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Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding performance by a juvenile actress in a leading role in a feature film |
Country | United States of America |
Presented by | Young Artist Association |
First awarded | 1979 (for performances in films released during the 1978/1979 season) |
Currently held by | Tie: Kathryn Newton, Paranormal Activity 4 & Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) |
Website | YoungArtistAwards.org |
The Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film is one of the Young Artist Awards presented annually by the Young Artist Association to recognize a young actress under the age of 21, who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry.[1][2][3][4] In its early years, the award was also known as the Youth in Film Award for Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture,[5] as well as by numerous other variations to its title over the years, however, the spirit of the award has remained essentially the same since its inception. Winners are selected by secret ballot of the 125 members of the Young Artist Association as well as former Youth in Film Award/Young Artist Award winners.[4][6]