Soap Opera Digest Awards: 2000

Soap Opera Digest Award

Date:	10 March
Location:	Palladium, Los Angeles, California, USA

Outstanding Younger Lead Actor


Winner:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Mark Consuelos
Other Nominees:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Bryan Dattilo "One Life to Live" (1968) - Jason-Shane Scott

Favorite Actor


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Maurice Benard
Other Nominees:
	"Port Charles" (1997) - Kin Shriner "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Eric Braeden

Outstanding Lead Actor


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Anthony Geary
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - David Canary "One Life to Live" (1968) - Robert S. Woods

Outstanding Younger Lead Actress


Winner:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Kelly Ripa
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Maura West "Bold and the Beautiful, The" (1987) - Adrienne Frantz "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Alison Sweeney

Favorite Actress


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Sarah Brown (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Kristian Alfonso "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Melody Thomas Scott

Outstanding Lead Actress


Winner:
	"Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Kim Zimmer
Other Nominees:
	"Bold and the Beautiful, The" (1987) - Susan Flannery "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Jess Walton

Outstanding Supporting Actor


Winner:
	"Port Charles" (1997) - Jon Lindstrom (I)
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Scott Holmes (I) "Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Robert Newman (I)

Outstanding Supporting Actress


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Nancy Grahn
Other Nominees:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Lauren Koslow "Port Charles" (1997) - Julie Pinson (I)

Favorite Return


Winner:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Finola Hughes
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Elizabeth Hubbard "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Eileen Davidson (I)

Favorite Show


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963)
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) "As the World Turns" (1956) "Bold and the Beautiful, The" (1987) "Days of Our Lives" (1965) "Guiding Light, The" (1952) "One Life to Live" (1968) "Passions" (1999) "Port Charles" (1997) "Young and the Restless, The" (1973)

Favorite Teen Star


Winner:
	"One Life to Live" (1968) - Erin Torpey
Other Nominees:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Amber Tamblyn "Passions" (1999) - Jesse Metcalfe

Favorite Couple


Winner:
	"One Life to Live" (1968) - Erika Slezak; Mark Derwin
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Martha Byrne; Jon Hensley "Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Bethany Joy Galeotti; Paul Anthony Stewart

Outstanding Male Newcomer


Winner:
	"Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - David Tom
Other Nominees:
	"Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Bradley Cole (I) "Passions" (1999) - Donn Swaby

Outstanding Female Newcomer


Winner:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Abigail Spencer
Other Nominees:
	"Bold and the Beautiful, The" (1987) - Marissa Tait "Passions" (1999) - Lindsay Hartley

Favorite Scene Stealer


Winner:
	"Passions" (1999) - Josh Ryan Evans
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Lesli Kay "Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Patti D'Arbanville

Outstanding Villain


Winner:
	"One Life to Live" (1968) - Timothy Stickney
Other Nominees:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Kevin Spirtas "Passions" (1999) - Juliet Mills