Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer

List of winners and nominees

Best Child Performance (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 Mahmoodzada – The Kite Runner
• * Michael Cera – Juno
• * Freddie Highmore – August Rush
• * Josh Hutcherson – Bridge to Terabithia
• * Edward Sanders –

  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 – '
• * 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–)

• 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
• 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 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
• 2017: Brooklynn Prince as Moonee – The Florida Project
• * Mckenna Grace as Mary Adler – Gifted
• * Dafne Keen as Laura Kinney / X-23 – Logan
• * Millicent Simmonds as Rose – Wonderstruck
• * Jacob Tremblay as August "Auggie" Pullman – Wonder
• 2018: Elsie Fisher as Kayla Day – Eighth Grade
• * Thomasin McKenzie as Tom – Leave No Trace
• * Ed Oxenbould as Joe Brinson – Wildlife
• * Millicent Simmonds as Regan Abbott – A Quiet Place
• * Amandla Stenberg as Starr Carter – The Hate U Give
• * Sunny Suljic as Stevie – Mid90s
• 2019: Roman Griffin Davis as Johannes "Jojo Rabbit" Betzler – Jojo Rabbit'
• * Julia Butters as Trudi Fraser – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• * Shahadi Wright Joseph as Zora Wilson / Umbrae – Us
• * Noah Jupe as Otis Lort – Honey Boy
• * Thomasin McKenzie as Elsa Korr – Jojo Rabbit
• * Archie Yates as Yorki – Jojo Rabbit''