MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Performance in a Show

The 2023 recipient: Jenna Ortega

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.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Millie Bobby Brown was the inaugural winner
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
†Jason Mitchell Brandon Johnson The Chi

2020s

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

Multiple wins and nominations

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

References

  1. ^ "2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards Winners: See the Full List". MTV. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "2018 MTV Movie & Tv Awards Nominations: See the Full List". MTV. Archived from the original on May 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards Nominations: See the Full List". MTV. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Your 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards Nominations Are Here: See The Full List". MTV News. 2021-04-19. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  5. ^ "MTV Movie & TV Awards: See the full list of winners". MTV News. 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  6. ^ Piña, Christy (April 5, 2023). "'Top Gun: Maverick,' 'Stranger Things' and 'The Last of Us' Lead 2023 MTV Movie & TV Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter.