The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Lead Performance is an award given annually by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It was first introduced in 2022, after it was announced that the four acting categories would be retired and replaced with two gender neutral categories, with both Best Actor and Best Actress merging into the Best Lead Performance category. Two awards for Best Lead Performance and two awards for Best Supporting Performance, each with two winners and two runners-up, are handed out.[1][2][3]
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Lead Performance | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor or an Actress in a Leading Role |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Los Angeles Film Critics Association |
| First awarded | Cate Blanchett – Tár Bill Nighy – Living (2022) |
| Currently held by | Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest Emma Stone – Poor Things (2023) |
| Website | lafca |
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Winners and runners-up
edit- † = Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor or Best Actress
- ‡ = Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor or Best Actress
2020s
edit| Year | Winner(s) | Film(s) | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 [4] |
Cate Blanchett | Tár | Lydia Tár ‡ |
| Bill Nighy | Living | Mr. Williams ‡ | |
| Danielle Deadwyler | Till | Mamie Till-Mobley | |
| Michelle Yeoh | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Wang † | |
| 2023 [5] |
Sandra Hüller | Anatomy of a Fall | Sandra Voyter ‡ |
| The Zone of Interest | Hedwig Höss | ||
| Emma Stone | Poor Things | Bella Baxter † | |
| Andrew Scott | All of Us Strangers | Adam | |
| Jeffrey Wright | American Fiction | Thelonious "Monk" Ellison ‡ |
See also
edit- Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Lead Performance
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
References
edit- ^ @LAFilmCritics (October 12, 2022). "For this year's awards vote, LAFCA will also introduce gender-neutral acting categories, with two awards for Best Lead Performance and two awards for Best Supporting Performance. Our voting meeting will take place on December 11, 2022" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Stone, Sasha (October 15, 2022). "Inside the LAFCA's "Gender Neutral" Vote Decisions". Awards Daily. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ Hazard, Charlotte (November 1, 2022). "Hollywood takes a step to remove gender distinction in acting awards". Just the News. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ Davis, Clayton (December 11, 2022). "'Tár' and 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Tie for Best Picture at Los Angeles Film Critics Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ Davis, Clayton (December 10, 2023). "'The Zone of Interest' Wins Best Picture at Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, Four Women Take Acting Prizes (Full Winners List)". Variety. Retrieved December 11, 2023.