Chicago Film Critics Association Award / Most Promising Actor

Winner of the Chicago Film Critics Association - Awards in the category Vielversprechendster actor (Most Promising Performer). The American Film Critics Association has been awarding the award to the best actor or actress whose career is just beginning since 2001. Every year in mid-December, the prize is announced for the best film productions and filmmakers of the current calendar year. As in the case of the Oscar or Golden Globe awards, these were selected from five nominees. Between 1988 and 2000 the categories of most promising actress and most promising actor existed .

year	Award winner	Movie title	German title
2001	Audrey Tautou	Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain	The fabulous world of Amélie
2002	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Secretary / Adaptation. / Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Secretary , Adaptation - The Orchid Thief and Confessions - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2003	Keisha Castle-Hughes	Whale rider	Whale rider
2004	Catalina Sandino Moreno	Maria Full of Grace / Maria, llena eres de gracia	Mary full of grace
2005	Miranda July	Me and You and Everyone We Know	Me and you and everyone we know
2006	Sacha Baron Cohen	Borat and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Borat and Ricky Bobby - king of racing drivers
2007	Michael Cera	Juno and Superbad	Juno and Superbad
2008	Dev Patel	Slumdog Millionaire	Slumdog millionaire
2009	Carey Mulligan	An Education	An Education
2010	Jennifer Lawrence	Winter's Bone	Winter's Bone
2011	Elizabeth Olsen	Martha Marcy May Marlene	Martha Marcy May Marlene
2012	Quvenzhané Valais	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Beasts of the Southern Wild
2013	Adèle Exarchopoulos	Blue is the warmest color	blue is a warm colour
2014	Jack O'Connell	Unbroken (OT: Unbroken )	Walls of Violence (OT: Starred Up )
2015	Jacob Tremblay	Room	Room