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 has 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 is voted for by a panel. However, solely in 2023, the public were able to vote for the winner. Emmerdale actress Amelia Flanagan is the current holder of the award.

British Soap Award for Best Young Performer
Country	United Kingdom
First award	2004; 21 years ago (2004)
Currently held by	Amelia Flanagan, Emmerdale (2025)
Most awards	Amelia Flanagan Ellis Hollins Eden Taylor-Draper (all 2)
Most nominations	Ellis Hollins (5)

Awards and nominees

2004 winner Natalie Cassidy.

2006 and 2014 winner Ellis Hollins; he has a record five nominations.

2007 and 2013 winner Eden Taylor-Draper.

2009 winner Maisie Smith.

2012 winner Lorna Fitzgerald.

2014 nominee Mimi Keene.

2016 winner Ruby O'Donnell.

2022 winner Millie Gibson.

Year	Performer	Role	Soap opera
2004[1]	Natalie Cassidy	Sonia Jackson	EastEnders
	Sam Aston	Chesney Brown	Coronation Street
	Luke Tittensor	Daz Eden	Emmerdale
	Gemma Atkinson	Lisa Hunter	Hollyoaks
2005[2]	Sam Aston	Chesney Brown	Coronation Street
	Lacey Turner	Stacey Slater	EastEnders
	Charley Webb	Debbie Dingle	Emmerdale
	Chris Fountain	Justin Burton	Hollyoaks
2006[3]	Ellis Hollins	Tom Cunningham	Hollyoaks
	Helen Flanagan	Rosie Webster	Coronation Street
	Richard Fleeshman	Craig Harris	Coronation Street
	Luke Tittensor	Daz Eden	Emmerdale
2007[4]	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[5]	Jamie Borthwick	Jay Brown	EastEnders
	Brooke Vincent	Sophie Webster	Coronation Street
	Eden Taylor-Draper	Belle Dingle	Emmerdale
	Ellis Hollins	Tom Cunningham	Hollyoaks
2009[6]	Maisie Smith	Tiffany Dean	EastEnders
	Alex Bain	Simon Barlow	Coronation Street
	Isabel Hodgins	Victoria Sugden	Emmerdale
	Ellis Hollins	Tom Cunningham	Hollyoaks
2010[7]	Ami Metcalf	Sapphire Cox	Doctors
	Alex Bain	Simon Barlow	Coronation Street
	Maisie Smith	Tiffany Butcher	EastEnders
	Oscar Lloyd	Will Wylde	Emmerdale
2011[8]	Alex Bain	Simon Barlow	Coronation Street
	Maisie Smith	Tiffany Butcher	EastEnders
	Eden Taylor-Draper	Belle Dingle	Emmerdale
	Ellis Hollins	Tom Cunningham	Hollyoaks
2012[9]	Lorna Fitzgerald	Abi Branning	EastEnders
	Alex Bain	Simon Barlow	Coronation Street
	Charlie Kenyon	Cameron Waterhouse	Doctors
	Eden Taylor-Draper	Belle Dingle	Emmerdale
2013[10]	Eden Taylor-Draper	Belle Dingle	Emmerdale
	Ellie Leach	Faye Windass	Coronation Street
	Maisie Smith	Tiffany Butcher	EastEnders
	Ellis Hollins	Tom Cunningham	Hollyoaks
2014[11]	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[12]	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[13]	Ruby O'Donnell	Peri Lomax	Hollyoaks
	Elle Mulvaney	Amy Barlow	Coronation Street
	Grace	Janet Mitchell	EastEnders
	Amelia Flanagan	April Windsor	Emmerdale
2017[14]	Elle Mulvaney	Amy Barlow	Coronation Street
	Bleu Landau	Dennis Rickman Jnr	EastEnders
	Isobel Steele	Liv Flaherty	Emmerdale
	Elà-May Demircan	Leah Barnes	Hollyoaks
2018[15]	Isobel Steele	Liv Flaherty	Emmerdale
	Matilda Freeman	Summer Spellman	Coronation Street)
	Maisie Smith	Tiffany Butcher	EastEnders
	Elà-May Demircan	Leah Barnes	Hollyoaks
2019[16]	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[17]	Millie Gibson	Kelly Neelan	Coronation Street
	Sonny Kendall	Tommy Moon	EastEnders
	Amelia Flanagan	April Windsor	Emmerdale
	Jayden Fox	Bobby Costello	Hollyoaks
2023[18]	Lillia Turner	Lily Slater	EastEnders
	Jude Riordan	Sam Blakeman	Coronation Street
	Huey Quinn	Kyle Winchester	Emmerdale
	Jayden Fox	Bobby Costello	Hollyoaks
2025[19]	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[a]
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[a]
EastEnders	6	12
Coronation Street	4	16
Emmerdale	5	14
Hollyoaks	3	14
Doctors	1	4

Notes

1. These nominations did not result in a win.