36th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Nominations
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The nominees for the 36th annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award were announced. The awards honor films, television shows, video games, content creators, and more. The ceremony will be held on March 4, 2023, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. It will be hosted by Nate Burleson and Charli D'Amelio. The ceremony will air live on Nickelodeon and in a domestic simulcast with several other Paramount Global cable networks and will be broadcast live or tape-delayed across all of Nickelodeon's international networks.
Only the film and television, gaming, and content creator categories are featured below.
Special note: POC nominees appear in bold.
FAVORITE KIDS TV SHOW
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Ms. Marvel
Raven’s Home
That Girl Lay Lay
The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
The Really Loud House
FAVORITE FAMILY TV SHOW
Cobra Kai
iCarly
Obi-Wan Kenobi
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Stranger Things
Wednesday
Young Rock
Young Sheldon
FAVORITE REALITY SHOW
America’s Funniest Home Videos
America’s Got Talent
American Ninja Warrior
Floor Is Lava
MasterChef Junior
The Masked Singer
FAVORITE ANIMATED SHOW
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
Rugrats
SpongeBob SquarePants
Teen Titans Go!
The Loud House
The Smurfs
FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (KIDS)
Audrey Grace Marshall, Vivian Turner, The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder
Imogen Cohen, Zina, The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder
Olivia Rodrigo, Nini, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Raven-Symoné, Raven Baxter, Raven’s Home
Sofia Wylie, Gina, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
That Girl Lay Lay, Lay Lay, That Girl Lay Lay
FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (KIDS)
Brady Noon, Evan Morrow, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
Israel Johnson, Noah Lambert, Bunk’d
Joshua Bassett, Ricky, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Tyler Wladis, Roy, The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder
Wolfgang Schaeffer Lincoln Loud, The Really Loud House
Young Dylan, Young Dylan, Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan
FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (FAMILY)
Hilary Duff, Sophie, How I Met Your Father
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday Addams, Wednesday
Millie Bobby Brown, Eleven, Stranger Things
Miranda Cosgrove, Carly Shay, iCarly
Sadie Sink, Max Mayfield, Stranger Things
Tracee Ellis Ross, Bow Johnson, Black-ish
FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (FAMILY)
Caleb McLaughlin Lucas Sinclair, Stranger Things
Ewan McGregor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Obi-Wan-Kenobi
Finn Wolfhard, Mike Wheeler, Stranger Things
Gaten Matarazzo, Dustin Henderson, Stranger Things
Jerry Trainor, Spencer Shay, iCarly
Ralph Macchio, Daniel LaRusso, Cobra Kai
FAVORITE MOVIE
Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Adam
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hocus Pocus 2
Jurassic World Dominion
Monster High The Movie
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Top Gun: Maverick
FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR
Chris Hemsworth, Thor, Thor: Love and Thunder
Chris Pratt, Owen Grady, Jurassic World: Dominion
Dwayne Johnson, Black Adam/Teth-Adam, Black Adam
Jim Carrey, Dr. Robotnik, Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Ryan Reynolds, Big Adam, The Adam Project
Tom Cruise, Capt. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, Top Gun: Maverick
FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS
Elizabeth Olsen, Wanda Maximoff/The Scarlet Witch, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Letitia Wright, Shuri, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Lupita Nyong’o, Nakia, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Millie Bobby Brown, Enola Holmes, Enola Holmes 2
Natalie Portman, Jane Foster/The Mighty Thor, Thor: Love and Thunder
Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Sanderson, Hocus Pocus 2
FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIE
DC League of Super-Pets
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Lightyear
Minions: The Rise of Gru
The Bad Guys
Turning Red
FAVORITE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE (MALE)
Andy Samberg, Dale, Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers
Andy Samberg, Jonathan, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Chris Evans, Buzz Lightyear, Lightyear
Dwayne Johnson, Krypto, DC League of Super-Pets
Kevin Hart, Ace, DC League of Super-Pets
Steve Carell, Gru, Minions: The Rise of Gru
FAVORITE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE (FEMALE)
Awkwafina, Tarantula, The Bad Guys
Keke Palmer, Izzy Hawthorne, Lightyear
Salma Hayek, Kitty Softpaws, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Sandra Oh, Ming, Turning Red
Selena Gomez, Mavis, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Taraji P. Henson, Belle Bottom, Minions: The Rise of Gru
FAVORITE SOCIAL MUSIC STAR
Bella Poarch
Dixie D’Amelio
JoJo Siwa
Oliver Tree
Stephen Sanchez
That Girl Lay Lay
FAVORITE MALE CREATOR
Austin Creed
MrBeast
Ninja
Ryan’s World
SeanDoesMagic
Unspeakable
FAVORITE FEMALE CREATOR
Addison Rae
Charli D’Amelio
Dixie D’Amelio
Gracie’s Corner
Kids Diana Show
Miranda Sings
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA FAMILY
FGTeeV
Ninja Kidz TV
Ohana Adventure Family
The Bucket List Family
The Royalty Family
The Williams Family
FAVORITE VIDEO GAME
Adopt Me!
Brookhaven
Just Dance 2023
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Minecraft
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet