Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
| Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series | |
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 43rd Daytime Emmy Awards
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| Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series, Age 25 or Younger |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | |
| First awarded | July 31, 1985 |
| Currently held by |
True O'Brien, Days of Our Lives (2016) |
| Most awards |
Jennifer Finnigan, (3) Jennifer Landon, (3) |
| Most nominations | Heather Tom, (8) |
| Official website | emmyonline.org/daytime |
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given to honor a young actress below the age of 25, who has delivered an outstanding performance in a role while working within the daytime drama industry.
At the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards held in 1985, Tracey E. Bregman was the first winner of this award for her role of Lauren Fenmore on The Young and the Restless. The awards ceremony had not been aired on television for the prior two years, having been criticized for voting integrity. The award was originally called Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series, the criteria of the new category were deemed confusing; performers of differing ages were nominated and critics argued some were of supporting or lead actress standards. Adding to the confusion, the first winner, Bregman, and the Outstanding Supporting Actress winner that year, Beth Maitland, played characters near to the same age. The category was renamed Outstanding Juvenile Female in a Drama Series in 1989 and began using its current title in 1991. The criteria were later altered, requiring that the actress be aged 25 or below.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 23 actresses. The Young and the Restless has the most awarded actresses in this category, with a total of eight. Since 2008, Jennifer Landon has been tied with Jennifer Finnigan for most wins, with three each. In 1999, Heather Tom became the most nominated actress in the category when she was nominated a seventh time, also winning a second time that year. She was nominated again the following year, holding the title with eight nominations, however lost to Camryn Grimes. In 2000, Grimes also became the youngest recipient of the award, winning at the age of 10. As of the 2016 ceremony, True O'Brien is the most recent winner in this category for her portrayal of Paige Larson on Days of Our Lives.
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