British Soap Award for Best Young Performer

The British Soap Award for Best Young Performer is an award presented annually by the British Soap Awards. It was also been presented as Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress, Best Young Actor and Best Young Performance. First awarded in 2004, the accolade was voted for by a panel. However, solely in 2023, the public were able to vote for the winner. EastEnders won the award six times, the most wins for any soap. Emmerdale actress Amelia Flanagan was the final winner of the award.

Awards and nominees

Year Performer Role Soap opera 2004 Natalie Cassidy Sonia Jackson EastEnders Sam Aston Chesney Brown Coronation Street Luke Tittensor Daz Eden Emmerdale Gemma Atkinson Lisa Hunter Hollyoaks 2005 Sam Aston Chesney Brown Coronation Street Lacey Turner Stacey Slater EastEnders Charley Webb Debbie Dingle Emmerdale Chris Fountain Justin Burton Hollyoaks 2006 Ellis Hollins Tom Cunningham Hollyoaks Helen Flanagan Rosie Webster Coronation Street Richard Fleeshman Craig Harris Coronation Street Luke Tittensor Daz Eden Emmerdale 2007 Eden Taylor-Draper Belle Dingle Emmerdale Sam Aston Chesney Battersby-Brown Coronation Street Charlie G. Hawkins Darren Miller EastEnders Ellis Hollins Tom Cunningham Hollyoaks 2008 Jamie Borthwick Jay Brown EastEnders Brooke Vincent Sophie Webster Coronation Street Eden Taylor-Draper Belle Dingle Emmerdale Ellis Hollins Tom Cunningham Hollyoaks 2009 Maisie Smith Tiffany Dean EastEnders Alex Bain Simon Barlow Coronation Street Isabel Hodgins Victoria Sugden Emmerdale Ellis Hollins Tom Cunningham Hollyoaks 2010 Ami Metcalf Sapphire Cox Doctors Alex Bain Simon Barlow Coronation Street Maisie Smith Tiffany Butcher EastEnders Oscar Lloyd Will Wylde Emmerdale 2011 Alex Bain Simon Barlow Coronation Street Maisie Smith Tiffany Butcher EastEnders Eden Taylor-Draper Belle Dingle Emmerdale Ellis Hollins Tom Cunningham Hollyoaks 2012 Lorna Fitzgerald Abi Branning EastEnders Alex Bain Simon Barlow Coronation Street Charlie Kenyon Cameron Waterhouse Doctors Eden Taylor-Draper Belle Dingle Emmerdale 2013 Eden Taylor-Draper Belle Dingle Emmerdale Ellie Leach Faye Windass Coronation Street Maisie Smith Tiffany Butcher EastEnders Ellis Hollins Tom Cunningham Hollyoaks 2014 Ellis Hollins Tom Cunningham Hollyoaks Alex Bain Simon Barlow Coronation Street Oliver Woollford Tom Finlayson Doctors Mimi Keene Cindy Williams EastEnders Joe-Warren Plant Jacob Gallagher Emmerdale 2015 Amelia Flanagan April Windsor Emmerdale Ellie Leach Faye Windass Coronation Street Jack Carroll Peter Harker Doctors Eliot Carrington Bobby Beale EastEnders Ruby O'Donnell Peri Lomax Hollyoaks 2016 Ruby O'Donnell Peri Lomax Hollyoaks Elle Mulvaney Amy Barlow Coronation Street Grace Janet Mitchell EastEnders Amelia Flanagan April Windsor Emmerdale 2017 Elle Mulvaney Amy Barlow Coronation Street Bleu Landau Dennis Rickman Jnr EastEnders Isobel Steele Liv Flaherty Emmerdale Elà-May Demircan Leah Barnes Hollyoaks 2018 Isobel Steele Liv Flaherty Emmerdale Matilda Freeman Summer Spellman Coronation Street Maisie Smith Tiffany Butcher EastEnders Elà-May Demircan Leah Barnes Hollyoaks 2019 Kara-Leah Fernandes Bailey Baker EastEnders Elle Mulvaney Amy Barlow Coronation Street Oliver Falconer Joe Granger Carmichael Doctors Joe-Warren Plant Jacob Gallagher Emmerdale Lacey Findlow Dee Dee Hutchinson Hollyoaks 2022 Millie Gibson Kelly Neelan Coronation Street Sonny Kendall Tommy Moon EastEnders Amelia Flanagan April Windsor Emmerdale Jayden Fox Bobby Costello Hollyoaks 2023 Lillia Turner Lily Slater EastEnders Jude Riordan Sam Blakeman Coronation Street Huey Quinn Kyle Winchester Emmerdale Jayden Fox Bobby Costello Hollyoaks 2025 Amelia Flanagan April Windsor Emmerdale Will Flanagan Joseph Winter-Brown Coronation Street Sonny Kendall Tommy Moon EastEnders Noah Holdsworth Oscar Osborne Hollyoaks

Achievements Performers with multiple wins Performer Role Soap opera Wins Nominations Amelia Flanagan April Windsor Emmerdale 2 2 Ellis Hollins Tom Cunningham Hollyoaks 2 5 Eden Taylor-Draper Belle Dingle Emmerdale 2 3

Wins by soap Soap opera Wins Nominations EastEnders 6 12 Coronation Street 4 16 Emmerdale 5 14 Hollyoaks 3 14 Doctors 1 4

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