List of awards and nominations received by Wentworth

*Wentworth* awards and nominations
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
Totals
Wins	25
Nominations	103
Honours	3
	Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge 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. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.;

Wentworth is an Australian television drama series which premiered on 1 May 2013. The series, including its cast members and crew, have been the recipient of several awards and nominations, most notably at the Logie Awards, AACTA Awards and the ASTRA Awards.

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[1] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge 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. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Notes	Ref
2014	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	^[a]	^[1]
2014	Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama	Kris McQuade	Nominated	^[b]	^[1]
2015 (1)	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Danielle Cormack	Nominated	^[c]	^[2]
2015 (2)	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	^[d]	^[3]
2015 (2)	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Pamela Rabe	Won	^[e]	^[3]
2016	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Won	^[f]	^[4]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Danielle Cormack	Nominated	^[g]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Pamela Rabe	Nominated	^[h]
	Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy	Kevin Carlin	Nominated	^[i]
	Best Editing in Television	Ben Joss	Won	^[j]
2017	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	^[k]	^[5]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Pamela Rabe	Nominated	^[l]
	Subscription Television Award for Best New Talent	Zahra Newman	Won	^[m]
2018	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	^[n]	^[6]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Leah Purcell	Nominated	^[o]
	Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama	Celia Ireland	Nominated	^[p]
2019	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	^[q]	^[7]
2020	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	^[r]	^[8]
2020	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Pamela Rabe	Nominated	^[s]	^[8]
2021	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	^[t]	^[9]
2021	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Pamela Rabe	Nominated	^[u]	^[9]

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2014	Most Outstanding Drama	Wentworth (Season 1)	Won	^[10] ^[11]
	Most Outstanding New Talent	Shareena Clanton (Season 1)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Danielle Cormack (Season 1)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Nicole da Silva (Season 1)	Won
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Kris McQuade (Season 1)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor	Aaron Jeffery (Season 1 )	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor	Robbie Magasiva (Season 1)	Nominated
2015	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Danielle Cormack (Season 2)	Won	^[12] ^[13]
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Celia Ireland (Season 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Nicole da Silva (Season 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Pamela Rabe (Season 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor	Aaron Jeffery (Season 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor	Robbie Magasiva (Season 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Drama	Wentworth (Season 2)	Won

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2015	Best Direction in a TV Drama Series	Kevin Carlin for "Into the Night"	Nominated	^[14]
2018	Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series	Fiona Banks for "Belly of the Beast"	Won	^[15]
2020	Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series	Kevin Carlin for "Under Siege: Part 2"	Nominated	^[16]
2022	Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series	Kevin Carlin for "Legacy"	Nominated	^[17]

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2013	Best Editing in a Television Drama	Philip Watts for "No Place Like Home"	Nominated	^[18]
2014	Best Editing in a Television Drama	Ben Joss for "Into the Night"	Nominated	^[19]

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2015	Best Script for a Television Series	Pete McTighe for "Fear Her"	Nominated	^[20]
2015	Best Script for a Television Series	Stuart Page for "The Governor's Pleasure"	Won	^[20]
2016	Best Script for a Television Series	Michael Lucas for "Plan Bea"	Nominated	^[21]
2016	Best Script for a Television Series	Pete McTighe for "Blood and Fire"	Nominated	^[21]
2017	Best Script for a Television Series or Miniseries	Pete McTighe for "Seeing Red"	Nominated	^[22]
2021	Best Script for a Television Series or Miniseries of More Than 4 Hours Duration, Including Original and Adapted Works	Kim Wilson for "The Unknown Terrorist"	Nominated	^[23]

List of awards and nominations received by Wentworth

AACTA Awards

ASTRA Awards

Australian Directors Guild

Australian Screen Editors

Australian Writers' Guild Awards

Equity Ensemble Awards

Logie Awards

National Dreamtime Awards

Screen Producers Australia

TV Tonight Awards

TV Week Honours List

Notes

References

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Honour	Year	Character	Result	Ref
2023	TV Week 100 Greatest Australian TV Characters	Franky Doyle	14th place	^[61]^[62]
		Joan Ferguson	25th place
		Bea Smith	32nd place