MTV Movie & TV Awards: A Complete List of 2021 Winners
Live and in person, the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards was a show-stopping event hosted by Saturday Night Live alum Leslie Jones and emceed by Snoop Dogg. After an unconventional 2020 MTV awards that honored the greatest of pop culture since the 1980s, the 2021 awards recognized the best of movie and TV that helped entertain us all throughout the last year.
WandaVision took home the most golden popcorns of the night including Best Show and Best Fight. Host Jones accepted the award for Best Comedic Performance, for her role in Coming 2 America and even had a steamy onstage moment with Breakthrough Performance winner Regé-Jean Page. The late Chadwick Boseman was posthumously awarded Best Performance in a Movie for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) was honored with the Comedic Genius Award, the first recipient to receive the award in five years. Meanwhile, Black Widow actress and five-time MTV award-winner Scarlett Johansson received the notable Generation Award. While accepting her award virtually her husband, Colin Jost, joined his wife onscreen, dumping green slime over the actress.
Well deserved 👏 Congratulations to our 2021 #MTVAwards Generation Award recipient, Scarlett Johansson! pic.twitter.com/x2c22nJw9R
— Movie & TV Awards (@MTVAwards) May 17, 2021
You can find a complete list of 2021 winners for all scripted categories below:
Best Movie
- WINNER: To All the Boys: Always and Forever
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorius Nation of Kazakhstan
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Promising Young Woman
- Soul
Best Show
- WINNER: WandaVision
- Bridgerton
- Cobra Kai
- Emily in Paris
- The Boys
Best Performance in a Movie
- WINNER: Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- 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
- WINNER: Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision
- Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit
- Elliot Page – The Umbrella Academy
- Emma Corrin – The Crown
- Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You
Best Hero
- WINNER: Anthony Mackie – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman 1984
- Jack Quaid – The Boys
- Pedro Pascal – The Mandalorian
- Teyonah Parris – WandaVision
Best Kiss
- WINNER: Chase Stokes & Madelyn Cline – Outer Banks
- 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
- WINNER: Leslie Jones – Coming 2 America
- Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek
- Eric Andre – Bad Trip
- Issa Rae – Insecure
- Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
Best Villain
- WINNER: Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision
- 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
- WINNER: Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton
- 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
- WINNER: WandaVision – Wanda vs. Agatha
- 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
- WINNER: Victoria Pedretti – The Haunting of Bly Manor
- Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
- Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country
- Simona Brown – Behind Her Eyes
- Vince Vaughn – Freaky
Best Duo
- WINNER: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – Falcon (Anthony Mackie) & Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)
- 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)
Wanda vs Agatha didn’t deserve to win Best Fight? Then explain THIS? #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/or8tKU5Lso
— alias – Elizabeth Olsen MTV Award Winner (@itsjustanotherx) May 17, 2021
The two-night event will conclude on Monday with Nikki Glaser hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted. Categories for this include Best Music Documentary, Best Reality Cast, Best Host and more. Find a complete and updated list of winners from tonight here.
Writer | @IlanaDavis24