| European Film Award for Young Actor or Actress | |
| Awarded For: | Best Performance by an Actor or Actress |
| Presenter: | European Film Academy |
The European Film Award for Best Young Actor or Actress was an award presented at the 1988 European Film Awards to recognize an actor or an actress who has performed an outstanding leading role in the film industry. So far, an award has been presented only twice. In 1990 it was awarded as the European Discovery of the Year.
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title | Character | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Best Young Actors and Actresses | |||||
| Pelle the Conqueror | Pelle Erobreren | Pelle Karlsson | ||||
| House for Two | Dům pro dva | Dan | ||||
| Michaela Widhalm | Notturno | Mit meinen heißen Tränen | Schuberts Halbschwester Josefa | |||
| Stefan Wood | Cripples Go Christmas | Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen | Spasski | |||
| Enrico Böttcher | Ringo | |||||
| Aga | ||||||
| Ringo | ||||||
| 1989 (2nd) | no award given | |||||
| 1990 | European Discovery of the Year | |||||
| Open Doors | Porte aperte | Tommasco Scalia | ||||
| after 1990 | award discontinued | |||||