Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer | |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | The Gotham Film & Media Institute |
First awarded | 1998 |
Currently held by | Gracija Filipović for Murina (2022) |
Website | awards |
The Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. It was first awarded in 1998, with Sonja Sohn and Saul Williams being the first recipients of the award for their roles as Lauren Bell and Ray Joshua in Slam , respectively.
The category was called Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor until 2021. [1]
Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role | Ref. |
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1998 | Sonja Sohn | Slam | Lauren Bell | [2] |
Saul Williams | Slam | Ray Joshua | ||
Norman Reedus | Six Ways to Sunday | Harold | ||
Sam Rockwell | Lawn Dogs | Trent Burns | ||
Robin Tunney | Niagara, Niagara | Marcy | ||
1999 | Dylan Baker | Happiness | Bill Maplewood | [3] |
Janet McTeer | Tumbleweeds | Mary Jo Walker |
Year | Winner and nominees | Film | Role | Ref. |
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2020 | Kingsley Ben-Adir | One Night in Miami... | Malcolm X | [25] |
Jasmine Batchelor | The Surrogate | Jess Harris | ||
Sidney Flanigan | Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Autumn Callahan | ||
Orion Lee | First Cow | King-Lu | ||
Kelly O'Sullivan | Saint Frances | Bridget | ||
2021 | Emilia Jones | CODA | Ruby Rossi | [26] [27] |
Natalie Morales | Language Lessons | Cariño | ||
Rachel Sennott | Shiva Baby | Danielle | ||
Suzanna Son | Red Rocket | Strawberry | ||
Amalia Ulman | El Planeta | Leonor Jimenez | ||
2022 | Gracija Filipović | Murina | Julija | [28] |
Anna Cobb | We're All Going to the World's Fair | Casey | ||
Frankie Corio | Aftersun | Sophie | ||
Anna Diop | Nanny | Aisha | ||
Kali Reis | Catch the Fair One | Kaylee | ||
2023 | Not awarded | [29] | ||
2024 | Lily Collias | Good One | Sam | [30] |
Ryan Destiny | The Fire Inside | Claressa "T-Rex" Shields | ||
Maisy Stella | My Old Ass | Elliott | ||
Izaac Wang | Dìdi | Chris Wang | ||
Brandon Wilson | Nickel Boys | Turner |
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