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2019 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Waves Taylor Russell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/waves-trey-edward-shults-image.jpg)
Waves
Taylor Russell
2018 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Eighth Grade Elsie Fisher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/eighth-grade-bo-burnham-image.jpg)
Eighth Grade
Elsie Fisher
2017 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Call Me by Your Name Timothée Chalamet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/call-me-by-your-name-luca-guadagnino-image.jpg)
Call Me by Your Name
Timothée Chalamet
2016 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![The Witch Anya Taylor-Joy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-witch-robert-eggers-image.jpg)
The Witch
Anya Taylor-Joy
2015 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Tangerine Mya Taylor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tangerine-sean-baker-image.jpg)
Tangerine
Mya Taylor
2014 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Dear White People Tessa Thompson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dear-white-people-justin-simien-image.jpg)
Dear White People
Tessa Thompson
2013 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Fruitvale Station Michael B. Jordan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fruitvale-station-ryan-coogler-image.jpg)
Fruitvale Station
Michael B. Jordan
2012 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Middle of Nowhere Emayatzy Corinealdi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/middle-of-nowhere-image.jpg)
Middle of Nowhere
Emayatzy Corinealdi
2011 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Like Crazy Felicity Jones](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/like-crazy-drake-doremus-image.jpg)
Like Crazy
Felicity Jones
2010 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Go Get Some Rosemary Ronald Bronstein](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/go-get-some-rosemary-image.jpg)
Go Get Some Rosemary
Ronald Bronstein
2009 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![The Maid Catalina Saavedra](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-maid-sebastian-silva-image.jpg)
The Maid
Catalina Saavedra
2008 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Frozen River Melissa Leo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/frozen-river-courtney-hunt-image.jpg)
Frozen River
Melissa Leo
2007 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Juno Ellen Page](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/juno-jason-reitman-image.jpg)
Juno
Ellen Page
2006 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Babel Rinko Kikuchi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/babel-image.jpg)
Babel
Rinko Kikuchi
2006 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Half Nelson Shareeka Epps](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/half-nelson-ryan-fleck-image.jpg)
Half Nelson
Shareeka Epps
2005 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Junebug Amy Adams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/junebug-phil-morrison-image.jpg)
Junebug
Amy Adams
2004 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Maria Full of Grace Catalina Sandino Moreno](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/maria-full-of-grace-joshua-marston-image.jpg)
Maria Full of Grace
Catalina Sandino Moreno
2003 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Soldier's Girl Lee Pace](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/soldiers-girl-frank-pierson-image.jpg)
Soldier’s Girl
Lee Pace
2002 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Secretary Maggie Gyllenhaal](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/secretary-steven-shainberg-image.jpg)
Secretary
Maggie Gyllenhaal
2001 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Stranger Inside Yolonda Ross](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/stranger-inside-cheryl-dunye-image.jpg)
Stranger Inside
Yolonda Ross
2000 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Girlfight Michelle Rodriguez](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/girlfight-karyn-kusama-image.jpg)
Girlfight
Michelle Rodriguez
1999 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Happiness Dylan Baker](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/happiness-todd-solondz-image.jpg)
Happiness
Dylan Baker
1999 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Tumbleweeds Janet McTeer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tumbleweeds-gavin-oconnor-image.jpg)
Tumbleweeds
Janet McTeer
1998 Gotham Independent Film Award – Breakthrough Actor
![Slam Sonja Sohn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/slam-marc-levin-image.jpg)