Category nominations have been announced for Teen Choice Awards 2017 including Nina Dobrev having been nominated in the Choice Action Movie Actress category where she faces strong competition from her The Return of Xander Cage co-stars Deepika Padukone and Ruby Rose, while Vin Diesel’s Fate of the Furious co-star Michelle Rodriguez and former Fast and the Furious co-star Gal Gadot of Wonder Woman in addition to Kaya Scodelario from Pirates of the Carribean are also nominated.
Nina acknowledged her competition for the award on social media by tweeting,
What a BADASS group of women! Congrats to all for the nomination! I'm excited and honored. #Squad https://t.co/9rWA1vBw1K
— Nina Dobrev (@ninadobrev) June 20, 2017
Despite the tough category; Teen Choice Awards already knows who the coolest nominee is in the Choice Action Movie Actress category,
RETWEET to vote @ninadobrev for #ChoiceActionMovieActress if you think she is freakin' awesome! #TeenChoice pic.twitter.com/rQftpOHFFX
— Teen Choice Awards (@TeenChoiceFOX) June 21, 2017
In further Nina related nominations; The Return of Xander Cage has been nominated for the Choice Action Movie category; The Vampire Diaries is nominated for Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show category; Vin Diesel has been nominated for the Choice Action Movie Actor category for Fate of the Furious and The Return of Xander Cage; The Vampire Diaries co-stars Kat Graham and Ian Somerhalder are nominated for the Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress and Actor categories respectively; and Departures co-star Asa Butterfield is nominated in the Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor and Choice Fantasy Movie Actor categories for The Space Between Us and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children respectively. For anyone else that particularly watches vampire shows; Joseph Morgan is nominated for the Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor category, while Buffy the Vampire Slayer receives a nomination for the Choice Throwback TV Show category.
Julie Plec congratulated the nominations for The Vampire Diaries and The Originals,
Congrats @KatGraham @iansomerhalder @JosephMorgan @cwtvd on your Teen Choice nominations! May the surfboards be yours…
— Julie Plec (@julieplec) June 20, 2017
Voting is now open at http://teenchoice.votenow.tv/ and hashtags on Twitter which can be found at https://twitter.com/TeenChoiceFOX although be quick as voting ends at 9pm PST on Thursday, June 22nd 2017. Detailed voting rules can be found at http://www.teenchoice.com/teen-choice/article/vote-for-your-favorite-nominees with the Teen Choice Awards 2017 set to air live on Sunday, August 13th 2017.