MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance

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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

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### 1990s

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Year  | Winners and nominees  | Film  | Role  | Ref

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1992 | Edward Furlong | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | John Connor | [1]
Anna Chlumsky | My Girl | Vada Sultenfuss  |
Ice-T | New Jack City | Scotty Appleton  |
Campbell Scott | Dying Young | Victor Geddes  |
Kimberly Williams | Father of the Bride | Annie Banks  |
1993 | Marisa Tomei | My Cousin Vinny | Mona Lisa Vito |
Halle Berry | Boomerang | Angela Lewis  |
Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard | Rachel Marron  |
Kathy Najimy | Sister Act | Sister Mary Patrick  |
Rosie O'Donnell | A League of Their Own | Doris Murphy  |
1994 | Alicia Silverstone | The Crush | Adrian Forrester |
Ralph Fiennes | Schindler's List | Amon Göth |
Jason Scott Lee | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Bruce Lee |
Ross Malinger | Sleepless in Seattle | Jonah Baldwin  |
Jason James Richter | Free Willy | Jesse  |
1995 | Kirsten Dunst | Interview with the Vampire | Claudia |
Tim Allen | The Santa Clause | Scott Calvin  |
Cameron Diaz | The Mask | Tina Carlyle  |
Hugh Grant | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Charles  |
Mykelti Williamson | Forrest Gump | Bubba Blue  |
1996 | George Clooney | From Dusk till Dawn | Seth Gecko |
Sean Patrick Flanery | Powder | Jeremy "Powder" Reed  |
Natasha Henstridge | Species | Sil  |
Lela Rochon | Waiting to Exhale | Robin Stokes  |
Chris Tucker | Friday | Smokey  |
1997 | Matthew McConaughey | A Time to Kill | Jake Brigance |
Vivica A. Fox | Independence Day | Jasmine Dubrow  |
Courtney Love | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Althea Leasure |
Ewan McGregor | Trainspotting | Mark "Rent Boy" Renton  |
Renée Zellweger | Jerry Maguire | Dorothy Boyd  |
1998 | Heather Graham | Boogie Nights | Rollergirl |
Joey Lauren Adams | Chasing Amy | Alyssa Jones  |
Rupert Everett | My Best Friend's Wedding | George Downes  |
Sarah Michelle Gellar | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Helen Shivers  |
Jennifer Lopez | Selena | Selena |
1999 | James Van Der Beek | Varsity Blues | Jonathan "Mox" Moxon |
Ray Allen | He Got Game | Jesus Shuttlesworth  |
Joseph Fiennes | Shakespeare in Love | William Shakespeare |
Josh Hartnett | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | John Tate  |
Chris Rock | Lethal Weapon 4 | Detective Lee Butters  |
Katie Holmes | Disturbing Behavior | Rachel Waggner |
Cate Blanchett | Elizabeth | Elizabeth I |
Brandy | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Karla Wilson  |
Rachael Leigh Cook | She's All That | Laney Boggs  |
Catherine Zeta-Jones | The Mask of Zorro | Elena Montero |

### 2000s

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Year  | Winners and nominees  | Film  | Role

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2000 | Haley Joel Osment | The Sixth Sense | Cole Sear
Wes Bentley | American Beauty | Ricky Fitts
Jason Biggs | American Pie | Jim Levenstein
Michael Clarke Duncan | The Green Mile | John Coffey
Jamie Foxx | Any Given Sunday | "Steamin" Willie Beamen
Julia Stiles | 10 Things I Hate About You | Kat Stratford
Selma Blair | Cruel Intentions | Cecile Duvall
Shannon Elizabeth | American Pie | Nadia
Carrie-Anne Moss | The Matrix | Trinity
Hilary Swank | Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena
2001 | Sean Patrick Thomas | Save the Last Dance | Derek Reynolds
Jack Black | High Fidelity | Barry
Patrick Fugit | Almost Famous | William Miller
Tom Green | Road Trip | Barry Manilow
Hugh Jackman | X-Men | Wolverine
Ashton Kutcher | Dude, Where's My Car? | Jesse Montgomery III
Erika Christensen | Traffic | Caroline Wakefield
Aaliyah | Romeo Must Die | Trish O'Day
Anna Faris | Scary Movie | Cindy Campbell
Piper Perabo | Coyote Ugly | Violet Sanford
Zhang Ziyi | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Jen Yu
2002 | Orlando Bloom | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Legolas
DMX | Exit Wounds | Latrell Walker / Leon Rollins
Colin Hanks | Orange County | Shaun Brumder
Daniel Radcliffe | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Harry Potter
Paul Walker | The Fast and the Furious | Brian O'Conner
Mandy Moore | A Walk to Remember | Jamie Elizabeth Sullivan
Penélope Cruz | Blow | Mirtha Jung
Anne Hathaway | The Princess Diaries | Princess Mia Thermopolis
Shannyn Sossamon | A Knight's Tale | Jocelyn
Britney Spears | Crossroads | Lucy Wagner
2003 | Eminem | 8 Mile | Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith
Nick Cannon | Drumline | Devon Miles
Kieran Culkin | Igby Goes Down | Jason "Igby" Slocumb, Jr.
Derek Luke | Antwone Fisher | Antwone Fisher
Ryan Reynolds | National Lampoon's Van Wilder | Van Wilder
Jennifer Garner | Daredevil | Elektra
Kate Bosworth | Blue Crush | Anne Marie Chadwick
Eve | Barbershop | Terri Jones
Maggie Gyllenhaal | Secretary | Lee Holloway
Beyoncé Knowles | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Foxxy Cleopatra
Nia Vardalos | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Toula Portokalos
2004 | Shawn Ashmore | X2 | Iceman
Shia LaBeouf | Holes | Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV
Ludacris | 2 Fast 2 Furious | Tej Parker
Omarion | You Got Served | David
Cillian Murphy | 28 Days Later | Jim
Lindsay Lohan | Freaky Friday | Anna Coleman
Jessica Biel | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Erin
Scarlett Johansson | Lost in Translation | Charlotte
Keira Knightley | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Elizabeth Swann
Evan Rachel Wood | Thirteen | Tracy Louise Freeland
2005 | Jon Heder | Napoleon Dynamite | Napoleon Dynamite
Zach Braff | Garden State | Andrew Largeman
Freddie Highmore | Finding Neverland | Peter Llewelyn Davies
Tim McGraw | Friday Night Lights | Charles Billingsley
Tyler Perry | Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Madea
Rachel McAdams | Mean Girls | Regina George
Ashanti | Coach Carter | Kyra
Elisha Cuthbert | The Girl Next Door | Danielle
Bryce Dallas Howard | The Village | Ivy Elizabeth Walker
Emmy Rossum | The Day After Tomorrow | Laura Chapman
2006 | Isla Fisher | Wedding Crashers | Gloria Cleary
André "3000" Benjamin | Four Brothers | Jeremiah Mercer
Jennifer Carpenter | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Emily Rose
Taraji P. Henson | Hustle & Flow | Shug
Romany Malco | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Jay
Nelly | The Longest Yard | Earl Megget
2007 | Jaden Smith | The Pursuit of Happyness | Christopher Gardner, Jr.
Emily Blunt | The Devil Wears Prada | Emily Charlton
Abigail Breslin | Little Miss Sunshine | Olive Hoover
Lena Headey | 300 | Queen Gorgo
Columbus Short | Stomp the Yard | DJ Williams
Justin Timberlake | Alpha Dog | Frankie "Nuts" Ballenbacher
2008 | Zac Efron | Hairspray | Link Larkin
Nikki Blonsky | Hairspray | Tracy Turnblad
Chris Brown | This Christmas | Michael "Baby" Whitfield
Michael Cera | Superbad | Evan
Megan Fox | Transformers | Mikaela Banes
Jonah Hill | Superbad | Seth
Christopher Mintz-Plasse | McLovin'
Seth Rogen | Knocked Up | Ben Stone
2009 | Robert Pattinson | Twilight | Edward Cullen
Ben Barnes | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Prince Caspian
Taylor Lautner | Twilight | Jacob Black
Dev Patel | Slumdog Millionaire | Jamal Malik
Bobb'e J. Thompson | Role Models | Ronnie Shields
Ashley Tisdale | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Sharpay Evans
Miley Cyrus | Hannah Montana: The Movie | Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana
Kat Dennings | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | Norah
Vanessa Hudgens | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Gabriella Montez
Freida Pinto | Slumdog Millionaire | Latika
Amanda Seyfried | Mamma Mia! | Sophie Sheridan

### 2010s

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Year  | Winners and nominees  | Film/Show  | Role

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2010 | Anna Kendrick | Up in the Air | Natalie Keener
Quinton Aaron | The Blind Side | Michael Oher
Zach Galifianakis | The Hangover | Alan Garner
Logan Lerman | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Percy Jackson
Chris Pine | Star Trek | Captain James T. Kirk
Gabourey Sidibe | Precious | Claireece "Precious" Jones
2011 | Chloë Grace Moretz | Kick-Ass | Hit-Girl
Jay Chou | The Green Hornet | Kato
Andrew Garfield | The Social Network | Eduardo Saverin
Xavier Samuel | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Riley Biers
Hailee Steinfeld | True Grit | Mattie Ross
Olivia Wilde | Tron: Legacy | Quorra
2012 | Shailene Woodley | The Descendants | Alexandra "Alex" King
Elle Fanning | Super 8 | Alice Dainard
Melissa McCarthy | Bridesmaids | Megan Price
Rooney Mara | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Lisbeth Salander
Liam Hemsworth | The Hunger Games | Gale Hawthorne
2013 | Rebel Wilson | Pitch Perfect | Fat Amy
Ezra Miller | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Patrick
Eddie Redmayne | Les Misérables | Marius Pontmercy
Suraj Sharma | Life of Pi | Piscine "Pi" Patel
Quvenzhané Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Hushpuppy
2014 | Will Poulter | We're the Millers | Kenny Rossmore
Liam James | The Way, Way Back | Duncan
Margot Robbie | The Wolf of Wall Street | Naomi Lapaglia
Michael B. Jordan | Fruitvale Station | Oscar Grant
Miles Teller | The Spectacular Now | Sutter Keely
2015 | Dylan O'Brien | The Maze Runner | Thomas
Ansel Elgort | The Fault in Our Stars | Augustus Waters
David Oyelowo | Selma | Martin Luther King Jr.
Ellar Coltrane | Boyhood | Mason Evans, Jr.
Rosamund Pike | Gone Girl | Amy Elliott-Dunne
2016 | Daisy Ridley | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Rey
Amy Schumer | Trainwreck | Amy Townsend
Brie Larson | Room | Joy "Ma" Newsome
Dakota Johnson | Fifty Shades of Grey | Anastasia Steele
John Boyega | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Finn
O'Shea Jackson Jr. | Straight Outta Compton | Ice Cube
2017 | Daniel Kaluuya | Get Out | Chris Washington
Riz Ahmed | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Bodhi Rook
Chrissy Metz | This Is Us | Kate Pearson
Issa Rae | Insecure | Issa Dee
Yara Shahidi | Black-ish | Zoey Johnson
2018 | Tiffany Haddish | Girls Trip | Dina
Iain Armitage | Big Little Lies | Ziggy Chapman
Young Sheldon | Sheldon Cooper
Timothée Chalamet | Call Me by Your Name | Elio Perlman
Katherine Langford | 13 Reasons Why | Hannah Baker
Love, Simon | Leah Burke
Nick Robinson | Simon Spier
Letitia Wright | Black Panther | Shuri
2019 | Noah Centineo | To All the Boys I've Loved Before | Peter Kavinsky
Awkwafina | Crazy Rich Asians | Goh Peik Lin
Ncuti Gatwa | Sex Education | Eric Effiong
Haley Lu Richardson | Five Feet Apart | Stella
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez | Pose | Blanca Rodriguez

### 2020s

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Year  | Winners and nominees  | Film/Show  | Role

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2020  | Ceremony not held due to COVID-19 pandemic; Greatest of All Time special aired instead
2021 | Regé-Jean Page | Bridgerton | Simon, Duke of Hastings
Maria Bakalova | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Tutar
Antonia Gentry | Ginny & Georgia | Ginny Miller
Paul Mescal | Normal People | Connell Waldren
Ashley Park (actress) | Emily in Paris | Mindy Chen
2022 | Sophia Di Martino | Loki | Sylvie
Ariana DeBose | West Side Story | Anita
Hannah Einbinder | Hacks | Ava Daniels
Alana Haim | Licorice Pizza | Alana Kane
Jung Ho-yeon | Squid Game | Kang Sae-byeok
2023 | Joseph Quinn | Stranger Things | Eddie Munson
Bad Bunny | Bullet Train | The Wolf
Bella Ramsey | The Last of Us | Ellie
Emma D'Arcy | House of the Dragon | Rhaenyra Targaryen
Rachel Sennott | Bodies Bodies Bodies | Alice

## References

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1. ^ Kleid, Beth (8 June 1992). "Movies - June 8, 1992". Los Angeles Times.

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MTV Movie & TV Awards

Awards|

* Best Movie
* Best Show
* Movie Performance
* Television Performance
* Breakthrough Performance
* Comedic Performance
* Frightened Performance
* Hero
* Villain
* Kiss
* On-Screen Team
* Fight
* Musical Moment

Retired awards|

* Action Performance
* Next Generation
* Most Desirable Male
* Most Desirable Female
* Dance Sequence
* Action Sequence
* New Filmmaker
* Dressed
* Shirtless Performance
* On-Screen Transformation
* Gut-Wrenching Performance
* Cameo

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MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance

Breakthrough Performance
(1992–1998, 2006–2008,
2012–2016, 2018–present)|

* Edward Furlong – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1992)
* Marisa Tomei – My Cousin Vinny (1993)
* Alicia Silverstone – The Crush (1994)
* Kirsten Dunst – Interview with the Vampire (1995)
* George Clooney – From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
* Matthew McConaughey – A Time to Kill (1997)
* Heather Graham – Boogie Nights (1998)
* Isla Fisher – Wedding Crashers (2006)
* Jaden Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness (2007)
* Zac Efron – Hairspray (2008)
* Shailene Woodley – The Descendants (2012)
* Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect (2013)
* Will Poulter – We're the Millers (2014)
* Dylan O'Brien – The Maze Runner (2015)
* Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016)
* Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip (2018)
* Noah Centineo – To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2019)
* No Award (2020)
* Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton (2021)
* Sophia Di Martino – Loki (2022)
* Joseph Quinn – Stranger Things (2023)

Breakthrough Male
(1999–2005, 2009)|

* James Van Der Beek – Varsity Blues (1999)
* Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense (2000)
* Sean Patrick Thomas – Save the Last Dance (2001)
* Orlando Bloom – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
* Eminem – 8 Mile (2003)
* Shawn Ashmore – X2 (2004)
* Jon Heder – Napoleon Dynamite (2005)
* Robert Pattinson – Twilight (2009)

Breakthrough Female
(1999–2005, 2009)|

* Katie Holmes – Disturbing Behavior (1999)
* Julia Stiles – 10 Things I Hate About You (2000)
* Erika Christensen – Traffic (2001)
* Mandy Moore – A Walk to Remember (2002)
* Jennifer Garner – Daredevil (2003)
* Lindsay Lohan – Freaky Friday (2004)
* Rachel McAdams – Mean Girls (2005)
* Ashley Tisdale – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2009)

Breakout Star
(2010–2011)|

* Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air (2010)
* Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass (2011)

Next Generation
(2017)|

* Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out (2017)

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