List of awards and nominations received by Cicely Tyson

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.

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

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	[1]
2018	Academy Honorary Award	–	Won	[2]

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	Ref.
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	[3]
	Actress of the Year – Special		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
	Outstanding Television Movie		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	[4]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Sweet Justice	Nominated
	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All	Nominated
1996		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	[5]

Honours

Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony

Year	Award	Result	Ref.
2015	Kennedy Center Honor	Won
2016	Presidential Medal of Freedom	Won
2020	Career Achievement Peabody	Won	[6]
2020	Television Hall of Fame	Won	[7]

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
	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture		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