The Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program is an award that honors performances in both television series and made-for-television/streaming films. The category was established at the 1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards in 2022 and is open to performers of all genders. The inaugural recipient of the award was Nonso Anozie for his role as Tommy Jepperd in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth. The current holder of the award is Nonso Anozie, who won the 4th Children's and Family Emmy Awards for her role as Tommy Jepperd in the Netflix historical drama series Sweet Tooth, also making it his second win.
Background On November 17, 2021, the NATAS announced the creation of the Children's and Family Emmy Awards to recognize the best in children's and family television. The organization cited an "explosive growth in the quantity and quality of children’s and family programming" as justification for a dedicated ceremony. Many categories of the awards were previously presented at the Daytime Emmy Awards. Performers in programming aimed towards children and young people were previously honored with the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming, which was presented under various names however, following the announcement of the establishment of the Children's and Family Emmy Awards, these categories were discontinued.
The original name for the category was Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program, and the award received its current name as of the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards.
Winners and nominations
2020s Year Actor Role Program Network Refs 2022(1st) Nonso Anozie Tommy Jepperd Sweet Tooth Netflix NATAS ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR FIRST ANNUAL CHILDREN’S & FAMILY EMMYS - The Emmys2022 Children's & Family Emmys: Full List of Nominations – The Hollywood ReporterNetflix Leads First-Ever Children's & Family Emmys Nominations Tally – Variety Adeel Akhtar Aditya Singh Sweet Tooth Netflix Yasmin Finney Elle ArgentHeartstopper William Gao Tao Xu Lisa Kudrow Aunt Heidi Better Nate Than Ever Disney+ 2023(2nd) Adeel Akhtar Dr. Aditya Singh Sweet Tooth Netflix Nonso Anozie Tommy Jeppard Sweet Tooth Netflix Kal Penn Simon Choksi/Santa The Santa Clauses Disney+ Neil Sandilands General Abbot Sweet Tooth Netflix Catherine Zeta-Jones Billie Pearce National Treasure: Edge of History Disney+ 2024(3rd) Amanda Lawrence Matron Shipley Malory Towers BYU TV Adam Copeland Ares Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+ Elizabeth Mitchell Carol/Mrs. Claus The Santa Clauses Sarah Rafferty Katherine Walter My Life with the Walter Boys Netflix Lance Reddick Zeus Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+ Eric Stonestreet Magnus Antas/The Mad Santa The Santa Clauses2025(4th) Nonso Anozie Tommy Jepperd Sweet Tooth Netflix Rosalind Chao Helen Zhang Sweet Tooth Netflix Ellie Goldstein Nancy Malory Towers BYUtv Stefania LaVie Owen Bear Sweet Tooth Netflix Dara Reneé Uliana Descendants: The Rise of Red Disney+
Programs with multiple awards 3 awards Sweet Tooth
Performers with multiple wins 2 wins Nonso Anozie
Performers with multiple nominations 3 nominations Nonso Anozie
2 nominations Adeel Akhtar
Programs with multiple nominations 8 nominations Sweet Tooth
3 nominations The Santa Clauses
2 nominations Heartstopper Malory Towers Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Networks with multiple nominations 11 nominations Netflix
8 nominations Disney+
2 nominations BYUtv
Networks with multiple Wins 3 wins Netflix
Superlatives +SuperlativePerformerProgramYearAgeOldest NomineeLance ReddickPercy Jackson and the Olympians202460Youngest NomineeYasmin FinneyHeartstopper202219
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