Joy for Control

Ian Curtis flick wins again

10 March 08 - The Joy Division film Control has been picking up yet more awards.

Sam Riley was named Best Newcomer at the Empire Movie Awards last night (9 March).

Riley, 28, shot to fame with his first major screen performance as Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, in the film Control.

The role has already seen him scoop the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer, Breakthrough Actor at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards and Rising Star of the Year in the Richard Attenborough Film Awards.

Also the lead singer of Leeds band 10,000 Things, Riley now lives in Berlin with his girlfriend and Control co-star Alexandra Maria Lara.

The ceremony was attended by a host of big names and took place at the Grovesenor House Hotel in London.


Adrian Larkin