List of awards and nominations received by Idina Menzel

This is a list of awards won by American actress and singer Idina Menzel.

Theatre Awards

Obie Awards

Menzel won an Obie Award for Special Citations for her part in the 1995 off-Broadway production of Rent.^[1]

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1995	Special Citations	Rent	Won

Broadway.com Audience Awards

In 2004, Menzel won three Broadway.com Audience Awards for her role in Wicked; one for Favorite Actress in a Musical, one for Favorite Diva Performance, and one for Best Onstage Pair, which she won with co-star Kristin Chenoweth.^[2] In 2014, she won two more, for If/Then; Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical, and Favorite Onstage Pair, which she won with James Snyder.^[3] She was also nominated for Favorite Diva Performance, but lost to Neil Patrick Harris for Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2004	Favorite Actress in a Musical	Wicked	Won
	Favorite Diva Performance		Won
	Favorite Onstage Pair (w/ Kristin Chenoweth)		Won
2006	Favorite Diva Performance	See What I Wanna See	Nominated
	Favorite Ensemble Performance		Nominated
2014	Favorite Actress in a Musical	If/Then	Won
	Favorite Onstage Pair (w/ James Snyder)		Won
	Favorite Diva Performance		Nominated

Drama Desk Awards

In 2000, Menzel was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her role of Kate in the off-Broadway show The Wild Party.^[4] She then was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical in 2004 for her role in Wicked,^[5] and was nominated again in 2005 for her roles of Kesa, Lily, and Deanna in the off-Broadway musical See What I Wanna See,^[6] and in 2014 for her role in If/Then.^[7]

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2000	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	The Wild Party	Nominated
2004	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Wicked	Nominated
2005		See What I Wanna See	Nominated
2014		If/Then	Nominated

Drama League Awards

Menzel was first nominated for the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award in 2004 for her role in Wicked.^[8] She was nominated again in 2005 for See What I Wanna See,^[9] in 2014 for If/Then,^[10] and in 2025 for Redwood.^[11] Menzel received the 2018 Musical Achievement Award.

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2004	Distinguished Performance	Wicked	Nominated
2005		See What I Wanna See	Nominated
2014		If/Then	Nominated
2018	Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre		Won
2025	Distinguished Performance	Redwood	Nominated

Tony Awards

In 1996, Menzel was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Maureen Johnson in the Rent.^[12] In 2004, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Elphaba in Wicked.^[13] She was nominated again in 2014 for her performance as Elizabeth Vaughan in the musical If/Then.^[14]

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1996	Best Featured Actress in a Musical	Rent	Nominated
2004	Best Actress in a Musical	Wicked	Won
2014		If/Then	Nominated

Film and Television Awards

Daytime Emmy Awards

In 2023, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Special as a host of Recipe for Change: Standing Up to Anti-Semitism.^[15]

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2023	Outstanding Daytime Special	Recipe for Change: Standing Up to Anti-Semitism	Won

Teen Choice Awards

She was nominated in 2010 for Choice Music: Group for Glee^[16] and in 2014 for Choice Music: Single for Let it Go.^[17] She also won one for Choice Animated Movie: Voice for Frozen.

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2010	Choice Music: Group	Glee	Nominated
2014	Choice Music: Single	Frozen	Nominated
	Choice Animated Movie: Voice		Won

Satellite Award

In 2014, she was nominated for Best Original Song for Let it Go.

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2014	Best Original Song	Frozen	Nominated

Behind the Voice Actors Awards

Menzel won Best Female Vocal Performance in a Lead Role and Breakthrough Voice Actress of the Year for Frozen in 2014.

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2014	Best Female Vocal Performance in a Lead Role	Frozen	Won
	Breakthrough Voice Actress of the Year		Won

Music Awards

American Music Awards

She won the American Music Award for Top Soundtrack for the Frozen soundtrack in 2014.

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2014	Top Soundtrack	Frozen	Won

Billboard Music Awards

Menzel won the 2014 Billboard Breakthrough Artist Award. She was nominated for a Top Streaming Award in 2015 for Let it Go, and won a Top Soundtrack Award for the soundtrack to Frozen.\

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2015	Top Song	Let It Go	Nominated
	Top Score in a Movie		Won

Other Awards

Critics Awards

Menzel was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2004 for her part in Wicked. She was nominated for a Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble for the film version of Rent in 2005, as well as two Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Ensemble and Best Song Performance, two Northeastern Critics Award for Best Ensemble and Best Supporting Actress, and an Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Adapted Song. She was nominated for another one for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on Glee in 2010, and for Best Voice Over Performance for Frozen in 2014, for which she won a Best Original Song one for singing Let it Go. For that role, she was also nominated for an Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Animated Female, a St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Special Merit, and a world soundtrack award for Best Song Written for Film.

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2004	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Wicked	Nominated
2005	Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Rent	Nominated

Other Choice Awards

She won the Whatsonstage.com Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2006 for Wicked in the West End. In 2010, she won Gay People's Choice Awards for Best Ensemble and Best Music Duo or Group for Glee. She was also nominated for a Lesbian/Bi People's Choice Award for Best Music Duo or Group.