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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
The 2022 recipient: Ariana DeBose
Awarded forOutstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
CountryUnited States
Presented byBlack Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awardedBlack Reel Awards of 2014
Most recent winnerAriana DeBose
West Side Story (Black Reel Awards of 2022)
Websiteblackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female. Prior to 2014 the category was no gender specific, thus was called Outstanding Breakthrough Performance. Naomie Harris was the first woman to win the Outstanding Breakthrough Performance category. Sharon Warren was the first actress to win a Black Reel Awards in a Lead or Supporting performance and the Breakthrough performance in the same year.

Currently, Lupita Nyong'o is the first person (man or woman) to win the BRA "Triple Crown" acting award with wins in the Lead, Supporting and Breakthrough categories. Nyong'o took home the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress & Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male for 12 Years a Slave and won the award for Outstanding Actress for Us.

At age 9, Quvenzhane Wallis became the youngest actress to win this award for Beasts of the Southern Wild and at age 38, Tiffany Haddish became the oldest winner in this category for Girls Trip. At the 15th Annual Black Reel Awards both Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez became the first transgender actresses nominated in this category for their performances in Tangerine.

Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

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Year Actress Film Ref
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
2014
Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave
(Outstanding Supporting Actress Winner)
[1]
Melonie Diaz Fruitvale Station
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
Danai Gurira Mother of George
(Outstanding Actress Winner)
Lindiwe Matshikiza Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Tashiana Washington Gimme the Loot
2015
Teyonah Parris Dear White People
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
[2]
Jillian Estell Black or White
Patina Miller The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Amber Stevens 22 Jump Street
Kuoth Wiel The Good Lie
2016
Kiersey Clemons Dope [3]
Chanel Iman Dope
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez Tangerine
(Outstanding Actress nominee)
Assa Sylla Girlhood
Mya Taylor Tangerine
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
2017
Janelle Monae Hidden Figures
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
[4]
Royalty Hightower The Fits
(Outstanding Actress nominee)
Sasha Lane American Honey
(Outstanding Actress nominee)
Leslie Jones Ghostbusters
Aja Naomi King The Birth of a Nation
2018
Tiffany Haddish Girls Trip
(Outstanding Supporting Actress Winner)
[5]
Betty Gabriel Get Out
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
Mary J. Blige Mudbound
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
Natalie Paul Crown Heights
(Outstanding Actress Winner)
Jessica Williams The Incredible Jessica James
(Outstanding Actress nominee)
2019
Letitia Wright Black Panther
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
[6]
Laura Harrier BlacKkKlansman
Zoe Renee Jinn
(Outstanding Actress nominee)
KiKi Layne If Beale Street Could Talk
(Outstanding Actress Winner)
Cynthia Erivo Bad Times at the El Royale

2020s

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Year Actress Film Ref
2020
Da’Vine Joy Randolph Dolemite Is My Name
(Outstanding Supporting Actress Winner)
[7]
Shahadi Wright Joseph Us
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
Jodie Turner-Smith Queen & Slim
(Outstanding Actress nominee)
Taylor Russell Waves
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
Mame Bineta Sane Atlantics
2021
Andra Day The United States vs. Billie Holiday
(Outstanding Actress nominee)
[8]
Radha Blank The Forty-Year-Old Version
Alexis Chikaeze Miss Juneteenth
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
Dominique Fishback Judas and the Black Messiah
(Outstanding Supporting Actress Winner)
Zendaya Malcolm & Marie
(Outstanding Actress nominee)
2022
Danielle Deadwyler The Harder They Fall [9]
Ariana DeBose West Side Story
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
Taylour Paige Zola
(Outstanding Actress nominee)
Saniyya Sidney King Richard
Demi Singleton King Richard

Multiple nominations from the same film

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Age superlatives

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Record Actress Film Age (in years)
Oldest winner Tiffany Haddish Girls Trip 38
Oldest nominee Kim Wayans Pariah 50
Youngest winner Quvenzhane Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild 9
Youngest nominee Quvenzhane Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild 9

References

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  1. ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  2. ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
  3. ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
  4. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2017)". IMDb.
  5. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2018)". IMDb.
  6. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2019)". IMDb.
  7. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2020)". IMDb.
  8. ^ "A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  9. ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. Retrieved January 2, 2022.