The Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program honors performances in both television series and made-for-television/streaming films and specials. The category was established at the 1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards in 2022, and is open to lead, supporting and guest performers of all genders who are under the age of 18. The category is a counterpart to the Lead and Supporting categories honoring performers in live action series, and is one of two awards specifically designed to award younger actors, alongside the Younger Voice Performer in an Animated or Preschool Animated Program category.
The first winner of the award was Quinn Copeland for her role as Izzy on the Peacock series Punky Brewster. The current holder of the award is Christian Convery, who won at the 4th Children's and Family Emmy Awards for his role as Gus in the Netflix special Sweet Tooth.
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. From 1995 to 2021, voice performers were honored with the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program however, this category was discontinued following the announcement of the Children's and Family Emmys.
Winners and nominations 2020s Year Actor Role Program Network Refs 2022(1st) Quinn Copeland Izzy Punky Brewster Peacock 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 Malia Baker Mary Anne Spier The Baby-Sitters ClubNetflix Sammi Haney Esperanza Raising Dion Momona Tamada Claudia Kishi The Baby-Sitters Club Ja'Siah Young Dion Warren Raising Dion 2023(2nd) Mykal-Michelle Harris Alice Baxter Raven's Home Disney Channel Marta Kessler Constance Contraire The Mysterious Benedict Society Disney+ Matilda Lawler Betty The Santa Clauses Rupali Redd Grace 2024(3rd) Phoenix Laroche William The Velveteen Rabbit Apple TV+ Pyper Braun Natasha Williams Erin & Aaron Nickelodeon Noah Cottrell Simon Grace The Spiderwick Chronicles The Roku Channel Mykal-Michelle Harris Alice Baxter Raven's Home Disney Channel Alaya High Lay Lay That Girl Lay Lay Nickelodeon Leah Sava Jeffries Annabeth Chase Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+2025(4th) Christian Convery Gus Sweet Tooth Netflix Ravi Cabot-Conyers Wim Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Disney+ Lucian-River Chauhan Ben Me Apple TV+ Ava Joyce McCarthy Phoebe Robinson The Primrose Railway Children BYUtv Naledi Murray Wendy Sweet Tooth Netflix April V. Woods Felicity Rivers Malory Towers BYUtv
Performers with multiple nominations 2 nominations Mykal-Michelle Harris
Programs with multiple nominations 2 nominations Raising Dion Raven's Home Sweet Tooth The Baby-Sitters Club The Santa Clauses
Networks with multiple nominations 7 nominations Disney+/Disney Channel
6 nominations Netflix
2 nominations BYUtv Nickelodeon
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