The Razzie Award for Worst New Star was an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst new actor or actress of the previous year.

History

From 1982 to 1989 and again from 1991 to 1999. The category has since been discontinued.

Awards and nominations

1982–1989

Date of ceremony		Recipient
March 29, 1982		Klinton Spilsbury in The Legend of the Lone Ranger as The Lone Ranger
		Gary Coleman in On the Right Track as Lester
		Martin Hewitt in Endless Love as David Axelrod
		Mara Hobel in Mommie Dearest as Young Christina Crawford
		Miles O'Keeffe in Tarzan, the Ape Man as Tarzan
April 11, 1983		Pia Zadora in Butterfly as Kady Tyler
		Morgan Fairchild in The Seduction as Jamie Douglas
		Luciano Pavarotti in Yes, Giorgio as Giorgio Fini
		Aileen Quinn in Annie as Annie
		Mr. T in Rocky III as Clubber Lang
April 8, 1984		Lou Ferrigno in Hercules as Hercules
		Loni Anderson in Stroker Ace as Pembrook Feeny
		Reb Brown in Yor, the Hunter from the Future as Yor
		Cindy and Sandy (the shrieking dolphins) in Jaws 3-D
		Finola Hughes in Staying Alive as Laura
March 24, 1985		Olivia d'Abo in Bolero[1] (as Paloma) and Conan the Destroyer (as Princess Jehnna)
		Michelle Johnson in Blame It on Rio as Jennifer Lyons
		Apollonia Kotero in Purple Rain as Apollonia
		Andrea Occhipinti in Bolero as Angel
		Russell Todd in Where the Boys Are '84 as Scott Nash
March 23, 1986		Brigitte Nielsen in Red Sonja (as Red Sonja) and Rocky IV[1] (as Ludmilla Drago)
		Ariane in Year of the Dragon as Tracy Tzu
		The new computerized Godzilla in Godzilla 1985
		Julia Nickson-Soul in Rambo: First Blood Part II as Co-Bao
		Kurt Thomas in Gymkata as Jonathan Cabot
March 29, 1987		The six guys and gals in the duck suit in Howard the Duck
		Joan Chen in Tai-Pan as May–May
		Mitch Gaylord in American Anthem as Steve Tevere
		Kristin Scott Thomas in Under the Cherry Moon as Mary Sharon
		Brian Thompson in Cobra as The Night Slasher
April 10, 1988		David Mendenhall in Over the Top as Michael Hawk
		The Barbarian Brothers in The Barbarians as Kutchek and Gore
		The Garbage Pail Kids in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
		Debra Sandlund in Tough Guys Don't Dance as Patty Lareine
		Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to Camp as Ernest P. Worrell
March 28, 1989		Ronald McDonald (as himself) in Mac and Me
		Don the talking horse in Hot to Trot
		Tami Erin in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking as Pippi Longstocking
		Robi Rosa in Salsa as Rico
		Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport as Frank Dux

1991–1999

Date of ceremony		Recipient
March 24, 1991		Sofia Coppola in The Godfather Part III as Mary Corleone
		Ingrid Chavez in Graffiti Bridge as Aura
		Leo Damian in Ghosts Can't Do It as Fausto
		Carre Otis in Wild Orchid as Emily Reed
		Donald Trump (as himself) in Ghosts Can't Do It
March 29, 1992		Vanilla Ice in Cool as Ice as Johnny Van Owen[2]
		Brian Bosworth in Stone Cold as Joe Huff / John Stone
		Milla Jovovich in Return to the Blue Lagoon as Lilli Hargrave
		Brian Krause in Return to the Blue Lagoon as Richard Lestrange, Jr.
		Kristin Minter in Cool as Ice as Kathy Winslow
March 28, 1993		Pauly Shore in Encino Man as Stoney[3]
		Georges Corraface in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery as Christopher Columbus
		Kevin Costner's crew cut in The Bodyguard
		Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard as Rachel Marron
		Sharon Stone's tribute to Theodore Cleaver in Basic Instinct
March 20, 1994		Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice as Justice
		Roberto Benigni in Son of the Pink Panther as Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli
		Mason Gamble in Dennis the Menace as Dennis Mitchell
		Norman D. Golden II in Cop and a Half as Devon Butler
		Austin O'Brien in Last Action Hero as Danny Madigan
March 26, 1995		Anna Nicole Smith in Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult as Tanya Peters
		Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (as Ace Ventura), Dumb and Dumber (as Lloyd Christmas) and The Mask (as Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask)
		Chris Elliott in Cabin Boy as Nathaniel Mayweather
		Chris Isaak in Little Buddha as Dean Conrad
		Shaquille O'Neal in Blue Chips as Deon
March 24, 1996		Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls as Nomi Malone[1]
		Amy the talking gorilla in Congo
		David Caruso in Jade and Kiss of Death as David Corelli and Jimmy Kilmartin (respectively)
		Cindy Crawford in Fair Game as Kate McQuean
		Julia Sweeney in It's Pat: The Movie (as Pat Riley) and Stuart Saves His Family
March 23, 1997		Pamela Anderson in Barb Wire as Barb Wire[4]
		Beavis and Butt-head in Beavis and Butt-head Do America
		Ellen DeGeneres in Mr. Wrong as Martha Alston
		Friends cast members turned movie star wannabes (Jennifer Aniston in She's the One, Lisa Kudrow in Mother, Matt LeBlanc in Ed, David Schwimmer in The Pallbearer)
		The new "serious" Sharon Stone in Diabolique and Last Dance as Nicole Horner and Cindy Liggett (respectively)
March 22, 1998		Dennis Rodman in Double Team as Yaz
		The animatronic anaconda in Anaconda
		Tori Spelling in The House of Yes and Scream 2 as Lesly and herself (respectively)
		Howard Stern in Private Parts as himself
		Chris Tucker in The Fifth Element and Money Talks as Ruby Rhod and Franklin Hatchett
March 20, 1999		Joe Eszterhas in An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn as himself (tie)[5]
		Jerry Springer in Ringmaster as Jerry Farrelly (tie)
		Barney the Friendly Dinosaur in Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie
		Carrot Top in Chairman of the Board as Edison
		The Spice Girls in Spice World as themselves