The 17th Annual Youth In Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the Youth In Film Association

Young Artist Award

The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...

, honored outstanding youth performers under the age of 18 in the fields of film, television and music for the year 1995, and took place in 1996 in Hollywood, California.

Established in 1978, the Youth In Film Association was the first organization to establish an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 18 in the fields of film, television, theater and music.

Best Performance by a Young Actress: TV Drama Series

★ Jessica Bowman, "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"

• Lacey Chabert, "Party of Five"
• Yvonne Zima, "ER"
• Erin Torpey, "One Life to Live"
• Lj Heather Tom, "The Young and the Restless"
• Maitland Ward, "The Young and the Restless"
• Courtney Peldon, "Renegade"

Best Performance by a Young Actor: TV Drama Series

★ Shawn Toovey, "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman"

• Steven Hartman, "The Bold and the Beautiful"
• Jonathan Jackson, "General Hospital"
• Cirroc Lofton, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
• Chaz Ryan, "Days of Our Lives"
• Kyle Sabihy, "The Bold and the Beautiful"
• Micheal Sullivan "Days of Our Lives"
• Billy Tolson, "Walker, Texas Ranger"

Best Performance by a Young Actress: Guest Starring Role TV Series

★ Kim Cullum, "Home Improvement"

• Kyndra Joy Casper, "NYPD Blue"
• Erin J. Dean, "Boy Meets World"
• Yunoka Doyle, "Touched by an Angel"
• Lisa Rieffel, "Brotherly Love"
• Krista Sherre Selico, "Sister, Sister"
• Sabrina Wiener, "Charlie Grace"
• Lisa Wilhoit, "Walker, Texas Ranger"

Best Performance by a Young Actor: Guest Starring Role TV Series

★ Justin Thomson, "Boy Meets World"

• Anthony Jesse Cruz, "Baywatch"
• John Graas, "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman"
• Richard Jackson, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
• Lucky Luciano, "The Tonight Show"
• Chris Miller, "Maybe This Time"

Best Performance By A Young Ensemble: Television

★ "Secret World of Alex Mack", Nickelodeon

• "The Home Court", NBC
• "Sweet Valley High", Saban
• "Fudge", ABC
• "Are You Afraid of the Dark?", Nickelodeon

Best Performance by a Young Actress: TV Comedy Series

★ Nassira Nicola, "Fudge"

• Danielle Fishel, "Boy Meets World"
• Meghann Haldeman, "The Home Court"
• Ashley Johnson, "Maybe This Time"
• Sarah Lancaster, "Saved By The Bell"
• Tia & Tamera Mowry, "Sister, Sister"
• Nicholle Tom, "The Nanny"
• Madeline Zima, "The Nanny"
• Lisa Rieffel, "Woman of the House"
• Maia Campbell, "In the House"
• Natanya Ross, "Secret World of Alex Mack"

Best Performance by a Young Actor: TV Comedy Series

★ Benjamin Salisbury, "The Nanny"

• Chris Castile, "Step By Step"
• Zane Carney, "Dave's World"
• Will Estes, "Kirk"
• Frank J. Galasso, "Hudson Street"
• Sam Gifaidi, "Bless This House"
• Richard Jackson, "Saved By The Bell"
• Matthew Lawrence, "Brotherly Love"
• Nick Scouller, "The Anti Gravity Room"
• Phillip Van Dyke, "The Home Court"
• Jake Richardson, "Fudge"
• Bobby E. McAdams II, "Minor Adjustments"

Best Performance by a Young Actress Under 10: Television

★ Kaitlin Cullum, "Grace Under Fire"

• Brittany Holmes, "Ellen"
• Kylie Erica Mar, "The Parent Hood"
• Camille Winbush, "Minor Adjustments"
• Danielle Wiener, "Diagnosis Murder"

Best Performance by a Young Actor Under 10: Television

★ Ross Bagley, "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"

• Spencer Treat Clark, "Another World"
• Andrew Ducote, "Dave's World"
• Andy Lawrence, "Brotherly Love"
• Jacob Loyst, "Sisters"
• Courtiand Mead, "Kirk"
• Haley Joel Osment, "The Jeff Foxworthy Show"
• Jeffery Wood, "In the House"

Best Performance by a Young Actress: TV Special

★ Sandee Van Dyke, "The Judds"

• Kyndra Joy Casper, "The Great Mom Swap"
• Robin Lynn Heath, "The Stranger"
• Ashley Johnson, "Annie: A Royal Adventure"
• Laura Morgan, "Love Can Build a Bridge"

Best Performance by a Young Actor: TV Special

★ Mike McCarthy, "Deadly Whispers"

• Robert Bishop, "Breach of Faith"
• Geoffrey Scott Brown, "Fast Forward"
• Toran Caudell, "Max Is Missing"
• Noah Fleiss, "A Mother's Prayer"
• Victor Rajas, "Max is missing"
• Shane Sweet, "Indictment: The McMartin Trial"

Best Professional Actress/Singer

★ Moriah Snyder

• Brittany Murphy
• Ivyann Schwan
• Jennifer Love Hewitt

Best Professional Actor/Singer

★ Chris Allport

• Frankie J. Galasso
• Josh Keaton
• Zachary McLemore

Best Performance by a Young Actress: Voiceover Role

★ Sarah Freeman, "Toy Story"

• Rachel Miner, "Orphan Train"
• Danielle Wiener, "This is America Charlie Brown"
• Sabrina Wiener, "Santo Bugito"

Best Performance by a Young Actor: Voiceover Role

★ Malachi Pearson, "Casper"

• Josh Keaton, "Todd Lincoln"
• Chris Allport, "The Donna Reed Show"
• Roland Thomson, "The Revolutionary War"

Best Performances by a Young Ensemble: Feature Film or Video

★ The Baby-Sitters Club

The Baby-Sitters Club (film)

The Baby-Sitters Club is a 1995 family film directed by Melanie Mayron. It is based upon The Baby-sitters Club series of novels and is about one summer in the girls' lives in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut...

 (Columbia Pictures/TriStar Pictures)'

• Now and Then (New Line Cinema)
• Secret Adventures: Slam and Split (Taweel-Loos and Company)
• The Brady Bunch Movie
  The Brady Bunch Movie
  The Brady Bunch Movie is a 1995 American comedy film based on the 1969–1974 television series The Brady Bunch.The film features all the original regular characters, all played by new actors...
  
   (Paramount Pictures)

Best Performance by a Young Actress Under 10: Feature Film

★ Scarlett Pomers, "The Baby-Sitters Club"

• Courtney Chase, "Roommates"
• Bethany Richards, "Angus"
• Ashley Olsen, "It Takes Two"
• Mary-Kate Olsen, "It Takes Two"

Best Performance by a Young Actor Under 10: Feature Film

★ Nicholas John Reiner, "Mr. Holland's Opus"

• Jimmy Baker, "Man of the House"
• Dylan Haggerty, "Grizzly Mountain"
• Joshua Haines, "Three Wishes"
• Joel Palmer, "Far From Home, Adventures of Yellow Dog"
• Andy Ryan, "Paul McCall"

Best Young Supporting Actress: Feature Film

★ Kristy Young, Gordy

Gordy

Gordy is a 1995 feature film about a piglet who searches for his missing family...

 (Walt Disney Pictures/Miramax Family Films)'

• Stacey Dash
  Stacey Dash
  Stacey Lauretta Dash is an American film and television actress.-Career:She made her first TV appearance in Farrell for the People starring Valerie Harper and a virtually unknown Ed O'Neill in 1982, which did not make it past its pilot episode...
  
  , Clueless (Paramount Pictures)
• Julie Devin, The Tie That Binds
  The Tie That Binds (1995 film)
  The Tie That Binds is a 1995 thriller film, and the directing debut of screenwriter Wesley Strick. The film stars Daryl Hannah, Keith Carradine, Vincent Spano, Moira Kelly and Julia Devin...
  
   (Hollywood Pictures)
• Brittany Murphy
  Brittany Murphy
  Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack , known professionally as Brittany Murphy, was an American actress and singer. She starred in films such as Clueless, Just Married, Girl Interrupted, Spun, 8 Mile, Uptown Girls, Sin City, Happy Feet, and Riding in Cars with Boys...
  
  , Clueless (Paramount Pictures)
• Jean Marie Barnwell, Born to Be Wild
  Born to Be Wild (film)
  Born to Be Wild is a 1995 American family comedy film. The film grossed $3.7 million in the box office.-Plot:Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a female gorilla named Katie which...
  
   (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Sarah Wayne, Magic in the Water
  Magic in the Water
  Magic in the Water is a 1995 family film directed by Rick Stevenson and starring Mark Harmon, Sarah Wayne and Joshua Jackson. It is about a fictional lake monster in British Columbia...
  
   (TriStar Pictures)
• Yi Ding
  Yi Ding
  Yi Ding ; is an Asian American actress. She was born in Hangzhou, China and moved to the United States at the age of 9.-Early Movies:Yi Ding's first film role was An-Mei in the movie Joy Luck Club, released in 1993. Following her brief performance in Joy Luck Club, she landed a major role in The...
  
  , The Amazing Panda Adventure
  The Amazing Panda Adventure
  The Amazing Panda Adventure is a 1995 family adventure film about a 10 year old American boy called Ryan Tyler . This film was released by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment.-Synopsis:...
  
   (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Young Supporting Actor: Feature Film

★ Jonathan Hernandez, My Family

My Family (film)

My Family is an American drama film directed by Gregory Nava and written by Nava and Anna Thomas. The motion picture stars Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales, and others. It also features Jennifer Lopez in her second film role....

 (New Line Cinema)'

• Joseph Anderson, Mr. Holland's Opus
  Mr. Holland's Opus
  Mr. Holland's Opus is a 1995 American drama film directed by Stephen Herek, produced by Ted Field, Robert W. Cort, and Michael Nolin, and Executive Produced by Patrick Sheane Duncan. It stars Richard Dreyfuss in the title role, and the cast includes Glenne Headly, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy...
  
   (Hollywood Pictures)
• Steve Cardenas
  Steve Cardenas
  Stephen Antonio Cardenas is a former Mexican-American actor and martial artist, perhaps most noted for playing Rocky DeSantos in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series....
  
  , Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie is a 1995 American superhero action fantasy based on the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on Fox Kids. It featured the characters and actors from the series itself, and used the zords from Ninja Sentai Kakuranger...
  
   (20th Century Fox)
• Rishi Bhat
  Rishi Bhat
  Rishi Bhat is a former child actor and internet entrepreneur. He co-starred alongside Hal Scardino and Litefoot in the 1995 film The Indian in the Cupboard, for which he received a Young Artist Award nomination...
  
  , The Indian in the Cupboard
  The Indian in the Cupboard (film)
  The Indian in the Cupboard is a 1995 American fantasy film based on the children's book of the same name by Lynne Reid Banks. The story is about a boy who receives a cupboard as a gift on his ninth birthday...
  
   (Columbia Pictures)
• Thomas Ian Nicholas
  Thomas Ian Nicholas
  Thomas Ian Nicholas is an American film actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and writer. Nicholas is best known for playing Henry Rowengartner in Rookie of the Year and Kevin Myers in the American Pie film series....
  
  , A Kid in King Arthur's Court
  A Kid in King Arthur's Court
  A Kid in King Arthur's Court is a 1995 film directed by Michael Gottlieb. It is based on the famous Mark Twain novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, transplanted into the twentieth century....
  
   (Buena Vista Pictures)

Best Young Leading Actress: Feature Film

★ Anna Chlumsky

Anna Chlumsky

Anna Chlumsky is an American actress best known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the 1991 movie My Girl and the 1994 sequel My Girl 2. Her father, Frank Chlumsky, is an instructor in the culinary program at Kendall College in Chicago...

, Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain is a 1995 drama film starring Christina Ricci and Anna Chlumsky. It takes place in the fictional town of Wheaton, Washington, but was filmed on location in Norfolk, Virginia, Vancouver, B.C, Nelson, B.C, Pleasant Grove, Utah, and Pemberton, B.C....

 (Universal Pictures)'

• Vanessa Lee Chester
  Vanessa Lee Chester
  Vanessa Lee Chester is an American television and film actress. She has worked on a variety of projects, most notable for her roles as Kelly in Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park , and as Becky in Alfonso Cuarón's A Little Princess...
  
  , A Little Princess
  A Little Princess (1995 film)
  A Little Princess is a 1995 American children's film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, starring Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, and Vanessa Lee Chester. Set during World War I, it focuses on a young girl who is relegated to a life of servitude in a New York City boarding school by the...
  
   (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Liesel Matthews
  Liesel Matthews
  Liesel Anne Pritzker , stage name Liesel Matthews, is an American former child actress and heiress to the Hyatt Hotels fortune...
  
  , A Little Princess
  A Little Princess (1995 film)
  A Little Princess is a 1995 American children's film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, starring Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, and Vanessa Lee Chester. Set during World War I, it focuses on a young girl who is relegated to a life of servitude in a New York City boarding school by the...
  
   (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Christina Ricci
  Christina Ricci
  Christina Ricci is an American actress. Ricci received initial recognition and praise as a child star for her performance as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values , and her role as Kat Harvey in Casper...
  
  , Casper
  Casper (film)
  Casper is a 1995 American comedy fantasy film starring Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci, based on the Casper the Friendly Ghost animated cartoons and comic books. The ghosts featured in the film were created through computer-generated imagery...
  
   (Universal Pictures)
• Claire Danes
  Claire Danes
  Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress of television, stage and film. She has appeared in roles as diverse as Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, as Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, as Yvaine in Stardust and as Temple Grandin in...
  
  , Home for the Holidays
  Home for the Holidays (film)
  Home for the Holidays is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Jodie Foster and produced by Peggy Rajski and Jodie Foster. The screenplay was by W. D. Richter based on the short story by Chris Radant...
  
   (Paramount Pictures)
• Kirsten Dunst
  Kirsten Dunst
  Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories...
  
  , Jumanji
  Jumanji (film)
  Jumanji is a 1995 American fantasy-comedy film about a supernatural board game that makes wild animals and other jungle hazards materialize upon each player's move. It was directed by Joe Johnston and is based on Chris Van Allsburg's popular 1981 picture book of the same name...
  
   (TriStar Pictures)
• Nicole Lund, Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
  Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
  Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain is a 1995 drama film starring Christina Ricci and Anna Chlumsky. It takes place in the fictional town of Wheaton, Washington, but was filmed on location in Norfolk, Virginia, Vancouver, B.C, Nelson, B.C, Pleasant Grove, Utah, and Pemberton, B.C....
  
   (Universal Pictures)
• Alicia Silverstone
  Alicia Silverstone
  Alicia Silverstone is an American actress, author, and former fashion model. She first came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith, and is perhaps best known for her roles in Hollywood films such as Clueless and her portrayal of Batgirl in Batman & Robin .-Early life:Silverstone...
  
  , Clueless (Paramount Pictures)

Best Young Leading Actor: Feature Film

★ Wil Horneff, "Born to be Wild"

• Jerry Barone, "Two Bits"
• Jesse Bradford, "Far From Home: Adventures of Yellow Dog"
• Joseph Mazzello & Brad Renfro, "The Cure"
• Hal Scardino, "The Indian in the Cupboard"
• Ryan Slater, "The Amazing Panda Adventure"
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas, "Tom and Huck"

Best Family Animation Production

★ "Animaniacs", Warner Brothers

• "The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon", Canadian TV
• "Doug", Nickelodeon
• "Siegfried and Roy", DIC
• "This is America Charlie Brown" Lee Mendelson

Best Family Feature: Musical or Comedy

★ "Toy Story", Walt Disney

• "Babe", Universal
• "Balto", Universal
• "Casper", Universal
• "Clueless", Paramount
• "Pocahontas", Walt Disney

Best Family Feature: Drama

★ "Mr. Holland's Opus", Walt Disney

• "Apollo 13", Universal
• "The Cure", Universal
• "Indian in the Cupboard", Paramount
• "A Little Princess", Warner Brothers
• "Two Bits", Miramax

Best Family Feature: Action-Adventure

★ "Jumanji", TriStar

• "The Amazing Panda Adventure", Warner Brothers
• "Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog", 20th Century Fox
• "Magic in the Water", Columbia-TriStar
• "Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain", Universal
• "Grizzly Mountain", Hemdale

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures

★ Christopher Reeve - For his Inspiration to Youth

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television

★ "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" - For Outstanding Family Television Series of the Year

Beth Sullivan - Executive Producer; Timothy Johnson - Producer; Chad Allen, Jessica Bowman, Shawn Toovey - Young Stars of the Series

Outstanding Contribution To Youth Through Entertainment

★ World Youth News - Kris and Mick Kollins

Community Service Award

★ Special Olympics World Games 1995 - Kids TV New Haven, CT

External links

• Official site