TheYoungStar Awards, presented byThe 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 readThe Hollywood Reporter.^[1] The awards ceremony was held from 1995 until 2000; there was no ceremony in 1996.

The First Annual YoungStar Awards were held in 1995.^[2][3]

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Roger Bomman,Angels in the Outfield -won

• Christina Ricci as Kat,Casper

• Kirsten Dunst asClaudia,Interview with the Vampire^[2]

• Brad Renfro as Erik,The Cure -won^[2]
• Elijah Wood as Stu Simmons,The War

• Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Randy,Home Improvement -won^[2]
• Benjamin Salisbury as Brighton Sheffield,The Nanny

• Madeline Zima as Grace Sheffield,The Nanny- won
• Nicholle Tom as Maggie Sheffield,The Nanny

• Lacey Chabert as Claudia Salinger ,Party of Five^[2]

• Jonathan Jackson asLucky Spencer,General Hospital^[4]

• Kimberly McCullough asRobin Scorpio,General Hospital^[4]

The Second Annual YoungStar Awards were held in 1997.

Winners are inbold.^[5]

• 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

• 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

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt asTommy Solomon,3rd Rock from the Sun
• Michael Fishman asD.J. Conner,Roseanne
• Marcus T. Paulk as Myles Mitchell,Moesha
• Benjamin Salisbury asBrighton Sheffield,The Nanny
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas asRandy Taylor,Home Improvement

• Tatyana Ali asAshley Banks,The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Kaitlin Cullum as Libby,Grace Under Fire
• Melissa Joan Hart asSabrina Spellman,Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
• Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell,Moesha
• Madeline Zima asGrace Sheffield,The Nanny

• 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

• Claire Danes asJuliet,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

• Adam Wylie as Zach,Picket Fences
• Lucas Black as Caleb Temple,American Gothic
• David Gallagher asSimon Camden,7th Heaven
• Cirroc Lofton asJake Sisko,Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Ryan Merriman as Young Jarod,The Pretender
• Michael Yarmush asArthur Read,Arthur (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

• Jonathan Jackson asLucky Spencer,General Hospital
• Justin Cooper asLucas Jones,General Hospital
• Steven Hartman asRick Forrester,The Bold and the Beautiful
• Tommy J. Michaels as Tim Dillon,All My Children
• Nicholas Pappone asPhillip Chancellor IV,The Young and the Restless

• Kimberly McCullough asRobin Scorpio,General Hospital
• Kimberly J. Brown asMarah Lewis,Guiding Light
• Gina Gallagher asBianca Montgomery,All My Children
• Erin Torpey asJessica Buchanan,One Life to Live
• Ashley Williams asDanielle Andropoulos,As the World Turns

• Haley Joel Osment as Davis,Last Stand at Saber River
• Freddie Findlay as Tsarevich Alexei,Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
• Bug Hall asEddie 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

• 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

• Luke Tarsitano asFudge,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

• 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

• LeAnn Rimes,Blue

The Third Annual YoungStar Awards were held on November 8, 1998 atUniversal Studios.^[6] The awards were hosted byMalcolm-Jamal Warner.

Winners are inbold.

• Cameron Finley asBeaver,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

• 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

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt asTommy Solomon,3rd Rock from the Sun
• Brandon Hammond as Matty,The Gregory Hines Show
• Jonathan Lipnicki as Alex,Meego
• Tahj Mowry asT.J. Henderson,Smart Guy
• Ben Savage asCory Matthews,Boy Meets World
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas asRandy Taylor,Home Improvement

• Kaitlin Cullum as Libby,Grace Under Fire
• Danielle Fishel asTopanga 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

• Cameron Finley as Travis,Hope Floats
• Brandon Hammond asAhmad 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

• 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

• Andrew and Steven Cavarno as Owen,Party of Five
• David Gallagher asSimon 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

• Jessica Biel asMary Camden,7th Heaven
• Lacey Chabert as Claudia,Party of Five
• Erika Christensen as Romy,Nothing Sacred
• Beverley Mitchell asLucy Camden,7th Heaven
• Caitlin Wachs as Chloe,Profiler
• Michelle Williams asJen Lindley,Dawson's Creek

• Jonathan Jackson asLucky Spencer,General Hospital
• Sean Marquette asJamie Martin,All My Children
• Nicholas Pappone asPhillip Chancellor IV,The Young and the Restless
• Tyrone Savage as young Isaac Newton,The Inventor Specials: Newton
• Jeffery Wood as Jimmy Harrison,Sunset Beach

• Jessica Alba as Maya Graham,Flipper
• Camryn Grimes asCassie Newman,The Young and the Restless
• Alexas Manta as Amanda,As the World Turns
• Robyn Richards asMaxie Jones,General Hospital
• Erin Torpey asJessica Buchanan,One Life to Live

• 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 theArtful Dodger,Oliver Twist

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 atUniversal Studios' Panasonic Theatre. The awards were hosted byMelissa Joan Hart^[7] andDonny 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 byRenee Olstead.^[10]

Winners are inbold.^[7]

• 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

• 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

• Zachery Ty Bryan asBrad Taylor,Home Improvement
• Benjamin Salisbury asBrighton Sheffield,The Nanny
• Michael Galeota as Nick,The Jersey
• Eric Lloyd as Little John,Jesse
• Justin Berfield as Ross,Unhappily Ever After

• Madeline Zima asGrace Sheffield,The Nanny
• Madylin Sweeten as Ally,Everybody Loves Raymond
• Larisa Oleynik asAlissa Strudwick,3rd Rock from the Sun
• Mila Kunis asJackie Burkhart,That '70s Show
• Azura Skye as Jane,Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane

• 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 asAnakin Skywalker,Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
• Ryan Merriman as Sam,The Deep End of the Ocean

• Jena Malone as Anna,Stepmom
• Natalie Portman asQueen 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

• Austin O'Brien as Joshua Greene,Promised Land
• Robert Iler asAnthony Soprano, Jr.,The Sopranos
• Ryan Merriman as Young Jarod,The Pretender
• Marcus T. Paulk as Myles Mitchell,Moesha
• David Gallagher asSimon Camden,7th Heaven

• Mae Whitman as Sara,Chicago Hope
• Lacey Chabert as Claudia,Party of Five
• Jamie Lynn Sigler asMeadow Soprano,The Sopranos
• Sarah Rayne as Lexy Logan,Legacy
• Michelle Williams asJen Lindley,Dawson's Creek

• Jonathan Jackson asLucky Spencer,General Hospital
• Logan O'Brien asLucas Jones,General Hospital
• Nicholas Pappone asPhillip Chancellor IV,The Young and the Restless
• Craig Lawlor asAdam Hughes,As the World Turns
• Joseph Cross asCasey Hughes,As the World Turns

• Amber Tamblyn asEmily Quartermaine,General Hospital
• Carly Schroeder asSerena Baldwin,Port Charles
• Erin Torpey asJessica Buchanan,One Life to Live
• Ashley Cafagna asKimberly Fairchild,The Bold and the Beautiful

• 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

• Leelee Sobieski asJoan 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 asAlice,Alice in Wonderland
• Dominique Swain as Lolita,Lolita

• Brandon Baker as Cray Blake,One World
• Tom Wade Huntington as Tony,Saved by the Bell: The New Class

• 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

• Hanson,Live from Albertane
• Britney Spears,...Baby One More Time (album)
• Christina Aguilera,Christina Aguilera (album)
• Jonny Lang,Wander This World

• 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 ofArthur Read

The Fifth Annual YoungStar Awards were held on November 19, 2000 at theWilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills. A celebratory dinner followed the event at Le Meridian Hotel. The event was produced byDick Clark, Robert J. Dowling, Dawn Allen,Al Schwartz andKen Shapiro.^[1] The awards were hosted byMo'Nique, and presenters includedB.B. Good,^[11]Amanda Bynes,Jane Kaczmarek,Bryan Cranston, andMichelle Trachtenberg. There were performances by No Authority,Rachael Lampa, Youth Asylum andAlecia Elliott.^[12] A portion of the proceeds went to theStarlight Children's Foundation.^[1]

Winners are listed inbold.^[13]

• 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

• 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 asPenny,Inspector Gadget
• Mara Wilson as Lily Stone,Thomas and the Magic Railroad

• Frankie Muniz asMalcolm,Malcolm in the Middle
• John Francis Daley asSam 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

• Amanda Bynes,The Amanda Show^[11]
• Mila Kunis asJackie Burkhart,That '70s Show
• Danielle Fishel asTopanga Lawrence,Boy Meets World
• Sarah Hagan as Millie Kentner,Freaks and Geeks
• Alexa Vega as Wendy Stiles,Ladies Man

• 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

• 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

• Robert Iler asAnthony Soprano, Jr.,The Sopranos
• Vincent Berry as Atticus Finch Henderson,Manhattan, AZ
• David Gallagher asSimon Camden,7th Heaven
• Eric Lively as Carey Bell,So Weird
• Ryan Merriman as Young Jarod,The Pretender

• Heather Matarazzo as Heather Wiseman,Now and Again^[11]
• Jamie Lynn Sigler asMeadow 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

• Josh Ryan Evans asTimmy Lenox,Passions
• Jonathan Jackson asLucky Spencer,General Hospital
• Billy Kay as Shayne Lewis,Guiding Light
• Justin Torkildsen asRick Forrester,The Bold and the Beautiful
• Paul Wesley as Max Nickerson,Guiding Light

• Amber Tamblyn asEmily Quartermaine,General Hospital
• Ashley Tesoro asKimberly Fairchild,The Bold and the Beautiful
• Camryn Grimes asCassie Newman,The Young and the Restless
• Hayden Panettiere asLizzie Spaulding,Guiding Light
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Jessica Bennett,Passions

• Seth Adkins asPinocchio,Geppetto
• Blake Heron as Matt Kur,Cheaters
• Shawn Pyfrom asDanny 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

• Alicia Morton as Annie,Annie
• Kaitlin Cullum asEve Plumb,Growing Up Brady
• Kaley Cuoco asMaureen McCormick,Growing Up Brady
• Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly as Dora Charles,Freedom Song
• Emily Mae Young,Santa and Pete

• Ben Gould as Nicky Farina,Saved by the Bell: The New Class
• Brandon Baker as Cray Blake,One World
• Jon Lee,Miami 7

• 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

• Charlotte Church,Voice of an Angel
• Billy Gilman,One Voice
• Hoku,Hoku
• Rachael Lampa,Live For You
• Mandy Moore,I Wanna Be With You

• Eli Marienthal, voice of Hogarth Hughes,The Iron Giant
• Lacey Chabert, voice of Eliza Thornberry,The Wild Thornberrys
• Spencer Klein, voice ofArnold,Hey Arnold!
• Hayden Panettiere, voice of Suri,Dinosaur
• Francesca Smith, voice ofHelga Pataki,Hey Arnold!

• Frankie Muniz,Justin Berfield,Erik Per Sullivan,Christopher Masterson andCraig Lamar Traylor,Malcolm in the Middle
• David Gallagher,Jessica Biel,Beverley Mitchell andMackenzie Rosman,7th Heaven
• Patrick Levis,Eric Lively,Cara DeLizia andErik von Detten,So Weird
• Cameron Richardson, Antoinette Picatto andMichael Angarano,Cover Me
• John Francis Daley,Samm Levine,Martin Starr,Natasha Melnick andSarah Hagan,Freaks and Geeks

• Bix Bettwy as Boy in Shakespeare'sHenry V at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre

• Emily Hong as multiple roles inBroken Hearts at Los Angeles' Cornerstone Theater

• Christina Aguilera^[14]

• Awards for young actors
• Awards honoring children or youth