39th Young Artist Awards

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39th Young Artist Awards
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Awarded forAchievement during the year 2017 in film and television
DateJuly 14, 2018
SiteSouth Park Theatre
Los Angeles, California
Hosted by Liz Fuller and Petri Hawkins-Byrd

The 39th Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Association, honored excellence of young performers between the ages of 5 and 18 in the fields of film, television, theatre and the internet for the 2017 calendar year. Winners were announced on July 14, 2018, at the annual ceremony held at the South Park Theatre in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2]

Special awards

Winners and nominees

Winners were announced on July 14, 2018. [1]

Best Performance in a Feature Film

Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young ActorBest Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress

Jacob Tremblay Wonder

★ Savannah Liles – Prodigy

Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Teen ActorBest Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Teen Actress

★ Carson Reaume – The Shack

★ Alyssa Elle Steinacker – Don't Come Back from the Moon

Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young ActorBest Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress

★ Tony Espinosa – Suburbicon

★ Austyn Johnson – The Greatest Showman

  • Madison Brydges – Flatliners
  • Skylar Dunn – The Greatest Showman
Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Teen ActorBest Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Teen Actress

★ Jordan Poole – You Ruined Our Life (2017 film)

  • Brice Fisher – Kidnap
  • Nazariy Demkowicz – Radius

★ Laci Kay – Broken Angels

  • Alessandra Panepinto – Check Point
  • Alyssa Elle Steinacker – Cassidy Red
  • Madison Mae – Girl Followed

Best Performance in a Digital TV Series or Film

Young ActorYoung Actress

Christopher ConveryHaters Back Off

  • Armani Jackson – Little Boxes
  • Grayson Thorne Kilpatrick – Bad Blood: The Movie
  • Gunnar Goldberg – Casual

★ Jolie Ledford – A Doggone Hollywood

  • Adriana Shnayderman – Just Add Magic
  • Brooklyn Robinson – Pineapple
  • Chalet Lizette Brannan – Beach Massacre at Kill Devil Hills
  • Emily Delahunty – Project Mc²
Teen ActorTeen Actress

★ Connor Muhl – Heartthrob

  • Sean Ryan Fox – Christmas All Over Again
  • Ticoon Kim – 2nd Generation
  • Trevor Larcom – Fuller House

★ Isabella Bazler – Geo Disaster

  • Hailey Kittle – 2nd Generation
  • Madeline Lupi – Messenger of Wrath

Best Performance in a Short Film

Young ActorYoung Actress

★ Jonah Paull – Last Day Of Summer

  • Harry Sills – Sparrow
  • Joshua Kaufman – Slapface
  • Joshua Packard – The Smear Campaign
  • Luke Alfred Bateman – Eye for an Eye: Sibling Justice
  • Marko Vujicic – Farm Dogs

★ CC King – Delivering Christmas

  • Afra Sophia Tully – Abandon
  • Brooke D. Singleton – Extermination
  • Carmina Garay – Frolic 'N Mae
  • McKenzie Franklin – The Big Chop
  • Sofia Rosinsky – Faery
Teen ActorTeen Actress

★ Grayson Thorne Kilpatrick – John Foley: Motivationally Speaking

  • Gabriel Rush – Far from the Tree
  • Josh Elliott Pickel – The Choice
  • Matthew Parry‑Jones – Perfection (Michael's Story)
  • Tai Urban – You Need the Bands and the Brains

★ Casey Burke – The Plague

  • Amanda Buhs – Dylan
  • Brianna Bazler – Twins
  • Hawley Penfold – Beg
  • Rachelle Henryhitched
  • Salma Fahmy – Consensus

Best Performance in a TV Movie or Special

Young ActorYoung Actress

★ Jailen Bates – Gwen Stefani You Make It Feel Like Christmas

  • Declan Cooper – Flint
  • Isaak Bailey – Flint
  • Lucas Misaljevic – Flint

★ Zoë Fraser – L.M. Montgomery's Anne Of Green Gables: Fire & Dew

  • Audrey Smallman – Christmas at Holly Lodge
  • Charlie Boyle – The Christmas Cure
  • Lia Frankland – Betting on the Bride
  • Sanai Victoria – Beaches
  • Sophie Neudorf – Christmas Connection

Best Performance in a TV Series

Leading Young ActorLeading Young Actress

Iain Armitage Young Sheldon

  • Anthony Bouchard – Olivier
  • Ethan Hutchison – Queen Sugar

★ Émilie Bierre – Jenny

  • Julia Maren Baker – Heartland
  • Audrey Smallman – Date My Dad
  • Jolie Ledford – DeadlySins
Leading Teen ActorLeading Teen Actress

★ Sean Ryan Fox – Henry Danger

  • Milo Parker – The Durrells
  • Percy Hynes White – The Gifted

★ Imogen Tear – Somewhere Between

  • Dalia Yegavian – Degrassi: Next Class
  • Natalie Alyn Lind – The Gifted
Supporting Young ActorSupporting Young Actress

★ Brandin Stennis – The Coroner: I Speak For The Dead

  • Amir O'Neil – Marlon
  • Carter Ryan Evancic – When Calls the Heart
  • Christian Convery – Legion
  • Mason McNulty – Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

Saara ChaudryDino Dana

Supporting Teen ActorSupporting Teen Actress

★ Dylan Duff – Teens 101

★ Notlim Taylor – Marlon

  • Berkley Silverman – Creeped Out
  • Kaitlyn Dias – American Crime
Guest Starring Young ActorGuest Starring Young Actress

★ Christian Michael Cooper – Prison Break

  • Isaak Bailey – Rick Mercer Report
  • Jailen Bates – Superior Donuts'
  • Jet Jurgensmeyer – Will & Grace'

★ Aubrey Fitzgerald – Training Day

  • Charlie Boyle – The Mist
  • Imogen Tear – The Magicians
  • Juju Journey Brener – Your Son Has Been Kidnapped
Guest Starring Teen ActorGuest Starring Teen Actress

★ Sloane Morgan Siegel – Pure Genius

  • Brendan Heard – Raising Expectations
  • Joey Cipriano – Chicago Med'

★ Bridget McGarry – Blindspot

Recurring Young ActorRecurring Young Actress

★ TK Weaver – General Hospital

  • Kai Wener – The Orville
  • Keith L. Williams – The Last Man on Earth'
  • Tyler Mazzei – Outcast'

★ Ava Telek – The Magicians

  • Arista Arhin – Star Trek: Discovery
  • Ava Grace Cooper – When Calls the Heart
  • Eva Ariel Binder – Grey's Anatomy'
Recurring Teen ActorRecurring Teen Actress

★ Karim Fahmy – Prison Break

  • Jordan Poole – Mr. D'
  • Max Steinberg – Max TV'
  • Tyler Huth – Manhunt: Unabomber'

★ Ava Frye – iZombie

  • Ashlyn Boots – School of Rock'
  • Casey Burke – The Middle'
  • LuLu Lambros – Stuck in the Middle'
  • Stephanie Katherine Grant – The Goldbergs'

Best Performance in a Music Video

Young ArtistTeen Artist

★ Tim Luca Schmidt – Zu Hause – ESTA feat. Eric Philippi

  • Maximus Birchmore – I Believe in You: Michael Bublé
  • Nathan Blaiwes – Dancin With U'
  • Kacey Fifield – Hear Me Out'
  • Parker James Fullmore – Love Letters'
  • Prymrr – Never Give Up'

★ Dalton Cyr – Breathe

  • Laci Kay – Rejected'
  • Max and Mango – Capitaine Abandonne'
  • Hunter Payton – Dario: Point of no Return'

Best Performance in a TV Commercial

Young ActorYoung Actress

★ Brock Brenner – King's Hawaiian Bread: Super Bowl Li

  • Luke Roessler – The Robot'
  • Liam MacDonald – PS4: Star Wars Battlefront II – Rivalry'
  • T.K. Weaver – Subaru Impreza: Moving Out'

★ Ai‑Chan Carrier – Kevin Hart: Demystifying Premiums

Best Performance in a Voice‑Over Role

Young ArtistTeen Artist

★ Nicholas Fry – Max & Ruby

  • Bria D. Singleton – All I Want for Christmas Is You'
  • Ciara Alexys – Luna Petunia: Return to Amazia'
  • Mila Brener – Shimmer and Shine'
  • Saara Chaudry – The Breadwinner'
  • Lucas Kalechstein – Top Wing'

★ Dogen Eyeler – PAW Patrol

  • Rachelle Henry – Beast'
  • Hannah Swain – Ruff‑Ruff Tweet and Dave'
  • Kate Scott – Suspense'

Best New Media Performance

Young ArtistTeen Artist

★ Bryson Robinson – Mani

  • Juju Journey Brener – AOK'
  • Brianni Walker – Mani'

★ Mathew Edmondson – Coming Distractions

  • Walker Satterwhite – Day 5'
  • Sheridan Archbold – Making It Again?
  • Rainni Moran – Or So the Story Goes'
  • Skylar Radzion – Super Drycleaners'

References

  1. 1 2 "Nominees – Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. July 14, 2018.
  2. "39YAA". youngartistacademy.info. Retrieved 2025-06-21.