Morena Baccarin has a (Dead)pool of reasons to celebrate…
The 36-year-old Brazilian-American actress has earned her first ever MTV Movie Awards nominations for playing Ryan Reynolds’ love interest in Deadpool.
The former Homeland star is nominated for Best Female Performance, where she’ll face stiff competition from Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina), Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect 2), Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road), Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Jennifer Lawrence (Joy).
Baccarin and Reynolds are also nominated in the Best Kiss category.
The awards show will be hosted by Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart on Sunday, April 10.
Here are this year’s MTV Movie Awards nominees:
MOVIE OF THE YEAR
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Creed
- Deadpool
- Jurassic World
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Straight Outta Compton
TRUE STORY
- Concussion
- Joy
- Steve Jobs
- Straight Outta Compton
- The Big Short
- The Revenant
DOCUMENTARY
- Amy
- Cartel Land
- He Named Me Malala
- The Hunting Ground
- The Wolfpack
- What Happened, Miss Simone?
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
- Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
- Anna Kendrick – Pitch Perfect 2
- Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
- Morena Baccarin – Deadpool
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
- Chris Pratt – Jurassic World
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
- Matt Damon – The Martian
- Michael B. Jordan – Creed
- Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
- Will Smith – Concussion
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
- Amy Schumer – Trainwreck
- Brie Larson – Room
- Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Dakota Johnson – Fifty Shades of Grey
- John Boyega – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- O’Shea Jackson Jr. – Straight Outta Compton
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
- Amy Schumer – Trainwreck
- Kevin Hart – Ride Along 2
- Melissa McCarthy – Spy
- Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect 2
- Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
- Will Ferrell – Get Hard
BEST ACTION PERFORMANCE
- Chris Pratt – Jurassic World
- Dwayne Johnson – San Andreas
- Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
- John Boyega – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
- Vin Diesel – Furious 7
BEST HERO
- Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Chris Evans – Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Dwayne Johnson – San Andreas
- Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
- Paul Rudd – Ant-Man
BEST VILLAIN
- Adam Driver – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Ed Skrein – Deadpool
- Hugh Keays-Byrne – Mad Max: Fury Road
- James Spader – Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Samuel L. Jackson – Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Tom Hardy – The Revenant
BEST VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE
- Amy Poehler – Inside Out
- Andy Serkis – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Jack Black – Kung Fu Panda 3
- James Spader – Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Lupita Nyong’o – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Seth MacFarlane – Ted 2
ENSEMBLE CAST
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Furious 7
- Pitch Perfect 2
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
- Trainwreck
BEST KISS
- Amy Schumer & Bill Hader – Trainwreck
- Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan – Fifty Shades of Grey
- Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth – Vacation
- Margot Robbie & Will Smith – Focus
- Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
- Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine – Pitch Perfect 2
BEST FIGHT
- Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) vs. Ajax (Ed Skrein) – Deadpool
- Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) vs. The Bear – The Revenant
- Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) vs. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) – Mad Max: Fury Road
- Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) vs. Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) – Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Rey (Daisy Ridley) vs. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) vs. Lia (Nargis Fakhri) – Spy
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