Penampilan Puncak (National Board of Review Award)

Pemenang

1990an

Tahun	Pemenang	Film	Peran
1995	Alicia Silverstone	Clueless	Cherilyn “Cher” Horowitz
1996	Renée Zellweger	Jerry Maguire	Dorothy Boyd
1997	Bai Ling	Red Corner	Shen Yuelin
1998	Angelina Jolie	Playing by Heart	Joan
	Billy Crudup	The Hi-Lo Country	Pete Calder
1999	Hilary Swank	Boys Don't Cry	Brandon Teena
	Wes Bentley	American Beauty	Ricky Fitts

2000an

Tahun	Pemenang	Film	Peran
2000	Michelle Rodriguez	Girlfight	Diana Guzman
	Jamie Bell	Billy Elliot	Billy Elliot
2001	Naomi Watts	Mulholland Drive	Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn
	Hayden Christensen	Life as a House	Sam Monroe
2002	Maggie Gyllenhaal	Secretary	Lee Holloway
	Derek Luke	Antwone Fisher	Antwone Fisher
2003	Charlize Theron	Monster	Aileen Wuornos
	Paul Giamatti	American Splendor	Harvey Pekar
2004	Emmy Rossum	The Phantom of the Opera	Christine Daaé
	Topher Grace	In Good Company / P.S.	Carter Duryea / F. Scott Feinstadt
2005	Q'Orianka Kilcher	The New World	Pocahontas
	Terrence Howard	Crash / Get Rich or Die Tryin' / Hustle & Flow	Cameron Thayer / Bama / Djay
2006	Jennifer Hudson	Dreamgirls	Effie White
	Rinko Kikuchi	Babel	Chieko Wataya
	Ryan Gosling	Half Nelson	Dan Dunne
2007	Ellen Page	Juno	Juno MacGuff
	Emile Hirsch	Into the Wild	Christopher “Alexander Supertramp” McCandless
2008	Viola Davis	Doubt	Mrs. Miller
	Dev Patel	Slumdog Millionaire	Jamal Malik
2009	Gabourey Sidibe	Precious	Claireece “Precious” Jones
	Jeremy Renner	The Hurt Locker	Sersan Kelas Satu William James