The National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance is one of the annual film awards given by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures since 1995.
Winners
1990s Year Winner Film Role 1995 Alicia Silverstone Clueless Cher Horowitz 1996 Renée Zellweger Jerry Maguire Dorothy Boyd 1997 Bai Ling Red Corner Shen Yuelin 1998 Angelina Jolie Playing by Heart Joan Billy Crudup The Hi-Lo Country Pete Calder 1999 Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry Brandon Teena Wes Bentley American Beauty Ricky Fitts
2000s Year Winner Film(s) Role(s) 2000 Michelle Rodriguez Girlfight Diana Guzman Jamie Bell Billy Elliot Billy Elliot 2001 Naomi Watts Mulholland Drive Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn Hayden Christensen Life as a House Sam Monroe 2002 Maggie Gyllenhaal Secretary Lee Holloway Derek Luke Antwone Fisher Antwone Fisher 2003 Charlize Theron Monster Aileen Wuornos Paul Giamatti American Splendor Harvey Pekar 2004 Emmy Rossum The Phantom of the Opera Christine Daaé Topher Grace In Good Company / P.S. Carter Duryea / F. Scott Feinstadt 2005 Q'orianka Kilcher The New World Pocahontas Terrence Howard Crash / Get Rich or Die Tryin' / Hustle & Flow Cameron Thayer / Bama / Djay 2006 Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls Effie White Rinko Kikuchi Babel Chieko Wataya Ryan Gosling Half Nelson Dan Dunne 2007 Elliot Page Juno Juno MacGuff Emile Hirsch Into the Wild Chris McCandless 2008 Viola Davis Doubt Mrs. Miller Dev Patel Slumdog Millionaire Jamal Malik 2009 Gabourey Sidibe Precious Claireece "Precious" Jones Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker Sergeant First Class William James
2010s Year Winner Film(s) Role(s) 2010 Jennifer Lawrence Winter's Bone Ree Dolly 2011 Rooney Mara The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Lisbeth Salander Felicity Jones Like Crazy Anna Gardner 2012 Quvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild Hushpuppy Tom Holland The Impossible Lucas Bennett 2013 Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Colour Adèle Michael B. Jordan Fruitvale Station Oscar Grant 2014 Jack O'Connell Starred Up / Unbroken Eric Love / Louis "Louie" Zamperini 2015 Abraham Attah Beasts of No Nation Agu Jacob Tremblay Room Jack Newsome 2016 Royalty Hightower The Fits Toni Lucas Hedges Manchester by the Sea Patrick Chandler 2017 Timothée Chalamet Call Me by Your Name Elio Perlman 2018 Thomasin McKenzie Leave No Trace Tom 2019 Paul Walter Hauser Richard Jewell Richard Jewell
2020s Year Winner Film Role 2020 Sidney Flanigan Never Rarely Sometimes Always Autumn Callahan 2021 Alana Haim Licorice Pizza Alana Kane Cooper Hoffman Gary Valentine 2022 Danielle Deadwyler Till Mamie Till-Mobley Gabriel LaBelle The Fabelmans Sammy Fabelman 2023 Teyana Taylor A Thousand and One Inez de la Paz 2024 Mikey Madison Anora Anora "Ani" Mikheeva 2025 Chase Infiniti One Battle After Another Willa Ferguson / Charlene Calhoun
Notes
References
External links Breakthrough Performance Archives at National Board of Review Breakthrough Performance Actor Archives at National Board of Review Breakthrough Performance Actress Archives at National Board of Review