YoungStar Awards: 1998

YoungStar Award

Date:	8 November
Host:	Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Location:	Nickelodeon Theater, Universal Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film


Winner:
	Deep Impact (1998) - Elijah Wood
Other Nominees:
	Hope Floats (1998) - Cameron Finley Seven Years in Tibet (1997) - Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk Soul Food (1997) - Brandon Hammond (I) The Butcher Boy (1997) - Eamonn Owens

Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film


Winner:
	As Good as It Gets (1997) - Jesse James (I)
Other Nominees:
	Air Bud (1997) - Kevin Zegers Home Alone 3 (1997) - Alex D. Linz Leave It to Beaver (1997) - Cameron Finley Small Soldiers (1998) - Gregory Smith (I)

Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film


Winner:
	The Horse Whisperer (1998) - Scarlett Johansson
Other Nominees:
	Eve's Bayou (1997) - Meagan Good (I) Eve's Bayou (1997) - Jurnee Smollett Hope Floats (1998) - Mae Whitman The Ice Storm (1997) - Christina Ricci

Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film


Winner:
	The Opposite of Sex (1998) - Christina Ricci
Other Nominees:
	A Simple Wish (1997) - Mara Wilson Madeline (1998) - Hatty Jones Paulie (1998) - Hallie Kate Eisenberg The Parent Trap (1998) - Lindsay Lohan

Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama TV Series


Winner:
	"7th Heaven" (1996) - David Gallagher (I)
Other Nominees:
	"My Life as a Dog" (1996) - Michael Yarmush "New York Undercover" (1994) - George Gore II "Party of Five" (1994) - Andrew Cavarno; Steven Cavarno "Party of Five" (1994) - Ross Malinger "Promised Land" (1996) - Austin O'Brien

Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program


Winner:
	"Saved by the Bell: The New Class" (1993) - Ben Gould (I)
Other Nominees:
	"City Guys" (1997) - Scott Whyte (I) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997/I) (TV) - Phillip Van Dyke

Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Jonathan Jackson (I)
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Sean Marquette "Sunset Beach" (1997) - Jeffery Wood "The Young and the Restless" (1973) - Nicholas Pappone Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs (1997) (TV) - Tyrone Savage

Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series


Winner:
	"3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996) - Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Other Nominees:
	"Boy Meets World" (1993) - Ben Savage (I) "Home Improvement" (1991) - Jonathan Taylor Thomas "Meego" (1997) - Jonathan Lipnicki "Smart Guy" (1997) - Tahj Mowry "The Gregory Hines Show" (1997) - Brandon Hammond (I)

Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie


Winner:
	Oliver Twist (1997) (TV) - Elijah Wood
Other Nominees:
	...First Do No Harm (1997) (TV) - Seth Adkins (I) Angels in the Endzone (1997) (TV) - Matthew Lawrence (I) Principal Takes a Holiday (1998) (TV) - Zachery Ty Bryan What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) (TV) - Frankie Muniz

Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series


Winner:
	"Party of Five" (1994) - Lacey Chabert
Other Nominees:
	"7th Heaven" (1996) - Jessica Biel "7th Heaven" (1996) - Beverley Mitchell "Dawson's Creek" (1998) - Michelle Williams (I) "Nothing Sacred" (1997) - Erika Christensen "Profiler" (1996) - Caitlin Wachs

Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie


Winner:
	Fifteen and Pregnant (1998) (TV) - Kirsten Dunst
Other Nominees:
	Before Women Had Wings (1997) (TV) - Tina Majorino Hope (1997) (TV) - Jena Malone Ruby Bridges (1998) (TV) - Chaz Monet

Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program


Winner:
	"Saved by the Bell: The New Class" (1993) - Samantha Esteban
Other Nominees:
	"Hang Time" (1995) - Megan Parlen "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" (1993) - Lindsey McKeon "The New Ghostwriter Mysteries" (1997) - Erica Luttrell "The New Ghostwriter Mysteries" (1997) - Charlotte Sullivan (I)

Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Robyn Richards (I)
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Alexis Manta "Flipper" (1995) - Jessica Alba "One Life to Live" (1968) - Erin Torpey "The Young and the Restless" (1973) - Camryn Grimes

Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy TV Series


Winner:
	"Boy Meets World" (1993) - Danielle Fishel
Other Nominees:
	"Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996) - Madylin Sweeten "Grace Under Fire" (1993) - Kaitlin Cullum "Step by Step" (1991) - Emily Mae Young "The Secret World of Alex Mack" (1994) - Larisa Oleynik