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Here are the list of nominees and winners of the Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.

Jennifer Hudson, Lupita Nyong'o & Octavia Spencer are the only Black Reel Award winners to win an Academy Award for their breakthrough performances. Quvenzhané Wallis, Barkhad Abdi & Gabourey Sidibe earn Academy Award nominations.

2014 marked the first time that the category was split by gender.

Winners and nominees

Year Winner Nominees Source
2016 Abraham Attah ( Beasts of No Nation) (Breakthrough Actor) [1]
Kiersey Clemons ( Dope) (Breakthrough Actress)
2015 Tyler James Williams ( Dear White People) (Breakthrough Actor) [2]
Teyonah Parris ( Dear White People) (Breakthrough Actress)
2014 Barkhad Abdi( Captain Phillips) (Breakthrough Actor) [3]
Lupita Nyong'o( 12 Years a Slave) (Breakthrough Actress)
2013 Quvenzhané Wallis ( Beasts of the Southern Wild) [4]
2012 Adepero Oduye ( Pariah) [5]
2011 Tessa Thompson ( For Colored Girls) [6]
2010 Gabourey Sidibe ( Precious) [7]
2008 Dev Patel ( Slumdog Millionaire) [8]
2007 Jennifer Hudson ( Dreamgirls) [9]
2006 Brandon T. Jackson ( Roll Bounce) [10]
2005 Sharon Warren ( Ray) [11]
2004 Naomie Harris ( 28 Days Later) [12]
2003 Derek Luke ( Antwone Fisher) [13]

References

  1. ^ "16th Annual Black Reel Award Nominations". 16 December 2015. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ "And the Nominees Are . ." 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ^ ""12 Years a Slave" Breaks Free". 14 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Black Reels Embraces Diverse Group of Films". 19 December 2012.
  5. ^ http://blackreelawards.wordpress.com/ [ user-generated source]
  6. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2011)". IMDb.
  7. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2010)". IMDb.
  8. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2008)". IMDb.
  9. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2007)". IMDb.
  10. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2006)". IMDb.
  11. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2005)". IMDb.
  12. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2004)". IMDb.
  13. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2003)". IMDb.