Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance

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The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance or Best Youth Performance is one of the annual awards given by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.

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Winners

2000s

YearPerformerFilmRole
2005 [1] Terrence Howard Hustle & Flow DJay
Amy Adams Junebug Ashley Johnsten
Q’orianka Kilcher The New World Pocahontas (Matoaka, Rebecca Rolfe)
Taryn Manning Hustle & Flow Nola
Aishwarya Rai Bride and Prejudice Lalita Bakshi
2006 [2] Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls Effie White
2007 [3] Elliot Page [a] Juno Juno MacGuff
2008 [4] Dev Patel Slumdog Millionaire Jamal Malik
2009 [5] Gabourey Sidibe Precious Claireece "Precious" Jones
Anna Kendrick Up in the Air Natalie Keener
Christian McKay Me and Orson Welles Orson Welles
Carey Mulligan An Education Jenny Mellor
Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker Sergeant First Class William James

2010s

YearPerformerFilmRole
2010 No award
2011
2012 [6] Quvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild Hushpuppy
Jared Gilman Moonrise Kingdom Sam Shakusky
Kara Hayward Moonrise Kingdom Suzy Bishop
Tom Holland The Impossible Lucas
Logan Lerman The Perks of Being a Wallflower Charlie Kelmeckis
2013 [7] Tye Sheridan Mud Ellis
Asa Butterfield Ender’s Game Ender Wiggin
Adèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest Colour Adèle
Liam James The Way Way Back Duncan
Waad Mohammed Wadjda Wadjda
2014 [8] Ellar Coltrane Boyhood Mason Evans, Jr.
Mackenzie Foy Interstellar Murph
Jaeden Lieberher St. Vincent Oliver Bronstein
Tony Revolori The Grand Budapest Hotel Zero Moustafa
Noah Wiseman The Babadook Samuel Vanek
2015 [9] Jacob Tremblay Room Jack Newsome
Abraham Attah Beasts of No Nation Agu
Raffey Cassidy Tomorrowland Athena
Oona Laurence Southpaw Leila Hope
2016 [10] Lucas Hedges Manchester by the Sea Patrick Chandler
Lewis MacDougall A Monster Calls Conor O'Malley
Sunny Pawar Lion Saroo Brierley
Hailee Steinfeld The Edge of Seventeen Nadine Franklin
Anya Taylor-Joy The Witch Thomasin
2017 [11] Brooklynn Prince The Florida Project Moonee
Dafne Keen Logan Laura / X23
Sophia Lillis It Beverly "Bev" Marsh
Millicent Simmonds Wonderstruck Rose Mayhew
Jacob Tremblay Wonder August "Auggie" Pullman
2018 [12] Elsie Fisher Eighth Grade Kayla Day
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie Leave No Trace Tom
Milly Shapiro Hereditary Charlie Graham
Millicent Simmonds A Quiet Place Regan Abbott
Amandla Stenberg The Hate U Give Starr Carter
2019 [13] Roman Griffin Davis Jojo Rabbit Jojo Betzler
Julia Butters Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Trudi Frazer
Shahadi Wright Joseph Us Zora Wilson
Noah Jupe Honey Boy Otis Lort
Thomasin McKenzie Jojo Rabbit Elsa Korr

2020s

YearPerformerFilmRole
2020 [14] Alan Kim Minari David Yi
Millie Bobby Brown Enola Holmes Enola Holmes
Sidney Flanigan Never Rarely Sometimes Always Autumn Callaghan
Talia Ryder Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysSkylar
Helena Zengel News of the World Johanna Leonberger
2021 [15] Woody Norman C'mon C'mon Jesse
Jude Hill Belfast Buddy
Emilia Jones CODA Ruby Rossi
Saniyya Sidney King Richard Venus Williams
Rachel Zegler West Side Story María
2022 [16] Gabriel LaBelle The Fabelmans Sammy Fabelman
Frankie Corio Aftersun Sophie Patterson
Jalyn Hall Till Emmett Till
Banks Repeta Armageddon Time Paul Graff
Sadie Sink The Whale Ellie
2023 [17] Dominic Sessa The Holdovers Angus Tully
Joe Bird Talk To Me Riley
Abby Ryder Fortson Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Margaret Simon
Milo Machado Graner Anatomy of a Fall Daniel Maleski
Ariana Greenblatt Barbie Sasha
Iman Vellani The Marvels Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel
2024 [18] Elliott Heffernan Blitz George
Alisha Weir Abigail Abigail
Alyla Browne Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Young Furiosa
Ian Foreman Exhibiting Forgiveness Young Tarrell
Isabel DeRoy–Olson Fancy Dance Roki
Izaac Wang Didi Chris "Dìdi" Wang
Zoe Ziegler Janet Planet Lacy

Notes

  1. ↑ Credited as Ellen Page

References

  1. ↑ wafcaadmin (2005-12-12). "2005 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  2. ↑ wafcaadmin (2006-12-11). "2006 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  3. ↑ wafcaadmin (2007-12-10). "2007 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  4. ↑ wafcaadmin (2008-12-08). "2008 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  5. ↑ wafcaadmin (2009-12-07). "2009 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  6. ↑ wafcaadmin (2012-12-10). "2012 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  7. ↑ wafcaadmin (2013-12-08). "2013 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  8. ↑ wafcaadmin (2014-12-08). "2014 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  9. ↑ wafcaadmin (2015-12-07). "2015 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  10. ↑ wafcaadmin (2016-12-05). "2016 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  11. ↑ wafcaadmin (2017-12-08). "2017 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  12. ↑ wafcaadmin (2018-12-03). "2018 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  13. ↑ wafcaadmin (2019-12-08). "2019 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  14. ↑ wafcaadmin (2021-02-08). "2020 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  15. ↑ Neglia, Matt (2021-12-06). "The 2021 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  16. ↑ wafcaadmin (2022-12-12). "2022 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  17. ↑ wafcaadmin (2023-12-10). "2023 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  18. ↑ wafcaadmin (2024-12-08). "The 2024 WAFCA Award Winners are Here!". WAFCA. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
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