List of awards and nominations received by Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama which premiered in 2005. The following is a list of awards obtained by the show over the course of its runtime.

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
ALMA Awards	2007	Outstanding Actress – Television Series	Sara Ramirez	Nominated	[1]
	2008	Outstanding Actress – Drama Television Series	Sara Ramirez	Nominated	[2]
	2009	Outstanding Actress – Drama Television Series	Sara Ramirez	Nominated	[3]
	2011	Favorite TV Actress – Leading Role in a Drama	Sara Ramirez	Nominated	[4]
	2012	Favorite TV Actress – Supporting Role	Sara Ramirez	Nominated	[5]
American Cinema Editors Awards	2007	Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television	Edward Ornelas (for "It's the End of the World")	Nominated
American Film Institute Awards	2005	Television Program of the Year	Grey's Anatomy	Won
Artios Awards	2005	Best Dramatic Pilot Casting	Linda Lowy (for "A Hard Day's Night")	Nominated
	2006	Best Dramatic Episodic Casting	Linda Lowy	Won
BMI Film & TV Awards	2005	BMI TV Music Award	Carim Clasmann and Galia Durant	Won
Critics' Choice Television Awards	2012	Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series	Loretta Devine	Nominated	[6]
Directors Guild of America Awards	2005	Best Directing – Drama Series, Night	Peter Horton (for "A Hard Day's Night")	Nominated	[7]
			Jeffrey Melman (for "Into You Like a Train")	Nominated
	2006	Best Directing – Comedy Series	Seth Mann (for "The Name of the Game")	Nominated	[8]
		Best Directing – Drama Series, Night	Peter Horton (for "It's the End of the World")	Nominated
GLAAD Media Awards	2007	Outstanding Individual Episode	"Where the Boys Are"	Won	[9]
	2010	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[10]
	2011	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[11]
	2012	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Won	[12]
	2013	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[13]
	2014	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[14]
	2015	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[15]
	2016	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[16]
	2017	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[17]
	2019	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[18]
	2022	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[19]
	2023	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[20]
Golden Globe Awards	2006	Best Television Series – Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Sandra Oh	Won
	2007	Best Television Series – Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Won
		Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama	Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Katherine Heigl	Nominated
	2008	Best Television Series – Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[21]
		Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Katherine Heigl	Nominated
Grammy Awards	2007	Best Compilation Soundtrack Album	Grey's Anatomy: Volume 2	Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards	2022	Best Broadcast Network Series, Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[22]
Humanitas Prizes	2010	60 Minute Category	Peter Nowalk (for "Give Peace a Chance")	Nominated	[23]
	2012	60 Minute Category	Stacy McKee (for "White Wedding")	Won	[24][25]
NAACP Image Awards	2006	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Won	[26][27]
		Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Isaiah Washington	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	James Pickens Jr.	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Nominated
	2007	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Won	[28]
		Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Isaiah Washington	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	James Pickens Jr.	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Won
		Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series	Shonda Rhimes (for "It's the End of the World" / "As We Know It")	Won
	2008	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Won	[29][30]
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	James Pickens Jr.	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Won
	2009	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Won	[31]
		Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	James Pickens Jr.	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series	Shonda Rhimes (for "Freedom Part 1 & 2")	Won
	2010	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[32][33]
		Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Sandra Oh	Nominated
			Chandra Wilson	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	James Pickens Jr.	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series	Zoanne Clack (for "Stand by Me")	Nominated
			Shonda Rhimes (for "What a Difference a Day Makes")	Won
		Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson (for "Give Peace a Chance")	Won
	2011	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Won	[34]
		Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	James Pickens Jr.	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Sandra Oh	Nominated
			Sara Ramirez	Nominated
	2012	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[35]
		Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Nominated
			Sandra Oh	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	James Pickens Jr.	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Loretta Devine	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series	Zoanne Clack (for "I Will Survive")	Nominated
	2013	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[36]
		Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Nominated
			Sandra Oh	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Loretta Devine	Won
		Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series	Zoanne Clack (for "This Magic Moment")	Nominated
			Shonda Rhimes (for "Flight")	Nominated
	2014	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	James Pickens Jr.	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Debbie Allen	Nominated
	2015	Outstanding Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[37]
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Nominated
	2017	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Jesse Williams	Nominated
	2019	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Jesse Williams	Won
	2022	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Nominated
People's Choice Awards	2007	Favorite TV Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Won	[38]
		Favorite Male TV Star	Patrick Dempsey	Won
	2008	Favorite Male TV Star	Patrick Dempsey	Won	[39]
		Favorite Female TV Star	Katherine Heigl	Won
		Favorite Scene Stealing Star	Chandra Wilson	Won
	2009	Favorite TV Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[40]
		Favorite TV Drama Actor	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
	2010	Favorite TV Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[41]
		Favorite TV Drama Actor	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
		Favorite TV Drama Actress	Katherine Heigl	Nominated
	2011	Favorite TV Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[42]
		Favorite TV Drama Actor	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
		Favorite TV Drama Actress	Sandra Oh	Nominated
		Favorite TV Doctor	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
			Sandra Oh	Nominated
			Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
		Favorite TV Guest Star	Demi Lovato	Won
	2012	Favorite TV Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[43]
		Favorite TV Drama Actor	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
		Favorite TV Drama Actress	Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
	2013	Favorite Network TV Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Won	[44]
		Favorite TV Drama Actress	Ellen Pompeo	Won
	2014	Favorite Network TV Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[45]
		Favorite TV Drama Actor	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
		Favorite TV Drama Actress	Sandra Oh	Nominated
		Favorite TV Gal Pals	Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh	Nominated
		Favorite On-Screen Chemistry	Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
	2015	Favorite Network TV Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Won	[46]
		Favorite Dramatic TV Actor	Justin Chambers	Nominated
			Patrick Dempsey	Won
			Jesse Williams	Nominated
		Favorite Dramatic TV Actress	Ellen Pompeo	Won
		Favorite TV Character We Miss Most	Sandra Oh	Won
	2016	Favorite TV Show	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		Favorite Network TV Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Won
		Favorite Dramatic TV Actor	Justin Chambers	Nominated
			Jesse Williams	Nominated
		Favorite Dramatic TV Actress	Ellen Pompeo	Won
			Sara Ramirez	Nominated
	2017	Favorite TV Show	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		Favorite Network TV Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Won
		Favorite Dramatic TV Actor	Justin Chambers	Won
			Jesse Williams	Nominated
		Favorite Dramatic TV Actress	Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
	2018	The Show of 2018	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[47]
		The Drama Show of 2018	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		The Male TV Star of 2018	Justin Chambers	Nominated
			Jesse Williams	Nominated
		The Female TV Star of 2018	Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
		The Drama TV Star of 2018	Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
	2019	The Show of 2019	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		The Drama Show of 2019	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
	2020	The Show of 2020	Grey's Anatomy	Won
		The Drama Show of 2020	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		The Male TV Star of 2020	Jesse Williams	Nominated
		The Female TV Star of 2020	Ellen Pompeo	Won
		The Drama TV Star of 2020	Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
	2021	The Show of 2021	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		The Drama Show of 2021	Grey's Anatomy	Won
		The Female TV Star of 2021	Ellen Pompeo	Won
		The Drama TV Star of 2021	Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
	2022	The Show of 2022	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[48]
		The Drama Show of 2022	Grey's Anatomy	Won
		The Female TV Star of 2022	Ellen Pompeo	Won
The Drama TV Star of 2022		Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards	2005	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Sandra Oh	Nominated
		Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Peter Horton (for "A Hard Day's Night")	Nominated
	2006	Outstanding Drama Series	Shonda Rhimes, James D. Parriott, Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Peter Horton, Krista Vernoff, Mark Wilding, Gabrielle G. Stanton, Harry Werksman, Mimi Schmir, Kip Koenig, Joan Rater, Tony Phelan, and Rob Corn	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Sandra Oh	Nominated
			Chandra Wilson	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series	Shonda Rhimes (for "It's the End of the World" / "As We Know It")	Nominated
			Krista Vernoff (for "Into You Like a Train")	Nominated
	2007	Outstanding Drama Series	Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Peter Horton, Krista Vernoff, Mark Wilding, Allan Heinberg, Joan Rater, Tony Phelan, Rob Corn, Debora Cahn, Kip Koenig, and Linda Klein	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	T. R. Knight	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Katherine Heigl	Won
			Sandra Oh	Nominated
			Chandra Wilson	Nominated
	2008	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Sandra Oh	Nominated
			Chandra Wilson	Nominated
	2009	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Sandra Oh	Nominated
			Chandra Wilson	Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	2005	Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series	Linda Lowy and John Brace	Nominated
	2006	Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series	Linda Lowy and John Brace	Won
		Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Kyle Chandler (for "It's the End of the World" / "As We Know It")	Nominated
		Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Kate Burton (for "Make Me Lose Control")	Nominated
			Christina Ricci (for "It's the End of the World" / "As We Know It")	Nominated
		Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)	Norman T. Leavitt, Brigitte Bugayong, Thomas R. Burman, and Bari Dreiband-Burman (for "Owner of a Lonely Heart")	Nominated
		Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special	Norman T. Leavitt, Brigitte Bugayong, Thomas R. Burman, and Bari Dreiband-Burman (for "Yesterday")	Nominated
	2007	Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series	Linda Lowy and John Brace	Nominated
		Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Kate Burton (for "Wishin' and Hopin'")	Nominated
			Elizabeth Reaser (for "My Favorite Mistake")	Nominated
		Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special	Norman T. Leavitt, Brigitte Bugayong, Thomas R. Burman, and Bari Dreiband-Burman (for "My Favorite Mistake")	Nominated
		Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series	Sam Nicholson, Valeri Pfahning, Scott Ramsey, Anthony Ocampo, Michael Cook, Diego Galtieri, Eric Grenaudier, Adalberto Al Lopez, and Jason Gustafson (for "Walk on Water")	Nominated
	2008	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Diahann Carroll (for "Love/Addiction")	Nominated
		Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)	Norman T. Leavitt, Brigitte Bugayong, Shauna Giesbrecht, and Michele Teleis-Fickle (for "Crash Into Me: Part 1 & 2")	Nominated
		Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special	Norman T. Leavitt, Brigitte Bugayong, Thomas R. Burman, and Bari Dreiband-Burman (for "Forever Young")	Nominated
	2009	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Sharon Lawrence (for "No Good at Saying Sorry (One More Chance)")	Nominated
		Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)	Norman T. Leavitt, Brigitte Bugayong, and Michele Teleis (for "Dream a Little Dream of Me: Part 1 & 2")	Nominated
		Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special	Norman T. Leavitt, Vincent Van Dyke, Thomas R. Burman, and Bari Dreiband-Burman (for "Stand by Me")	Nominated
	2010	Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)	Norman T. Leavitt, Brigitte Bugayong, and Michele Teleis (for "Suicide Is Painless")	Won	[49]
		Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special	Norman T. Leavitt, Bari Dreiband-Burman, Thom Floutz, Bart Mixon, Vincent Van Dyke, and Thomas R. Burman (for "How Insensitive")	Nominated
	2011	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Loretta Devine (for "This Is How We Do It")	Won	[50]
		Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special	Norman T. Leavitt, Thom Floutz, Bari Dreiband-Burman, Sue LaPrelle, Ed French, Vincent Van Dyke, and Thomas R. Burman (for "Superfreak")	Nominated
	2012	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Loretta Devine (for "If Only You Were Lonely")	Nominated
PRISM Awards	2008	Performance in a Drama Series Episode	Justin Chambers	Nominated	[51]
	2009	Performance in a Drama Multi-Episode Storyline	Justin Chambers	Nominated
			Elizabeth Reaser	Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards	2005	Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Drama	Mark Gordon, Shonda Rhimes, James D. Parriott, Betsy Beers, Peter Horton, and Rob Corn	Nominated
	2006	Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Drama	Mark Gordon, Shonda Rhimes, James D. Parriott, Betsy Beers, Peter Horton, and Rob Corn	Won
	2007	Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Drama	Mark Gordon, Shonda Rhimes, James D. Parriott, Betsy Beers, Peter Horton, and Rob Corn	Nominated
Satellite Awards	2005	Best Television Series – Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or TV Film	Sandra Oh	Nominated
	2006	Best Cast – Television Series	Grey's Anatomy	Won
	2007	Best Television Series – Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		Best Actress – Drama Series	Ellen Pompeo	Won
		Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or TV Film	T. R. Knight	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or TV Film	Chandra Wilson	Nominated
	2008	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or TV Film	Chandra Wilson	Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2005	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[52]
		Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series	Sandra Oh	Won
	2006	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Justin Chambers, Patrick Dempsey, Katherine Heigl, T. R. Knight, Sandra Oh, James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, Kate Walsh, Isaiah Washington, and Chandra Wilson	Won	[53]
		Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series	Chandra Wilson	Won
	2007	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Justin Chambers, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Katherine Heigl, T. R. Knight, Sandra Oh, James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, Sara Ramirez, Kate Walsh, Isaiah Washington, and Chandra Wilson	Nominated	[54]
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Choice TV Show: Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
		Choice TV: Male Breakout Star	Justin Chambers	Nominated
		Choice TV: Female Breakout Star	Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
	2006	Choice TV Show: Action/Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[55]
		Choice TV Actor: Action/Drama	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
		Choice TV Actress: Action/Drama	Katherine Heigl	Nominated
		Choice TV: Actress	Ellen Pompeo	Nominated
		Choice TV: Chemistry	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
	2007	Choice TV Show: Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Won	[56]
		Choice TV Actress: Drama	Katherine Heigl	Nominated
	2008	Choice TV Show: Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated	[57]
		Choice TV Actor: Drama	Patrick Dempsey	Nominated
		Choice TV Actress: Drama	Katherine Heigl	Nominated
	2009	Choice TV Show: Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
	2010	Choice TV Show: Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
	2015	Choice TV Show: Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
	2016	Choice TV Show: Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
	2017	Choice Drama TV Actor	Jesse Williams	Nominated
	2018	Choice Drama TV Actor	Jesse Williams	Nominated
Television Critics Association Awards	2006	Program of the Year	Grey's Anatomy	Won
		Outstanding Achievement in Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
TV Land Awards	2006	Future Classic Award	Grey's Anatomy	Won
Writers Guild of America Awards	2006	Television: New Series	Grey's Anatomy	Won
		Television: Dramatic Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
	2007	Television: Dramatic Series	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated