List of awards and nominations received by Bates Motel

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Bates Motel, the American drama-thriller television series that debuted on A&E on March 18, 2013. The series stars Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in lead roles.

Awards and nominations received by Bates Motel
Award Wins Nominations Casting Society of America 0 1 Critics' Choice Television Awards 0 7 Primetime Emmy Awards 0 3 Satellite Awards 0 2 Saturn Awards 1 9 TCA Awards 0 1 People's Choice Awards 3 6

Awards by association

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Vera Farmiga	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	[1]
2016	John S. Bartley	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series	Nominated	[2]
	Chris Bacon	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series	Nominated

Television Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Vera Farmiga	Individual Achievement in Drama	Nominated	[3]

Critics' Choice Television Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	[4]
2014			Nominated	[5]
	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
2015			Nominated	[6]
	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated
2016	Bates Motel	Most Bingeworthy Series	Nominated	[7]
2017	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated	[8]

Casting Society of America

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	April Webster, Sara Isaacson, Jennifer Page and Corinne Clark	Outstanding Achievement in Casting	Nominated	[9]

Satellite Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Nominated	[10]
	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Nominated

Saturn Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Bates Motel	Best Television Presentation	Nominated	[11]
	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor on Television	Nominated
	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress on Television	Won
2014			Nominated	[12]
	Bates Motel	Best Television Presentation	Nominated
2015		Best Action-Thriller Television Series	Nominated	[13]
2016			Nominated	[14]
	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor on Television	Nominated
	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress on Television	Nominated

People's Choice Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Freddie Highmore	Favorite TV Anti-Hero	Nominated	[15]
2014	Bates Motel	Favorite Cable TV Drama	Nominated	[16]
2015			Nominated	[17]
2016			Won	[18]
	Vera Farmiga	Favorite Cable TV Actress	Won
	Freddie Highmore	Favorite Cable TV Actor	Won

Imagen Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Nestor Carbonell	Best Supporting Actor – Television	Nominated	[19]
2014			Nominated	[20]

Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Donna Bis	Best Contemporary Hairstyling – Television and New Media Series	Nominated	[21]

Dorian Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Vera Farmiga	TV Performance of the Year – Actress	Nominated	[22]

Online Film & Television Association Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	John S. Bartley and Thomas Yatsko	Best Cinematography in a Series	Nominated	[23]
	Peter Bodnarus, Mark S. Freeborn, Margot Ready and Rose Marie McSherry	Best Production Design in a Series	Nominated
	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated
2014			Nominated	[24]
	Peter Bodnarus, Mark S. Freeborn, Tony Wohlgemuth, Margot Ready and Rose Marie McSherry	Best Production Design in a Series	Nominated
	Chris Bacon	Best Music in a Series	Nominated
	Alan Decker, Mark Noda, Nello Torri, Thomas DeGorter, Michael Mullane and Brian Armstrong	Best Sound in a Series	Nominated
	Bates Motel	Best Drama Series	Nominated
2015	Vera Farmiga	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	[25]
2016	Chris Bacon	Best Music in a Series	Nominated	[26]

Women's Image Network Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Bates Motel	Best Drama Series	Nominated	[27]
	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress – Drama Series	Nominated
2014			Nominated	[28]
	Kerry Ehrin	Best Drama Series Produced by a Woman	Nominated
	Bates Motel	Best Drama Series	Nominated
2015			Nominated	[29]
	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress – Drama Series	Nominated
2016			Nominated	[30]

Gracie Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2015	Vera Farmiga	Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama	Won	[31]

Golden Reel Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2015	Michael Ryan	Television – Short Form, Music	Nominated	[32]

IGN Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Vera Farmiga	Best TV Actress	Nominated	[33]
	Bates Motel	Best New TV Series	Nominated
		Best TV Horror Series	Nominated

Poppy Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2016	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	[34]

TV Guide Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2014	Bates Motel	Favorite Horror Series	Nominated

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2015	Vera Farmiga	Best TV Actress	Nominated	[35]
2016			Nominated	[36]
	Freddie Highmore	Best TV Actor	Nominated

ACTRA Awards

Year	Nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Vincent Gale	Best Actor	Nominated	[37]