22nd Young Artist Awards


The 22nd Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Association, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film and television for the year 2000, and took place on April 1, 2001 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California.
The announcer for the evening was William H. Bassett. The hosts for the evening were Josh Keaton, Ryan Merriman, Kimberly Cullum, Cody McMains, Kaitlin Cullum and Adam Nicholson.
Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member, Maureen Dragone, the Young Artist Association was the first organization to establish an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music.

Categories

Bold indicates the winner in each category.

Best Performance in a Feature Film

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor

Rob BrownFinding Forrester – Columbia Pictures
' – Our Way Productions
Rory CulkinYou Can Count on Me – Paramount Classics
Hayden PanettiereRemember the Titans – Disney
Spencer BreslinDisney's The Kid – Walt Disney
Makenzie VegaThe Family Man – Universal

Best Performance in a TV Movie (Drama): Leading Young Actor

' – Showtime
Shadia SimmonsThe Color of Friendship – Disney Channel
Patrick LevisMiracle in Lane 2 – Disney Channel
Tamara Hope' – Showtime
Andrew LawrenceThe Other Me – Disney Channel
Hallee HirshThe Ultimate Christmas Present – Disney Channel
Tyler HynesThe Other Me – Disney Channel
Brenda SongThe Ultimate Christmas Present – Disney Channel
Myles Jeffrey – Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire – Disney Channel
Jodelle FerlandMermaid – Showtime

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Leading Young Actor

Robert ClarkThe Zack Files – Fox Family
Alexis BledelGilmore Girls – Warner Bros
Miko HughesRoswell – WB Network
Michelle TrachtenbergBuffy the Vampire Slayer – WB
Mysterious Ways – PAX
7th Heaven – WB
Frankie MunizMalcolm in the Middle – Fox
Christy Carlson RomanoEven Stevens – Disney
Craig Lamar TraylorMalcolm in the Middle – FOX
Daddio – NBC
Joey ZimmermanBecker – CBS
Alvin AlvarezThe Brothers Garcia – Nickelodeon
Karle WarrenJudging Amy – CBS

Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series: Young Actor

Jesse McCartneyAll My Children – ABC
Brittany SnowGuiding Light – CBS

Best Performance in a Voice-Over (TV / Film / Video): Young Actor

Thomas Dekker' – Universal Pictures Home Video'
Emily Hart' – UPN'

Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Drama or Comedy)

Once and Again – ABC
Finding Buck McHenry – Showtime
My Dog Skip – Warner Bros

Best Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-series: Cable

A Storm in Summer – Showtime
Papa's Angels – CBS
Walking with Dinosaurs – Discovery Channel
Gilmore Girls – WB
The Brothers Garcia – Nickelodeon
Sabrina, The Animated Series – ABC
My Dog Skip – Warner Bros
Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Universal
Chicken Run – DreamWorks

Best Young Actor in an International Film

Jamie BellBilly Elliot – Produced by Working Title Films, distributed by Universal Focus

Best Young Actress in an International Film

Zhang ZiyiCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics

Best International Family Film

Billy Elliot – Produced by Working Title Films, distributed by Universal Focus

Best Short Foreign Film

Sanzhyra – Russian Kinoglaz Company – Producer: Yevgeniya Tirdatova

Outstanding Young International Performer

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Outstanding Young Female Entertainer

Lauren Frost – Barbra Streisand concert – Madison Square Garden

Outstanding Young Performer in Live Theater

Tiffany Solano

Former Child Star Life Achievement Award

Jay UnderwoodThe Boy Who Could Fly

Former Child Star Life Achievement Award

Charlene TiltonDallas

Outstanding Young Performers in a National Commercial Featuring Youth

Daniel Smorgon – Bank of America
Sam Schwarz – Bank of America – Produced by Bozell Advertising, New York

Outstanding Young Actress in a National Television Commercial

Steffani BrassDisney Cruise Line

Outstanding Achievement in an International Commercial Featuring Youth

Nes Bitton Diver/Actor – 'Diver' – Cheltenham & Gloucester, UK
Nimrod Mashiach Diver/Actor – 'Diver' – Cheltenham & Gloucester, UK – Produced by Saatchi & Saatchi, London