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. Winners were chosen via a poll of 3,500 entertainment industry insiders who read The Hollywood Reporter. The awards ceremony was held from 1995 until 2000; there was no ceremony in 1996.
First Annual YoungStar Awards
The First Annual YoungStar Awards were held in 1995.
Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Roger Bomman, Angels in the Outfield - Won
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Joaquin Phoenix as Jimmy Emmett, To Die For
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Macaulay Culkin as Richie, Richie Rich
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Thomas Ian Nicholas as Calvin Fuller, A Kid in King Arthur's Court
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Eric Lloyd as Charlie, The Santa Clause
Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy film
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Christina Ricci as Kat, Casper- Won
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Alicia Silverstone as Cher, Clueless
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Reese Witherspoon as Wendy, S.F.W.
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Brittany Ashton Holmes as Darla, The Little Rascals
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Eliza Dushku as Emma, Bye Bye Love
Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film
Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film
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Brad Renfro as Mark Sway, The Client - Won
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Elijah Wood as Stu Simmons, The War
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar as D.J., Twisted Love (1995)
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Leonardo DiCaprio as Jimmy, The Basketball Diaries (film)
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Joseph Mazzello as Roarke, The River Wild
Best Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Randy, Home Improvement - Won
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Benjamin Salisbury as Brighton Sheffield, The Nanny
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zack Morris,
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Joey Lawrence as Joey Russo, Blossom (American TV series)
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Rider Strong as Eric Matthews, Boy Meets World
Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series
Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama TV Series
Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Matt Cunningham, The Great Elephant Escape - Won
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zack Morris,
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Mario Lopez as A.C. Slater,
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Ryan Phillippe as Tom Readman,
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Jonathan Brandis as Prince Wenceslas, Good King Wenceslas
Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie
Best Young Ensemble Cast - Television
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Cast - Won
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Boy Meets World Cast
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Full House Cast
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Home Improvement (TV series) Cast
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The Nanny Cast
Best Young Voice Over Talent
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Christian Bale as Thomas, Pocahontas (1995 film) - Won
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Simba, The Lion King
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John Morris (voice actor) as Andy, Toy Story
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Benjamin Diskin as Junior, Problem Child (TV series)
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Bradley Pierce as Miles 'Tails' Prower, Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)
Second Annual YoungStar Awards
The Second Annual YoungStar Awards were held in 1997.
Winners are in bold.
Best Young Actor in a Comedy Film
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Alex D. Linz as Sammy, One Fine Day
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Brad Renfro as Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, Tom and Huck
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Thomas "Tom" Sawyer, Tom and Huck
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Elijah Wood as Sandy Ricks, Flipper
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Adam Zolotin as Louie Durante, Jack
Best Young Actress in a Comedy Film
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Mara Wilson as Matilda Wormwood, Matilda
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Rachael Leigh Cook as Becky Thatcher, Tom and Huck
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Gaby Hoffmann as Lane Dandridge, Everyone Says I Love You
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Natalie Portman as Laura Dandridge, Everyone Says I Love You
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Mae Whitman as Maggie Taylor, One Fine Day
Best Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tommy Solomon, 3rd Rock from the Sun
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Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner, Roseanne
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Marcus T. Paulk as Myles Mitchell, Moesha
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Benjamin Salisbury as Brighton Sheffield, The Nanny
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Randy Taylor, Home Improvement
Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series
Best Young Actor in a Drama Film
Best Young Actress in a Drama Film
Best Young Actor in a Drama TV Series
Best Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
Best Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actor in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
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Haley Joel Osment as Davis, Last Stand at Saber River
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Fred Savage as Bobby Tennison, No One Would Tell (1996 film)
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Bug Hall as Eddie Munster, The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Scott, She Cried No
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Ryan Reynolds as Bobby Rupp, In Cold Blood (miniseries)
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Erik von Detten as Billy Jackson, Christmas Every Day
Best Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
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Kirsten Dunst as Sara, The Siege at Ruby Ridge
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Hedy Burress as Linda Barrows, If These Walls Could Talk
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Ashley Johnson as Annie Warbucks,
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Jena Malone as Ruth Anne 'Bone' Boatwright, Bastard Out of Carolina
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Candace Cameron Bure as Melissa Connell, She Cried No
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Nicholle Tom as Amy Dustin, For My Daughter's Honor
Best Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program
Best Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program
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Megan Parlen as Mary Beth Pepperton, Hang Time
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Samantha Esteban as Maria,
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Shannon Chandler as Josephine "Jo" McCormick, Big Bad Beetleborgs
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Sarah Lancaster as Rachel Meyers,
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Elizabeth Lund as Heather, Big Bad Beetleborgs
Best Young Recording Artist
Third Annual YoungStar Awards
The Third Annual YoungStar Awards were held on November 8, 1998 at Universal Studios.
The awards were hosted by Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
Winners are in bold.
Best Young Actor in a Comedy Film
Best Young Actress in a Comedy Film
Best Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series
Best Young Actor in a Drama Film
Best Young Actress in a Drama Film
Best Young Actor in a Drama TV Series
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Andrew and Steven Cavarno as Owen, Party of Five
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David Gallagher as Simon Camden, 7th Heaven
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George O. Gore II as Gregory "G" Williams, New York Undercover
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Ross Malinger as Roland, Party of Five
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Austin O'Brien as Joshua Greene, Promised Land
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Michael Yarmush as Eric, My Life as a Dog
Best Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
Best Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actor in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
Best Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
Best Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program
Best Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program
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Samantha Esteban as Maria,
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Erica Luttrell as Emilie Robeson, The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
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Lindsey McKeon as Katie Peterson,
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Megan Parlen as Mary Beth Pepperton, Hang Time
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Charlotte Sullivan as Camella Gorik, The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
Best Young Recording Artist or Musical Group
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Hanson, Middle of Nowhere
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Jonny Lang, Jonny Lang in Concert
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Monica, The Boy Is Mine
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LeAnn Rimes, LeAnn Rimes in Concert
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Usher, Usher
Fourth Annual YoungStar Awards
The Fourth Annual YoungStar Awards were held on November 7, 1999 at Universal Studios' Panasonic Theatre. The awards were hosted by Melissa Joan Hart
and
Donny Osmond.
Proceeds benefited APLA's Skills for Teen AIDS Risk Reduction (S.T.A.R.R.) Program.
The show included a musical performance by Renee Olstead.
Winners are in bold.
Best Young Actor in a Comedy Film
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Dylan and Cole Sprouse as Julian, Big Daddy
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Eli Marienthal as Ricky Abramowitz, Slums of Beverly Hills
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron, 10 Things I Hate About You
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Jason Schwartzman as Max Fisher, Rushmore
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Mason Gamble as Dirk, Rushmore
Best Young Actress in a Comedy Film
Best Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series
Best Young Actor in a Drama Film
Best Young Actress in a Drama Film
Best Young Actor in a Drama TV Series
Best Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
Best Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actor in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
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Adam Wylie as Jack, Michael Landon, the Father I Knew
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Adam Wylie as Charles, Balloon Farm
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Haley Joel Osment as Bobby, Cab to Canada
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Andrew Ducote as Brandon, Judgement Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
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Phillip Van Dyke as Luke, Halloweentown
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Ryan Merriman as Ben, Smart House
Best Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
Best Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program
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Brandon Baker as Cray Blake, One World
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Tom Wade Huntington as Tony,
Best Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program
Best Young Recording Artist or Musical Group
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Hanson, Live from Albertane
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Britney Spears, ...Baby One More Time (album)
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Christina Aguilera, Christina Aguilera (album)
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Jonny Lang, Wander This World
Best Performance in a Voice Over Talent
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Rickey D'Shon Collins, voice of Vince, Recess
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Mae Whitman, voice of Little Susie, Johnny Bravo
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Adam Wylie, voice of Louis, The King and I
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Sam Gifaldi, various voices, Hey Arnold!
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Myles Jeffrey, voice of Easy,
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Michael Yarmush, the original voice of Arthur Read
Fifth Annual YoungStar Awards
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.
The awards were hosted by Mo'Nique, and presenters included B.B. Good,
Amanda Bynes,
Jane Kaczmarek,
Bryan Cranston, and Michelle Trachtenberg. There were performances by No Authority,
Rachael Lampa, Youth Asylum and
Alecia Elliott.
A portion of the proceeds went to the Starlight Children's Foundation.
Winners are listed in bold.
Best Young Actor in a Comedy Film
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Jonathan Lipnicki as George Little, Stuart Little
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Spencer Breslin as Rusty Duritz, Disney's The Kid
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Sam Huntington as Jeremiah 'Jam' Bruce, Detroit Rock City
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Malcolm Stumpf as Sam, The Next Best Thing
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Mark Webber as Hal Brandston, Snow Day
Best Young Actress in a Comedy Film
Best Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
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Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, Malcolm in the Middle
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John Francis Daley as Sam Weir, Freaks and Geeks
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Shia LaBeouf as Louis Anthony Stevens, Even Stevens
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Taran Noah Smith as Mark, Home Improvement (TV series)
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Eric Lloyd as Little John, Jesse
Best Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series
Best Young Actor in a Drama Film
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Frankie Muniz as Willie Morris, My Dog Skip
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Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
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Michael Angarano as Nick, Music of the Heart
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Lucas Black as Peter Joseph Bullis, Crazy in Alabama
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Trevor Morgan as Nathan Martin, The Patriot
Best Young Actress in a Drama Film
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Kirsten Dunst as Lux Lisbon, The Virgin Suicides
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Thora Birch as Jane Burnham, American Beauty
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Kimberly J. Brown as Ava Walker, Tumbleweeds
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Jena Malone as Heather Aubrey, For Love of the Game
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Anne Suzuki as Young Hatsue Imada, Snow Falling on Cedars
Best Young Actor in a Drama TV Series
Best Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
Best Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program
Best Young Actor in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
Best Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
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Alicia Morton as Annie, Annie
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Kaitlin Cullum as Eve Plumb, Growing Up Brady
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Kaley Cuoco as Maureen McCormick, Growing Up Brady
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Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly as Dora Charles, Freedom Song
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Emily Mae Young, Santa and Pete
Best Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program
Best Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program
Best Young Recording Artist or Musical Group
Best Performance in a Voice Over Talent
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Eli Marienthal, voice of Hogarth Hughes, The Iron Giant
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Lacey Chabert, voice of Eliza Thornberry, The Wild Thornberrys
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Spencer Klein, voice of Arnold, Hey Arnold!
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Hayden Panettiere, voice of Suri, Dinosaur
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Francesca Smith, voice of Helga Pataki, Hey Arnold!
Best Television Ensemble Cast
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Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan, Christopher Masterson and Craig Lamar Traylor, Malcolm in the Middle
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David Gallagher, Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell and Mackenzie Rosman, 7th Heaven
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Patrick Levis, Eric Lively, Cara DeLizia and Erik von Detten, So Weird
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Cameron Richardson, Antoinette Picatto and Michael Angarano, Cover Me
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John Francis Daley, Samm Levine, Martin Starr, Natasha Melnick and Sarah Hagan, Freaks and Geeks
Best Stage Performance by a Young Actor
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Bix Bettwy as Boy in Shakespeare's Henry V at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre
Best Stage Performance by a Young Actress
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Emily Hong as multiple roles in Broken Hearts at Los Angeles' Cornerstone Theater
YoungStar Starlight Award