Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance. Academy Award-nominated or winning performances also honored with nominations or wins at the Black Reel Awards include Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), Octavia Spencer (The Help), Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and Gabourey Sidibe (Precious).

During the 2014 ceremony, the category was divided into gender specific categories (Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male and Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female).

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

† indicates an Academy Award–winning performance.

‡ indicates an Academy Award–nominated performance that same year.

Year	Actor / Actress	Film	Ref
2003
	Derek Luke	Antwone Fisher	^[1]
	Beyoncé	Austin Powers in Goldmember
	Nick Cannon	Drumline
	Raven Goodwin	Lovely & Amazing
	Lil' Bow Wow	Like Mike
2004
	Naomie Harris	28 Days Later	^[2]
	Romeo Miller	Honey
	Wentworth Miller	The Human Stain
2005
	Sharon Warren	Ray	^[3]
	Anthony Mackie	She Hate Me
	C.J. Sanders	Ray
2006
	Brandon T. Jackson	Roll Bounce	^[4]
	Ashanti	Coach Carter
	Tyler Perry	Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2007
	Jennifer Hudson	Dreamgirls †	^[5]
	Shareeka Epps	Half Nelson
	Keke Palmer	Akeelah and the Bee
	Paula Patton	Déjà Vu
	Jaden Smith	The Pursuit of Happyness
2008
	Dev Patel	Slumdog Millionaire	^[6]
	Omar Benson Miller	Miracle at St. Anna
	Columbus Short	Cadillac Records
	Saïd Taghmaoui	Traitor
	Tristan Wilds	The Secret Life of Bees

Year	Actor / Actress	Film	Ref
2010
	Gabourey Sidibe	Precious ‡	^[7]
	Quinton Aaron	The Blind Side
	Nicole Beharie	American Violet
	Souléymane Sy Savané	Goodbye Solo
	Jamal Woolard	Notorious
2011
	Tessa Thompson	For Colored Girls	^[8]
	Amari Cheatom	Night Catches Us
	Yaya DaCosta	The Kids Are All Right
	Omari Hardwick	For Colored Girls
	Zoë Kravitz	It's Kind of a Funny Story
2012
	Adepero Oduye	Pariah	^[9]
	John Boyega	Attack the Block
	Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Larry Crowne
	Octavia Spencer	The Help †
	Kim Wayans	Pariah
2013
	Quvenzhane Wallis	Beasts of the Southern Wild ‡	^[10]
	Emayatzy Corinealdi	Middle of Nowhere
	Dwight Henry	Beasts of the Southern Wild
	Amandla Stenberg	The Hunger Games
	Omar Sy	The Intouchables

Black Reel Awards

Current awards (Film)	Film Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Ensemble Screenplay, Adapted or Original Original Song Original Score Voice Performance Breakthrough Performance, Male Breakthrough Performance, Female Foreign Film Documentary

Current awards (Independent & Next Generation)	Independent Film Independent Documentary Independent Short Film Emerging Director Breakthrough Screenwriter

Current awards (Television)	Movie or Limited Series Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Screenplay Documentary or Special

Retired awards	Breakthrough Performance Actor, Independent Film Actress, Independent Film Film Poster Original Soundtrack Original Television Program

Ceremonies	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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