The winners of the MTV Movie and TV Awards were announced on May 16, 2021, in an event that was broadcast from the Palladium in Los Angeles and hosted by Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones.
The award show was held as a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual attendees cheering on their favourite performers, films, TV shows and moments.
Disney+ and Marvel’s Wandavision was the big winner of the night, with the series receiving four awards including best series and best performance in a TV show for Elizabeth Olsen.
The late Chadwick Boseman posthumously won best performance in a movie for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, after missing out at the 93rd Oscars to Anthony Hopkins. The award was accepted by actress Yara Shahidi on his behalf, as the audience erupted into a standing ovation for the actor.
Pose star Billy Porter was the one to present Scarlett Johansson with the Generation Award, with the Black Widow lead accepting the nod via video. Johansson thanked the “many hundreds of creative people all over the world” and “the fans for riding the wave with me and supporting my career so I have the good fortune to continue to pursue the job that is my passion,” for the recognition, before having green slime poured on her by husband Colin Jost. The SNL Weekend Update anchor said he had confused the MTV Awards for the Nickelodeon Kids Choice event.
And it was Seth Rogen who did the honours for Sacha Baron Cohen, who was the recipient of the Comedic Genius Award. Cohen hired Rogen as a writer for Da Ali G show when he was just 22-years-old, giving him his big break into comedy.
Read on for the full list of winners from the 2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards:
BEST MOVIE
To All the Boys: Always and Forever (WINNER)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Judas and the Black Messiah
Promising Young Woman
Soul
BEST SHOW
WandaVision (WINNER)
Bridgerton
Cobra Kai
Emily in Paris
The Boys
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (WINNER)
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW
Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision (WINNER)
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit
Elliot Page – The Umbrella Academy
Emma Corrin – The Crown
Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You
BEST HERO
Anthony Mackie – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (WINNER)
Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman 1984
Jack Quaid – The Boys
Pedro Pascal – The Mandalorian
Teyonah Parris – WandaVision
BEST KISS
Chase Stokes & Madelyn Cline – Outer Banks (WINNER)
Jodie Comer & Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
Lily Collins & Lucas Bravo – Emily in Paris
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan & Jaren Lewison – Never Have I Ever
Regé-Jean Page & Phoebe Dynevor – Bridgerton
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Leslie Jones – Coming 2 America (WINNER)
Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek
Eric Andre – Bad Trip
Issa Rae – Insecure
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
BEST VILLAIN
Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision (WINNER)
Aya Cash – The Boys
Ewan McGregor – Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Giancarlo Esposito – The Mandalorian
Nicholas Hoult – The Great
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton (WINNER)
Antonia Gentry – Ginny & Georgia
Ashley Park – Emily in Paris
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Paul Mescal – Normal People
BEST FIGHT
WandaVision – Wanda vs. Agatha (WINNER)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) – Final Funhouse Fight
Cobra Kai – Finale House Fight
The Boys – Starlight, Queen Maeve, Kimiko vs. Stormfront
Zack Snyder’s Justice League – Final Fight vs. Steppenwolf
MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE
Victoria Pedretti – The Haunting of Bly Manor (WINNER)
Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country
Simona Brown – Behind Her Eyes
Vince Vaughn – Freaky
BEST DUO
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – Falcon (Anthony Mackie) & Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) (WINNER)
Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar – Star (Kristen Wiig) & Barb (Annie Mumolo)
The Mandalorian – Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) & Grogu
Emily in Paris – Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) & Mindy Chen (Ashley Park)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan – Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) & Tutar Sagdiyev (Maria Bakalova)
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