# Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year

The Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year (French: Prix Iris de la révélation de l'année) is an annual award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the best performances by emerging actors in their first major film roles. The award is not separated by gender.
Rykko Bellemare, the first winner of the award, became the second indigenous actor to win an acting award after Natar Ungalaaq won Best Actor for The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre). A Colony (Une colonie) became the second film to receive three nominations in an acting category after Les Boys III received three Best Actor nominations.
To date, one actor and four actresses who were nominated for Revelation of the Year received subsequent nominations in other acting categories:
* Théodore Pellerin, winner of the 2018 award, won Best Supporting Actor in 2021 for Underground (Souterrain) and Best Actor in 2024 for Solo, becoming the first person to win all three categories. Each of his winning performances were for films directed by Sophie Dupuis. He was also nominated for Best Actor in 2019 for Genesis (Genèse).
* Marine Johnson, nominated in 2018, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres).
* Émilie Bierre, winner of the 2019 award, won Best Actress in 2021 for Our Own (Les nôtres) and was nominated again in the same category in 2022 for The Guide to the Perfect Family (Le guide de la famille parfaite).
* Kelly Depeault, winner of the 2021 award, won Best Actress in 2023 for Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui).
* Sara Montpetit, winner of the 2022 award, was nominated for Best Actress in 2023 and 2024 for Falcon Lake and Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) respectively.
In 2024, Félix-Antoine Bénard and Ariane Castellanos received dual nominations for Revelation of the Year and Best Actor and Best Actress respectively, marking the first time that actors received multiple nominations in the same year for the same performance. Ariane Castellanos ended up winning both awards.

## 2010s

| Year | Performer | Film |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Rykko Bellemare | Before the Streets (Avant les rues) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Étienne Galloy | Prank |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Whitney Lafleur | Split (Écartée) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Sasha Migliarese | My Friend Dino (Mon ami Dino) |
| 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards | Kakki Peter | Two Lovers and a Bear |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Théodore Pellerin | Family First (Chien de garde) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Romane Denis | Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Marine Johnson | The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Rose-Marie Perreault | Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages) |
| 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards | Nabil Rajo | Boost |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Émilie Bierre | A Colony (Une colonie) |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Irlande Côté | A Colony (Une colonie) |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Lévi Doré | The Fall of Sparta (La chute de Sparte) |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Maripier Morin | The Fall of the American Empire (La Chute de l'empire américain) |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie | A Colony (Une colonie) |

## 2020s

| Year | Performer | Film |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Nahéma Ricci | Antigone |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Catherine Chabot | Compulsive Liar (Menteur) |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao | Kuessipan |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Alexane Jamieson | Young Juliette (Jeune Juliette) |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Lilou Roy-Lanouette | Jouliks |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Kelly Depeault | Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu) |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Jasmine Lemée | My Very Own Circus (Mon cirque à moi) |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Rosalie Pépin | Vacarme |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Joakim Robillard | Underground (Souterrain) |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Arnaud Vachon | The Vinland Club (Le club Vinland) |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Sara Montpetit | Maria Chapdelaine |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Yonah Acosta | Without Havana (Sin la Habana) |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Rainbow Dickerson | Beans |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Jorge Antonio Guerrero | Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Kiawentiio Tarbell | Beans |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Juliette Gariépy | Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Fabiola Nyrva Aladin | Viking |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Émi Chicoine | Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui) |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Virginie Fortin | Two Days Before Christmas (23 décembre) |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Joan Hart | The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | François Pérusse | Niagara |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Ariane Castellanos | Richelieu |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Félix-Antoine Bénard | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Chloé Djandji | Ru |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Shadi Janho | 1995 |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Chaïmaa Zineddine Elidrissi | Gamma Rays (Les Rayons gamma) |