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 |