People’s Choice Awards 2015 Winners Announced

Winners for the People’s Choice Awards 2015 were announced during a live broadcast hosted by Anna Faris and Allison Janney (“Mom”) at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live on Wednesday, January 7th (9:00 PM-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

“The Big Bang Theory” took home Favorite TV Show and Favorite Network TV Comedy, while its star, Kaley Cuoco, nabbed Favorite Comedic TV Actress for the second consecutive year. “Grey’s Anatomy” scored Favorite Network TV Drama and additional awards for several cast members including Ellen Pompeo for Favorite Dramatic TV Actress. Robert Downey Jr. received both the Favorite Movie Actor and Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor awards, while the honor for Favorite Action Movie Actor went to Chris Evans. Lady Antebellum took home Favorite Country Group after performing “FreeStyle,” while Iggy Azalea was on hand to accept Favorite Hip-Hop Artist and perform “Beg For It.” Fall Out Boy, who took home Favorite Alternative Band last year, performed their hit “Centuries.”

The People’s Choice Awards 2015 featured the presentation of the third annual People’s Choice Award for Favorite Humanitarian, presented by Walgreens, to Ben Affleck, in recognition of his work with the Eastern Congo Initiative, a grant-making and advocacy based organization that partners with the Congolese people to increase the quality and quantity of investments in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Past winners of this award include Sandra Bullock in 2013 and Jennifer Hudson in 2014.

Waterford, a heritage brand synonymous with celebration, is the maker of the 2015 People’s Choice Awards. Designed and hand-cut in Ireland by Waterford artisans, these bespoke, sparkling crystal trophies will have a new home with each talented winner. Waterford has also custom designed the special awards for Affleck and the winner of Favorite TV Icon, Betty White.

Now in its 41st year, the People’s Choice Awards is the only major awards show voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites in movies, music and television. The People’s Choice official website at PeoplesChoice.com houses the voting platform where fans determine the categories, nominees and winners for the annual awards show. Every year, potential nominees are determined by national ratings averages, box-office grosses, music sales and PeoplesChoice.com data, then vetted through EPoll Market Research. Fred Nelson is the President of People’s Choice, and Mark Burnett and Jane Mun are the Executive Producers of the awards show. The awards show, and digital, mobile and social extensions of the brand are owned by Procter & Gamble, and produced by United Artist Media Group (UAMG) a joint venture among MGM, Mark Burnett, Roma Downey and Hearst Corporation.

Here is the full list of winners:

Favorite Humanitarian

Ben Affleck

MOVIE CATEGORIES

Favorite Movie

Maleficent

Favorite Movie Actor

Robert Downey Jr.

Favorite Movie Actress

Jennifer Lawrence

Favorite Movie Duo

Shailene Woodley & Theo James

Divergent

Favorite Action Movie

Divergent

Favorite Action Movie Actor

Chris Evans

Favorite Action Movie Actress

Jennifer Lawrence

Favorite Comedic Movie

22 Jump Street

Favorite Comedic Movie Actor

Adam Sandler

Favorite Comedic Movie Actress

Melissa McCarthy

Favorite Dramatic Movie

The Fault in Our Stars

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor

Robert Downey Jr.

Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress

Chloë Grace Moretz

Favorite Family Movie

Maleficent

Favorite Thriller Movie

Gone Girl

TV CATEGORIES

Favorite TV Icon

Betty White

Favorite TV Show

The Big Bang Theory

Favorite Network TV Comedy

The Big Bang Theory

Favorite Comedic TV Actor

Chris Colfer

Favorite Comedic TV Actress

Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting

Favorite Network TV Drama

Grey’s Anatomy

Favorite Dramatic TV Actor

Patrick Dempsey

Favorite Dramatic TV Actress

Ellen Pompeo

Favorite Cable TV Comedy

Melissa & Joey

Favorite Cable TV Drama

Pretty Little Liars

Favorite Cable TV Actor

Matt Bomer

Favorite Cable TV Actress

Angie Harmon

Favorite TV Crime Drama

Castle

Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor

Nathan Fillion

Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress

Stana Katic

Favorite Network Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show

Beauty and the Beast

Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show

Outlander

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor

Misha Collins

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress

Kristin Kreuk

Favorite Competition TV Show

The Voice

Favorite Daytime TV Host

Ellen DeGeneres

Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host

Jimmy Fallon

Favorite Dramedy

Orange Is the New Black

Favorite TV Duo

Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder

Favorite TV Character We Miss Most

Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang

Grey’s Anatomy

Favorite Actor In A New TV Series

David Tennant

Favorite Actress In A New TV Series

Viola Davis

Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show

Saturday Night Live

Favorite Animated TV Show

The Simpsons

Favorite New TV Comedy

Jane the Virgin

Favorite New TV Drama

The Flash

MUSIC CATEGORIES

Favorite Male Artist

Ed Sheeran

Favorite Female Artist

Taylor Swift

Favorite Group

Maroon 5

Favorite Breakout Artist

5 Seconds of Summer

Favorite Male Country Artist

Hunter Hayes

Favorite Female Country Artist

Carrie Underwood

Favorite Country Group

Lady Antebellum

Favorite Pop Artist

Taylor Swift

Favorite Hip-Hop Artist

Iggy Azalea

Favorite R&B Artist

Pharrell Williams

Favorite Album

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Ed Sheeran

Favorite Song

“Shake It Off”

Taylor SwifT

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