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The YoungStar Awards, presented by The Hollywood Reporter, honored young American actors and actresses from ages 6–18 in their work in film, television, stage and music.[1] Winners were chosen via a poll of 3,500 entertainment industry insiders who read The Hollywood Reporter.[1] The awards ceremony was held from 1995 until 2000; there was no ceremony in 1996.
| YoungStar Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence of young performers in film, television, stage, and music. |
| Country | United States of America |
| Presented by | The Hollywood Reporter |
| First awarded | 1995 |
| Last awarded | 2000 |
The First Annual YoungStar Awards were held in 1995.[2][3]
Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Roger Bomman, Angels in the Outfield - won
Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy film
- Christina Ricci as Kat, Casper
Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film
Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film
- Brad Renfro as Erik, The Cure - won[2]
- Elijah Wood as Stu Simmons, The War
Best Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Randy, Home Improvement - won[2]
- Benjamin Salisbury as Brighton Sheffield, The Nanny
Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series
- Madeline Zima as Grace Sheffield, The Nanny - won
- Nicholle Tom as Maggie Sheffield, The Nanny
Best Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
- Lacey Chabert as Claudia Salinger , Party of Five[2]
Best Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program
The Second Annual YoungStar Awards were held in 1997.
Winners are in bold.[5]
Best Young Actor in a Comedy Film
- Alex D. Linz as Sammy, One Fine Day
- Brad Renfro as Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, Tom and Huck
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Thomas "Tom" Sawyer, Tom and Huck
- Elijah Wood as Sandy Ricks, Flipper
- Adam Zolotin as Louie Durante, Jack
Best Young Actress in a Comedy Film
- Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood, Matilda
- Rachael Leigh Cook as Becky Thatcher, Tom and Huck
- Gaby Hoffmann as Lane Dandridge, Everyone Says I Love You
- Natalie Portman as Laura Dandridge, Everyone Says I Love You
- Mae Whitman as Maggie Taylor, One Fine Day
Best Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series
- Tatyana Ali as Ashley Banks, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Kaitlin Cullum as Libby, Grace Under Fire
- Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, Moesha
- Madeline Zima as Grace Sheffield, The Nanny
Best Young Actor in a Drama Film
- Lucas Black as Frank Wheatley, Sling Blade
- Jonathan Lipnicki as Ray Boyd, Jerry Maguire
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Oliver Laird, The Juror
- Joseph Perrino as Young Lorenzo "Shakes" Carcaterra, Sleepers
- Brad Renfro as Young Michael Sullivan, Sleepers
Best Young Actress in a Drama Film
- Claire Danes as Juliet, Romeo + Juliet
- Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly as Tonya Hailey, A Time to Kill
- Anna Paquin as Amy Alden, Fly Away Home
- Natalie Portman as Lauren Gustafson, Heat
- Liv Tyler as Lucy Harmon, Stealing Beauty
Best Young Actor in a Drama TV Series
- Adam Wylie as Zach, Picket Fences
- Lucas Black as Caleb Temple, American Gothic
- David Gallagher as Simon Camden, 7th Heaven
- Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Ryan Merriman as Young Jarod, The Pretender
- Michael Yarmush as Arthur Read, Arthur (TV series)
Best Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
- Lacey Chabert as Claudia, Party of Five
- Jessica Bowman as Colleen Cooper, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Kirsten Dunst as Charlie Chiemingo, ER
- Ashley Johnson as Katherine 'Kate' Moloney, Moloney
- Jennifer Love Hewitt as Sarah Reeves Merrin, Party of Five
Best Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program
- Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, General Hospital
- Justin Cooper as Lucas Jones, General Hospital
- Steven Hartman as Rick Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful
- Tommy J. Michaels as Tim Dillon, All My Children
- Nicholas Pappone as Phillip Chancellor IV, The Young and the Restless
Best Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program
- Kimberly McCullough as Robin Scorpio, General Hospital
- Kimberly J. Brown as Marah Lewis, Guiding Light
- Gina Gallagher as Bianca Montgomery, All My Children
- Erin Torpey as Jessica Buchanan, One Life to Live
- Ashley Williams as Danielle Andropoulos, As the World Turns
Best Young Actor in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
- Haley Joel Osment as Davis, Last Stand at Saber River
- Freddie Findlay as Tsarevich Alexei, Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Bug Hall as Eddie Munster, The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
- Jonathan Jackson as Rudy Gatewick/Oliver Gillis, Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
- Erik von Detten as Billy Jackson, Christmas Every Day
Best Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
- Kirsten Dunst as Sara, The Siege at Ruby Ridge
- Hedy Burress as Linda Barrows, If These Walls Could Talk
- Ashley Johnson as Annie Warbucks, Annie: A Royal Adventure!
- Jena Malone as Ruth Anne 'Bone' Boatwright, Bastard Out of Carolina
- Nicholle Tom as Amy Dustin, For My Daughter's Honor
Best Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program
- Luke Tarsitano as Fudge, Fudge
- Michael Galeota as Bailey Kipper, Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.
- Ben Gould as Nicky Farina, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Richard Lee Jackson as Ryan Parker, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Kyle Labine as Evan Ross, Goosebumps
Best Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program
- Megan Parlen as Mary Beth Pepperton, Hang Time
- Samantha Esteban as Maria, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Shannon Chandler as Josephine "Jo" McCormick, Big Bad Beetleborgs
- Sarah Lancaster as Rachel Meyers, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Elizabeth Lund as Heather, Big Bad Beetleborgs
Best Young Recording Artist
The Third Annual YoungStar Awards were held on November 8, 1998 at Universal Studios.[6] The awards were hosted by Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
Winners are in bold.
Best Young Actor in a Comedy Film
- Cameron Finley as Beaver, Leave it to Beaver
- Jesse James as Spencer, As Good as It Gets
- Alex D. Linz as Alex Pruitt, Home Alone 3
- Gregory Smith as Alan, Small Soldiers
- Kevin Zegers as Josh, Air Bud
Best Young Actress in a Comedy Film
- Hallie Eisenberg as Marie, Paulie
- Hatty Jones as Madeline, Madeline
- Lindsay Lohan as Hallie & Ann, The Parent Trap
- Christina Ricci as Dede Truitt, The Opposite of Sex
- Mara Wilson as Anabel, A Simple Wish
Best Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series
- Kaitlin Cullum as Libby, Grace Under Fire
- Danielle Fishel as Topanga Lawrence, Boy Meets World
- Larisa Oleynik as Alex, The Secret World of Alex Mack
- Madylin Sweeten as Ally, Everybody Loves Raymond
- Emily Mae Young as Lilly, Step by Step
Best Young Actor in a Drama Film
- Cameron Finley as Travis, Hope Floats
- Brandon Hammond as Ahmad Chadway, Soul Food
- Eamonn Owens as Francie, The Butcher Boy
- Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk as Dalai Lama, Seven Years in Tibet
- Elijah Wood as Leo, Deep Impact
Best Young Actress in a Drama Film
- Meagan Good as Cisely Batiste, Eve's Bayou
- Scarlett Johansson as Grace, The Horse Whisperer
- Christina Ricci as Wendy, The Ice Storm
- Jurnee Smollett as Eve Batiste, Eve's Bayou
- Mae Whitman as Bernice, Hope Floats
Best Young Actor in a Drama TV Series
- Andrew and Steven Cavarno as Owen, Party of Five
- David Gallagher as Simon Camden, 7th Heaven
- George O. Gore II as Gregory "G" Williams, New York Undercover
- Ross Malinger as Roland, Party of Five
- Austin O'Brien as Joshua Greene, Promised Land
- Michael Yarmush as Eric, My Life as a Dog
Best Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
- Jessica Biel as Mary Camden, 7th Heaven
- Lacey Chabert as Claudia, Party of Five
- Erika Christensen as Romy, Nothing Sacred
- Beverley Mitchell as Lucy Camden, 7th Heaven
- Caitlin Wachs as Chloe, Profiler
- Michelle Williams as Jen Lindley, Dawson's Creek
Best Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program
- Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, General Hospital
- Sean Marquette as Jamie Martin, All My Children
- Nicholas Pappone as Phillip Chancellor IV, The Young and the Restless
- Tyrone Savage as young Isaac Newton, The Inventor Specials: Newton
- Jeffery Wood as Jimmy Harrison, Sunset Beach
Best Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program
- Jessica Alba as Maya Graham, Flipper
- Camryn Grimes as Cassie Newman, The Young and the Restless
- Alexas Manta as Amanda, As the World Turns
- Robyn Richards as Maxie Jones, General Hospital
- Erin Torpey as Jessica Buchanan, One Life to Live
Best Young Actor in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
- Seth Adkins as Robbie, ...First Do No Harm
- Zachery Ty Bryan as John Scaduto, Principal Takes a Holiday
- Matthew Lawrence as Jesse, Angels in the Endzone
- Frankie Muniz as young Sammy, What the Deaf Man Heard
- Elijah Wood as the Artful Dodger, Oliver Twist
Best Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
- Kirsten Dunst as Tina, Fifteen and Pregnant
- Tina Majorino as Avocet Abigail, Before Women Had Wings
- Jena Malone as Lily, Hope
- Chaz Monet as Ruby, Ruby Bridges
Best Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program
- Ben Gould as Nicky Farina, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Phillip Van Dyke as Ned, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Scott Whyte as Chris, City Guys
Best Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program
- Samantha Esteban as Maria, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Erica Luttrell as Emilie Robeson, The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
- Lindsey McKeon as Katie Peterson, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Megan Parlen as Mary Beth Pepperton, Hang Time
- Charlotte Sullivan as Camella Gorik, The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
Best Young Recording Artist or Musical Group
- Hanson, Middle of Nowhere
- Jonny Lang, Jonny Lang in Concert
- Monica, The Boy Is Mine
- LeAnn Rimes, LeAnn Rimes in Concert
- Usher, Usher
The Fourth Annual YoungStar Awards were held on November 7, 1999 at Universal Studios' Panasonic Theatre. The awards were hosted by Melissa Joan Hart[7] and Donny Osmond.[8] Proceeds benefited APLA's Skills for Teen AIDS Risk Reduction (S.T.A.R.R.) Program.[9]
The show included a musical performance by Renee Olstead.[10]
Winners are in bold.[7]
Best Young Actor in a Comedy Film
- Dylan and Cole Sprouse as Julian, Big Daddy
- Eli Marienthal as Ricky Abramowitz, Slums of Beverly Hills
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron, 10 Things I Hate About You
- Jason Schwartzman as Max Fisher, Rushmore
- Mason Gamble as Dirk, Rushmore
Best Young Actress in a Comedy Film
- Rachael Leigh Cook as Laney Boggs, She's All That
- Jessica Campbell as Tammy Metzler, Election
- Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford, 10 Things I Hate About You
- Julia Stiles as Katarina, 10 Things I Hate About You
- Leelee Sobieski as Aldys, Never Been Kissed
Best Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
- Zachery Ty Bryan as Brad Taylor, Home Improvement
- Benjamin Salisbury as Brighton Sheffield, The Nanny
- Michael Galeota as Nick, The Jersey
- Eric Lloyd as Little John, Jesse
- Justin Berfield as Ross, Unhappily Ever After
Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series
Best Young Actor in a Drama Film
- Jonathan Jackson as Vincent, The Deep End of the Ocean
- Joseph Mazzello as John, Simon Birch
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer Hickman, October Sky
- Chris Owen as Quentin, October Sky
- Jake Lloyd as Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Ryan Merriman as Sam, The Deep End of the Ocean
Best Young Actress in a Drama Film
- Jena Malone as Anna, Stepmom
- Natalie Portman as Queen Amidala, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Anna Paquin as Alison, A Walk on the Moon
- Heather Matarazzo as Grace O'Shea, 54
- Mika Boorem as Natalie, Jack Frost
Best Young Actor in a Drama TV Series
- Austin O'Brien as Joshua Greene, Promised Land
- Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr., The Sopranos
- Ryan Merriman as Young Jarod, The Pretender
- Marcus T. Paulk as Myles Mitchell, Moesha
- David Gallagher as Simon Camden, 7th Heaven
Best Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
- Mae Whitman as Sara, Chicago Hope
- Lacey Chabert as Claudia, Party of Five
- Jamie Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano, The Sopranos
- Sarah Rayne as Lexy Logan, Legacy
- Michelle Williams as Jen Lindley, Dawson's Creek
Best Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program
- Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, General Hospital
- Logan O'Brien as Lucas Jones, General Hospital
- Nicholas Pappone as Phillip Chancellor IV, The Young and the Restless
- Craig Lawlor as Adam Hughes, As the World Turns
- Joseph Cross as Casey Hughes, As the World Turns
Best Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actor in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
- Adam Wylie as Jack, Michael Landon, the Father I Knew
- Adam Wylie as Charles, Balloon Farm
- Haley Joel Osment as Bobby, Cab to Canada
- Andrew Ducote as Brandon, Judgement Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
- Phillip Van Dyke as Luke, Halloweentown
- Ryan Merriman as Ben, Smart House
Best Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
- Leelee Sobieski as Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc
- Evan Rachel Wood as Robin Garr, Down Will Come Baby
- Raven-Symoné as Nebula, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
- Tina Majorino as Alice, Alice in Wonderland
- Dominique Swain as Lolita, Lolita
Best Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program
- Brandon Baker as Cray Blake, One World
- Tom Wade Huntington as Tony, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Best Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program
- Alisa Reyes as Marci Blake, One World
- Ashley Cafagna as Liz Miller, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Lindsey McKeon as Katie Peterson, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Megan Parlen as Mary Beth Pepperton, Hang Time
Best Young Recording Artist or Musical Group
Best Performance in a Voice Over Talent
- Rickey D'Shon Collins, voice of Vince, Recess
- Mae Whitman, voice of Little Susie, Johnny Bravo
- Adam Wylie, voice of Louis, The King and I
- Sam Gifaldi, various voices, Hey Arnold!
- Myles Jeffrey, voice of Easy, Babe: Pig in the City
- Michael Yarmush, the original voice of Arthur Read
The Fifth Annual YoungStar Awards were held on November 19, 2000 at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills. A celebratory dinner followed the event at Le Meridian Hotel. The event was produced by Dick Clark, Robert J. Dowling, Dawn Allen, Al Schwartz and Ken Shapiro.[1] The awards were hosted by Mo'Nique, and presenters included B.B. Good,[11] Amanda Bynes, Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, and Michelle Trachtenberg. There were performances by No Authority, Rachael Lampa, Youth Asylum and Alecia Elliott.[12] A portion of the proceeds went to the Starlight Children's Foundation.[1]
Winners are listed in bold.[13]
Best Young Actor in a Comedy Film
- Jonathan Lipnicki as George Little, Stuart Little
- Spencer Breslin as Rusty Duritz, Disney's The Kid
- Sam Huntington as Jeremiah 'Jam' Bruce, Detroit Rock City
- Malcolm Stumpf as Sam, The Next Best Thing
- Mark Webber as Hal Brandston, Snow Day
Best Young Actress in a Comedy Film
- Kirsten Dunst as Betsy Jobs, Dick[11]
- Natalie Portman as Novalee Nation, Where the Heart Is
- Hallie Eisenberg as Young Little Miss Amanda Martin, Bicentennial Man
- Michelle Trachtenberg as Penny, Inspector Gadget
- Mara Wilson as Lily Stone, Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Best Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
- Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, Malcolm in the Middle
- John Francis Daley as Sam Weir, Freaks and Geeks
- Shia LaBeouf as Louis Anthony Stevens, Even Stevens
- Eric Lloyd as Little John, Jesse
- Arjay Smith as Allen Strange, The Journey of Allen Strange
Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series
- Amanda Bynes, The Amanda Show[11]
- Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart, That '70s Show
- Danielle Fishel as Topanga Lawrence, Boy Meets World
- Sarah Hagan as Millie Kentner, Freaks and Geeks
- Alexa Vega as Wendy Stiles, Ladies Man
Best Young Actor in a Drama Film
- Frankie Muniz as Willie Morris, My Dog Skip[11]
- Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
- Michael Angarano as Nick, Music of the Heart
- Lucas Black as Peter Joseph Bullis, Crazy in Alabama
- Trevor Morgan as Nathan Martin, The Patriot
Best Young Actress in a Drama Film
- Kirsten Dunst as Lux Lisbon, The Virgin Suicides[11]
- Thora Birch as Jane Burnham, American Beauty
- Kimberly J. Brown as Ava Walker, Tumbleweeds
- Jena Malone as Heather Aubrey, For Love of the Game
- Anne Suzuki as Young Hatsue Imada, Snow Falling on Cedars
Best Young Actor in a Drama TV Series
- Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr., The Sopranos
- Vincent Berry as Atticus Finch Henderson, Manhattan, AZ
- David Gallagher as Simon Camden, 7th Heaven
- Eric Lively as Carey Bell, So Weird
- Ryan Merriman as Young Jarod, The Pretender
Best Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
- Heather Matarazzo as Heather Wiseman, Now and Again[11]
- Jamie Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano, The Sopranos
- Lacey Chabert as Claudia, Party of Five
- Cara DeLizia as Fiona 'Fi' Phillips, So Weird
- Evan Rachel Wood as Jessie Sammler, Once and Again
Best Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program
- Josh Ryan Evans as Timmy Lenox, Passions
- Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, General Hospital
- Billy Kay as Shayne Lewis, Guiding Light
- Justin Torkildsen as Rick Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful
- Paul Wesley as Max Nickerson, Guiding Light
Best Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actor in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
- Seth Adkins as Pinocchio, Geppetto
- Blake Heron as Matt Kur, Cheaters
- Shawn Pyfrom as Danny Bonaduce, Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story
- Will Rothhaar as Kip, An American Daughter
- Michal Suchánek as Danny Thorell, Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Best Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
- Alicia Morton as Annie, Annie
- Kaitlin Cullum as Eve Plumb, Growing Up Brady
- Kaley Cuoco as Maureen McCormick, Growing Up Brady
- Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly as Dora Charles, Freedom Song
- Emily Mae Young, Santa and Pete
Best Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program
- Ben Gould as Nicky Farina, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Brandon Baker as Cray Blake, One World
- Jon Lee, Miami 7
Best Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program
- Alisa Reyes as Marci Blake, One World
- Lindsey McKeon as Katie Peterson, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
- Ashley Tesoro as Liz Miller, Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Best Young Recording Artist or Musical Group
Best Performance in a Voice Over Talent
- Eli Marienthal, voice of Hogarth Hughes, The Iron Giant
- Lacey Chabert, voice of Eliza Thornberry, The Wild Thornberrys
- Spencer Klein, voice of Arnold, Hey Arnold!
- Hayden Panettiere, voice of Suri, Dinosaur
- Francesca Smith, voice of Helga Pataki, Hey Arnold!
Best Television Ensemble Cast
- Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan, Christopher Masterson and Craig Lamar Traylor, Malcolm in the Middle
- David Gallagher, Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell and Mackenzie Rosman, 7th Heaven
- Patrick Levis, Eric Lively, Cara DeLizia and Erik von Detten, So Weird
- Cameron Richardson, Antoinette Picatto and Michael Angarano, Cover Me
- John Francis Daley, Samm Levine, Martin Starr, Natasha Melnick and Sarah Hagan, Freaks and Geeks
Best Stage Performance by a Young Actor
- Bix Bettwy as Boy in Shakespeare's Henry V at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre
Best Stage Performance by a Young Actress
- Emily Hong as multiple roles in Broken Hearts at Los Angeles' Cornerstone Theater
YoungStar Starlight Award
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