This is a following list of the MTV Movie & TV Award winners and nominees for Best Performance in a Show. The category debuted in 2017 when the ceremony began jointly celebrating cinema and television under the name Best Actor in a Show.
This is a following list of the MTV Movie & TV Award winners and nominees for Best Performance in a Show. The category debuted in 2017 when the ceremony began jointly celebrating cinema and television under the name Best Actor in a Show.
| Year | Nominee | Character | Show | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Millie Bobby Brown | Eleven | Stranger Things | [1] |
| Emilia Clarke | Daenerys Targaryen | Game of Thrones | ||
| Donald Glover | Earnest "Earn" Marks | Atlanta | ||
| Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Negan | The Walking Dead | ||
| Mandy Moore | Rebecca Pearson | This Is Us | ||
| Gina Rodriguez | Jane Gloriana Villanueva | Jane the Virgin | ||
| 2018 | Millie Bobby Brown | Eleven | Stranger Things | [2] |
| Darren Criss | Andrew Cunanan | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | ||
| Katherine Langford | Hannah Baker | 13 Reasons Why | ||
| Issa Rae | Issa Dee | Insecure | ||
| Maisie Williams | Arya Stark | Game of Thrones | ||
| 2019 | Elisabeth Moss | June Osborne / Offred | The Handmaid's Tale | [3] |
| Emilia Clarke | Daenerys Targaryen | Game of Thrones | ||
| Gina Rodriguez | Jane Villanueva | Jane the Virgin | ||
| Kiernan Shipka | Sabrina Spellman | Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | ||
| † | ||||
| Year | Nominee | Character | Show | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Elizabeth Olsen | Wanda Maximoff | WandaVision | [4] |
| Michaela Coel | Arabella Essiedu | I May Destroy You | ||
| Emma Corrin | Diana, Princess of Wales | The Crown | ||
| Elliot Page | Vanya Hargreeves | The Umbrella Academy | ||
| Anya Taylor-Joy | Beth Harmon | The Queen's Gambit | ||
| 2022 | Zendaya | Rue Bennett | Euphoria | [5] |
| Amanda Seyfried | Elizabeth Holmes | The Dropout | ||
| Lily James | Pamela Anderson | Pam & Tommy | ||
| Kelly Reilly | Beth Dutton | Yellowstone | ||
| Sydney Sweeney | Cassie Howard | Euphoria | ||
| 2023 | Jenna Ortega | Wednesday Addams | Wednesday | |
| Aubrey Plaza | Harper Spiller | The White Lotus | [6] | |
| Christina Ricci | Misty Quigley | Yellowjackets | ||
| Riley Keough | Daisy Jones | Daisy Jones and the Six | ||
| Sadie Sink | Max Mayfield | Stranger Things | ||
The following individuals received multiple wins:
| Winner | Actor |
|---|---|
| 2 | Millie Bobby Brown |
The following individuals received multiple nominations:
| Nominee | Actor |
|---|---|
| 2 | Millie Bobby Brown |
| Emilia Clarke | |
| Gina Rodriguez |
This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Villain. In 2012, the award was renamed Best On-Screen Dirt Bag, though the Best Villain moniker was reinstated the following year. Two of the winners also won Academy Awards for their performances. In 1999, Best Villain had a tie for Matt Dillon and Stephen Dorff. Aaliyah and Heath Ledger in 2002 and 2009 respectively were both posthumously nominated. Daniel Radcliffe is the first recipient to win both this and Best Hero. Dwayne Johnson, Ewan McGregor and Tom Cruise have each received nominations in both categories, but never won in either. In 2017, when the award became the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Villain, Jeffrey Dean Morgan was the first TV recipient to win.
The following list is for the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Kiss. Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson won for "The Twilight Saga films" in four consecutive years (2009–2012).
This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Movie. From 2012 to 2018, it was renamed to Movie of the Year. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy won in three consecutive years (2002–2004) and is the only franchise who took home “Movie of the Year” for all their films. The Twilight Saga films won in four consecutive years (2009–2012), along with Best Kiss.
This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Comedic Performance. The award was not given in the 2013 ceremony.
The MTV Movie Award for Best Fight is an award presented to actors and characters for quality fight scenes in films at the MTV Movie Awards, a ceremony established in 1992. Honors in several categories are awarded by MTV at the annual ceremonies, and are chosen by public vote. The MTV Movie Award for Best Fight was first presented in 1996 to Adam Sandler and Bob Barker for their fight in Happy Gilmore. Uma Thurman won the award in 2004 and 2005 for her fights against Chiaki Kuriyama and Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2, respectively. In 2008 and 2009, Cam Gigandet was presented with the honor for his fights in Never Back Down and Twilight. Robert Pattinson has also won the award twice, for his appearances in The Twilight Saga films: Twilight in 2009, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in 2011. Jackie Chan has won the Best Fight honor once from four nominations. Jet Li and Chris Tucker have each received three nominations, and Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Hayden Christensen, and Ewan McGregor have each been nominated twice.
The MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment is an award presented to singers/groups for quality songs in films at the MTV Movie Awards, a ceremony established in 1992. Honors in several categories are awarded by MTV at the annual ceremonies, and are chosen by public votes.
The MTV Movie Award for Best Hero was introduced in 2006, but retired the next year, and reinstated in 2012. A similar category titled Biggest Badass Star was introduced in 2010, nominating only the actor, and not the movie. Daniel Radcliffe is the first recipient to win both this and Best Villain. Dwayne Johnson, Ewan McGregor and Tom Cruise have each received nominations in both categories, but never won in either. In 2021, four years after the award became the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Hero, Anthony Mackie was the first TV recipient to win.
The following is a list for the MTV Movie & TV Award winners for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance. The award was first given out in 2005, and then in 2006. In 2010 this award was renamed from Best Frightened Performance and renamed to Most Frightened Performance in 2022. The award was not presented in 2012. In 2013, it was given back its original name, Best Scared-As-Shit Performance. As of 2016, there have been seven winners of the award with five women and two men. Actresses Dakota Fanning, Jessica Chastain and Victoria Pedretti hold the distinction of the only people to hold more than one nomination in the category, with Fanning winning the inaugural award in 2005 and Pedretti winning in 2021. The award returned in 2018 under the title Best Frightened Performance.
The 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards was held on June 16, 2018, from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, U.S. and was broadcast on June 18, 2018. Similar to the 2016 MTV Movie Awards, the event was not aired live and was pre-recorded on June 16 prior to its June 18 broadcast date. It was the 27th edition of the awards and the second to jointly honor movies and television. The ceremony was hosted by Tiffany Haddish.
This is a following list of the MTV Movie & TV Award winners and nominees for Best Show. The category debuted in 2017 when the ceremony began jointly celebrating cinema and television under the name Show of the Year.
The 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards ceremony took place June 15, 2019 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, with host Zachary Levi, and was broadcast two days later on June 17, 2019. It was the 28th edition of the awards and the third to jointly honor movies and television.
The 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards were an awards presentation held on May 16 and 17, 2021 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. It was the 29th edition of the MTV Movie & TV Awards, and the fourth to jointly honor movies and television.
The 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards were an awards presentation that was held on June 5, 2022 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. It was the 30th edition of the MTV Movie & TV Awards and the fifth to jointly honor movies and television.