Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Richard Jewell
Paul Walter Hauser
2018 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Leave No Trace
Thomasin McKenzie
2017 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Call Me by Your Name
Timothée Chalamet
2016 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Manchester by the Sea
Lucas Hedges
2015 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Beasts of No Nation
Abraham Attah
2014 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Starred Up
Jack O’Connell
2013 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Adèle Exarchopoulos
2012 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
The Impossible
Tom Holland
2011 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Like Crazy
Felicity Jones
2010 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Winter’s Bone
Jennifer Lawrence
2009 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Precious
Gabourey Sidibe
2008 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Doubt
Viola Davis
2007 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Into the Wild
Emile Hirsch
2006 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Babel
Rinko Kikuchi
2005 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Crash
Terrence Howard
2004 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
In Good Company
Topher Grace
2003 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
American Splendor
Paul Giamatti
2002 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Antwone Fisher
Derek Luke
2001 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Life as a House
Hayden Christensen
2000 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Billy Elliot
Jamie Bell
1999 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
American Beauty
Wes Bentley
1998 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Playing by Heart
Angelina Jolie
1997 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Red Corner
Bai Ling
1996 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
Jerry Maguire
Renée Zellweger
1995 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
