Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series
Awarded for	Best performance by an outstanding emerging talent in a daytime drama series
Country	United States
Presented by	NATAS ATAS
First award	2025
Currently held by	Lisa Yamada, The Bold and the Beautiful (2025)
Website	theemmys.tv/daytime/

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was first awarded at the 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards to a performer who has delivered an outstanding performance as an "emerging talent" while working within the daytime drama industry.

The Emerging Talent award has been presented one time, to one performer. The first and most recent winner is Lisa Yamada for her role as Luna Nozawa on The Bold and the Beautiful .

Nomination process

To be considered for this category, performers must meet all of the following criteria: ^[1]

• Be on their first Daytime contract with no previous Daytime Emmy acting nominations.
• Have been part of their Daytime Drama for two years or less at the time of consideration.
• Appear in a speaking role with at least one multi-episode story arc.
• Anyone who wins the category once will be ineligible to win it again.

This category differs from the retired Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series—and its earlier gender-specific counterparts—which imposed an age restriction on nominees. By contrast, the new category has no age restriction, shifting the focus away from a performer’s age and instead highlighting their status as a newcomer to daytime television.

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
2025 (52nd)
	Lisa Yamada ‡	The Bold and the Beautiful	Luna Nozawa	CBS	[2]
	Olivia d'Abo	The Bay	Fifi Garrett	Popstar! TV	[3]
	AnnaLynne McCord	Days of Our Lives	Cat Greene	Peacock
	Ashley Puzemis	Days of Our Lives	Holly Jonas	Peacock
	Christian Weissmann	The Bold and the Beautiful	Remy Pryce	CBS

References

1. Lewis, Errol (July 10, 2025). "Daytime Emmys: Ceremony date announced, rule enforcement and new categories". United States: Soap Opera Network. Archived from the original on October 20, 2025. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
2. "52nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards winners" (PDF) (Press release). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2025. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
3. "52nd annual Daytime Emmys nominations release with credits" (PDF) (Press release). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2025. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

External links

• Daytime Emmy Awards at the IMDb