Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Outstanding Lead Performance | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by an Actor or an Actress in a Leading Role |
Country | Canada |
Presented by | Toronto Film Critics Association |
Currently held by | Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths Mikey Madison – Anora (2024) |
Website | torontofilmcritics |
The Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Outstanding Lead Performance is one of the annual awards given by the Toronto Film Critics Association. It was presented for the first time in 2023, following the merger of the formerly individual awards of Best Actor and Best Actress. [1]
Year | Winner | Film | Role | Ref. |
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2023 | Lily Gladstone | Killers of the Flower Moon | Mollie Burkhart | [2] |
Sandra Hüller | Anatomy of a Fall | Sandra Voyter | ||
Paul Giamatti | The Holdovers | Paul Hunham | ||
Andrew Scott | All of Us Strangers | Adam | ||
Emma Stone | Poor Things | Bella Baxter | ||
Kôji Yakusho | Perfect Days | Hirayama | ||
2024 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Hard Truths | Pansey | [3] |
Mikey Madison | Anora | Anora "Ani" Mikheeva | ||
Adrien Brody | The Brutalist | László Tóth | ||
Colman Domingo | Sing Sing | John "Divine G" Whitfield | ||
Ralph Fiennes | Conclave | Thomas Cardinal Lawrence | ||
Karla Sofía Gascón | Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte | ||
Demi Moore | The Substance | Elisabeth Sparkle | ||
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