# List of awards and nominations received by The Americans

This is a list of awards and nominations for The Americans, an American period spy drama television series that debuted on FX on January 30, 2013. The series stars Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys and Noah Emmerich.
The series has been nominated for a total of 102 awards, having won 29 of those nominations.

## Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by The Americans :
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| ACE Eddie Awards | 2019 | Best Edited Drama Series for Commercial Television | Daniel A. Valverde (for "START") | Nominated |
| AFI Awards | 2013 | Program of the Year | The Americans | Won |
| AFI Awards | 2014 | Program of the Year | The Americans | Won |
| AFI Awards | 2015 | Program of the Year | The Americans | Won |
| AFI Awards | 2016 | Program of the Year | The Americans | Won |
| AFI Awards | 2018 | Program of the Year | The Americans | Won |
| Artios Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot – Drama | Cami Patton, Christal Karge, Julie Tucker, Ross Meyerson | Nominated |
| Artios Awards | 2017 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Drama | Rori Bergman | Nominated |
| Artios Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Drama | Rori Bergman | Nominated |
| Artios Awards | 2019 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series – Drama | Rori Bergman, Dayna Katz | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2013 | Best Drama Series | The Americans | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2013 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2013 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Noah Emmerich | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2014 | Best Drama Series | The Americans | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2014 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2014 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2014 | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Annet Mahendru | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2015 | Best Drama Series | The Americans | Won |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2015 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2015 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2015 | Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series | Lois Smith | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2016 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2016 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2019 | Best Drama Series | The Americans | Won |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2019 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2019 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Matthew Rhys | Won |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2019 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Noah Emmerich | Won |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2019 | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Holly Taylor | Nominated |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 2019 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series | Chris Long (for "START") | Nominated |
| Dorian Awards | 2019 | TV Performance of the Year – Actor | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2017 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2017 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2019 | Best Television Series – Drama | The Americans | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2019 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2019 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| Golden Reel Awards | 2019 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media | Ken Hahn, Neil Cedar, Gerald Donlan, John Bowen (for "Harvest") | Won |
| Golden Reel Awards | 2019 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Music Score and Musical for Episodic Short Form Broadcast Media | Tass Filipos (for "Harvest") | Nominated |
| Gracie Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Female Actor in a Featured or Guest Role | Margo Martindale | Won |
| HPA Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Sound – Television | Ken Hahn, Neil Cedar, James David Redding III (for "Mutually Assured Destruction") | Nominated |
| Peabody Awards | 2014 | Entertainment | Fox Television Studios and FX Productions | Honored |
| Peabody Awards | 2018 | Entertainment | Fox Television Studios and FX Productions | Honored |
| People's Choice Awards | 2017 | Favorite Cable TV Drama | The Americans | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Joshua Brand (for "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?") | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Drama Series | The Americans | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Keri Russell (for "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears") | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Matthew Rhys (for "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears") | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Joel Fields, Joe Weisberg (for "Persona Non Grata") | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2017 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Keri Russell (for "Dyatkovo") | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2017 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Matthew Rhys (for "Crossbreed") | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2017 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Joel Fields, Joe Weisberg (for "The Soviet Division") | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Drama Series | The Americans | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Keri Russell (for "The Summit") | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Matthew Rhys (for "START") | Won |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Joel Fields, Joe Weisberg (for "START") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Margo Martindale (for "The Colonel") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | Nathan Barr | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Margo Martindale (for "Behind the Red Door") | Nominated |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Margo Martindale (for "I Am Abassin Zadran") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Margo Martindale (for "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears") | Won |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2017 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Alison Wright (for "The Soviet Division") | Nominated |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama | Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Chris Long, Graham Yost, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Stephen Schiff, Mary Rae Thewlis, Tracey Scott Wilson, Peter Ackerman, Joshua Brand | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Best Television Series, Drama | The Americans | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Best Actress in a Series, Drama | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Margo Martindale | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2015 | Best Actress in a Series, Drama | Keri Russell | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2017 | Best Television Series, Drama | The Americans | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2017 | Best Actor in a Series, Drama | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2017 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Alison Wright | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2018 | Best Actress in a Series, Drama | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2018 | Best Actor in a Series, Drama | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2014 | Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series | The Americans | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2014 | Best Actress in a Television Series | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2015 | Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series | Holly Taylor | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2019 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Anthony Arkin, Scott Cohen, Brandon J. Dirden, Noah Emmerich, Laurie Holden, Margo Martindale, Matthew Rhys, Costa Ronin, Keri Russell, Keidrich Sellati, Miriam Shor, Holly Taylor | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2013 | Program of the Year | The Americans | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2013 | Outstanding New Program | The Americans | Won |
| TCA Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | The Americans | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2013 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2014 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | The Americans | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2014 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2015 | Program of the Year | The Americans | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | The Americans | Won |
| TCA Awards | 2015 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2016 | Program of the Year | The Americans | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | The Americans | Won |
| TCA Awards | 2016 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2017 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | The Americans | Nominated |
| TCA Awards | 2018 | Program of the Year | The Americans | Won |
| TCA Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | The Americans | Won |
| TCA Awards | 2018 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Keri Russell | Won |
| TCA Awards | 2018 | Individual Achievement in Drama | Matthew Rhys | Nominated |
| TV Guide Awards | 2013 | Favorite New Series | The Americans | Nominated |
| Women's Image Awards | 2013 | Actress Drama Series | Keri Russell | Nominated |
| Women's Image Awards | 2016 | Drama Series | The Americans | Nominated |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2014 | Television: New Series | Michael Batistick, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Melissa James Gibson, Sneha Koorse, Joe Weisberg, Bradford Winters | Nominated |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2016 | Television: Dramatic Series | Peter Ackerman, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Lara Shapiro, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson, Stuart Zicherman | Nominated |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2017 | Television: Dramatic Series | Peter Ackerman, Tanya Barfield, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson | Won |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2018 | Television: Dramatic Series | Peter Ackerman, Hilary Bettis, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson | Nominated |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2018 | Television: Episodic Drama | Joel Fields, Joe Weisberg (for "The Soviet Division") | Nominated |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2019 | Television: Dramatic Series | Peter Ackerman, Hilary Bettis, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Sarah Nolen, Stephen Schiff, Justin Weinberger, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson | Won |
| Young Artist Awards | 2015 | Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actor | Keidrich Sellati | Nominated |
| Young Artist Awards | 2015 | Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress | Holly Taylor | Won |