# List of awards and nominations received by Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor was a British and American actress who received numerous accolades throughout her career and is considered to be one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema, with the American Film Institute naming her the seventh-greatest female screen legend in American film history.
In her six decades-long acting career, Taylor received five nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the films Raintree County (1957), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), BUtterfield 8 (1960), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), winning for these last two features. Her performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? also earned her the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress, the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Taylor was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Suddenly, Last Summer in 1960. Her other acclaimed performances include Hammersmith Is Out (1972), which won her the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival, and The Taming of the Shrew (1967) and Zee and Co. (1972), for which she received two David di Donatello Awards for Best Foreign Actress. Taylor made her Broadway debut in a 1981 revival of the Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes, which earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and wins at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and the Theatre World Awards.
For her lifetime achievements, Taylor was honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award, the BAFTA Fellowship, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and a medallion at the Kennedy Center Honors. Her humanitarian commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS was also recognized with several honors, including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy Awards, the GLAAD Vanguard Award, and the Presidential Citizens Medal.

## Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Elizabeth Taylor :
| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| Academy Awards | 1958 | Raintree County | Best Actress | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 1959 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Best Actress | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 1960 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Best Actress | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 1961 | BUtterfield 8 | Best Actress | Won | |
| Academy Awards | 1967 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Best Actress | Won | |
| Berlin International Film Festival | 1972 | Hammersmith Is Out | Silver Bear for Best Actress | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1959 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Best Foreign Actress | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1967 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Best British Actress | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1968 | The Taming of the Shrew | Best British Actress | Nominated | |
| David di Donatello | 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Best Foreign Actress | Won | |
| David di Donatello | 1972 | Zee and Co. | Best Foreign Actress | Won | |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1981 | The Little Foxes | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Nominated | |
| Golden Apple Awards | 1985 | — | Female Star of the Year | Won | [11] [12] |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1960 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1961 | BUtterfield 8 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1967 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1974 | Ash Wednesday | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated | |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 1995 | The Flintstones | Worst Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| National Board of Review | 1967 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Best Actress | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 1967 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Best Actress | Won | |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | 1981 | The Little Foxes | Outstanding Debut Performance | Won | |
| Tony Awards | 1981 | The Little Foxes | Best Actress in a Play | Nominated | |

### Honorary awards

Awards and nominations received by Elizabeth Taylor :
| Organization | Year | Category | Result |
| Academy Awards | 1993 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Won |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2012 | Humanitarian Activism Award | Won |
| American Academy of Achievement | 1985 | Golden Plate Award | Won |
| American Film Institute | 1993 | AFI Life Achievement Award | Won |
| Britannia Awards | 2005 | Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1999 | BAFTA Fellowship | Won |
| British Film Institute | 2000 | BFI Fellowship | Won |
| David di Donatello | 1960 | Golden Plate | Won |
| Film at Lincoln Center | 1986 | Gala Tribute | Won |
| GLAAD Media Awards | 2000 | Vanguard Award | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1957 | Special Achievement | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1974 | World Film Favorite – Female | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1985 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Won |
| Hasty Pudding Theatricals | 1977 | Woman of the Year | Won |
| Kennedy Center Honors | 2002 | Honoree | Won |
| Presidential Citizens Medal | 2001 | Honoree | Won |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1998 | Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award | Won |
| Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival | 2001 | Maverick Award | Won |
| Theatre World Awards | 1981 | Special Award | Won |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 2011 | Acting and Activism | Won |
| Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards | 1985 | Crystal Award | Won |
| Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards | 2011 | Humanitarian Award | Won |