BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer

The Critics' Choice 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.

List of winners

Best Child Performer (1996-2003)

*1996 – Jonathan Lipnicki in "Jerry Maguire"
*1997 – Jurnee Smollett in "Eve's Bayou"
*1998 – Ian Michael Smith in "Simon Birch"
*1999 – Haley Joel Osment in "The Sixth Sense"
*2000 – Jamie Bell in "Billy Elliot
*2001 – Dakota Fanning in "I Am Sam
**Haley Joel Osment in "
**Daniel Radcliffe in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
*2002 – Kieran Culkin in "Igby Goes Down
**Tyler Hoechlin in "Road to Perdition
**Nicholas Hoult in "About a Boy
*2003 – Keisha Castle-Hughes in "Whale Rider
**Evan Rachel Wood in "Thirteen
**Sarah Bolger in "In America
**Emma Bolger in "In America

Best Young Actor (2004- )

*2004 – Freddie Highmore in "Finding Neverland
**Liam Aiken in "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
**Cameron Bright in "Birth
**Daniel Radcliffe in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
**William Ullrich in "Beyond The Sea
*2005 – Freddie Highmore in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
**Jesse Eisenberg in "The Squid and the Whale
**Alex Etel in "Millions
**Owen Kline in "The Squid and the Whale
**Daniel Radcliffe in "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 Christopher Syre Smith - "The Pursuit of Happyness"
*2007 – "'Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - "The Kite Runner"
**Michael Cera - "Juno"
**Michael Cera - "Superbad"
**Freddie Highmore - "August Rush"
**Edward Sanders - ""

Best Young Actress (2004- )

*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 - "
**AnnaSophia Robb - "Because of Winn-Dixie
**Emma Watson - "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
*2006 – Abigail Breslin - "Little Miss Sunshine"
**Ivana Baquero - "El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)"
**Shareeka Epps - "Half Nelson"
**Dakota Fanning - "Charlotte's Web"
**Keke Palmer - "Akeelah and the Bee"
*2007 – Nikki Blonsky - "Hairspray"
**Dakota Blue Richards - "The Golden Compass"
**AnnaSophia Robb - "Bridge to Terabithia"
**Saoirse Ronan - "Atonement"