Best Performances of 2016

Best Lead Actress in a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Amy Adams – Arrival (2016)
  • Ruth Negga – Loving (2016)
  • Natalie Portman – Jackie (2016)
  • Emma Stone – La La Land (2016)
  • Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

Best Lead Actor in a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Snowden (2016)
  • Ryan Gosling – La La Land (2016)
  • Michael Keaton – The Founder (2016)
  • Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool (2016)
  • Denzel Washington – Fences (2016)

Best Supporting Actress in a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Viola Davis – Fences (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Naomie Harris – Moonlight (2016)
  • Nicole Kidman – Lion (2016)
  • Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures (2016)
  • Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures (2016)
  • Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2016 Film

Winner

  • John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Mahershala Ali – Moonlight (2016)
  • Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water (2016)
  • Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea (2016)
  • Dev Patel – Lion (2016)
  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Best Young Actress in a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Madina Nalwanga – Queen of Katwe (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Beau Gadsdon – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
  • Edith Haagenrud-Sande – The Wave (2016)
  • Jadyn Malone – Arrival (2016)
  • Sofia Rosinsky – The Other Side of the Door (2016)
  • Madison Wolfe – The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Best Young Actor in a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Alex R. Hibbert – Moonlight (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Gabriel Bateman – Lights Out (2016)
  • Logan Creran – The Other Side of the Door (2016)
  • Jack Fulton – Closet Monster (2016)
  • Sunny Pawar – Lion (2016)
  • Neel Sethi – The Jungle Book (2016)

Best Ensemble Cast of a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Hail, Caesar! (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Ghostbusters (2016)
  • Hell or High Water (2016)
  • Hidden Figures (2016)
  • Moonlight (2016)
  • Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Sexiest Ensemble Cast of a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Everybody Wants Some (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
  • Captain America: Civil War (2016)
  • Pride & Prejudice & Zombies (2016)
  • Star Trek Beyond (2016)
  • X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Favorite Male Heroic Character of a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Matt Damon – Jason Bourne (2016)
  • Dylan Minnette – Don’t Breathe (2016)
  • Eddie Redmayne – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
  • Alexander Skarsgård – The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
  • Anton Yelchin – Green Room (2016)

Favorite Female Heroic Character of a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Gal Gadot – Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Eva Green – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
  • Scarlett Johansson – Captain America: Civil War (2016)
  • Felicity Jones – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
  • Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters (2016)
  • Sophie Turner – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Best Male Villain in a 2016 Film

Winner

  • James Earl Jones / Spencer Wilding / Daniel Naprous – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Peter Cushing / Guy Henry – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
  • John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
  • Oscar Isaac – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
  • Patrick Stewart – Green Room (2016)
  • Dominic West – Money Monster (2016)

Best Female Villain in a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Olivia Munn – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Cara Delevingne – Suicide Squad (2016)
  • Allison Janney – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
  • Scarlett Johansson – The Jungle Book (2016)
  • Margot Robbie – Suicide Squad (2016)
  • Jenny Slate – Zootopia (2016)

Actor’s Character You Would Most Like to be Intimate With from a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Ryan Gosling – La La Land (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Jon Cho – Star Trek Beyond (2016)
  • Ryan Corr – Holding the Man (2016)
  • Max Greenfield – Hello, My Name is Doris (2016)
  • Miles Heizer – Nerve (2016)
  • Blake Jenner – Everybody Wants Some (2016)

Actress’ Character You Would Most Like to be Intimate With from a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Emma Stone – La La Land (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Tina Fey – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
  • Scarlett Johansson – Captain America: Civil War (2016)
  • Felicity Jones – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
  • Jennifer Lawrence – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
  • Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures (2016)

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