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2019 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Richard Jewell Paul Walter Hauser](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/richard-jewell-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Richard Jewell
Paul Walter Hauser
2018 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Leave No Trace Thomasin McKenzie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/leave-no-trace-debra-granik-image.jpg)
Leave No Trace
Thomasin McKenzie
2017 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![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 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Manchester by the Sea Lucas Hedges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/manchester-by-the-sea-kenneth-lonergan-image.jpg)
Manchester by the Sea
Lucas Hedges
2015 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Beasts of No Nation Abraham Attah](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/beasts-of-no-nation-cary-joji-fukunaga-image.jpg)
Beasts of No Nation
Abraham Attah
2014 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Starred Up Jack O'Connell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/starred-up-david-mackenzie-image.jpg)
Starred Up
Jack O’Connell
2013 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Blue Is the Warmest Color Adèle Exarchopoulos](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/blue-is-the-warmest-color-image.jpg)
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Adèle Exarchopoulos
2012 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![The Impossible Tom Holland](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-impossible-j.a.-bayona-image.jpg)
The Impossible
Tom Holland
2011 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Like Crazy Felicity Jones](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/like-crazy-drake-doremus-image.jpg)
Like Crazy
Felicity Jones
2010 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Winter's Bone Jennifer Lawrence](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/winters-bone-debra-granik-image.jpg)
Winter’s Bone
Jennifer Lawrence
2009 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Precious Gabourey Sidibe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/precious-lee-daniels-image.jpg)
Precious
Gabourey Sidibe
2008 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Doubt Viola Davis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/doubt-john-patrick-shanley-image.jpg)
Doubt
Viola Davis
2007 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Into the Wild Emile Hirsch](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/into-the-wild-sean-penn-image.jpg)
Into the Wild
Emile Hirsch
2006 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Babel Rinko Kikuchi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/babel-image.jpg)
Babel
Rinko Kikuchi
2005 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Crash Terrence Howard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crash-paul-haggis-image.jpg)
Crash
Terrence Howard
2004 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![In Good Company Topher Grace](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-good-company-paul-weitz-image.jpg)
In Good Company
Topher Grace
2003 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![American Splendor Paul Giamatti](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-splendor-shari-springer-berman-robert-pulcini-image.jpg)
American Splendor
Paul Giamatti
2002 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Antwone Fisher Derek Luke](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/antwone-fisher-denzel-washington-image.jpg)
Antwone Fisher
Derek Luke
2001 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Life as a House Hayden Christensen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/life-as-a-house-irwin-winkler-image.jpg)
Life as a House
Hayden Christensen
2000 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Billy Elliot Jamie Bell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/billy-elliot-stephen-daldry-image.jpg)
Billy Elliot
Jamie Bell
1999 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![American Beauty Wes Bentley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-beauty-sam-mendes-image.jpg)
American Beauty
Wes Bentley
1998 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Playing by Heart Angelina Jolie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/playing-by-heart-willard-carroll-image.jpg)
Playing by Heart
Angelina Jolie
1997 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Red Corner Bai Ling](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/red-corner-jon-avnet-image.jpg)
Red Corner
Bai Ling
1996 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Jerry Maguire Renée Zellweger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jerry-maguire-cameron-crowe-image.jpg)
Jerry Maguire
Renée Zellweger
1995 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance
![Clueless Alicia Silverstone](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/clueless-image.jpg)