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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 actor in a motion picture.

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed in bold type.

Best Child Performer (1996–2003)

  • 1996: Jonathan Lipnicki – Jerry Maguire
  • 1997: Jurnee Smollett – Eve's Bayou
  • 1998: Ian Michael Smith – Simon Birch
  • 1999: Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense
  • 2000: Jamie Bell – Billy Elliot
  • 2001:
  • Dakota Fanning – I Am Sam
  • Haley Joel Osment – A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • 2002:
  • Kieran Culkin – Igby Goes Down
  • Tyler Hoechlin – Road to Perdition
  • Nicholas Hoult – About a Boy
  • Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • 2003:
  • Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider
  • Emma Bolger – In America
  • Sarah Bolger – In America
  • Evan Rachel Wood – Thirteen
  • Best Young Actor (2004–2007)

  • 2004:
  • Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland
  • Liam Aiken – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Cameron Bright – Birth
  • Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • William Ullrich – Beyond the Sea
  • 2005:
  • Freddie Highmore – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Jesse Eisenberg – The Squid and the Whale
  • Alex Etel – Millions
  • Owen Kline – The Squid and the Whale
  • Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • 2006:
  • Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine
  • Cameron Bright – Thank You for Smoking
  • Joseph Cross – Running with Scissors
  • Freddie Highmore – A Good Year
  • Jaden Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
  • 2007:
  • Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada – The Kite Runner
  • Michael Cera – Juno
  • Freddie Highmore – August Rush
  • Josh Hutcherson – Bridge to Terabithia
  • Edward Sanders – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Best Young Actress (2004–2007)

  • 2004:
  • Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera
  • Emily Browning – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Dakota Fanning – Man on Fire
  • Lindsay Lohan – Mean Girls
  • Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • 2005:
  • Dakota Fanning – War of the Worlds
  • Flora Cross – Bee Season
  • Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • Q'orianka Kilcher – The New World
  • Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • 2006:
  • Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
  • Ivana Baquero – Pan's Labyrinth
  • Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
  • Dakota Fanning – Charlotte's Web
  • Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee
  • 2007:
  • Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
  • Abigail Breslin – No Reservations
  • Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
  • AnnaSophia Robb – Bridge to Terabithia
  • Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
  • Best Young Performer (2008)

  • Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Dakota Fanning – The Secret Life of Bees
  • David Kross – The Reader
  • Brandon Walters – Australia
  • Best Young Actor/Actress (2009)

  • Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones
  • Jae Head – The Blind Side
  • Bailee Madison – Brothers
  • Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Road
  • 2010s

  • 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 "Alex" 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 – 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 Lieberher 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
  • References

    Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer Wikipedia