MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
Year Winners and nominees Film Role
1992 Edward Furlong Terminator 2 : Judgment Day John Connor
1992 Anna Chlumsky My Girl Vada Sultenfuss
1992 Ice-T New Jack City Scotty Appleton
1992 Campbell Scott Dying Young Victor Geddes
1992 Kimberly Williams Father of the Bride Annie Banks
1993 Marisa Tomei My Cousin Vinny Mona Lisa Vito
1993 Halle Berry Boomerang Angela Lewis
1993 Whitney Houston The Bodyguard Rachel Marron
1993 Kathy Najimy Sister Act Sister Mary Patrick
1993 Rosie O'Donnell A League of Their Own Doris Murphy
1994 Alicia Silverstone The Crush Adrian Forrester
1994 Ralph Fiennes Schindler 's List Amon Göth
1994 Jason Scott Lee Dragon : The Bruce Lee Story Bruce Lee
1994 Ross Malinger Sleepless in Seattle Jonah Baldwin
1994 Jason James Richter Free Willy Jesse
1995 Kirsten Dunst Interview with the Vampire Claudia
1995 Tim Allen The Santa Clause Scott Calvin
1995 Cameron Diaz The Mask Tina Carlyle
1995 Hugh Grant Four Weddings and a Funeral Charles
1995 Mykelti Williamson Forrest Gump Bubba Blue
Winners and nominees -- 1990s
This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Breakthrough Performance, first awarded in 1992. In 2010 and 2011, it was renamed Best Breakout Star. In 2012, it returned to its original name but was turned into a non-voting category, where an academy of outstanding directors honors a silver screen newcomer with extraordinary talent. In 2017, it was renamed Next Generation and was converted to a voting category. From 1999 to 2005, and in 2009, it was split into two categories: Best Male Breakthrough Performance and Best Female Breakthrough Performance.