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Irish star Ronan wins US film award

Ronan - Wins Youth in Film award at the Sierra Awards
Ronan - Wins Youth in Film award at the Sierra Awards

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan has been honoured by another society of film critics in America for her performance in the new Peter Jackson film 'The Lovely Bones'.

The 15-year-old won the Youth in Film award at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society's annual Sierra Awards.

Watch an exclusive clip from 'The Lovely Bones'.

Earlier this week Ronan was nominated in the Best Actress and Best Young Actress categories for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards in the US.

'The Lovely Bones', in which Ronan plays a murdered girl, opens in Irish cinemas on Friday, 29 January.

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