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 [1]
1996
Denzel Washington Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child [2]
Danny Glover Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Whoopi Goldberg
James Earl Jones
Sinbad
1997 —
1998
Denzel Washington Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child [3]
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 [4]
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 [5]
Kevin Clash The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Marcella Lowery City Guys
Kel Mitchell Kenan & Kel
Kenan Thompson
2001
Bill Cosby Little Bill [6]
LeVar Burton Reading Rainbow
Ossie Davis Finding Buck McHenry
Ruby Dee Little Bill
Alfre Woodard The Wishing Tree
2002
LeVar Burton Reading Rainbow [7]
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 [8]
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 [9]
Tommy Davidson The Proud Family
Kyla Pratt
Cree Summer All Grown Up!
Lynn Whitfield The Cheetah Girls
2005
Raven-Symoné That's So Raven [10]
LeVar Burton Reading Rainbow
Tommy Davidson The Proud Family
Jo Marie Payton
Kyla Pratt
2006
Raven-Symoné That's So Raven [11]
Kevin Clash Sesame Street
Tommy Davidson The Proud Family Movie
Jo Marie Payton
Kyla Pratt
2007
Raven-Symoné That's So Raven [12]
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 [13]
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 [14]
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 [15]
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 [16]
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 [17]
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 [18]
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 [19]
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! [20]
Amber Frank The Haunted Hathaways
Curtis Harris
China Anne McClain How to Build a Better Boy
Taliyah Whitaker Wallykazam!
2016
Marcus Scribner Black-ish [21]
Miles Brown Black-ish
Skai Jackson Jessie
Marsai Martin Black-ish
Hudson Yang Fresh Off the Boat
2017
Marsai Martin Black-ish [22]
Miles Brown Black-ish
Lonnie Chavis This Is Us
Emyyri Crutchfield Roots
Hudson Yang Fresh Off the Boat
2018
Caleb McLaughlin Stranger Things [23]
Ethan Hutchinson Queen Sugar
Lonnie Chavis This Is Us
Marsai Martin Black-ish
Michael Rainey Jr. Power
2019
Marsai Martin Black-ish [24]
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 [25]
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 [26]
Miles Brown Black-ish
Lexi Underwood Little Fires Everywhere
Alex R. Hibbert The Chi
Lyric Ross This Is Us
2022
Miles Brown Black-ish [27]
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

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations[edit]

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