17th Youth in Film Awards

Best Young Leading Actor: Feature Film

★ Wil Horneff – Born to Be Wild

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

Best Young Leading Actress: Feature Film

★ Anna Chlumsky – Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

• Vanessa Lee Chester – A Little Princess
• Liesel Matthews – A Little Princess
• Christina Ricci – Casper
• Claire Danes – Home for the Holidays
• Kirsten Dunst – Jumanji
• Nicole Lund – Grizzly Mountain
• Alicia Silverstone – Clueless

Best Young Supporting Actor: Feature Film

★ Jonathan Hernandez – My Family

• Joseph Anderson – Mr. Holland's Opus
• Steve Cardenas – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
• Rishi Bhat – The Indian in the Cupboard
• Thomas Ian Nicholas – A Kid in King Arthur's Court

Best Young Supporting Actress: Feature Film

★ Kristy Young – Gordy

• Stacey Dash – Clueless
• Julia Devin – The Tie That Binds
• Brittany Murphy – Clueless
• Jean Marie Barnwell – Born to Be Wild
• Natalie Portman – Heat
• Sarah Wayne – Magic in the Water
• Yi Ding – The Amazing Panda Adventure

Best Performance by a Young Actor Under 10: Feature Film

★ Nicholas John Renner – Mr. Holland's Opus

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

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: TV Special

★ Mike McCarthy – Deadly Whispers

• Robert Bishop – Family of Cops
• 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 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 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: TV Drama Series

★ Jessica Bowman – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

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

Best Performance by a Young Actor: TV Comedy Series

★ Benjamin Salisbury – The Nanny

• Christopher Castile – Step by Step
• Zane Carney – Dave's World
• Will Estes – Kirk
• Frankie J. Galasso – Hudson Street
• Sam Gifaldi – Bless This House
• Richard Lee Jackson – Saved by the Bell: The New Class
• Matthew Lawrence – Brotherly Love
• Nick Scoullar – 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: 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: The New Class
• Tia & Tamera Mowry – Sister, Sister
• Nicholle Tom – The Nanny
• Madeline Zima – The Nanny
• Lisa Rieffel – Women of the House
• Maia Campbell – In the House
• Natanya Ross – The Secret World of Alex Mack

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 Lee Jackson – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Lucky Luciano – The Tonight Show
• Chris J. Miller – Maybe This Time

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 Under 10: Television

★ Ross Bagley – The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

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

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: Voiceover Role

★ Malachi Pearson – Casper

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

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 Performances by a Young Ensemble: Feature Film or Video

★ The Baby-Sitters Club – Columbia Pictures/TriStar Pictures

• Now and Then – New Line Cinema
• Secret Adventures: Slam and Split – Taweel-Loos and Company
• The Brady Bunch Movie – Paramount Pictures

Best Performance by a Young Ensemble: Television

★ The Secret World of Alex Mack – Nickelodeon

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

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 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: 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

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
• The Indian in the Cupboard – Paramount
• A Little Princess – Warner Brothers
• Two Bits – Miramax

The Jackie Coogan Award

The Michael Landon Award

Outstanding Contribution To Youth Through Entertainment

★ World Youth News – Kris Kollins and Mick Kollins

Community Service Award

★ Special Olympics World Games 1995 – Kids TV – New Haven, Connecticut