Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film

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The Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Drama Film is an annual award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television as part of the Canadian Screen Awards program, to honour the best leading performance in a drama film.

After the academy announced in August 2022 that it was discontinuing its former gendered awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, [1] they presented only a single award for Best Lead Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. [2] The organization subsequently decided to increase the number of acting awards again, with the new awards separated by genre of film instead of performer gender; beginning with the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, distinct awards will now be presented for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film and Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film. [3]

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2023
12th Canadian Screen Awards
Ariane Castellanos Richelieu [4]
Rayan Dieudonné Kanaval
Juliette Gariépy Red Rooms (Les Chambres rouges)
Mia Goth Infinity Pool
Amrit Kaur The Queen of My Dreams
Oyin Oladejo Orah
Théodore Pellerin Solo
Alexander Skarsgård Infinity Pool

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