Ariel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
The Ariel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance is a recent award presented by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas in Mexico. It has been awarded since the 2019 edition, replacing both breakthrough gender-specific categories. It is awarded in honor of the performance of an acting artist in a breakthrough role.
Four actors have been the winners of the statuette, Benny Emmanuel was the first winner for his performance De la Infancia. The current holder of the award is José Alberto Patiño for We Shall Not Be Moved.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Director | Film | |
| 2019 (61st) | De la Infancia | ||
| 2019 (61st) | Agustina Quinci | The Chambermaid | |
| 2019 (61st) | Alan Uribe | The Chambermaid | |
| 2019 (61st) | Bernardo Velasco | Museum | |
| 2019 (61st) | Nancy García | Roma | |
| 2020 (62nd) | Juan Daniel García Treviño | I'm No Longer Here | |
| 2020 (62nd) | Azul Giselle Magaña Ruiz | Asfixia | |
| 2020 (62nd) | Coral Puente | I'm No Longer Here | |
| 2020 (62nd) | Johanna Heidi Fregoso | Asfixia | |
| 2020 (62nd) | Eduardo Banda | Huachicolero | |
| 2021 (63rd) | Tragic Jungle | ||
| 2021 (63rd) | Ana Laura Rodríguez | Identifying Features | |
| 2021 (63rd) | Juan Jesús Varela | Identifying Features | |
| 2021 (63rd) | Leonardo Nahim Nájar Márquez | Los Lobos | |
| 2021 (63rd) | Maximiliano Nájar Márquez | Los Lobos | |
| 2022 (64th) | Adrián Ross | Summer White | |
| 2022 (64th) | Alejandra Camacho | Prayers for the Stolen | |
| 2022 (64th) | Giselle Barrera | Prayers for the Stolen | |
| 2022 (64th) | Israel Rodríguez | The Other Tom | |
| 2022 (64th) | Julia Chávez | The Other Tom | |
| 2023 (65th) | Emilia Berjón | Trigal | |
| 2023 (65th) | Eustacio Ascacio | Red Shoes | |
| 2023 (65th) | Déja Ebergengi | La Caída | |
| 2023 (65th) | Diego Armando Lara | The Realm of God | |
| 2023 (65th) | Isabel Luna | Huesera: The Bone Woman | |
| 2024 (66th) | Naíma Sentíes | Tótem | |
| 2024 (66th) | Danae Ahuja Aparicio | Valentina o la Serenidad | |
| 2024 (66th) | Rocío de la Mañana | Adolfo | |
| 2024 (66th) | Saori Gurza | Tótem | |
| 2024 (66th) | Ikal Paredes | El Último Vagón | |
| 2024 (66th) | Santiago Sandoval | Heroico | |
| 2025 (67th) | José Alberto Patiño | We Shall Not Be Moved | |
| 2025 (67th) | Ale Cosío | La arriera | |
| 2025 (67th) | Andrés Revo | Hombres íntegros | |
| 2025 (67th) | Jairo Hernández | Sujo | |
| 2025 (67th) | Miguel Valverde | Fiesta en la madriguera | |
| 2025 (67th) | Sofía Quezada | Armas blancas |