Best Performances of 2021

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a 2021 Film

Winner

  • Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Additional Nominees

  • Amy Adams – The Woman in the Window
  • Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
  • Jennifer Hudson – Respect
  • Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
  • Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a 2021 Film

Winner

  • Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

Additional Nominees

  • Timothée Chalamet – Dune
  • Matt Damon – The Last Duel
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – Don’t Look Up
  • Adam Driver – The Last Duel
  • Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a 2021 Film

Winner

  • Ariana DeBose – West Side Story

Additional Nominees

  • Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley
  • Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
  • Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
  • Marlee Matlin – CODA
  • Rita Moreno – West Side Story

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a 2021 Film

Winner

  • Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Additional Nominees

  • Robin de Jesus – tick, tick…BOOM!
  • Andrew Garfield – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
  • Troy Kotsur – CODA
  • J. K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
  • Forest Whitaker – Respect

Best Performance by a Young Actress in a 2021 Film

Winner

  • Saniyya Sidney – King Richard

Additional Nominees

  • Millie Bobby Brown – Godzilla vs. Kong
  • Mckenna Grace – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
  • Emilia Jones – CODA
  • Demi Singleton – King Richard
  • Lisa-Dorah Sonnet – No Time to Die

Best Performance by a Young Actor in a 2021 Film

Winner

  • Jeremy T. Thomas – Antlers

Additional Nominees

  • Jude Hill – Belfast
  • Logan Kim – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
  • Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
  • Mason Thames – The Black Phone
  • Jacob Tremblay – Luca

Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast of a 2021 Film

Winner

  • West Side Story

Additional Nominees

  • Don’t Look Up
  • Dune
  • House of Gucci
  • Nightmare Alley
  • The Power of the Dog

Sexiest Ensemble Cast of a 2021 Film

Winner

  • The Suicide Squad

Additional Nominees

  • Black Widow
  • Dune
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • West Side Story
  • Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Favorite Male Heroic Character of a 2021 Film

Winner

  • Timothée Chalamet – Dune

Additional Nominees

  • Daniel Craig – No Time to Die
  • Tom Hardy – Venom: Let There Be Carnage
  • Tom Holland – Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • Dev Patel – The Green Knight
  • Keanu Reeves – The Matrix Resurrections

Favorite Female Heroic Character of a 2021 Film

Winner

  • Jamie Lee Curtis – Halloween Kills

Additional Nominees

  • Emily Blunt – Jungle Cruise
  • Ana de Armas – No Time to Die
  • Rebecca Ferguson – Dune
  • Gal Gadot – Jack Snyder’s Justice League
  • Michelle Yeoh – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Best Male Villain of a 2021 Film

Winner

  • Rami Malek – No Time to Die

Additional Nominees

  • Wilem Dafoe – Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • Adam Driver – The Last Duel
  • Woody Harrelson – Venom: Let There Be Carnage
  • Stellan Skarsgård – Dune
  • Taika Waititi – Free Guy

Best Female Villain of a 2021 Film

Winner

  • Emma Thompson – Cruella

Additional Nominees

  • Eugenie Bondurant – The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
  • Olivia Coleman – The Mitchells vs. The Machines
  • Angelina Jolie – Eternals
  • Charlotte Rampling – Dune
  • Olivia Wilde – Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Actor’s Character from a 2021 Film You Would Most Like to be Intimate With

Winner

  • Ryan Reynolds – Free Guy

Additional Nominees

  • Henry Cavill – Jack Snyder’s Justice League
  • Daniel Craig – No Time to Die
  • Andrew Garfield – Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • Dwayne Johnson – Jungle Cruise
  • Harry Styles – Eternals

Actress’ Character from a 2021 Film You Would Most Like to be Intimate With

Winner

  • Zendaya – Dune

Additional Nominees

  • Gemma Chan – Eternals
  • Ana de Armas – No Time to Die
  • Naomie Harris – No Time to Die
  • Alexia Muray – House of Gucci
  • Léa Seydoux – No Time to Die

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