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/teenager or a young adult actor in a motion picture.
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
- 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
- Edward Sanders – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Young Actress (2004–2007)
- 2004: Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera
- 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
- 2007: Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
- 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 (12) – Honey Boy
- Thomasin McKenzie as Elsa Korr – Jojo Rabbit
- Archie Yates as Yorki – Jojo Rabbit
- 2020:
- Ryder Allen as Sam – Palmer
- Ibrahima Gueye as Momo – The Life Ahead
- Alan Kim as David – Minari
- Talia Ryder as Skylar – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Caoilinn Springall as young Iris – The Midnight Sky
- Helena Zengel as Johanna Leonberger / Cicada – News of the World