36th Young Artist Awards

The 36th Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the

★ Winners were announced on May 15, 2015.[1]

Best Performance in a Feature Film

Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor

★ Reese Hartwig — Earth to Echo — Panay Films

• Nathan Gamble — Dolphin Tale 2 — Alcon Entertainment
• Ed Oxenbould — Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — Walt Disney Pictures

Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress

★ Quvenzhané Wallis — Annie — Marcy Media

• Elle Fanning — Maleficent — Walt Disney Pictures
• Cozi Zuehlsdorff — Dolphin Tale 2 — Alcon Entertainment

Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor

★ John Paul Ruttan — RoboCop — Columbia Pictures

• Carson Bolde — Godzilla — Warner Brothers
• Max Charles — The Amazing Spider-Man 2 — Columbia Pictures
• Daniel Huttlestone — Into the Woods — Walt Disney Studios
• Aidan McGraw — American Sniper — Warner Brothers

Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress

★ Lilla Crawford — Into the Woods — Walt Disney Studios

• Mackenzie Foy — Interstellar — Paramount Pictures
• Emma Fuhrmann — Blended — Warner Brothers
• Madeleine McGraw — American Sniper — Warner Brothers

Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast

★ Braxton Beckham, Emma Fuhrmann, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Kyle Red Silverstein, Bella Thorne — Blended — Warner Brothers

• Kerris Dorsey, Dylan Minnette, Ed Oxenbould — Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — Walt Disney Pictures

Best Performance in a Short Film

Best Performance in a Short Film – Young Actor

★ Christian Hutcherson — And Then We Laugh — Vlaptkin Productions

• Connor Beardmore — In Need of Caffeine — VBC
• Peter Bundic — The Dating Journal — L.O.T.G Productions
• Jadon Clews — Kemosabe — Ryerson Films
• Joshua Costea — The Dating Journal — L.O.T.G Productions

Best Performance in a Short Film – Young Actress

★ Katelyn Mager — Discovered — L.O.T.G Productions
★ Sofie Uretsky — Clinch — Sheridan Films

• Janette Bundic — The Dating Journal — L.O.T.G Productions
• Jeri Leader — The Spiked Watermelon — York University
• Abigail Wolff — The Watchers: The Darkness Outside — Highly Sober Productions

Best Performance in a Short Film – Young Actor 10 and Under

★ Blaze Tucker — Make It Rain — Meza Multimedia

• Devan Cohen — Behind the Door — York Films
• Richard Davis — Brothers — Sheridan Films
• Joshua Kaufman — Steel — Triserratops Productions
• David Raynolds — Albert — Joreel Productions
• Jonah Wineberg — Family Business — York University

Best Performance in a Short Film – Young Actress 10 and Under

★ Emily Delahunty — My Mom is an Alien — Independent

• Carla Costea — Molly – Young Movie Makers
• Maia Costea — The Battle — Joreel Productions
• Alyssa Cross — When Fish Fly — Organic Water Productions
• Peyton Kennedy — Dorsal — Ryerson Image Artists
• Madeline Lupi — Milkshake — Cinema Kography
• Isabella Piombini — At the Doctor's — Tarlington Films
• Cadence Schuster — Florence and the Fish — York Films
• Katie Silverman — Raw Head + Bloody Bones — Mer-Made Productions

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot – Young Actor

★ Samuel Patrick Chu — Zapped — Disney Channel

• Joey Luthman — Finders Keepers — SyFy
• Donnie MacNeil — Zapped — Disney Channel
• Christian Martyn — The Christmas Parade — Hallmark
• Ty Parker — Mt. Happy — ABC

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot – Young Actress

★ Emilia McCarthy — Zapped — Disney Channel

• Olivia Steele-Falconer — The Tree That Saved Christmas — Up TV Network
• Jennifer Jolliff — It Only Happens with Rose — Moe Entertainment
• Jordyn Ashley Olson — The Christmas Shepherd — Hallmark
• Tiera Skovbye — The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story — Lifetime

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot – Young Actor 13 and Under

★ Darien Provost — The Town That Came A-Courtin' — Up TV Network

• John Alyn — Peter Pan Live! — NBC
• Jake Lucas — Peter Pan Live! — NBC
• Valin Shinyei — Along Came a Nanny — Hallmark

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot – Young Actress 11 and Under

★ Sydney Mikayla — The Gabby Douglas Story — Lifetime

• Jaeda Lily Miller — The Christmas Secret — Hallmark
• Gracyn Shinyei — A Cookie Cutter Christmas — Hallmark
• Jena Skodje — Along Came a Nanny — Hallmark
• Alissa Skovbye — One Christmas Eve — Hallmark

Best Performance in a TV Series

Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actor

★ Kolton Stewart — Some Assembly Required — YTV
★ Benjamin Stockham — About A Boy — NBC

• Max Burkholder — Parenthood — NBC
• Lyle Lettau — Degrassi: The Next Generation
  — CTV

★ Paris Smith — Every Witch Way — Nickelodeon

• Odd Squad
  — PBS
• Odd Squad
  — PBS
• Addison Holley — Annedroids — Amazon
• Emilia McCarthy — Max & Shred — Nickelodeon

Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actor

★ Evan & Ryder Londo — Sons of Anarchy — FX
★

• Miles Brown — Black-ish — ABC
• Pierce Gagnon — Extant — CBS
• Keidrich Sellati — The Americans — FX

Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress

★ Holly Taylor — The Americans — FX

• Adrianna Di Liello — Annedroids — Amazon
• Marsai Martin — Black-ish — ABC
• Savannah Paige Rae — Parenthood — NBC

Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 15-21

★ Joey Luthman — The Goldbergs — ABC

• Nicholas Azarian — The McCarthys — CBS
• Samuel Patrick Chu —
  R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
  — The Hub Network
• Jake Elliott — Ray Donovan — Showtime
• Dalton E. Gray — American Horror Story — FX
• Zachary Mitchell — Girl Meets World — Disney Channel

Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress 17-21

★ Zoé De Grand Maison — Motive — CTV

• Laine MacNeil — Strange Empire — CBC
• Chanel Marriott — Hawaii Five-0 — CBS

Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress 14-16

★ Johnnie Ladd — Melissa & Joey — ABC Family

• Ava Allan — The Middle — ABC
• Katherine Evans — Intruders — BBC America
• Jessica Lonardo — Swamp Murders — ID Channel
• Emily Robinson — Scorpion — CBS

Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 11-14

★ Rio Mangini — Good Luck Charlie — Disney Channel

• Nick Cuthbertson — Mr. D — CBC
• Justin Ellings — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — CBS
• John Paul Ruttan — Saving Hope — CTV

Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress 11-13

★ Olivia Steele-Falconer —

• Ella Ballentine — Reign — The CW
• Julia Lalonde — Heartland — CBC

Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 10 and Under

★ Albert Tsai — Benched — USA Network

• Thomas Barbusca — Friends with Better Lives — FOX
• Shannon Brown — Extant — CBS
• Samuel Faraci — Hannibal — Gaumont International Television
• Jack Fulton — Saving Hope — CTV
• Zachary Haven — My Haunted House — Lifetime

Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress 10 and Under

★ Layla Crawford — True Blood — HBO
★ Afra Sophia Tully — Legit — FX

• Michela Luci —
  Odd Squad
  — PBS
• Morgan McGarry — The Mysteries of Laura — NBC
• Jaeda Lily Miller — Some Assembly Required — YTV

Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor 17-21

★ Brock Ciarlelli — The Middle — ABC

• Connor Beardmore —
  The Killing
  — FOX
• Daniel Polo — The Bridge — FX
• Richard Walters — Degrassi: The Next Generation — CTV

Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actress 17-21

★ Frédérique Dufort — Unité 9 — Radio Canada TV

• Jaylen Barron — Good Luck Charlie — Disney Channel
• Kiersey Clemons — Transparent — Amazon
• Zoé De Grand Maison — Orphan Black — BBC America
• Kelly Heyer — Raising Hope — FOX

Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor

★ Sean Michael Kyer — When Calls the Heart — Hallmark

• Jaden Betts — Scandal — ABC
• Brendan Heard —
  Odd Squad
  — PBS
• Matt Tolton — Mr. D — CBC
• Robbie Tucker — See Dad Run — Nickelodeon
• Tai Urban —
  Shameless
  — Showtime

Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actress 14-16

★ Emily Robinson — Transparent — Amazon

• Brielle Barbusca — Scandal — ABC
• Katherine Evans —
  The Killing
  — FOX
• Ally Ioannides — Parenthood — NBC
• Shameless
  — Showtime

Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actress 11-13

★ Stephanie Katherine Grant — The Goldbergs — ABC

• Lizzie Boys — When Calls the Heart — Hallmark
• Julia Lalonde —
  Odd Squad
  — PBS
• Katelyn Mager — When Calls the Heart — Hallmark
• Kassidy Mattera — Mr. D — CBC

Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor 10 and Under

★ Thomas Barbusca — Grey's Anatomy — ABC

• Christian Distefano —
  Odd Squad
  — PBS
• Armani Jackson — Grey's Anatomy — ABC

Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actress 10 and Under

★ Peyton Kennedy —

• Siena Agudong — Killer Women — ABC
• Isabella Kai Rice — True Blood
  — HBO
• Gracyn Shinyei — When Calls the Heart — Hallmark

Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series

★ Adrianna Di Liello, Jadiel Dowlin, Addison Holley — Annedroids — Amazon

• Rowan Blanchard, Sabrina Carpenter, August Maturo, Peyton Meyer — Girl Meets World — Disney Channel
• Dalila Bela, Millie Davis, Filip Geljo, Sean Michael Kyer —
  Odd Squad
  — PBS

Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role

Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actor

★ Stuart Allan — Son of Batman — Warner Brothers Animation

• Jaden Betts — Doc McStuffins — Disney Channel
• Joshua Carlon — Sofia the First — Disney Junior
• Valin Shinyei — Frozen in Time — Cartoon Network
• Alex Thorne — PAW Patrol — Nickelodeon

Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actress

★ Kallan Holley — PAW Patrol — Nickelodeon

• Amariah Faulkner — Creative Galaxy — Amazon
• Bailey Gambertoglio — Bubble Guppies — Nickelodeon
• Sarah Sheppard — Doki — Discovery Kids
• Berkley Silverman — PAW Patrol — Nickelodeon
• Brooke Wolloff — Tumble Leaf — Amazon

Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actor 10 and Under

★ Devan Cohen — PAW Patrol — Nickelodeon
★ Christopher Downs — Tumble Leaf — Amazon

• Max Calinescu — PAW Patrol — Nickelodeon
• Christian Distefano — PAW Patrol — Nickelodeon
• Zac McDowell — Tumble Leaf — Amazon
• Jaxon Mercey — Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood — PBS

Best Performance in a Film for DVD

★ Mandalynn Carlson — Small Town Santa — Screen Media Films

• Jet Jurgensmeyer — The Little Rascals Save the Day — Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
• John Paul Ruttan — Shelby: The Dog Who Saved Christmas — Anchor Bay Entertainment

Best Web Performance

Best Web Performance – Young Actor

★ Austin James Wolff — Dead Souls — Independent

• Jack Fulton — Hemlock Grove — Netflix
• William Leon — Camouflage — Project Studios 505
• Zach Louis — Camp Abercorn — Gray Oak Productions

Best Web Performance – Young Actress

★ Jessica Mikayla Adams — Reel Kids — HD Films

• Sage Boatright — Boozy Mom — Independent
• Isabelle Dubroy — Microchip Jones — Independent
• Elise Luthman — Beachwood Charter — Harrison Productions
• Kayla Servi — Comet — IFC Films
• Shae Smolik — Microchip Jones — Independent

Best Performance in Live Theater

Best Performance in Live Theater – Young Actor

★ Alexander Davis — A Christmas Story — Neptune Theatre, Halifax

• Robin de Zwart — Chitty Chitty — Island Discovery Theatre, Vancouver
• Graham Verchere — Mary Poppins — Stanley Theatre, Vancouver
• Toby Verchere — The Old Curiosity Shop — Jericho Arts Centre, Vancouver

Best Performance in Live Theater – Young Actress

★ Lily Killam — Les Misérables — Chemainus Theatre, B.C. Canada

• Alora Killam — My Fair Lady — South Island Musical Theatre, B.C. Canada
• Jeri Leader — Seussical The Musical — Lower Ossington Theatre, Toronto

Special awards

The Maureen Dragone Scholarship Award

★ Actors For Autism — Opening Doors of Opportunity, Creating Possibilities

Jackie Coogan Award – Contribution to Youth

★ Nellee Holmes – HFPA — Excellence in Journalism, Celebrating Young Artists

Mickey Rooney Award – Lifetime Achievement

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