Paul Mescal lands another award show nomination for his role in Normal People

Paul Mescal has been nominated at the MTV Movie and TV Awards for his role in Normal People.

The 25-year-old has been nominated in the Best Breakthrough category, for his role as Connell in the hit BBC and Hulu series.

The Kildare native will go up against a host of famous faces in his category – including Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton), Antonia Gentry (Ginny & Georgia), Ashley Park (Emily in Paris) and Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm).

Normal People, adapted from Sally Rooney’s novel of the same name, premiered on the BBC and RTÉ in May 2020.

The ten-episode series was also released on Hulu in the U.S., and it received rave reviews online.

The MTV Movie & TV Awards 2021 are set to take place on May 16 from the Palladium in Los Angeles.

Check out the full list of nominations below:

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Best Movie

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• Promising Young Woman
• Soul
• To All the Boys: Always and Forever

Best Show

• Bridgerton
• Cobra Kai
• Emily in Paris
• The Boys
• WandaVision

Best Performance In A Movie

• Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
• Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
• Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie

Best Performance In A Show

• Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit
• Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision
• Elliot Page – The Umbrella Academy
• Emma Corrin – The Crown
• Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You

Best Hero

• Anthony Mackie – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
• Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman 1984
• Jack Quaid – The Boys
• Pedro Pascal – The Mandalorian
• Teyonah Parris – WandaVision

Best Kiss

• Chase Stokes & Madelyn Cline – Outer Banks
• Jodie Comer & Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
• Lily Collins & Lucas Bravo – Emily in Paris
• Maitreyi Ramakrishnan & Jaren Lewison – Never Have I Ever
• Regé-Jean Page & Phoebe Dynevor – Bridgerton

Best Comedic Performance

• Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek
• Eric Andre – Bad Trip
• Issa Rae – Insecure
• Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
• Leslie Jones – Coming 2 America

Best Villain

• Aya Cash – The Boys
• Ewan McGregor – Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
• Giancarlo Esposito – The Mandalorian
• Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision
• Nicholas Hoult – The Great

Breakthrough Performance

• Antonia Gentry – Ginny & Georgia
• Ashley Park – Emily in Paris
• Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Paul Mescal – Normal People
• Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton

Best Fight

• Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) – Final Funhouse Fight
• Cobra Kai – Finale House Fight
• The Boys – Starlight, Queen Maeve, Kimiko vs. Stormfront
• WandaVision – Wanda vs. Agatha
• Zack Snyder’s Justice League – Final Fight vs. Steppenwolf

Most Frightened Performance

• Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
• Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country
• Simona Brown – Behind Her Eyes
• Victoria Pedretti – The Haunting of Bly Manor
• Vince Vaughn – Freaky

Best Duo

• Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar – Star (Kristen Wiig) & Barb (Annie Mumolo)
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – Falcon (Anthony Mackie) & Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)
• The Mandalorian – Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) & Grogu
• Emily in Paris – Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) & Mindy Chen (Ashley Park)
• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan – Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) & Tutar Sagdiyev (Maria Bakalova)

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