The seventeenth annual Soap Opera Digest Awards were held in 2001. It was not televised.

Outstanding Younger Lead Actor

• Jason Cook (Shawn-Douglas Brady, Days of our Lives)

Outstanding Child Actor

• Kirsten Storms (Belle Black, Days of our Lives)

Outstanding Lead Actor

• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Younger Lead Actress

• Alison Sweeney (Sami Brady, Days of our Lives)

Outstanding Lead Actress

• Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Supporting Actor

• John Aniston (Victor Kiriakis, Days of our Lives)

Outstanding Supporting Actress

• Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis, General Hospital)

Favorite Couple

• Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo Brady and Hope Williams, Days of our Lives)

Outstanding Villainess

• Arianne Zuker (Nicole Walker, Days of our Lives)

Outstanding Male Scene Stealer

• Josh Ryan Evans (Timmy Lenox, Passions)

Outstanding Male Newcomer

• Chad Brannon (Zander Smith, General Hospital)

Outstanding Female Scene Stealer

• Robin Strasser (Hecuba, Passions)

Outstanding Female Newcomer

• Eden Riegel (Bianca Montgomery, All My Children)

Outstanding Heroine

• McKenzie Westmore (Sheridan Crane, Passions)

Outstanding Hero

• Joshua Morrow (Nicholas Newman, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Villain

• Rick Hearst (Matt Clark, The Young and the Restless)

Favorite Storyline

• Days of our Lives

Favorite Show

• Days of our Lives

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