Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
The Last Tree
Samuel Adewunmi
2018 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Beast
Jessie Buckley
2017 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Lady Macbeth
Naomi Ackie
2016 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
I, Daniel Blake
Hayley Squires
2015 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Nina Forever
Abigail Hardingham
2014 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Catch Me Daddy
Sameena Jabeen Ahmed
2013 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Shell
Chloe Pirrie
2012 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
My Brother the Devil
James Krishna Floyd
2011 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Weekend
Tom Cullen
2010 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
In Our Name
Joanne Froggatt
2009 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Fish Tank
Katie Jarvis
2008 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Slumdog Millionaire
Dev Patel
2007 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Control
Sam Riley
2006 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
This Is England
Thomas Turgoose
2005 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
In My Father’s Den
Emily Barclay
2004 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Bullet Boy
Ashley Walters
2003 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Pure
Harry Eden
2002 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Sweet Sixteen
Martin Compston
2001 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
My Brother Tom
Ben Whishaw
2000 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
Billy Elliot
Jamie Bell
1999 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
The War Zone
Lara Belmont
1998 British Independent Film Awards – Most Promising Newcomer
