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Cicely Tyson
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
Acapulco Black Film Festival (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
CableACE Awards (3)
Daytime Emmy Awards (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (16)
Golden Globes, USA (1)
Satellite Awards (2)
Hollywood Film Awards (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (15)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Lone Star Film & Television Awards (1)
NAMIC Vision Awards (1)
National Board of Review, USA (2)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Peabody Awards (1)
Photoplay Awards (3)
Screen Actors Guild Awards (5)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Walk of Fame (1)
Women in Film Crystal Awards (1)
Black Reel Awards (5)
Gracie Allen Awards (1)
BET Comedy Awards (1)
TV Land Awards (1)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association (1)
Black Movie Awards (1)
New York Women in Film & Television (1)
Critics Choice Television Awards (2)
Sichuan TV Festival (1)
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) (1)
CinEuphoria Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (8)
Elle Women in Hollywood Awards (1)
Women's Image Network Awards (1)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
Women Film Critics Circle Awards (3)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (1)
Black Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Gold Derby Awards (7)
Nevada Film Critics Society (1)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1)
Black Reel Awards for Television (3)
Essence Black Women in Hollywood (1)
51 wins & 56 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1973 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sounder
2019 Winner
Honorary Award
Acapulco Black Film Festival
1998 Nominee
Black Film Award
Best Actress
Hoodlum
BAFTA Awards
1975 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Actress
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
CableACE Awards
1997 Nominee
CableACE
Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
Riot
1996 Nominee
CableACE
Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
The Road to Galveston
1991 Winner
ACE
Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
Heat Wave
Daytime Emmy Awards
1982 Nominee
Daytime Emmy
Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming
The Body Human: Becoming a Woman
Primetime Emmy Awards
2020 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
For playing: "Ophelia Harkness". For episode: "Stay".
2019 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
For playing: "Ophelia Harkness". For episode "Where Are Your Parents?".
2018 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
For playing "Ophelia Harkness". For episode "I'm Going Away"
2017 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
As Ophelia Harkness in
Go Cry Somewhere Else (2017)
2015 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
For playing "Ophelia Hartness".
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Golden Globes, USA
1973 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Sounder
Satellite Awards
2015 Nominee
Satellite Award
Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
The Trip to Bountiful
2011 Winner
Special Achievement Award
Best Ensemble, Motion Picture
The Help
Shared with:
Emma Stone
·
Viola Davis
·
Bryce Dallas Howard
·
Octavia Spencer
·
Jessica Chastain
·
Ahna O'Reilly
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Allison Janney
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Christopher Lowell
·
Mike Vogel
·
Sissy Spacek
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
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Mary Steenburgen
Hollywood Film Awards
2011 Winner
Hollywood Film Award
Ensemble of the Year
The Help
Shared with:
Emma Stone
·
Viola Davis
·
Bryce Dallas Howard
·
Octavia Spencer
·
Jessica Chastain
·
Ahna O'Reilly
·
Allison Janney
·
Christopher Lowell
·
Sissy Spacek
·
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
·
Mary Steenburgen
Image Awards (NAACP)
2017 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
2016 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
2015 Winner
Image Award
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
The Trip to Bountiful
2012 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
The Help
2010 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Relative Stranger
10 more
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Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1972 Winner
KCFCC Award
Best Actress
Sounder
Tied with
Katharine Hepburn
for
The Trojan Women (1971)
.
Lone Star Film & Television Awards
1996 Winner
Lone Star Film & Television Award
Best TV Actress
The Road to Galveston
NAMIC Vision Awards
2010 Nominee
Vision Award
Best Performance- Drama
Relative Stranger
National Board of Review, USA
2011 Winner
NBR Award
Best Acting by an Ensemble
The Help
Shared with:
Octavia Spencer
·
Allison Janney
·
Mary Steenburgen
·
Mike Vogel
·
Christopher Lowell
·
Ahna O'Reilly
·
Jessica Chastain
·
Bryce Dallas Howard
·
Viola Davis
·
Emma Stone
·
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
·
Sissy Spacek
1972 Winner
NBR Award
Best Actress
Sounder
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1973 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Actress
Sounder
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1972 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Actress
Sounder
Peabody Awards
2020 Winner
Career Achievement Award
Winner
Photoplay Awards
1978 Nominee
Gold Medal
Favorite Female Motion Picture Star
1976 Nominee
Gold Medal
Favorite Female Star
1975 Nominee
Gold Medal
Favorite Female Star
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2015 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
The Trip to Bountiful
2012 Winner
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Help
Shared with:
Jessica Chastain
·
Viola Davis
·
Bryce Dallas Howard
·
Allison Janney
·
Christopher Lowell
·
Ahna O'Reilly
·
Sissy Spacek
·
Octavia Spencer
·
Mary Steenburgen
·
Emma Stone
·
Mike Vogel
1997 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
The Road to Galveston
1995 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
1995 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Sweet Justice
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2011 Winner
SEFCA Award
Best Ensemble
The Help
Shared with:
Emma Stone
·
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
·
Jessica Chastain
·
Viola Davis
·
Bryce Dallas Howard
·
Christopher Lowell
·
Mike Vogel
·
Mary Steenburgen
·
Ahna O'Reilly
·
Allison Janney
·
Octavia Spencer
Walk of Fame
1997 Winner
Star on the Walk of Fame
Motion Picture
On 21 August 1997. At 7080 Hollywood Blvd.
Women in Film Crystal Awards
1982 Winner
Crystal Award
Black Reel Awards
2018 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sidney Poitier Life Achievement Award
2015 Winner
Black Reel
Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series
The Trip to Bountiful
Shared with:
Bill Haber
·
Hallie Foote
·
Jeffrey M. Hayes
2015 Winner
Black Reel
Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Mini-Series
The Trip to Bountiful
2003 Winner
Black Reel
Network/Cable - Best Supporting Actress
The Rosa Parks Story
2000 Winner
Black Reel
Network/Cable - Best Supporting Actress
A Lesson Before Dying
Gracie Allen Awards
2015 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
BET Comedy Awards
2005 Nominee
BET Comedy Award
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Theatrical Film
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
TV Land Awards
2007 Winner
Anniversary Award
Roots
For its 30th anniversary.
Shared with:
LeVar Burton
·
Louis Gossett Jr.
·
Leslie Uggams
·
John Amos
·
Ben Vereen
·
Todd Bridges
·
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
·
Georg Stanford Brown
·
Olivia Cole
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2012 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Ensemble
The Help
Shared with:
Emma Stone
·
Bryce Dallas Howard
·
Viola Davis
·
Sissy Spacek
·
Mary Steenburgen
·
Mike Vogel
·
Octavia Spencer
·
Ahna O'Reilly
·
Allison Janney
·
Christopher Lowell
·
Jessica Chastain
·
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Black Movie Awards
2005 Nominee
Black Movie Award
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
New York Women in Film & Television
1999 Winner
Muse Award
Critics Choice Television Awards
2015 Nominee
Critics' Choice TV Award
Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
2014 Nominee
Critics' Choice TV Award
Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries
The Trip to Bountiful
Sichuan TV Festival
2015 Winner
Gold Panda
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Trip to Bountiful
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
2012 Winner
Special Achievement Award
CinEuphoria Awards
2020 Winner
CinEuphoria
Career - Honorary Award
Online Film & Television Association
2022 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Acting
2020 Winner
OFTA Television Award
Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
2019 Nominee
OFTA Television Award
Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
2018 Nominee
OFTA Television Award
Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
2017 Nominee
OFTA Television Award
Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
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Elle Women in Hollywood Awards
2017 Winner
Woman of the Year
Women's Image Network Awards
2014 Nominee
WIN Award
Actress MFT Movie / Mini-Series
The Trip to Bountiful
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2011 Winner
ACCA
Best Cast Ensemble
The Help
Shared with:
Jessica Chastain
·
Viola Davis
·
Bryce Dallas Howard
·
Allison Janney
·
Christopher Lowell
·
Ahna O'Reilly
·
Sissy Spacek
·
Emma Stone
·
Octavia Spencer
·
Mary Steenburgen
·
Mike Vogel
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2021 Winner
Invisible Woman Award
A Fall from Grace
2011 Winner
WFCC Award
Women's Work/Best Ensemble
The Help
Shared with:
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
·
Ahna O'Reilly
·
Octavia Spencer
·
Mary Steenburgen
·
Emma Stone
·
Bryce Dallas Howard
·
Jessica Chastain
·
Allison Janney
·
Viola Davis
2011 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2018 Nominee
INOCA TV
Best Guest Actress in a Drama or Comedy Series
How to Get Away with Murder
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
2011 Winner
BFCC Award
Best Ensemble
The Help
Shared with:
Jessica Chastain
·
Viola Davis
·
Bryce Dallas Howard
·
Allison Janney
·
Christopher Lowell
·
Ahna O'Reilly
·
Sissy Spacek
·
Octavia Spencer
·
Mary Steenburgen
·
Emma Stone
·
Mike Vogel
Gold Derby Awards
2020 Nominee
Gold Derby TV Award
Drama Guest Actress
How to Get Away with Murder
2019 Nominee
Gold Derby TV Award
Drama Guest Actress
How to Get Away with Murder
2019 Nominee
Gold Derby TV Award
Drama Guest Actress of the Decade
How to Get Away with Murder
2nd place
2018 Nominee
Gold Derby TV Award
Drama Guest Actress
How to Get Away with Murder
2015 Nominee
Gold Derby TV Award
Drama Guest Actress
How to Get Away with Murder
2 more
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Nevada Film Critics Society
2012 Winner
NFCS Award
Best Ensemble Cast
The Help
Shared with:
Jessica Chastain
·
Viola Davis
·
Bryce Dallas Howard
·
Allison Janney
·
Christopher Lowell
·
Ahna O'Reilly
·
Sissy Spacek
·
Octavia Spencer
·
Mary Steenburgen
·
Emma Stone
·
Mike Vogel
The Kennedy Center Honors
2015 Winner
Kennedy Center Honors
Black Reel Awards for Television
2020 Winner
Black Reel
Outstanding Guest Actress, Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
2019 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Guest Actress, Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
2018 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Guest Actress, Drama Series
How to Get Away with Murder
Essence Black Women in Hollywood
2010 Winner
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