List of awards and nominations received by Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson awards and nominations
Tyson in 1973
Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Awards	1	2
Tony Award	1	1
Daytime Emmy Award	0	1
Primetime Emmy Award	3	16
Golden Globe Awards	0	1

Cicely Tyson was the recipient of numerous accolades, including an honorary Academy Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. One of the most acclaimed and groundbreaking actresses of her generation, she is known for her portrayals of determined, elegant and dignified female characters in film, on television and in the theatre.

Tyson won three Primetime Emmy Awards for her work in television, winning for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994). She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in The Trip to Bountiful in 2014. Tyson won her Honorary Academy Award in 2018 with the inscription reading, "Whose unforgettable performances and personal integrity have inspired generations of filmmakers, actors and audiences."

Major associations

Academy Awards

Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1973	Best Actress	Sounder	Nominated
2018	Academy Honorary Award	–	Won

British Academy Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1974	Best Actress in a Leading Role	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	Nominated

Emmy Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
Daytime Emmy Award
1982	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming – Performers	The Human Body: Becoming a Woman	Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award
1974	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	Won
1974	Actress of the Year – Special	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	Won
1977	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series	Roots	Nominated
1978	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series	King	Nominated
1982	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Nominated
1994	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Won
1995	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Sweet Justice	Nominated
1999	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	A Lesson Before Dying	Nominated
2009	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie	Relative Stranger	Nominated
2014	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	The Trip to Bountiful	Nominated
2014	Outstanding Television Movie	The Trip to Bountiful	Nominated
2015	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	How to Get Away with Murder	Nominated
2017			Nominated
2018			Nominated
2019			Nominated
2020			Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1973	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	Sounder	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1995	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Sweet Justice	Nominated
1995	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Nominated
1996	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie	The Road to Galveston	Nominated
2011	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	The Help	Won
2014	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie	The Trip to Bountiful	Nominated

Tony Awards

Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Actress in a Play	The Trip to Bountiful	Won

Honours

Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony

Year	Award	Result
2015	Kennedy Center Honor	Won
2016	Presidential Medal of Freedom	Won
2020	Career Achievement Peabody	Won
2020	Television Hall of Fame	Won

Critics awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1972	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress	Sounder	Won
	National Board of Review Award for Best Actress		Won
	National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress		Won
1997	Acapulco Black Film Festival Award for Best Actress	Hoodlum	Nominated
1997	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Hoodlum	Nominated
2005		Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Nominated
	BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Theatrical Film		Nominated
	Black Movie Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role		Nominated
2011	Black Film Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble	The Help	Won
	Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble		Won
	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast		Won
	Hollywood Film Festival Award for Ensemble of the Year		Won
	National Board of Review Award for Best Cast		Won
	Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture		Won
	Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble		Won
	Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble		Won
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Best Ensemble		Nominated
	Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble		Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble		Nominated
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble		Nominated
2014	Black Reel Award for Best Actress: T.V. Movie/Cable	The Trip to Bountiful	Won
	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special		Won
	Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries		Won
	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries		Nominated
	Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film		Nominated
2017	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series	How to Get Away with Murder	Nominated
2016	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
2017			Nominated

References

Helsel, Phil (January 28, 2021). "Cicely Tyson, legendary actor known for 'Sounder' and other roles, dies at 96". NBC. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
Bahr, Lindsay (September 5, 2018). "Cicely Tyson, Kathleen Kennedy among film academy honorees". APNews.com. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
"Cicely Tyson". Television Academy. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
"Cicely Tyson". Golden Globes. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
Viagas, Robert (January 28, 2021). "Cicely Tyson, Tony-Winning Star of The Trip to Bountiful and More, Is Dead at 96". Playbill. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
Schneider, Michael (June 10, 2020). "'Stranger Things,' 'When They See Us,' 'Watchmen' Among This Year's Peabody Award Winners". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
Hipes, Patrick (December 3, 2019). "TV Academy Hall Of Fame Adding Bob Iger, Geraldine Laybourne, Seth MacFarlane, Jay Sandrich & Cicely Tyson". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 22, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2019.

External links

Awards for Cicely Tyson

v t e Academy Honorary Award
1928–1950	Warner Bros. / Charlie Chaplin (1928) Walt Disney (1932) Shirley Temple (1934) D. W. Griffith (1935) The March of Time / W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson (1936) Edgar Bergen / W. Howard Greene / Museum of Modern Art Film Library / Mack Sennett (1937) J. Arthur Ball / Walt Disney / Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney / Gordon Jennings, Jan Domela, Devereaux Jennings, Irmin Roberts, Art Smith, Farciot Edouart, Loyal Griggs, Loren L. Ryder, Harry D. Mills, Louis Mesenkop, Walter Oberst / Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey / Harry Warner (1938) Douglas Fairbanks / Judy Garland / William Cameron Menzies / Motion Picture Relief Fund (Jean Hersholt, Ralph Morgan, Ralph Block, Conrad Nagel) / Technicolor SA (1939) Bob Hope / Nathan Levinson (1940) Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, and the RCA Manufacturing Company / Leopold Stokowski and his associates / Rey Scott / British Ministry of Information (1941) Charles Boyer / Noël Coward / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1942) George Pal (1943) Bob Hope / Margaret O'Brien (1944) Republic Studio, Daniel J. Bloomberg, and the Republic Studio Sound Department / Walter Wanger / The House I Live In / Peggy Ann Garner (1945) Harold Russell / Laurence Olivier / Ernst Lubitsch / Claude Jarman Jr. (1946) James Baskett / Thomas Armat, William Nicholas Selig, Albert E. Smith, and George Kirke Spoor / Bill and Coo / Shoeshine (1947) Walter Wanger / Monsieur Vincent / Sid Grauman / Adolph Zukor (1948) Jean Hersholt / Fred Astaire / Cecil B. DeMille / The Bicycle Thief (1949) Louis B. Mayer / George Murphy / The Walls of Malapaga (1950)
1951–1975	Gene Kelly / Rashomon (1951) Merian C. Cooper / Bob Hope / Harold Lloyd / George Mitchell / Joseph M. Schenck / Forbidden Games (1952) 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation / Bell & Howell Company / Joseph Breen / Pete Smith (1953) Bausch & Lomb Optical Company / Danny Kaye / Kemp Niver / Greta Garbo / Jon Whiteley / Vincent Winter / Gate of Hell (1954) Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955) Eddie Cantor (1956) Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers / Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson / Charles Brackett / B. B. Kahane (1957) Maurice Chevalier (1958) Buster Keaton / Lee de Forest (1959) Gary Cooper / Stan Laurel / Hayley Mills (1960) William L. Hendricks / Fred L. Metzler / Jerome Robbins (1961) William J. Tuttle (1964) Bob Hope (1965) Yakima Canutt / Y. Frank Freeman (1966) Arthur Freed (1967) John Chambers / Onna White (1968) Cary Grant (1969) Lillian Gish / Orson Welles (1970) Charlie Chaplin (1971) Charles S. Boren / Edward G. Robinson (1972) Henri Langlois / Groucho Marx (1973) Howard Hawks / Jean Renoir (1974) Mary Pickford (1975)
1976–2000	Margaret Booth (1977) Walter Lantz / Laurence Olivier / King Vidor / Museum of Modern Art Department of Film (1978) Hal Elias / Alec Guinness (1979) Henry Fonda (1980) Barbara Stanwyck (1981) Mickey Rooney (1982) Hal Roach (1983) James Stewart / National Endowment for the Arts (1984) Paul Newman / Alex North (1985) Ralph Bellamy (1986) Eastman Kodak Company / National Film Board of Canada (1988) Akira Kurosawa (1989) Sophia Loren / Myrna Loy (1990) Satyajit Ray (1991) Federico Fellini (1992) Deborah Kerr (1993) Michelangelo Antonioni (1994) Kirk Douglas / Chuck Jones (1995) Michael Kidd (1996) Stanley Donen (1997) Elia Kazan (1998) Andrzej Wajda (1999) Jack Cardiff / Ernest Lehman (2000)
2001–present	Sidney Poitier / Robert Redford (2001) Peter O'Toole (2002) Blake Edwards (2003) Sidney Lumet (2004) Robert Altman (2005) Ennio Morricone (2006) Robert F. Boyle (2007) Lauren Bacall / Roger Corman / Gordon Willis (2009) Kevin Brownlow / Jean-Luc Godard / Eli Wallach (2010) James Earl Jones / Dick Smith (2011) D. A. Pennebaker / Hal Needham / George Stevens Jr. (2012) Angela Lansbury / Steve Martin / Piero Tosi (2013) Jean-Claude Carrière / Hayao Miyazaki / Maureen O'Hara (2014) Spike Lee / Gena Rowlands (2015) Jackie Chan / Lynn Stalmaster / Anne V. Coates / Frederick Wiseman (2016) Charles Burnett / Owen Roizman / Donald Sutherland / Agnès Varda (2017) Marvin Levy / Lalo Schifrin / Cicely Tyson (2018) David Lynch / Wes Studi / Lina Wertmüller (2019) Samuel L. Jackson / Elaine May / Liv Ullmann (2021) Euzhan Palcy / Diane Warren / Peter Weir (2022) Angela Bassett / Mel Brooks / Carol Littleton (2023) Quincy Jones / Juliet Taylor (2024)

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series

Cicely Tyson (2000)
Diahann Carroll (2001)
Kimberly Elise (2002)
Cicely Tyson (2003)
Mo'Nique (2004)
CCH Pounder (2005)
Carmen Ejogo (2006)
Alfre Woodard (2007)
Alfre Woodard (2013)
Octavia Spencer (2014)
Anika Noni Rose (2015)
Regina King (2016)
Regina King (2017)
Regina King (2017)
Letitia Wright (2018)
Marsha Stephanie Blake (2019)
Lexi Underwood (2020)
Weruche Opia (2021)
Moses Ingram (2022)

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

1975–2000

Ellen Burstyn (1975)
Rosemary Harris (1976)
Irene Worth (1977)
Jessica Tandy (1978)
Constance Cummings / Carole Shelley (1979)
Pat Carroll (1980)
Joan Copeland (1981)
Zoe Caldwell (1982)
Jessica Tandy (1983)
Joan Allen (1984)
Rosemary Harris (1985)
Lily Tomlin (1986)
Linda Lavin (1987)
Stockard Channing (1988)
Pauline Collins (1989)
Geraldine James (1990)
Mercedes Ruehl (1991)
Laura Esterman (1992)
Jane Alexander (1993)
Myra Carter (1994)
Cherry Jones (1995)
Zoe Caldwell (1996)
Janet McTeer (1997)
Cherry Jones (1998)
Kathleen Chalfant (1999)
Eileen Heckart (2000)

2001–2022

Mary-Louise Parker (2001)
Lindsay Duncan (2002)
Vanessa Redgrave (2003)
Viola Davis / Phylicia Rashad (2004)
Cherry Jones (2005)
Lois Smith (2006)
Eve Best (2007)
Deanna Dunagan (2008)
Janet McTeer (2009)
Jan Maxwell (2010)
Frances McDormand (2011)
Tracie Bennett (2012)
Cicely Tyson (2013)
Audra McDonald (2014)
Helen Mirren (2015)
Jessica Lange (2016)
Laura Linney (2017)
Glenda Jackson (2018)
Elaine May (2019)
Liza Colón-Zayas (2020)
No Award (2021)
Phylicia Rashad (2022)

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
1952–1975	Helen Hayes (1952) Judith Anderson (1954) Mary Martin (1955) Claire Trevor (1956) Polly Bergen (1957) Julie Harris (1959) Ingrid Bergman (1960) Judith Anderson (1961) Julie Harris (1962) Kim Stanley (1963) Shelley Winters (1964) Lynn Fontanne (1965) Simone Signoret (1966) Geraldine Page (1967) Maureen Stapleton (1968) Geraldine Page (1969) Patty Duke (1970) Lee Grant (1971) Glenda Jackson (1972) Susan Hampshire / Cloris Leachman (1973) Mildred Natwick / Cicely Tyson (1974) Katharine Hepburn / Jessica Walter (1975)
1976–2000	Susan Clark / Rosemary Harris (1976) Patty Duke / Sally Field (1977) Meryl Streep / Joanne Woodward (1978) Bette Davis (1979) Patty Duke (1980) Vanessa Redgrave (1981) Ingrid Bergman (1982) Barbara Stanwyck (1983) Jane Fonda (1984) Joanne Woodward (1985) Marlo Thomas (1986) Gena Rowlands (1987) Jessica Tandy (1988) Holly Hunter (1989) Barbara Hershey (1990) Lynn Whitfield (1991) Gena Rowlands (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Kirstie Alley (1994) Glenn Close (1995) Helen Mirren (1996) Alfre Woodard (1997) Ellen Barkin (1998) Helen Mirren (1999) Halle Berry (2000)
2001–present	Judy Davis (2001) Laura Linney (2002) Maggie Smith (2003) Meryl Streep (2004) S. Epatha Merkerson (2005) Helen Mirren (2006) Helen Mirren (2007) Laura Linney (2008) Jessica Lange (2009) Claire Danes (2010) Kate Winslet (2011) Julianne Moore (2012) Laura Linney (2013) Jessica Lange (2014) Frances McDormand (2015) Sarah Paulson (2016) Nicole Kidman (2017) Regina King (2018) Michelle Williams (2019) Regina King (2020) Kate Winslet (2021) Amanda Seyfried (2022) Ali Wong (2023) Jodie Foster (2024)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

1975–2000

2001–present

v t e Kennedy Center Honorees (2010s)
2010	Merle Haggard Jerry Herman Bill T. Jones Paul McCartney Oprah Winfrey
2011	Barbara Cook Neil Diamond Yo-Yo Ma Sonny Rollins Meryl Streep
2012	Buddy Guy Dustin Hoffman David Letterman Led Zeppelin Natalia Makarova
2013	Martina Arroyo Herbie Hancock Billy Joel Shirley MacLaine Carlos Santana
2014	Al Green Tom Hanks Patricia McBride Sting Lily Tomlin
2015	Carole King George Lucas Rita Moreno Seiji Ozawa Cicely Tyson
2016	Martha Argerich Eagles Al Pacino Mavis Staples James Taylor
2017	Carmen de Lavallade Gloria Estefan LL Cool J Norman Lear Lionel Richie
2018	Cher Philip Glass Reba McEntire Wayne Shorter Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Alex Lacamoire, and Andy Blankenbuehler)
2019	Earth, Wind & Fire Sally Field Linda Ronstadt Sesame Street Michael Tilson Thomas
Complete list 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Estelle Evans (1969)
Barbara McNair (1970)
Jane Fonda (1971)
Diana Ross (1972)
No Award (1973)
Ester Anderson (1974)
Diahann Carroll (1975)
Denise Nicholas (1976)
Cicely Tyson (1977)
Cicely Tyson (1978)
Mavis Washington (1979)
Irene Cara (1980)
No Award (1981)
Jayne Kennedy (1982)
Jennifer Beals (1983)
Alfre Woodard (1984)
Tina Turner (1985)
Whoopi Goldberg (1986)
Traci Wolfe (1987)
Whoopi Goldberg (1988)
Ruby Dee (1989)
No Award (1990)
Whoopi Goldberg (1991)
Whoopi Goldberg (1992)
Angela Bassett (1993)
No Award (1994)
Angela Bassett (1995)
Whitney Houston (1996)
Vanessa Williams (1997)
Angela Bassett (1998)
Nia Long (1999)
Sanaa Lathan (2000)
Halle Berry (2001)
Angela Bassett (2002)
Queen Latifah (2003)
Kerry Washington (2004)
Kimberly Elise (2005)
Keke Palmer (2006)
Jurnee Smollett (2007)
Rosario Dawson (2008)
Gabourey Sidibe (2009)
Halle Berry (2010)
Viola Davis (2011)
Viola Davis (2012)
Angela Bassett (2013)
Taraji P. Henson (2014)
Sanaa Lathan (2015)
Taraji P. Henson (2016)
Octavia Spencer (2017)
Amandla Stenberg (2018)
Lupita Nyong'o (2019)
Viola Davis (2020)
Jennifer Hudson (2021)
Viola Davis (2022)
Fantasia Barrino (2023)

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Beah Richards (1970)
No Awards (1971–1984)
Oprah Winfrey (1985)
No Award (1986)
Traci Wolfe (1987)
Juanita Waterman (1988)
Suzzanne Douglas (1989)
Whoopi Goldberg (1990)
No Awards (1991)
Angela Bassett (1992)
No Awards (1993–1994)
Loretta Devine (1995)
Loretta Devine (1996)
Irma P. Hall (1997)
Whoopi Goldberg (1998)
Angela Bassett (1999)
Alfre Woodard (2000)
Angela Bassett (2001)
Halle Berry (2002)
Alfre Woodard (2003)
Regina King (2004)
Cicely Tyson (2005)
Jennifer Hudson (2006)
Janet Jackson (2007)
Taraji P. Henson (2008)
Mo'Nique (2009)
Kimberly Elise (2010)
Octavia Spencer (2011)
Kerry Washington (2012)
Lupita Nyong'o (2013)
Carmen Ejogo (2014)
Phylicia Rashad (2015)
Viola Davis (2016)
Tiffany Haddish (2017)
Danai Gurira (2018)
Marsai Martin (2019)
Phylicia Rashad (2020)
Regina King (2021)
Angela Bassett (2022)
Taraji P. Henson (2023)

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Judy Pace (1970)
Elena Verdugo (1971)
Joan Pringle (1980)
Cicely Tyson (1981)
Madge Sinclair (1982)
Cicely Tyson (1987)
Alfre Woodard (1988)
Alfre Woodard (1989)
No Award (1990)
Alfre Woodard (1991)
Lynn Whitfield (1992)
Regina Taylor (1993)
No Award (1994)
Della Reese (1995)
Della Reese (1996)
Della Reese (1997)
Della Reese (1998)
Della Reese (1999)
Lorraine Toussaint (2000)
Della Reese (2001)
Vanessa Estelle Williams (2002)
Nia Long (2003)
Nia Long (2004)
Vivica A. Fox (2005)
Kimberly Elise (2006)
Regina Taylor (2007)
Chandra Wilson (2008)
Jada Pinkett Smith (2009)
Regina King (2010)
Regina King (2011)
Kerry Washington (2012)
Kerry Washington (2013)
Viola Davis (2014)
Taraji P. Henson (2015)
Taraji P. Henson (2016)
Taraji P. Henson (2017)
Taraji P. Henson (2018)
Angela Bassett (2019)
Viola Davis (2020)
Angela Bassett (2021)
Angela Bassett (2022)
India Amarteifio (2023)

v t e NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
1970s	Elena Verdugo (1971) No Award (1972–1979)
1980s	No Award (1980–1981) Irene Cara (1982) No Award (1983–1986) Cicely Tyson (1987) Alfre Woodard (1988) Alfre Woodard (1989)
1990s	No Award (1990) Alfre Woodard (1991) Lynn Whitfield (1992) Lynn Whitfield (1993) Halle Berry (1994) Alfre Woodard (1995) Cicely Tyson (1996) Alfre Woodard (1997) Cicely Tyson (1998) Halle Berry (1999)
2000s	Natalie Cole (2000) Angela Bassett (2001) Angela Bassett (2002) Whoopi Goldberg (2003) Lynn Whitfield (2004) S. Epatha Merkerson (2005) Sophie Okonedo (2006) Queen Latifah (2007) Phylicia Rashad (2008) Kimberly Elise (2009)
2010s	Jill Scott (2010) Taraji P. Henson (2011) Alfre Woodard (2012) Gabrielle Union (2013) Cicely Tyson (2014) Queen Latifah (2015) Regina King (2016) Queen Latifah (2017) Regina King (2018) Niecy Nash (2019)
2020s	Octavia Spencer (2020) Taraji P. Henson (2021) Niecy Nash (2022) Chlöe Bailey (2023)

v t e National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
1945–1975	Joan Crawford (1945) Anna Magnani (1946) Celia Johnson (1947) Olivia de Havilland (1948) Gloria Swanson (1950) Jan Sterling (1951) Shirley Booth (1952) Jean Simmons (1953) Grace Kelly (1954) Anna Magnani (1955) Dorothy McGuire (1956) Joanne Woodward (1957) Ingrid Bergman (1958) Simone Signoret (1959) Greer Garson (1960) Geraldine Page (1961) Anne Bancroft (1962) Patricia Neal (1963) Kim Stanley (1964) Julie Christie (1965) Elizabeth Taylor (1966) Edith Evans (1967) Liv Ullmann (1968) Geraldine Page (1969) Glenda Jackson (1970) Irene Papas (1971) Cicely Tyson (1972) Liv Ullmann (1973) Gena Rowlands (1974) Isabelle Adjani (1975)
1976–2000	Liv Ullmann (1976) Anne Bancroft (1977) Ingrid Bergman (1978) Sally Field (1979) Sissy Spacek (1980) Glenda Jackson (1981) Meryl Streep (1982) Shirley MacLaine (1983) Peggy Ashcroft (1984) Whoopi Goldberg (1985) Kathleen Turner (1986) Lillian Gish / Holly Hunter (1987) Jodie Foster (1988) Michelle Pfeiffer (1989) Mia Farrow (1990) Geena Davis / Susan Sarandon (1991) Emma Thompson (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Miranda Richardson (1994) Emma Thompson (1995) Frances McDormand (1996) Helena Bonham Carter (1997) Fernanda Montenegro (1998) Janet McTeer (1999) Julia Roberts (2000)
2001–present	Halle Berry (2001) Julianne Moore (2002) Diane Keaton (2003) Annette Bening (2004) Felicity Huffman (2005) Helen Mirren (2006) Julie Christie (2007) Anne Hathaway (2008) Carey Mulligan (2009) Lesley Manville (2010) Tilda Swinton (2011) Jessica Chastain (2012) Emma Thompson (2013) Julianne Moore (2014) Brie Larson (2015) Amy Adams (2016) Meryl Streep (2017) Lady Gaga (2018) Renée Zellweger (2019) Carey Mulligan (2020) Rachel Zegler (2021) Michelle Yeoh (2022) Lily Gladstone (2023) Nicole Kidman (2024)

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress

Spingarn Medal winners

1915: Ernest Everett Just
1916: Charles Young
1917: Harry Burleigh
1918: William Stanley Braithwaite
1919: Archibald Grimké
1920: W. E. B. Du Bois
1921: Charles Sidney Gilpin
1922: Mary Burnett Talbert
1923: George Washington Carver
1924: Roland Hayes
1925: James Weldon Johnson
1926: Carter G. Woodson
1927: Anthony Overton
1928: Charles W. Chesnutt
1929: Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
1930: Henry A. Hunt
1931: Richard Berry Harrison
1932: Robert Russa Moton
1933: Max Yergan
1934: William T. B. Williams
1935: Mary McLeod Bethune
1936: John Hope
1937: Walter Francis White
1938: no award
1939: Marian Anderson
1940: Louis T. Wright
1941: Richard Wright
1942: A. Philip Randolph
1943: William H. Hastie
1944: Charles R. Drew
1945: Paul Robeson
1946: Thurgood Marshall
1947: Percy Lavon Julian
1948: Channing Heggie Tobias
1949: Ralph Bunche
1950: Charles Hamilton Houston
1951: Mabel Keaton Staupers
1952: Harry T. Moore
1953: Paul R. Williams
1954: Theodore K. Lawless
1955: Carl J. Murphy
1956: Jackie Robinson
1957: Martin Luther King Jr.
1958: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine
1959: Duke Ellington
1960: Langston Hughes
1961: Kenneth B. Clark
1962: Robert C. Weaver
1963: Medgar Evers
1964: Roy Wilkins
1965: Leontyne Price
1966: John H. Johnson
1967: Edward Brooke
1968: Sammy Davis Jr.
1969: Clarence Mitchell Jr.
1970: Jacob Lawrence
1971: Leon Sullivan
1972: Gordon Parks
1973: Wilson Riles
1974: Damon Keith
1975: no award
1976: Hank Aaron
1977: Alvin Ailey and Alex Haley
1978: no award
1979: Andrew Young and Rosa Parks
1980: Rayford Logan
1981: Coleman Young
1982: Benjamin Elijah Mays
1983: Lena Horne
1984: no award
1985: Tom Bradley and Bill Cosby
1986: Benjamin Hooks
1987: Percy Sutton
1988: Frederick D. Patterson
1989: Jesse Jackson
1990: Douglas Wilder
1991: Colin Powell
1992: Barbara Jordan
1993: Dorothy Height
1994: Maya Angelou
1995: John Hope Franklin
1996: A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
1997: Carl Rowan
1998: Myrlie Evers-Williams
1999: Earl G. Graves Sr.
2000: Oprah Winfrey
2001: Vernon Jordan
2002: John Lewis
2003: Constance Baker Motley
2004: Robert L. Carter
2005: Oliver Hill
2006: Ben Carson
2007: John Conyers
2008: Ruby Dee
2009: Julian Bond
2010: Cicely Tyson
2011: Frankie Muse Freeman
2012: Harry Belafonte
2013: Jessye Norman
2014: Quincy Jones
2015: Sidney Poitier
2016: Nathaniel R. Jones
2017: no award
2018: Willie Brown
2019: Patrick Gaspard
2020: no award
2021: Cato T. Laurencin
2022: Jim Clyburn

v t e Television Hall of Fame Class of 2020
Bob Iger Geraldine Laybourne Seth MacFarlane Jay Sandrich Cicely Tyson

v t e Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play
1947–1975	Ingrid Bergman / Helen Hayes (1947) Judith Anderson / Katharine Cornell / Jessica Tandy (1948) Martita Hunt (1949) Shirley Booth (1950) Uta Hagen (1951) Julie Harris (1952) Shirley Booth (1953) Audrey Hepburn (1954) Nancy Kelly (1955) Julie Harris (1956) Margaret Leighton (1957) Helen Hayes (1958) Gertrude Berg (1959) Anne Bancroft (1960) Joan Plowright (1961) Margaret Leighton (1962) Uta Hagen (1963) Sandy Dennis (1964) Irene Worth (1965) Rosemary Harris (1966) Beryl Reid (1967) Zoe Caldwell (1968) Julie Harris (1969) Tammy Grimes (1970) Maureen Stapleton (1971) Sada Thompson (1972) Julie Harris (1973) Colleen Dewhurst (1974) Ellen Burstyn (1975)
1976–2000	Irene Worth (1976) Julie Harris (1977) Jessica Tandy (1978) Constance Cummings / Carole Shelley (1979) Phyllis Frelich (1980) Jane Lapotaire (1981) Zoe Caldwell (1982) Jessica Tandy (1983) Glenn Close (1984) Stockard Channing (1985) Lily Tomlin (1986) Linda Lavin (1987) Joan Allen (1988) Pauline Collins (1989) Maggie Smith (1990) Mercedes Ruehl (1991) Glenn Close (1992) Madeline Kahn (1993) Diana Rigg (1994) Cherry Jones (1995) Zoe Caldwell (1996) Janet McTeer (1997) Marie Mullen (1998) Judi Dench (1999) Jennifer Ehle (2000)
2001–present	Mary-Louise Parker (2001) Lindsay Duncan (2002) Vanessa Redgrave (2003) Phylicia Rashad (2004) Cherry Jones (2005) Cynthia Nixon (2006) Julie White (2007) Deanna Dunagan (2008) Marcia Gay Harden (2009) Viola Davis (2010) Frances McDormand (2011) Nina Arianda (2012) Cicely Tyson (2013) Audra McDonald (2014) Helen Mirren (2015) Jessica Lange (2016) Laurie Metcalf (2017) Glenda Jackson (2018) Elaine May (2019) Mary-Louise Parker (2020/21) Deirdre O'Connell (2022) Jodie Comer (2023) Sarah Paulson (2024)

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Lists of awards received by American actor