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22nd Young Artist Awards
Awarded for	Achievement in 2000 in film and television
Date	April 1, 2001
Site	Sportsmen's Lodge Studio City, California
Hosted by	Josh Keaton Ryan Merriman Kimberly Cullum Cody McMains Kaitlin Cullum Adam Nicholson
Official website	YoungArtistAwards.org
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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.^[1][2][3]

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.^[4]

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.^[1][5][6]

★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.^[3]

★ Rob Brown – Finding Forrester – Columbia Pictures

• Kevin Zegers – MVP: Most Valuable Primate – Keystone Family Pictures
• Haley Joel Osment – Pay It Forward – Warner Bros.
• Ryan Merriman – Just Looking – Sony Pictures Classics
• Patrick Fugit – Almost Famous – DreamWorks SKG
• Heath Ledger - The Patriot - Columbia Pictures
• Elijah Wood - Chain of Fools - Warner Bros.

★ Elizabeth Huett – Social Misfits – Our Way Productions

• Mara Wilson – Thomas and the Magic Railroad – Destination Films
• Jamie Renee Smith – MVP: Most Valuable Primate – Keystone Family Pictures
• Natalie Portman – Where the Heart Is – 20th Century Fox
• Kirsten Dunst – Bring It On – Universal

★ Rory Culkin – You Can Count on Me – Paramount Classics

• Rollo Weeks – The Little Vampire – New Line
• J. Michael Moncrief – The Legend of Bagger Vance – DreamWorks SKG
• Spencer Treat Clark – Gladiator – Universal
• Lucas Black – All the Pretty Horses – Miramax

★ Hayden Panettiere – Remember the Titans – Disney

• Caitlin Wachs – My Dog Skip – Warner Bros
• Ashley Johnson – What Women Want – Paramount
• Clara Bryant – The Lost Lover – Studio Canal Plus
• Thora Birch – Dungeons & Dragons – New Line Cinema

★ Spencer Breslin – Disney's The Kid – Walt Disney

• Jake Thomas – The Cell – New Line Cinema
• Connor Matheus – Snow Day – Paramount
• Jonathan Lipnicki – The Little Vampire – New Line Cinema

★ Makenzie Vega – The Family Man – Universal

• Taylor Momsen – Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Universal
• Hallie Kate Eisenberg – Beautiful – Destination Films
• Holliston Coleman – Bless the Child – Paramount

★ Michael Schiffman – Finding Buck McHenry – Showtime

• Frankie Muniz – Miracle in Lane 2 – Disney Channel
• Jonathan Malen – Possessed – Showtime
• Aaron Meeks – A Storm in Summer – Showtime
• Bobby Edner – The Trial of Old Drum – Animal Planet
• Seth Adkins – When Andrew Came Home – Lifetime

★ Shadia Simmons – The Color of Friendship – Disney Channel

• Madeline Zima – The Sandy Bottom Orchestra – Showtime
• Alexa Vega – Run the Wild Fields – Showtime
• Kimberlee Peterson – Secret Cutting – USA Network
• Lindsey Haun – The Color of Friendship – Disney Channel
• Camilla Belle – Rip Girls – Disney Channel

★ Patrick Levis – Miracle in Lane 2 – Disney Channel

• Kyle Schmid – The Sandy Bottom Orchestra – Showtime
• Addison Ridge – Frankie and Hazel – Showtime
• Cameron Finley – One True Love – CBS
• Vincent Berry – Baby – TNT

★ Tamara Hope – The Sandy Bottom Orchestra – Showtime

• Ingrid Uribe – Frankie and Hazel – Showtime
• Courtney Peldon – The Princess and the Barrio Boy – Showtime
• Julia McIlvaine – The Lost Child – CBS/Hallmark
• Stacie Hess – Rip Girls – Disney Channel

★ Andrew Lawrence – The Other Me – Disney Channel

• Bill Switzer – Mail to the Chief – Disney Channel
• Robert Ri'chard – Alley Cats Strike – Disney Channel
• Matthew O'Leary – Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire – Disney Channel
• Taylor Handley – Phantom of the Megaplex – Disney Channel

★ Hallee Hirsh – The Ultimate Christmas Present – Disney Channel

• Laura Vandervoort – Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire – Disney Channel
• Tia & Tamera Mowry – Seventeen Again – Showtime
• Vanessa Lengies – Ratz – Showtime
• Kimberly J. Brown – Quints – Disney Channel

★ Tyler Hynes – The Other Me – Disney Channel

• Tahj Mowry – Seventeen Again – Showtime
• Max Morrow – Santa Who? – ABC/Wonderful World of Disney
• Jake Epstein – Quints – Disney Channel

★ Brenda Song – The Ultimate Christmas Present – Disney Channel

• Caitlin Wachs – Phantom of the Megaplex – Disney Channel
• Caroline Elliot – Ratz – Showtime
• Kaitlin Cullum – Growing Up Brady – NBC

★ Myles Jeffrey – Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire – Disney Channel

• Matt Weinberg – The Last Dance – CBS
• Sam Smith – Oliver Twist – PBS
• Jacob Smith – Phantom of the Megaplex – Disney Channel
• Stephen Joffe – The Wishing Tree – Showtime
• Spencer Breslin – The Ultimate Christmas Present – Disney Channel

★ Jodelle Ferland – Mermaid – Showtime

• Kaleigh Nevin – The Wishing Tree – Showtime
• Hallie Kate Eisenberg – The Miracle Worker – CBS/Wonderful World of Disney
• Arreale Davis – Up, Up and Away – Disney Channel
• Channing Carson – The Last Dance – CBS
• Charlotte Arnold – Custody of the Heart – Lifetime

★ Robert Clark – The Zack Files – Fox Family

• Lee Thompson Young – The Famous Jett Jackson – Disney Channel
• Arjay Smith – The Journey of Allen Strange – Nickelodeon
• Jeremy Foley – Caitlin's Way – Nickelodeon

★ Alexis Bledel – Gilmore Girls – Warner Bros

• Lindsay Felton – Caitlin's Way – Nickelodeon
• Jessica Alba – Dark Angel – Fox

★ Miko Hughes – Roswell – WB Network

• Robert Iler – The Sopranos – HBO
• Dan Byrd – Any Day Now – Lifetime
• Ryan Sommers Baum – The Famous Jett Jackson – Disney Channel
• Tony Barriere – Any Day Now – Lifetime
• Michael Angarano – Cover Me – USA Network Series

★ Michelle Trachtenberg – Buffy the Vampire Slayer – WB

• Jamie-Lynn Sigler – The Sopranos – HBO
• Shari Dyon Perry – Any Day Now – Lifetime
• Mae Middleton – Any Day Now – Lifetime
• Olivia Friedman – Any Day Now – Lifetime
• Kerry Duff – The Famous Jett Jackson – Disney Channel

★ Michal Suchanek – Mysterious Ways – PAX

• Andrew Sandler – Profiler – NBC
• Shawn Pyfrom – Touched By An Angel – CBS
• J.B. Gaynor – Family Law – CBS
• Andrew Ducote – Early Edition – Family Channel
• Trevor Blumas – Twice In a Lifetime – PAX

★ Brooke Anne Smith – 7th Heaven – WB

• Ashley Michelle Tisdale – Boston Public – FOX
• Jamie Lauren – 7th Heaven – WB
• Elisabeth Moss – The West Wing – NBC
• Rachel David – Charmed – FOX

★ Frankie Muniz – Malcolm in the Middle – Fox

• Robert Ri'chard – Cousin Skeeter – Nickelodeon
• Shia LaBeouf – Even Stevens – Disney

★ Christy Carlson Romano – Even Stevens – Disney

• Mila Kunis – That '70s Show – Fox
• Amanda Bynes – The Amanda Show – Nickelodeon

★ Craig Lamar Traylor – Malcolm in the Middle – FOX

• Martin Spanjers – Daddio – NBC
• Dee Jay Daniels – The Hughleys – UPN
• John Francis Daley – The Geena Davis Show – ABC

★ Cristina Kernan – Daddio – NBC

• Brianne Prather – The Jersey – Disney Channel
• Ashley Monique Clark – The Hughleys – UPN

★ Joey Zimmerman – Becker – CBS

• Jenna Rose Morrison – The Amanda Show – Nickelodeon
• Miles Marisco – The Jersey – Disney Channel
• Ty Hodges – Even Stevens – Disney Channel
• Ashley Edner – Malcolm in the Middle – FOX

★ Alvin Alvarez – The Brothers Garcia – Nickelodeon

• Erik Per Sullivan – Malcolm in the Middle – FOX
• Mitch Holleman – Daddio – NBC

★ Karle Warren – Judging Amy – CBS

• Makenzie Vega – The Geena Davis Show – ABC
• Madylin Sweeten – Everybody Loves Raymond – CBS

★ Jesse McCartney – All My Children – ABC

• Justin Torkildsen – The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS
• Logan O'Brien – General Hospital – ABC
• Billy Kay – Guiding Light – CBS
• Penn Badgley – The Young and the Restless – NBC

★ Brittany Snow – Guiding Light – CBS

• Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Passions – NBC
• Kirsten Storms – Days of Our Lives – NBC
• Jennifer Finnigan – The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS
• Ashley Lyn Cafagna – The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS

★ Thomas Dekker – An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster – Universal Pictures Home Video

• Spencer Klein – Hey Arnold! – Nickelodeon
• Marc Donato – Animal Shelf – Fox Family
• Rickey D'Shon Collins – Recess – ABC
• Joseph Ashton – Rocket Power – Nickelodeon

★ Emily Hart – Sabrina: The Animated Series – UPN

• Francesca Marie Smith – Hey Arnold! – Nickelodeon
• Olivia Hack – Hey Arnold! – ABC
• Kristin Fairlie – Little Bear – Nickelodeon
• Tanya Donato – Sailor Moon – Cartoon Network

★ Once and Again – ABC

Evan Rachel Wood, Julia Whelan and Meredith Deane

• So Weird – Disney Channel

Eric Lively, Erik von Detten, Patrick Levis and Alexz Johnson

• Malcolm in the Middle – Fox

Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan, Craig Lamar Traylor and Christopher Masterson

• The Jersey – Disney Channel

Michael Galeota, Courtnee Draper, Theo Greenly and Jermaine Williams

• The Brothers Garcia – Nickelodeon

Alvin Alvarez, Bobby Gonzalez, Jeffrey Licon and Vaneza Leza Pitynski

★ Finding Buck McHenry – Showtime

Michael Schiffman, Megan Bower, Duane McLaughlin, Marcello Meleca

• The Other Me – Disney Channel

Andrew Lawrence, Brenden Jefferson, Tyler Hynes, Sarah Gadon, Alison Pill

★ My Dog Skip – Warner Bros

Frankie Muniz, Cody Linley, Bradley Coryell, Daylan Honeycutt, Caitlin Wachs

• The Patriot – Columbia Pictures

Gregory Smith, Trevor Morgan, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Logan Lerman, Bryan Chafin, Mika Boorem

★ A Storm in Summer – Showtime

• The Wishing Tree – Showtime
• Seventeen Again – Showtime
• Run the Wild Fields – Showtime
• Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire – Disney Channel
• Miracle in Lane 2 – Disney Channel
• The Color of Friendship – Disney Channel

★ Papa's Angels – CBS

• Yesterday's Children – CBS
• To Brave Alaska – ABC
• Second Honeymoon – CBS
• Santa Who? – ABC
• The Growing Pains Movie – ABC
• Cupid & Cate – CBS/Hallmark
• Baby – TNT

★ Walking with Dinosaurs – Discovery Channel

• Nature – PBS
• Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces – TCM
• Founding Fathers – History Channel
• The Children of the Charbannes – HBO
• Awesome Pawsome – Animal Planet

★ Gilmore Girls – WB

• Touched by an Angel – CBS
• 7th Heaven – WB
• Mysterious Ways – NBC
• Judging Amy – CBS
• The Famous Jett Jackson – Disney Channel

★ The Brothers Garcia – Nickelodeon

• The Jersey – Disney Channel
• The Hughleys – UPN
• Everybody Loves Raymond – CBS
• Even Stevens – Disney Channel
• Ed – NBC

★ Sabrina: The Animated Series – ABC

• Sheep in the Big City – Cartoon Network
• Rolie Polie Olie – Disney Channel
• Blue's Clues – Nickelodeon
• Bear in the Big Blue House – Disney Channel
• Angela Anaconda – Family Channel

★ My Dog Skip – Warner Bros

• Remember the Titans – Disney
• Finding Forrester – Columbia Pictures
• Family Tree – Warner Vision
• The Family Man – Universal

★ Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Universal

• Snow Day – Paramount
• Return to Me – MGM
• The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas – Universal
• Disney's The Kid – Walt Disney

★ Chicken Run – DreamWorks

• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie – Paramount
• The Emperor's New Groove – Walt Disney
• Dinosaur – Buena Vista
• Blue's Big Musical Movie – Paramount

★ Jamie Bell – Billy Elliot (United Kingdom) – Produced by Working Title Films, distributed by Universal Focus

★ Zhang Ziyi – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China) – Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics

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

★ Sanzhyra – Russian Kinoglaz Company – Producer: Yevgeniya Tirdatova

★ Michael Junior (Belgium) – PBS Special: Michael Junior – CD: Dreamland

★ Lauren Frost – Barbra Streisand concert – Madison Square Garden

★ Tiffany Solano

★ Jay Underwood – The Boy Who Could Fly

★ Charlene Tilton – Dallas

★ Daniel Smorgon (Actor) – Bank of America
★ Sam Schwarz (Voice Over) – Bank of America – Produced by Bozell Advertising, New York

★ Steffani Brass – Disney Cruise Line

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

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