Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1999

Soap Opera Digest Award

Date:	26 February
Host:	Deidre Hall; Drake Hogestyn
Location:	Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, California, USA

Outstanding Young Lead Actor


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Jonathan Jackson (I)
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Michael Park (I) "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Scott Reeves (I)

Outstanding Lead Actor


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Anthony Geary
Other Nominees:
	"Another World" (1964) - Tom Eplin "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Eric Braeden

Outstanding Lead Actress


Winner:
	"Port Charles" (1997) - Lynn Herring
Other Nominees:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Deidre Hall "Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Kim Zimmer

Outstanding Young Lead Actress


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Rebecca Herbst
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Maura West "Port Charles" (1997) - Julie Pinson (I)

Outstanding Supporting Actor


Winner:
	"Bold and the Beautiful, The" (1987) - Ian Buchanan
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Michael E. Knight "One Life to Live" (1968) - Robert S. Woods

Outstanding Supporting Actress


Winner:
	"Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Lauralee Bell
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Lauren Martin (I) "Bold and the Beautiful, The" (1987) - Bobbie Eakes

Favorite Return


Winner:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Cady McClain
Other Nominees:
	"Another World" (1964) - Ellen Wheeler "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Christian LeBlanc (I)

Favorite Show


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963)
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) "Another World" (1964) "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) "Port Charles" (1997) "Sunset Beach" (1997) "Young and the Restless, The" (1973)

Hottest Male Star


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Steve Burton (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Sunset Beach" (1997) - Eddie Cibrian "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Shemar Moore

Favorite Veteran


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Stuart Damon
Other Nominees:
	"Another World" (1964) - Linda Dano "Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Jerry Ver Dorn

Outstanding Female Scene Stealer


Winner:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Louise Sorel
Other Nominees:
	"One Life to Live" (1968) - Catherine Hickland "Sunset Beach" (1997) - Kathleen Noone

Favorite Couple


Winner:
	"All My Children" (1970) - David Canary; Jennifer Bassey
Other Nominees:
	"Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Grant Aleksander; Beth Ehlers "Sunset Beach" (1997) - Clive Robertson (I); Susan Ward (I)

Outstanding Female Newcomer


Winner:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Patrika Darbo
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Jaime Dudney "One Life to Live" (1968) - Erika Page

Outstanding Villainess


Winner:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Alison Sweeney
Other Nominees:
	"Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Beth Chamberlin "Sunset Beach" (1997) - Dominique Jennings

Editor's Choice

Outstanding Male Scene Stealer


Winner:
	"Port Charles" (1997) - Kin Shriner
Other Nominees:
	"Another World" (1964) - Stephen Schnetzer "One Life to Live" (1968) - Philip Carey

Outstanding Villain


Winner:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Vincent Irizarry
Other Nominees:
	"Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Hunt Block "Sunset Beach" (1997) - Sam Behrens

Outstanding Male Newcomer


Winner:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Cameron Mathison
Other Nominees:
	"As the World Turns" (1956) - Nathaniel Marston "One Life to Live" (1968) - Jason-Shane Scott

Hottest Female Star


Winner:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Kristian Alfonso
Other Nominees:
	"Another World" (1964) - Jensen Buchanan "Bold and the Beautiful, The" (1987) - Hunter Tylo