Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Lead Performance

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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Lead Performance
Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Mike Leigh at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
Mikey Madison at the 2024 New York Film Festival 2 (cropped 3).jpg
The 2024 recipients:
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (left) and Mikey Madison (right)
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actor or an Actress in a Leading Role
CountryUnited States
Presented by Los Angeles Film Critics Association
First award Cate Blanchett – Tár
Bill Nighy – Living (2022)
Currently held by Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora (2024)
Website lafca.net

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Lead Performance is an award given annually by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It was first introduced in 2022, after it was announced that the four acting categories would be retired and replaced with two gender neutral categories, with both Best Actor and Best Actress merging into the Best Lead Performance category. Two awards for Best Lead Performance and two awards for Best Supporting Performance, each with two winners and two runners-up, are handed out. [1] [2] [3]

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Winners and runners-up

2020s

YearWinner(s)Film(s)Role(s)
2022
[4] 		Cate Blanchett Tár Lydia Tár ‡
Bill Nighy Living Mr. Williams ‡
Danielle Deadwyler Till Mamie Till-Mobley
Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All at Once Evelyn Wang †
2023
[5] 		Sandra Hüller Anatomy of a Fall Sandra Voyter ‡
The Zone of Interest Hedwig Höss
Emma Stone Poor Things Bella Baxter †
Andrew Scott All of Us Strangers Adam
Jeffrey Wright American Fiction Thelonious "Monk" Ellison ‡
2024
[6] 		Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hard Truths Pansey Deacon
Mikey Madison Anora Anora "Ani" Mikheeva ‡
Demi Moore The Substance Elisabeth Sparkle †
Fernanda Torres I'm Still Here Eunice Paiva ‡

See also

References

  1. ↑ @LAFilmCritics (October 12, 2022). "For this year's awards vote, LAFCA will also introduce gender-neutral acting categories, with two awards for Best Lead Performance and two awards for Best Supporting Performance. Our voting meeting will take place on December 11, 2022" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022– via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Stone, Sasha (October 15, 2022). "Inside the LAFCA's "Gender Neutral" Vote Decisions". Awards Daily . Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ↑ Hazard, Charlotte (November 1, 2022). "Hollywood takes a step to remove gender distinction in acting awards". Just the News. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  4. ↑ Davis, Clayton (December 11, 2022). "'Tár' and 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Tie for Best Picture at Los Angeles Film Critics Awards". Variety . Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  5. ↑ Davis, Clayton (December 10, 2023). "'The Zone of Interest' Wins Best Picture at Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, Four Women Take Acting Prizes (Full Winners List)". Variety . Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ Garner, Glenn (December 8, 2024). "50th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Winners (Updating Live)". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
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