MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
{{Short description|Award}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2024}}
This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Breakthrough Performance, first awarded in 1992. In 2010 and 2011, it was renamed Best Breakout Star. In 2012, it returned to its original name but was turned into a non-voting category, where an academy of outstanding directors honors a silver screen newcomer with extraordinary talent. In 2017, it was renamed Next Generation, and was converted to a voting category.
From 1999 to 2005, and in 2009, it was split into two categories: Best Male Breakthrough Performance and Best Female Breakthrough Performance.
Winners and nominees
= 1990s =
| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5" |
| width="10%"| Year
! width="30%"| Winners and nominees ! width="30%"| Film ! width="30%"| Role !Ref |
|---|
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1992
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Edward Furlong | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| John Connor |{{cite web |last1=Kleid |first1=Beth |title=Movies - June 8, 1992 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-08-ca-52-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=8 June 1992}} |
| Anna Chlumsky
| My Girl | Vada Sultenfuss | |
| Ice-T
| Scotty Appleton | |
| Campbell Scott
| Victor Geddes | |
| Kimberly Williams
| Annie Banks | |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1993
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Marisa Tomei | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| My Cousin Vinny | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Mona Lisa Vito | |
| Halle Berry
| Angela Lewis | |
| Whitney Houston
| Rachel Marron | |
| Kathy Najimy
| Sister Mary Patrick | |
| Rosie O'Donnell
| Doris Murphy | |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1994
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Alicia Silverstone | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| The Crush | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Adrian Forrester | |
| Ralph Fiennes
| |
| Jason Scott Lee
| |
| Ross Malinger
| Jonah Baldwin | |
| Jason James Richter
| Jesse | |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1995
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Kirsten Dunst | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Interview with the Vampire | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Claudia | |
| Tim Allen
| Scott Calvin | |
| Cameron Diaz
| The Mask | Tina Carlyle | |
| Hugh Grant
| Charles | |
| Mykelti Williamson
| Bubba Blue | |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1996
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| George Clooney | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| From Dusk till Dawn | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Seth Gecko | |
| Sean Patrick Flanery
| Powder | Jeremy "Powder" Reed | |
| Natasha Henstridge
| Species | Sil | |
| Lela Rochon
| Robin Stokes | |
| Chris Tucker
| Friday | Smokey | |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1997
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Matthew McConaughey | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| A Time to Kill | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Jake Brigance | |
| Vivica A. Fox
| Jasmine Dubrow | |
| Courtney Love
| |
| Ewan McGregor
| Mark "Rent Boy" Renton | |
| Renée Zellweger
| Dorothy Boyd | |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1998
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Heather Graham | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Boogie Nights | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Rollergirl | |
| Joey Lauren Adams
| Alyssa Jones | |
| Rupert Everett
| George Downes | |
| Sarah Michelle Gellar
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | Helen Shivers | |
| Jennifer Lopez
| Selena | Selena | |
| rowspan="10" align="center" |1999
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |James Van Der Beek | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Varsity Blues | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Jonathan "Mox" Moxon | |
| Ray Allen
| Jesus Shuttlesworth | |
| Joseph Fiennes
| |
| Josh Hartnett
| Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | John Tate | |
| Chris Rock
| Detective Lee Butters | |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Katie Holmes
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Disturbing Behavior | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Rachel Waggner | |
| Cate Blanchett
| |
| Brandy
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Karla Wilson | |
| Rachael Leigh Cook
| Laney Boggs | |
| Catherine Zeta-Jones
| |
=2000s=
| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5" |
| width="10%"| Year
! width="30%"| Winners and nominees ! width="30%"| Film ! width="30%"| Role |
|---|
| rowspan="10" align="center" |2000
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Haley Joel Osment | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |The Sixth Sense | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Cole Sear |
| Wes Bentley
| Ricky Fitts |
| Jason Biggs
| Jim Levenstein |
| Michael Clarke Duncan
| John Coffey |
| Jamie Foxx
| "Steamin" Willie Beamen |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Julia Stiles
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| 10 Things I Hate About You | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Kat Stratford |
| Selma Blair
| Cecile Duvall |
| Shannon Elizabeth
| Nadia |
| Carrie-Anne Moss
| Trinity |
| Hilary Swank |
| rowspan="11" align="center" |2001
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Sean Patrick Thomas | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Save the Last Dance | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Derek Reynolds |
| Jack Black
| Barry |
| Patrick Fugit
| William Miller |
| Tom Green
| Barry Manilow |
| Hugh Jackman
| X-Men |
| Ashton Kutcher
| Jesse Montgomery III |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Erika Christensen
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Traffic | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Caroline Wakefield |
| Aaliyah
| Trish O'Day |
| Anna Faris
| Cindy Campbell |
| Piper Perabo
| Violet Sanford |
| Zhang Ziyi
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Jen Yu |
| rowspan="10" align="center" |2002
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Orlando Bloom | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Legolas |
| DMX
| Latrell Walker / Leon Rollins |
| Colin Hanks
| Shaun Brumder |
| Daniel Radcliffe |
| Paul Walker
| Brian O'Conner |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Mandy Moore
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| A Walk to Remember | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Jamie Elizabeth Sullivan |
| Penélope Cruz
| Blow | Mirtha Jung |
| Anne Hathaway
| Princess Mia Thermopolis |
| Shannyn Sossamon
| Jocelyn |
| Britney Spears
| Lucy Wagner |
| rowspan="11" align="center" |2003
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Eminem | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |8 Mile | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith |
| Nick Cannon
| Drumline | Devon Miles |
| Kieran Culkin
| Jason "Igby" Slocumb, Jr. |
| Derek Luke
| Antwone Fisher |
| Ryan Reynolds |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Jennifer Garner
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Daredevil | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Elektra |
| Kate Bosworth
| Anne Marie Chadwick |
| Eve
| Terri Jones |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal
| Lee Holloway |
| Beyoncé Knowles
| Foxxy Cleopatra |
| Nia Vardalos
| Toula Portokalos |
| rowspan="10" align="center" |2004
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Shawn Ashmore | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |X2 | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Iceman |
| Shia LaBeouf
| Holes | Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV |
| Ludacris
| Tej Parker |
| Omarion
| David |
| Cillian Murphy
| Jim |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Lindsay Lohan
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Freaky Friday | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Anna Coleman |
| Jessica Biel
| Erin |
| Scarlett Johansson
| Charlotte |
| Keira Knightley |
| Evan Rachel Wood
| Thirteen | Tracy Louise Freeland |
| rowspan="10" align="center" |2005
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Jon Heder | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Napoleon Dynamite | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Napoleon Dynamite |
| Zach Braff
| Andrew Largeman |
| Freddie Highmore |
| Tim McGraw
| Charles Billingsley |
| Tyler Perry
| Madea |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Rachel McAdams
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Mean Girls | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Regina George |
| Ashanti
| Kyra |
| Elisha Cuthbert
| Danielle |
| Bryce Dallas Howard
| Ivy Elizabeth Walker |
| Emmy Rossum
| Laura Chapman |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2006
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Isla Fisher | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Wedding Crashers | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Gloria Cleary |
| André "3000" Benjamin
| Jeremiah Mercer |
| Jennifer Carpenter
| Emily Rose |
| Taraji P. Henson
| Shug |
| Romany Malco
| Jay |
| Nelly
| Earl Megget |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2007
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Jaden Smith | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| The Pursuit of Happyness | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Christopher Gardner, Jr. |
| Emily Blunt
| Emily Charlton |
| Abigail Breslin
| Olive Hoover |
| Lena Headey
| 300 |
| Columbus Short
| DJ Williams |
| Justin Timberlake
| Frankie "Nuts" Ballenbacher |
| rowspan="8" align="center"| 2008
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Zac Efron | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Hairspray | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Link Larkin |
| Nikki Blonsky
| Tracy Turnblad |
| Chris Brown
| Michael "Baby" Whitfield |
| Michael Cera
| Superbad | Evan |
| Megan Fox
| Mikaela Banes |
| Jonah Hill
| rowspan="2"|Superbad | Seth |
| Christopher Mintz-Plasse
| McLovin' |
| Seth Rogen
| Ben Stone |
| rowspan="11" align="center" |2009
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Robert Pattinson | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Twilight | style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Edward Cullen |
| Ben Barnes
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Prince Caspian |
| Taylor Lautner
| Twilight | Jacob Black |
| Dev Patel
| Jamal Malik |
| Bobb'e J. Thompson
| Ronnie Shields |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Ashley Tisdale
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| High School Musical 3: Senior Year | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Sharpay Evans |
| Miley Cyrus |
| Kat Dennings
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Norah |
| Vanessa Hudgens
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Gabriella Montez |
| Freida Pinto
| Latika |
| Amanda Seyfried
| Sophie Sheridan |
=2010s=
| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5" |
| width="10%"| Year
! width="30%"| Winners and nominees ! width="30%"| Film/Show ! width="30%"| Role |
|---|
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2010
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Anna Kendrick | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Up in the Air | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Natalie Keener |
| Quinton Aaron |
| Zach Galifianakis
| Alan Garner |
| Logan Lerman |
| Chris Pine |
| Gabourey Sidibe
| Precious | Claireece "Precious" Jones |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2011
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Chloë Grace Moretz | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Kick-Ass | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Hit-Girl |
| Jay Chou
| Kato |
| Andrew Garfield
| Eduardo Saverin |
| Xavier Samuel |
| Hailee Steinfeld
| Mattie Ross |
| Olivia Wilde
| Quorra |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2012
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Shailene Woodley | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| The Descendants | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Alexandra "Alex" King |
| Elle Fanning
| Super 8 | Alice Dainard |
| Melissa McCarthy
| Megan Price |
| Rooney Mara |
| Liam Hemsworth |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2013
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Rebel Wilson | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Pitch Perfect | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Fat Amy |
| Ezra Miller
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Patrick |
| Eddie Redmayne |
| Suraj Sharma
| Piscine "Pi" Patel |
| Quvenzhané Wallis
| Hushpuppy |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2014
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Will Poulter | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| We're the Millers | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Kenny Rossmore |
| Liam James
| Duncan |
| Margot Robbie |
| Michael B. Jordan |
| Miles Teller
| Sutter Keely |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2015
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Dylan O'Brien | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| The Maze Runner | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Thomas |
| Ansel Elgort
| Augustus Waters |
| David Oyelowo
| Selma |
| Ellar Coltrane
| Boyhood | Mason Evans, Jr. |
| Rosamund Pike
| Amy Elliott-Dunne |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2016
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Daisy Ridley | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Rey |
| Amy Schumer
| Amy Townsend |
| Brie Larson
| Room | Joy "Ma" Newsome |
| Dakota Johnson
| Anastasia Steele |
| John Boyega
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Finn |
| O'Shea Jackson Jr.
| Ice Cube |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2017
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Daniel Kaluuya | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Get Out | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Chris Washington |
| Riz Ahmed |
| Chrissy Metz
| Kate Pearson |
| Issa Rae
| Insecure | Issa Dee |
| Yara Shahidi
| Zoey Johnson |
| rowspan="8" align="center"| 2018
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Tiffany Haddish | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Girls Trip | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Dina |
| rowspan="2"| Iain Armitage
| Ziggy Chapman |
| Young Sheldon |
| Timothée Chalamet |
| rowspan="2"| Katherine Langford |
| rowspan="2"| Love, Simon |
| Nick Robinson |
| Letitia Wright
| Shuri |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2019
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Noah Centineo | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| To All the Boys I've Loved Before | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Peter Kavinsky |
| Awkwafina
| Goh Peik Lin |
| Ncuti Gatwa
| Eric Effiong |
| Haley Lu Richardson
| Stella |
| Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
| Pose | Blanca Rodriguez |
=2020s=
| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5" |
| width="10%"| Year
! width="30%"| Winners and nominees ! width="30%"| Film/Show ! width="30%"| Role |
|---|
| align="center"| 2020
| colspan="3" align="center" |Ceremony not held due to COVID-19 pandemic; Greatest of All Time special aired instead |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2021
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Regé-Jean Page | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Bridgerton | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Simon, Duke of Hastings |
| Maria Bakalova
| Tutar |
| Antonia Gentry
| Ginny Miller |
| Paul Mescal
| Connell Waldren |
| Ashley Park (actress)
| Mindy Chen |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2022
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Sophia Di Martino | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Loki | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Sylvie |
| Ariana DeBose
| Anita |
| Hannah Einbinder
| Hacks | Ava Daniels |
| Alana Haim
| Alana Kane |
| Jung Ho-yeon
| Kang Sae-byeok |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 2023
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Joseph Quinn | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Stranger Things | style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Eddie Munson |
| Bad Bunny
| The Wolf |
| Bella Ramsey
| Ellie |
| Emma D'Arcy
| Rhaenyra Targaryen |
| Rachel Sennott
| Alice |
References
{{reflist}}
{{MTV Movie Awards|state=expanded}}
{{MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance}}