Canadian Screen Award for Best Leading Performance in a Drama Series

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Series is an annual award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television as part of the Canadian Screen Awards program, to honour the best leading performance in a Canadian television comedy series.

It is a merger of the former awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series and Best Actress in a Drama Series, following the academy's announcement in August 2022 that it would start presenting gender-neutral acting awards instead of gendered ones.[1]

2020s

Year Actor Series Ref
2022
11th Canadian Screen Awards
Hamza Haq Transplant [2]
Aml Ameen The Porter [3]
Jennifer Finnigan Moonshine
Laurence Leboeuf Transplant
Mayko Nguyen Hudson & Rex
John Reardon Hudson & Rex
Ronnie Rowe Jr. The Porter
Mouna Traoré The Porter
2023
12th Canadian Screen Awards
Darla Contois Little Bird [4]
Victor Garber Family Law [5]
Hamza Haq Transplant
Ellyn Jade Little Bird
Laurence Leboeuf Transplant
Meredith MacNeill Pretty Hard Cases
Adrienne C. Moore Pretty Hard Cases
Mayko Nguyen Hudson & Rex

References

  1. ^ Joseph Pugh, "Canadian Screen Awards switching to gender-neutral performance categories". CBC News, August 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "The Porter, Sort Of showered in awards on the CSAs' final night". CBC News, April 14, 2023.
  3. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Canadian Screen Awards: TV Drama ‘The Porter’ Leads With 19 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2023.
  4. ^ Etan Vlessing, "‘BlackBerry,’ ‘Little Bird’ Dominate Canadian Screen Awards". The Hollywood Reporter, May 31, 2024.
  5. ^ Jackson Weaver, "BlackBerry, Sort Of, Little Bird dominate Canadian Screen Award nominations". CBC News, March 6, 2024.