Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer
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The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer (Actor/Actress) is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. It is given for the best performance by a child/teenager or a young adult actor in a motion picture.
List of winners and nominees[]
Best Child Performance (1996–2003)[]
- 1996: Jonathan Lipnicki as Ray Boyd – Jerry Maguire
- 1997: Jurnee Smollett as Eve Batiste – Eve's Bayou
- 1998: Ian Michael Smith as Simon Birch – Simon Birch
- 1999: Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear – The Sixth Sense
- 2000: Jamie Bell as Billy Elliot – Billy Elliot
- 2001: Dakota Fanning as Lucy Diamond Dawson – I Am Sam
- Haley Joel Osment as David – A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter – Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- 2002: Kieran Culkin as Jason "Igby" Slocumb, Jr. – Igby Goes Down
- Tyler Hoechlin as Michael Sullivan Jr. – Road to Perdition
- Nicholas Hoult as Marcus Brewer – About a Boy
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 2003: Keisha Castle-Hughes as Paikea "Pai" Apirana – Whale Rider
- Emma Bolger as Ariel Sullivan – In America
- Sarah Bolger as Christy Sullivan – In America
- Evan Rachel Wood as Tracy Freeland – Thirteen
Best Young Actor (2004–2007)[]
- 2004: Freddie Highmore as Peter Llewelyn Davies – Finding Neverland
- Liam Aiken as Klaus Baudelaire – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Cameron Bright as Sean – Birth
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- William Ullrich as Bobby Darin – Beyond the Sea
- 2005: Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Jesse Eisenberg as Walt Berkman – The Squid and the Whale
- Alex Etel as Damian Cunningham – Millions
- Owen Kline as Frank Berkman – The Squid and the Whale
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2006: Paul Dano as Dwayne Hoover – Little Miss Sunshine
- Cameron Bright as Joey Taylor – Thank You for Smoking
- Joseph Cross as Augusten Burroughs – Running with Scissors
- Freddie Highmore as Max Skinner – A Good Year
- Jaden Smith as Christopher Gardner, Jr. – The Pursuit of Happyness
- 2007: Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada as Hassan – The Kite Runner
- Michael Cera as Paulie Bleeker – Juno
- Freddie Highmore as Evan Taylor / August Rush – August Rush
- Edward Sanders as Tobias Ragg – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Young Actress (2004–2007)[]
- 2004: Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera as Christine Daaé
- Emily Browning – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Violet Baudelaire
- Dakota Fanning – Man on Fire as Lupita "Pita" Ramos
- Lindsay Lohan – Mean Girls as Cady Heron
- Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Hermione Granger
- 2005: Dakota Fanning – War of the Worlds as Rachel Ferrier
- Flora Cross – Bee Season as Eliza Naumann
- Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Lucy Pevensie
- Q'orianka Kilcher – The New World as Pocahontas
- Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Hermione Granger
- 2006: Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine as Olive Hoover
- Ivana Baquero – Pan's Labyrinth as Ofelia
- Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson as Drey
- Dakota Fanning – Charlotte's Web as Fern Arable
- Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee as Akeelah Anderson
- 2007: Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray as Tracy Turnblad
- Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass as Lyra Belacqua
- AnnaSophia Robb – Bridge to Terabithia as Leslie Burke
- Saoirse Ronan – Atonement as Briony Tallis
Best Young Performer (2008)[]
- Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik
- Dakota Fanning – The Secret Life of Bees as Lily Owens
- David Kross – The Reader as Michael Berg
- Brandon Walters – Australia as Nullah
Best Young Actor/Actress (2009–)[]
- 2009: Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones as Susie Salmon
- Jae Head �� The Blind Side as Sean "S.J." Tuohy Jr.
- Bailee Madison – Brothers as Isabelle Cahill
- Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are as Max
- Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Road as the Boy
- 2010: Hailee Steinfeld as Mattalyn "Mattie" Ross – True Grit
- Elle Fanning as Cleo – Somewhere
- Jennifer Lawrence as Ree Dolly – Winter's Bone
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy Macready / Hit-Girl – Kick-Ass
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Abby – Let Me In
- Kodi Smit-McPhee as Owen – Let Me In
- 2011: Thomas Horn as Oskar Schell – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret – Hugo
- Elle Fanning as Alice Dainard – Super 8
- Ezra Miller as Kevin Khatchadourian – We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Saoirse Ronan as Hanna Heller – Hanna
- Shailene Woodley as Alexandra King – The Descendants
- 2012: Quvenzhané Wallis as Hushpuppy – Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Elle Fanning as Ginger – Ginger & Rosa
- Kara Hayward as Suzy Bishop – Moonrise Kingdom
- Tom Holland as Lucas Bennett – The Impossible
- Logan Lerman as Charlie – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Suraj Sharma as Piscine "Pi" Patel – Life of Pi
- 2013: Adèle Exarchopoulos as Adèle – Blue Is the Warmest Colour
- Asa Butterfield as Andrew "Ender" Wiggin – Ender's Game
- Liam James as Duncan – The Way, Way Back
- Sophie Nélisse as Liesel Meminger – The Book Thief
- Tye Sheridan as Ellis – Mud
- 2014: Ellar Coltrane as Mason Evans Jr. – Boyhood
- Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters – The Fault in Our Stars
- Mackenzie Foy as Murphy "Murph" Cooper – Interstellar
- Jaeden Martell as Oliver Bronstein – St. Vincent
- Tony Revolori as Zero Moustafa – The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Quvenzhané Wallis as Annie Bennett – Annie
- Noah Wiseman as Samuel – The Babadook
- 2015: Jacob Tremblay as Jack Newsome – Room
- Abraham Attah as Agu – Beasts of No Nation
- RJ Cyler as Earl – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- Shameik Moore as Malcolm Adekanbi – Dope
- Milo Parker as Roger Munro – Mr. Holmes
- 2016: Lucas Hedges as Patrick Chandler – Manchester by the Sea
- Alex R. Hibbert as Child Chiron / Little – Moonlight
- Lewis MacDougall as Conor O'Malley – A Monster Calls
- Madina Nalwanga as Phiona Mutesi – Queen of Katwe
- Sunny Pawar as Young Saroo – Lion
- Hailee Steinfeld as Nadine Franklin – The Edge of Seventeen
- 2017: Brooklynn Prince as Moonee – The Florida Project
- Mckenna Grace as Mary Adler – Gifted
- Dafne Keen as Laura Kinney / X-23 – Logan
- Millicent Simmonds as Rose – Wonderstruck
- Jacob Tremblay as August "Auggie" Pullman – Wonder
- 2018: Elsie Fisher as Kayla Day – Eighth Grade
- Thomasin McKenzie as Tom – Leave No Trace
- Ed Oxenbould as Joe Brinson – Wildlife
- Millicent Simmonds as Regan Abbott – A Quiet Place
- Amandla Stenberg as Starr Carter – The Hate U Give
- Sunny Suljic as Stevie – Mid90s
- 2019: Roman Griffin Davis as Johannes "Jojo Rabbit" Betzler – Jojo Rabbit
- Julia Butters as Trudi Fraser – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Shahadi Wright Joseph as Zora Wilson / Umbrae – Us
- Noah Jupe as Otis Lort (12) – Honey Boy
- Thomasin McKenzie as Elsa Korr – Jojo Rabbit
- Archie Yates as Yorki – Jojo Rabbit
- 2020: Alan Kim as David Yi – Minari
- Ryder Allen as Sam – Palmer
- Ibrahima Gueye as Momo – The Life Ahead
- Talia Ryder as Skylar – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Caoilinn Springall as young Iris – The Midnight Sky
- Helena Zengel as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada – News of the World
- 2021:
- Jude Hill as Buddy - Belfast
- Cooper Hoffman as Gary Valentine - Licorice Pizza
- Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi - CODA
- Woody Norman as Jesse - C'mon C'mon
- Saniyya Sidney as Venus Williams - King Richard
- Rachel Zegler as Maria - West Side Story
Categories:
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
- Awards for young actors