page_title: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
section_title: Winners and nominees
hierarchical_section_title: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series / Winners and nominees
caption_attribution_description: English: Sharon Case at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Television Festival. Français&#160;: Sharon Case au Festival de télévision de Monte-Carlo 2013.
context_page_description: The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series was an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It was given annually from 1985 to 2019 to honor a young actress below the age of 25, who had delivered an outstanding performance in a role while working within the daytime drama industry.
  At the 12th Daytime Emmy Awards held in 1985, Tracey E. Bregman was the first winner of this award for her role of Lauren Fenmore on The Young and the Restless. The awards ceremony had not been aired on television for the prior two years, having been criticized for voting integrity. The award was originally called Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series, the criteria of the new category were deemed confusing; performers of differing ages were nominated and critics argued some were of supporting or lead actress standards. Adding to the confusion, the first winner, Bregman, and the Outstanding Supporting Actress winner that year, Beth Maitland, played characters near to the same age.
context_section_description: Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
caption: Sharon Case garnered two nominations (1996 and 1997) for her portrayal of Sharon Newman on The Young and the Restless.
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