Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Lead Performance explained

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Lead Performance
Image Upright:0.7
Awarded For:Best Performance by an Actor or an Actress in a Leading Role
Presenter:Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Country:United States
Year:Cate Blanchett – Tár
Bill NighyLiving (2022)
Holder:Sandra HüllerAnatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest
Emma StonePoor Things (2023)

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]

Winners and runners-up

2020s

YearWinner(s)Film(s)Role(s)
2022
[4]
Cate Blanchett Tár Lydia Tár
Bill Nighy Living Mr. Williams
Till Mamie Till-Mobley
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
All of Us Strangers Adam
American Fiction Thelonious "Monk" Ellison ‡

See also

Notes and References

  1. 1580212765276315648 . https://twitter.com/LAFilmCritics/status/1580212765276315648 . 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. . LAFilmCritics . Los Angeles Film Critics Association . October 12, 2022 . December 12, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221208235353/https://twitter.com/LAFilmCritics/status/1580212765276315648 . December 8, 2022.
  2. Web site: Inside the LAFCA's "Gender Neutral" Vote Decisions . Stone . Sasha . Sasha Stone (blogger) . . October 15, 2022 . March 15, 2024.
  3. Web site: Hollywood takes a step to remove gender distinction in acting awards . Hazard . Charlotte . Just the News . November 1, 2022 . March 18, 2024.
  4. Web site: 'Tár' and 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Tie for Best Picture at Los Angeles Film Critics Awards . Davis . Clayton . . December 11, 2022 . December 18, 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221211180600/https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/los-angeles-film-critics-lafca-2022-winners-list-1235456657/ . December 11, 2022.
  5. Web site: 'The Zone of Interest' Wins Best Picture at Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, Four Women Take Acting Prizes (Full Winners List) . Davis . Clayton . . December 10, 2023 . December 11, 2023.