Cake, Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason and Dead Man's Shoes.

Empire also gives an award for the best scene of the year. Contenders include the "Bride vs Elle" fight between Uma Thurman and Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill Vol 2 and the Moscow car chase in The Bourne Supremacy.

More than 12,000 Empire readers have already cast their vote.

The awards ceremony will be held at London's Guildhall and hosted by Johnny Vaughan.

Nominations:

Best Newcomer
Matthew Vaughn - Layer Cake
Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
Sienna Miller - Alfie
Bryce Dallas Howard - The Village
Zach Braff - Garden State

Best British Actress
Samantha Morton - Enduring Love
Keira Knightley - King Arthur
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Kate Ashfield - Shaun Of The Dead

Best British Actor
Daniel Craig - Layer Cake
Rhys Ifans - Enduring Love
Simon Pegg - Shaun Of The Dead
Paul Bettany - Wimbledon
Paddy Considine - Dead Man's Shoes

Best British Director
Roger Michell - Enduring Love
Edgar Wright - Shaun Of The Dead
Shane Meadows - Dead Man's Shoes
Paul Greengrass - The Bourne Supremacy
Matthew Vaughn - Layer Cake

Best British Film
Enduring Love
Shaun of the Dead
Layer Cake
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason
Dead Man's Shoes

Sony Ericsson Scene of the Year
The Bourne Supremacy - the Moscow car chase sequence
Enduring Love - the balloon sequence
Kill Bill Vol 2 - The Bride versus Elle sequence
Spider-Man 2 - Spider-Man battles Dr Octopus on the train
Shaun Of The Dead - the records and zombies sequence

Best Actress
Bryce Dallas Howard - The Village
Kirsten Dunst - Spider-Man 2
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Vol 2
Julie Delpy - Before Sunset
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator

Best Actor
Tobey Maguire - Spider-Man 2
Tom Cruise - Collateral
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
Matt Damon - The Bourne Supremacy
Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Best Director
Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Sam Raimi - Spider-Man 2
M Night Shyamalan - The Village
Michael Mann - Collateral
Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill Vol 2

Best Film
Kill Bill Vol 2
The Bourne Supremacy
The Incredibles
Collateral
Spider-Man 2