List of awards and nominations received by Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga is an American actress, director, and producer. She garnered worldwide acclaim for her role in the 2009 film Up in the Air. This role earned Farmiga nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, as well as many other nominations. In 2011, she made her directing debut with the acclaimed drama film Higher Ground, for which she received multiple award nominations, including the Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Director and the Satellite Award for Best Actress.

Vera Farmiga awards and nominations

Farmiga at the New York premiere of Hugo on November 21, 2011
Awards and nominations[a] Award Wins Nominations Totals Academy Awards 0 1 British Academy Film Awards 0 1 Critics' Choice Movie Awards 0 4 Critics' Choice Television Awards 0 3 Empire Awards 0 1 Golden Globe Awards 0 1 Gotham Awards 0 1 Independent Spirit Awards 0 1 MTV Movie Awards 0 1 People's Choice Awards 1 1 Primetime Emmy Awards 0 2 Satellite Awards 1 3 Saturn Awards 1 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards 0 2
Wins	17
Nominations	81

From 2013 to 2017, she starred in the A&E television series Bates Motel as Norma Louise Bates. Her performance in the role has earned her a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television (2013) and a People's Choice Award (2016), and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2013), the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2013), the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2013), and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2013–2015). In 2019, Farmiga portrayed prosecutor Elizabeth Lederer in the acclaimed Netflix miniseries When They See Us. For her performance, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.

Major awards

Academy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2010	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[1]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2010	Up in the Air	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Nominated	[2]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2010	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Nominated	[3]

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Bates Motel	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	[4]
2019	When They See Us	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Nominated	[5]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2007	The Departed	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated[A]	[6]
2010	Up in the Air	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated	[7]

Critics' awards

African American Film Critics Association Television Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2019	When They See Us	Best Ensemble Cast	Won	[8]

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2006	The Departed	Best Ensemble Cast	Runner-up[A]	[9]

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[10]

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2006	The Departed	Best Acting Ensemble	Nominated[A]	[11]
2008	Nothing But the Truth	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[12]
2009	Up in the Air		Nominated	[13]
		Best Acting Ensemble	Nominated[B]	[13]
2013	Bates Motel	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	[14]
2014			Nominated	[15]
2015			Nominated	[16]

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	3rd Place	[17]

Denver Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Acting Ensemble	Nominated[B]	[18]
		Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[18]

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[19]

Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2006	Breaking and Entering	Best Supporting Actress	Runner-up
	The Departed

Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2023	Five Days at Memorial	Best Actress in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Nominated

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[20]

London Film Critics' Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Actress of the Year	Nominated	[21]

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2005	Down to the Bone	Best Actress	Won	[22]

National Board of Review Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2006	The Departed	Best Acting by an Ensemble	Won[A]	[23]

National Society of Film Critics Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2005	Down to the Bone	Best Actress	3rd Place[C]	[24]

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Runner-up

Online Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[25]

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[26]

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[27]

Television Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Bates Motel	Individual Achievement in Drama	Nominated	[28]

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[29]

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Won	[30]

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Ensemble	Nominated[B]	[31]
		Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[31]

Other awards

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	EDA Award – Best Actress in Supporting Role	Nominated	[32]
2011	Higher Ground	EDA Female Focus Award – Best Woman Director	Nominated	[33]

BendFilm Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2004	Down to the Bone	Jury Prize – Best Actress	Won

Boston Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	At Middleton	Festival Prize – Best Actress	Won	[34]

British Independent Film Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2008	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Best Performance by an Actress	Won	[35]

Dorian Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Bates Motel	TV Performance of the Year – Actress	Nominated	[36]

Empire Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2006	The Departed	Best Female Newcomer	Nominated

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2015	Bates Motel	Best TV Actress	Runner-up	[37]
2016			Nominated	[38]

Gopo Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2014	Closer to the Moon	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Nominated	[39]

Gotham Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2011	Higher Ground	Breakthrough Director	Nominated	[40]

Gracie Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2015	Bates Motel	Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama	Won	[41]

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2004	Down to the Bone	Best Female Lead	Nominated	[42]

Marrakech International Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2004	Down to the Bone	Best Actress	Won

MTV Movie Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2014	The Conjuring	Best Scared-As-Shit Performance	Nominated	[43]

People's Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2017	Bates Motel	Favorite Cable TV Actress	Won	[44]

Provincetown International Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2011	Herself	Excellence in Acting Award	Won	[45]

Qantas Film and Television Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2010	The Vintner's Luck[D]	Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film	Won	[46]

Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2010	Herself	Cinema Vanguard Award	Won[E]	[47]

Satellite Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2006	The Departed	Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture	Won[A]	[48]
2011	Higher Ground	Best Actress in a Motion Picture	Nominated	[49]
2013	Bates Motel	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	[50]

Saturn Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2013	Bates Motel	Best Actress on Television	Won	[51]
2014			Nominated	[52]
2016			Nominated	[53]

Sundance Film Festival Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2004	Down to the Bone	Special Jury Prize for Acting	Won	[54]
2011	Higher Ground	Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic (Director)	Nominated

Village Voice Film Poll Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2009	Up in the Air	Best Supporting Actress	Runner-up	[55]

Women's Image Network Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2011	Higher Ground	Outstanding Film Directed by a Woman	Nominated	[56]
		Outstanding Actress – Feature Film	Won
2013	Bates Motel	Outstanding Actress – Drama Series	Nominated	[57]
2014			Nominated	[58]
2015			Nominated	[59]
		Outstanding Drama Series	Nominated
2016		Outstanding Actress – Drama Series	Nominated	[60]

Notes

1. Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition, and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations, and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification, and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

• A ^ Shared with Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg, and Ray Winstone.
• B ^ Shared with Jason Bateman, George Clooney, Sam Elliott, Zach Galifianakis, Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride, Amy Morton, and J. K. Simmons.
• C ^ Tied with Kate Dollenmayer for Funny Ha Ha.
• D ^ Originally titled The Vintner's Luck.
• E ^ Honored alongside Peter Sarsgaard, Christoph Waltz, and Stanley Tucci.

See also

• Vera Farmiga on screen and stage