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Empire Award for Best Newcomer

Former annual British film award

Field	Value
name	Empire Award for Best Newcomer
awarded_for	Best breakthrough film by a director or best breakthrough performance by an actor and actress
presenter	Empire magazine
country	United Kingdom
year	1996
year2	2011
holder	Chloë Grace Moretz - Kick-Ass and Let Me In (2011)
main	Empire Awards

The Empire Award for Best Newcomer (formerly known as Best Debut) was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honor a director with a breakthrough film or an actor who has delivered a breakthrough performance while working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best Newcomer was first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 with Bryan Singer receiving the award for his direction of The Usual Suspects and last presented at the 16th Empire Awards ceremony in 2011. Winners were voted by the readers of Empire magazine.

Since its inception, the award has been given to two male directors, eight actors, seven actresses and one film crew. Gemma Arterton was the only individual to be nominated two times, at the 13th and 14th Empire Awards ceremonies in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Twice two awards were handed out at the same year. The first time was at the 5th Empire Awards ceremony in 2000 where there was a tie between Carrie-Anne Moss and the crew of East Is East and the second time was at the 12th Empire Awards ceremony in 2007 where the award was split to Best Male and Best Female newcomers. Chloë Grace Moretz was the last winner in this category for her roles in Kick-Ass and Let Me In.

Award history

The award was named "Best Debut" between the 1st Empire Awards in 1996 and the 7th Empire Awards in 2002 and was changed to "Best Newcomer". In 2000, 2007 and 2012, the category was split to "Best Male Newcomer" and "Best Female Newcomer".

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.

1990s

Year	Actor	Film
**1996
(1st)**	Bryan Singer	The Usual Suspects
**1997
(2nd)**	Ewen Bremner	Trainspotting
**1998
(3rd)**	Gary Oldman	Nil by Mouth
**1999
(4th)**	Vinnie Jones	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Cate Blanchett	Elizabeth
Charlize Theron	The Devil's Advocate
Denise Richards	Starship Troopers
Shane Meadows	Twenty Four Seven

2000s

Year	Actor	Film	Ref.
**2000
(5th)**	Carrie-Anne Moss	The Matrix
The crew of	East Is East
Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick	The Blair Witch Project
Haley Joel Osment	The Sixth Sense
Jewel	Ride with the Devil
Tim Roth	The War Zone
**2001
(6th)**	Jamie Bell	Billy Elliot
Nick Park and Peter Lord	Chicken Run
Sam Mendes	American Beauty
Sofia Coppola	The Virgin Suicides
Spike Jonze	Being John Malkovich
**2002
(7th)**	Orlando Bloom	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Keira Knightley	The Hole
Sharon Maguire	Bridget Jones's Diary
**2003
(8th)**	Rosamund Pike	Die Another Day
Cillian Murphy	28 Days Later
Neil Marshall	Dog Soldiers
Martin Compston	Sweet Sixteen
Parminder Nagra	Bend It Like Beckham
**2004
(9th)**	Martine McCutcheon	Love Actually
Andrew Lincoln	Love Actually
Eli Roth	Cabin Fever
Fenella Woolgar	Bright Young Things
Mackenzie Crook	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
**2005
(10th)**	Freddie Highmore	Finding Neverland	{{cite web	url=http://www.empireonline.com/awards2005/winners/newcomer.asp	title=Best Newcomer
Bryce Dallas Howard	The Village
Matthew Vaughn	Layer Cake
Sienna Miller	Alfie and Layer Cake
Zach Braff	Garden State
**2006
(11th)**	Kelly Reilly	Mrs Henderson Presents
Georgie Henley	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
James McAvoy	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Leo Gregory	Stoned
Nathan Fillion	Serenity
**2007
(12th)**	Brandon Routh	Superman Returns
Alex Pettyfer	Stormbreaker
Dominic Cooper	Starter for 10 and The History Boys
Paul Dano	Little Miss Sunshine
Rian Johnson	Brick
**2007
(12th)**	Eva Green	Casino Royale
Abigail Breslin	Little Miss Sunshine
Elliot Page	Hard Candy
Rebecca Hall	Starter for 10 and The Prestige
Vera Farmiga	The Departed
**2008
(13th)**	Sam Riley	Control
Gemma Arterton	St Trinian's
Saoirse Ronan	Atonement
Shia LaBeouf	Transformers
Thomas Turgoose	This Is England
**2009
(14th)**	Gemma Arterton
Hayley Atwell
Jim Sturgess
Robert Pattinson
Toby Kebbell

2010s

Year	Actor	Film
**2010
(15th)**	Aaron Johnson	Nowhere Boy
Anna Kendrick	The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Up in the Air
Carey Mulligan	An Education
Katie Jarvis	Fish Tank
Sharlto Copley	District 9
**2011
(16th)**	Chloë Grace Moretz	Kick-Ass and Let Me In
Gareth Edwards	Monsters
Jaden Smith	The Karate Kid
Jennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone
Mia Wasikowska	Alice in Wonderland

Gender and role superlatives

Role	Wins	Nominations	Male Directors	Female Directors	Actors	Actresses	Groups
2	14 (+2)
0	2
8	26
7	29
1	3

Notes

References

(2003). "Past Winners - 1996". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2003). "Past Winners - 1997". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2003). "Past Winners - 1998". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2003). "Past Winners - 1999". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2003). "Past Winners - 2000". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
"Empire Awards 2001". [[Internet Movie Database]].
(April 2002). "Empire Awards 2002: Best Debut". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2003). "Best Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2004). "Best Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2006). "Best Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2007). "Best Male Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2007). "Best Female Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2008). "Best Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2009). "Best Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2010). "Best Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
Reynolds, Simon. (February 25, 2010). "In Full: Empire Awards 2010 nominees". [[Digital Spy]].
(2011). "Best Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].

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