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.
Winners 2000s YearPerformerFilmRole 2005 Terrence Howard Hustle & Flow DJayAmy Adams Junebug Ashley JohnstenQ’orianka Kilcher The New World Pocahontas (Matoaka, Rebecca Rolfe)Taryn Manning Hustle & FlowNolaAishwarya Rai Bride and PrejudiceLalita Bakshi 2006 Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls Effie White 2007 Elliot Page Juno Juno MacGuff 2008 Dev Patel Slumdog Millionaire Jamal Malik 2009 Gabourey Sidibe Precious Claireece "Precious" JonesAnna Kendrick Up in the AirNatalie KeenerChristian McKay Me and Orson WellesOrson WellesCarey Mulligan An EducationJenny MellorJeremy Renner The Hurt LockerSergeant First Class William James
2010s Year Performer Film Role 2010 No award 2011 2012 Quvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild HushpuppyJared Gilman Moonrise KingdomSam ShakuskyKara HaywardSuzy BishopTom Holland The ImpossibleLucasLogan Lerman The Perks of Being a WallflowerCharlie Kelmeckis 2013 Tye Sheridan Mud EllisAsa Butterfield Ender’s GameEnder WigginAdèle Exarchopoulos Blue Is the Warmest ColourAdèleLiam James The Way Way BackDuncanWaad Mohammed WadjdaWadjda 2014 Ellar Coltrane Boyhood Mason Evans, Jr.Mackenzie Foy InterstellarMurphJaeden Lieberher St. VincentOliver BronsteinTony Revolori The Grand Budapest HotelZero MoustafaNoah Wiseman The BabadookSamuel Vanek 2015 Jacob Tremblay Room Jack NewsomeAbraham Attah Beasts of No NationAguRaffey Cassidy TomorrowlandAthenaOona Laurence SouthpawLeila Hope 2016 Lucas Hedges Manchester by the Sea Patrick ChandlerLewis MacDougall A Monster CallsConor O'MalleySunny Pawar LionSaroo BrierleyHailee Steinfeld The Edge of SeventeenNadine FranklinAnya Taylor-Joy The WitchThomasin 2017 Brooklynn Prince The Florida Project MooneeDafne Keen LoganLaura / X23Sophia Lillis ItBeverly "Bev" MarshMillicent Simmonds WonderstruckRose MayhewJacob Tremblay WonderAugust "Auggie" Pullman 2018 Elsie Fisher Eighth Grade Kayla DayThomasin Harcourt McKenzie Leave No TraceTomMilly Shapiro HereditaryCharlie GrahamMillicent Simmonds A Quiet PlaceRegan AbbottAmandla Stenberg The Hate U GiveStarr Carter 2019 Roman Griffin Davis Jojo Rabbit Jojo BetzlerJulia Butters Once Upon a Time in HollywoodTrudi FrazerShahadi Wright Joseph UsZora WilsonNoah Jupe Honey BoyOtis LortThomasin McKenzie Jojo RabbitElsa Korr
2020s YearPerformerFilmRole 2020Alan Kim Minari David YiMillie Bobby Brown Enola Holmes Enola HolmesSidney Flanigan Never Rarely Sometimes Always Autumn CallaghanTalia Ryder Never Rarely Sometimes Always SkylarHelena Zengel News of the World Johanna Leonberger 2021Woody NormanC'mon C'mon JesseJude Hill BelfastBuddyEmilia Jones CODARuby RossiSaniyya Sidney King RichardVenus WilliamsRachel Zegler West Side StoryMaría 2022Gabriel LaBelleThe Fabelmans Sammy FabelmanFrankie CorioAftersunSophie PattersonJalyn HallTillEmmett TillBanks Repeta Armageddon TimePaul GraffSadie SinkThe WhaleEllie 2023Dominic SessaThe Holdovers Angus TullyJoe Bird Talk To MeRileyAbby Ryder Fortson Are You There God? It’s Me, MargaretMargaret SimonMilo Machado Graner Anatomy of a FallDaniel MaleskiAriana Greenblatt BarbieSashaIman Vellani The MarvelsKamala Khan / Ms. Marvel 2024Elliott HeffernanBlitz GeorgeAlisha Weir AbigailAbigailAlyla Browne Furiosa: A Mad Max SagaYoung FuriosaIan Foreman Exhibiting ForgivenessYoung TarrellIsabel DeRoy–Olson Fancy DanceRokiIzaac Wang DidiChris "Dìdi" WangZoe Ziegler Janet PlanetLacy2025Miles CatonSinnersSammie MooreCary ChristopherWeaponsShannon Mahina GormanRental FamilyJacobi JupeHamnetMason ThamesHow to Train Your DragonNina YeLeft-Handed Girl
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