The following is a list for the MTV Movie & TV Award winners for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance. The award was first given out in 2005, and then in 2006. In 2010 this award was renamed from Best Frightened Performance and renamed to Most Frightened Performance in 2022. The award was not presented in 2012. In 2013, it was given back its original name, Best Scared-As-Shit Performance. As of 2016, there have been seven winners of the award with five women and two men. Actresses Dakota Fanning, Jessica Chastain and Victoria Pedretti hold the distinction of the only people to hold more than one nomination in the category, with Fanning winning the inaugural award in 2005 and Pedretti winning in 2021. The award returned in 2018 under the title Best Frightened Performance.
Winners and nominees
Year Actor Movie Nominated Ref. 2005 Dakota Fanning – Hide and SeekCary Elwes – Saw Sarah Michelle Gellar – The Grudge Mýa – Cursed Jennifer Tilly – Seed of Chucky Note: Click on the "Winners" tab. 2006 Jennifer Carpenter – The Exorcism of Emily RoseDakota Fanning – War of the Worlds Paris Hilton – House of Wax Rachel Nichols – The Amityville Horror Derek Richardson – Hostel Note: Click on the "Winners" tab. 2010 Amanda Seyfried – Jennifer's BodySharlto Copley – District 9 Jesse Eisenberg – Zombieland Katie Featherston – Paranormal Activity Alison Lohman – Drag Me to Hell Note: Click on the "Winners" tab. 2011 Elliot Page – InceptionAshley Bell – The Last Exorcism Minka Kelly – The Roommate Ryan Reynolds – Buried Jessica Szohr – Piranha 3D Note: Click on the "Winners" tab. 2013 Suraj Sharma – Life of PiAlexandra Daddario – Texas Chainsaw 3D Jennifer Lawrence – House at the End of the Street Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty Martin Freeman – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Note: Click on the "Winners" tab. 2014 Brad Pitt – World War ZEthan Hawke – The Purge Jessica Chastain – Mama Rose Byrne – Insidious: Chapter 2 Vera Farmiga – The Conjuring Note: Click on the "Winners" tab. 2015 Jennifer Lopez – The Boy Next DoorAnnabelle Wallis – Annabelle Dylan O'Brien – The Maze Runner Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl Zach Gilford – The Purge: Anarchy Note: Click on the "Winners" tab. 2018 Noah Schnapp – Stranger ThingsTalitha Bateman – Annabelle: Creation Emily Blunt – A Quiet Place Sophia Lillis – It Cristin Milioti – Black Mirror 2019 Sandra Bullock – Bird BoxAlex Wolff – Hereditary Linda Cardellini – The Curse of La Llorona Rhian Rees – Halloween Victoria Pedretti – The Haunting of Hill House 2021 Victoria Pedretti – The Haunting of Bly ManorSimona Brown – Behind Her Eyes Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country Vince Vaughn – Freaky 2022 Jenna Ortega – Scream Mia Goth – XKyle Richards – Halloween KillsMillicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place Part IISadie Sink – Fear Street Part Two: 1978 2023 Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Cocaine BearJustin Long – BarbarianRachel Sennott – Bodies Bodies BodiesSosie Bacon – Smile
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