Diana Rigg
Honours, Awards and nominations
Rigg received honorary degrees from the University of Stirling in 1988 and the University of Leeds in 1992. Rigg was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1988 New Year Honours and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama in the 1994 Birthday Honours.

Diana Rigg

Section Title: Honours, Awards and nominations
Table Section Text: Rigg received honorary degrees from the University of Stirling in 1988 and the University of Leeds in 1992. Rigg was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1988 New Year Honours and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama in the 1994 Birthday Honours.

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result

1967	Emmy Award	Best Actress in a Drama Series	The Avengers	Nominated

1968	Nominated

1970	Laurel Award	Female New Face	The Assassination Bureau	Nominated

1971	Tony Award	Best Actress in a Play	Abelard and Heloise	Nominated

1972	Golden Globe	Best Supporting Actress (motion picture)	The Hospital	Nominated

1975	Tony Award	Best Actress in a Play	The Misanthrope	Nominated

Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actress in a Play	Nominated

Emmy Award	Best Actress in a TV Movie	In This House of Brede	Nominated

1990	BAFTA TV Award	Best Actress	Mother Love	Won

Broadcasting Press Guild Award	Best Actress	Won

1992	Evening Standard Award	Best Actress	Medea	Won

1994	Olivier Award	Best Actress	Nominated

Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actress in a Play	Nominated

Tony Award	Best Actress in a Play	Won

1996	CableACE Award	Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries	Screen Two (1985) – episode "Genghis Cohn"	Nominated

Olivier Award	Best Actress	Mother Courage	Nominated

Evening Standard Award	Best Actress	Mother Courage and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf	Won

1997	Olivier Award	Best Actress	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf	Nominated

Emmy Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie	Rebecca	Won

1999	Olivier Award	Best Actress	Britannicus and Phedre	Nominated

2000	Special BAFTA Award non-competitive	John Steed's partners shared with Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson and Joanna Lumley.	The Avengers (and The New Avengers)	Awarded

2002	Emmy Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie	Victoria & Albert	Nominated

2013	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Nominated

Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated

2014	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series	Nominated

Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated

2015	Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated

2018	Drama Desk Award	Best Featured Actress in a Musical	My Fair Lady	Nominated

Tony Award	Best Featured Actress in a Musical	Nominated

Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Game of Thrones	Nominated

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Diana Rigg returned to the stage in the play Abelard and Heloïse in 1971, earning the first of three Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Play.

final_sentence: Diana Rigg returned to the stage in the play Abelard and Heloïse in 1971, earning the first of three Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Play.