This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-series). The award was first given during the 1996 ceremony and called Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special. It was later renamed to award performances by young performers in all types of shows. Since its conception, Raven-Symoné holds the record for the most wins with five.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1990s Year Actor / Actress Series Ref 1995 LeVar Burton Reading Rainbow 1996 Denzel Washington Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Danny Glover Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Whoopi Goldberg James Earl Jones Sinbad 1997 colspan="3" 1998 Denzel Washington Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Avery Brooks Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child LeVar Burton Reading Rainbow Ronald and Natalie Daise Gullah Gullah Island Chris Rock Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1999 LeVar Burton Reading Rainbow Bill Bellamy Cousin Skeeter Loretta Devine One Day Kirk Franklin and God's Property Kel Mitchell Kenan & Kel Kenan Thompson
2000s Year Actor / Actress Series Ref 2000 Lynn Whitfield The Planet of Junior Brown Kevin Clash The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland Marcella Lowery City Guys Kel Mitchell Kenan & Kel Kenan Thompson 2001 Bill Cosby Little Bill LeVar Burton Reading Rainbow Ossie Davis Finding Buck McHenry Ruby Dee Little Bill Alfre Woodard The Wishing Tree 2002 LeVar Burton Reading Rainbow Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Sesame Street Tommy Davidson The Proud Family B.B. King Sesame Street Cree Summer A Rugrats Kwanzaa Special 2003 LeVar Burton Reading Rainbow Tommy Davidson The Proud Family Jo Marie Payton Kyla Pratt Keshia Knight Pulliam What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway 2004 Raven-Symoné That's So Raven Tommy Davidson The Proud Family Kyla Pratt Cree Summer All Grown Up! Lynn Whitfield The Cheetah Girls 2005 Raven-Symoné That's So Raven LeVar Burton Reading Rainbow Tommy Davidson The Proud Family Jo Marie Payton Kyla Pratt 2006 Raven-Symoné That's So Raven Kevin Clash Sesame Street Tommy Davidson The Proud Family Movie Jo Marie Payton Kyla Pratt 2007 Raven-Symoné That's So Raven Corbin Bleu High School Musical Kathleen Herles Dora the Explorer Kyle Massey That's So Raven Romeo Miller Romeo! 2008 Raven-Symoné That's So Raven André Benjamin Class of 3000 Kathleen Herles Dora the Explorer Lil' JJ Just Jordan Kyle Massey Cory in the House 2009 Keke Palmer True Jackson, VP Selena Gomez Wizards of Waverly Place Lil' JJ Just Jordan Kyle Massey Cory in the House Caitlin Sanchez Dora the Explorer
2010s Year Actor / Actress Series Ref 2010 Keke Palmer True Jackson, VP Nick Cannon Nickelodeon HALO Awards Selena Gomez Wizards of Waverly Place LaShawn Jefferies The Backyardigans Caitlin Sanchez Dora the Explorer 2011 Keke Palmer True Jackson, VP Nick Cannon Nickelodeon HALO Awards Selena Gomez Wizards of Waverly Place Victoria Justice Victorious Lance Robertson Yo Gabba Gabba! 2012 Keke Palmer True Jackson, VP China Anne McClain A.N.T. Farm Lance Robertson Yo Gabba Gabba! Leon Thomas III Victorious Zendaya Shake It Up 2013 Loretta Devine Doc McStuffins Nick Cannon Nickelodeon HALO Awards China Anne McClain A.N.T. Farm Keke Palmer Winx Club Tyler James Williams Let It Shine 2014 China Anne McClain A.N.T. Farm Karan Brar Jessie Eric I. Keyes, III Live Life and Win! Fatima Ptacek Dora the Explorer Zendaya Shake It Up 2015 Fatima Ptacek Dora and Friends: Into the City! Amber Frank The Haunted Hathaways Curtis Harris China Anne McClain How to Build a Better Boy Taliyah Whitaker Wallykazam! 2016 Marcus Scribner Black-ish Miles Brown Black-ish Skai Jackson Jessie Marsai Martin Black-ish Hudson Yang Fresh Off the Boat 2017 Marsai Martin Black-ish Miles Brown Black-ish Lonnie Chavis This Is Us E'myri Crutchfield Roots Hudson Yang Fresh Off the Boat 2018 Caleb McLaughlin Stranger Things Ethan Hutchinson Queen Sugar Lonnie Chavis This Is Us Marsai Martin Black-ish Michael Rainey Jr. Power 2019 Marsai Martin Black-ish Alex R. Hibbert The Chi Lonnie Chavis This Is Us Lyric Ross This Is Us Miles Brown Black-ish
2020s Year Actor / Actress Series Ref 2020 Marsai Martin Black-ish Miles Brown Black-ish Lonnie Chavis This Is Us Caleel Harris When They See Us Lyric Ross This Is Us 2021 Marsai Martin Black-ish Miles Brown Black-ish Lexi Underwood Little Fires Everywhere Alex R. Hibbert The Chi Lyric Ross This Is Us 2022 Miles Brown Black-ish Eris Baker This Is Us Alaya "That Girl Lay Lay" High That Girl Lay Lay Celina Smith Annie Live! Elisha 'EJ' Williams The Wonder Years 2023 Ja'Siah Young Raising Dion Alaya High That Girl Lay Lay Cameron J. Wright Family Reunion Elisha Williams The Wonder Years Khali Spraggins The Upshaws 2024 Leah Sava Jeffries Percy Jackson and the Olympians Alaya High That Girl Lay Lay Elisha “EJ” Williams The Wonder Years Jalyn Hall The Crossover Keivonn Woodard The Last of Us 2025 Leah Sava Jeffries Percy Jackson and the Olympians Caleb Elijah Cross Graceyn Hollingsworth Gracie's Corner Melody Hurd Cross TJ Mixson The Madness 2026 Leah Sava Jeffries Percy Jackson and the Olympians Amanda Christine It: Welcome to Derry Blake Cameron James It: Welcome to Derry Jeremiah Felder The Residence Percy Daggs IV Paradise
Multiple wins and nominations Wins
5 wins Raven-Symoné
4 wins LeVar Burton Marsai Martin Keke Palmer
3 wins Leah Sava Jeffries
2 wins Denzel Washington
Nominations
7 nominations LeVar Burton
6 nominations Miles Brown Marsai Martin
5 nominations Tommy Davidson Keke Palmer Raven-Symoné
4 nominations Lonnie Chavis China Anne McClain Kyla Pratt
3 nominations Nick Cannon Selena Gomez Alaya High Leah Sava Jeffries Kyle Massey Jo Marie Payton Lyric Ross Elisha “EJ” Williams
2 nominations Kevin Clash Loretta Devine Kathleen Herles Alex R. Hibbert Lil' JJ Kel Mitchell Fatima Ptacek Lance Robertson Caitlin Sanchez Cree Summer Kenan Thompson Denzel Washington Lynn Whitfield Zendaya
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