# Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer

The Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program is an award that honors performances in both television series and made-for-television/streaming films. The category was established at the 1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards in 2022 and is open to performers of all genders. The inaugural recipient of the award was Nonso Anozie for his role as Tommy Jepperd in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth. The current holder of the award is Amanda Lawrence, who won the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards for her role as Matron Shipley in the BYU TV historical drama series Malory Towers.

## Background

On November 17, 2021, the NATAS announced the creation of the Children's and Family Emmy Awards to recognize the best in children's and family television. The organization cited an "explosive growth in the quantity and quality of children’s and family programming" as justification for a dedicated ceremony. Many categories of the awards were previously presented at the Daytime Emmy Awards. Performers in programming aimed towards children and young people were previously honored with the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming, which was presented under various names however, following the announcement of the establishment of the Children's and Family Emmy Awards, these categories were discontinued.
The original name for the category was Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program, and the award received its current name as of the 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards.

## Winners and nominations
### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network |
| 2022 (1st) | Nonso Anozie | Tommy Jepperd | Sweet Tooth | Netflix |
| 2022 (1st) | Adeel Akhtar | Aditya Singh | Sweet Tooth | Netflix |
| 2022 (1st) | Yasmin Finney | Elle Argent | Heartstopper | Netflix |
| 2022 (1st) | William Gao | Tao Xu | Heartstopper | Netflix |
| 2022 (1st) | Lisa Kudrow | Aunt Heidi | Better Nate Than Ever | Disney+ |
| 2023 (2nd) | Adeel Akhtar | Dr. Aditya Singh | Sweet Tooth | Netflix |
| 2023 (2nd) | Nonso Anozie | Tommy Jeppard | Sweet Tooth | Netflix |
| 2023 (2nd) | Kal Penn | Simon Choksi/Santa | The Santa Clauses | Disney+ |
| 2023 (2nd) | Neil Sandilands | General Abbot | Sweet Tooth | Netflix |
| 2023 (2nd) | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Billie Pearce | National Treasure: Edge of History | Disney+ |
| 2024 (3rd) | Amanda Lawrence | Matron Shipley | Malory Towers | BYU TV |
| 2024 (3rd) | Adam Copeland | Ares | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Disney+ |
| 2024 (3rd) | Elizabeth Mitchell | Carol/Mrs. Claus | The Santa Clauses | Disney+ |
| 2024 (3rd) | Sarah Rafferty | Katherine Walter | My Life with the Walter Boys | Netflix |
| 2024 (3rd) | Lance Reddick | Zeus | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Disney+ |
| 2024 (3rd) | Eric Stonestreet | Magnus Antas/The Mad Santa | The Santa Clauses | Disney+ |

## Performers with multiple nominations
### 2 nominations

* Adeel Akhtar
* Nonso Anozie

## Programs with multiple nominations
### 5 nominations

* Sweet Tooth

### 3 nominations

* The Santa Clauses

### 2 nominations

* Heartstopper
* Percy Jackson and the Olympians

## Networks with multiple nominations
### 8 nominations

* Netflix

### 7 nominations

* Disney+

## Superlatives

| Superlative | Performer | Program | Year | Age |
| Oldest Nominee | Lance Reddick | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | 2024 | 60 |
| Youngest Nominee | Yasmin Finney | Heartstopper | 2022 | 19 |