# List of awards and nominations received by Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer who has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and seven Golden Globe Awards. She is one of the few performers to have been nominated for the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT).
Tomlin's breakout role was on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973, which earned her one Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She received four nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording, winning once for the 1971 comedy album This Is a Recording. She won her first two Emmy Awards for the 1973 CBS special Lily, in the categories of Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special and Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special.
In 1975, Robert Altman cast Tomlin in the satirical musical film Nashville, who at the time had no prior film experience, having worked exclusively in television. Her performance earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, two Golden Globe Awards including Best Supporting Actress and New Star of the Year, and wins at the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle awards. She had her subsequent film role in The Late Show (1977), which was a critical success, with Tomlin winning the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival and being nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. In 1985, Tomlin starred in the one-woman Broadway show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, written by her long-time life partner, writer/producer Jane Wagner. The production won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, two Drama Desk Awards, a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award. She then won the 1995 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for her voice acting in the animated series The Magic School Bus (1994–97) and had a recurring role in the political drama series The West Wing (1999–2006), that earned her three nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2015, she starred opposite to Jane Fonda in the successful comedy series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022), for which she received four consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
For her lifetime achievements, Tomlin was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, the TCA Career Achievement Award and a medallion at the Kennedy Center Honors.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Nashville | Nominated | |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1976 | Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Nashville | Nominated | |
| 1978 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Late Show | Nominated | |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Daytime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1985 | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program | Pryor's Place | Nominated |
| 1995 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | The Magic School Bus | Won |
| 1996 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | The Magic School Bus | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | The Magic School Bus | Nominated |
| 1998 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | The Magic School Bus | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1971 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Variety Program | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Nominated |
| 1972 | Outstanding Achievement by a Performer in Music or Variety | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Nominated |
| 1973 | Outstanding Achievement by a Performer in Music or Variety | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Nominated |
| 1973 | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music | The Lily Tomlin Show | Nominated |
| 1974 | Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special | Lily (1973 special) | Won |
| 1974 | Best Writing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special | Lily (1973 special) | Won |
| 1975 | Outstanding Special – Comedy-Variety or Music | Lily (1974 special) | Nominated |
| 1975 | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special | Lily (1974 special) | Nominated |
| 1976 | Outstanding Special – Comedy-Variety or Music | Lily Tomlin | Nominated |
| 1976 | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special | Lily Tomlin | Won |
| 1978 | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special | The Paul Simon Special | Won |
| 1981 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Lily: Sold Out | Won |
| 1984 | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Live... And in Person | Nominated |
| 1993 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Nominated |
| 1993 | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Nominated |
| 1994 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special | And the Band Played On | Nominated |
| 1994 | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Growing Up Funny | Nominated |
| 1996 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Nominated |
| 1996 | Outstanding Informational Special | The Celluloid Closet | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Damages | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | An Apology to Elephants | Won |
| 2015 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Grace and Frankie | Nominated |
| 2016 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Grace and Frankie | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Grace and Frankie | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Grace and Frankie | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1972 | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Nashville | Nominated |
| 1976 | New Star of the Year – Actress | Nashville | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | The Late Show | Nominated |
| 1985 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | All of Me | Nominated |
| 1994 | Special Achievement Award for Ensemble Cast (non-competitive) | Short Cuts | Recipient |
| 2016 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Grandma | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical | Grace and Frankie | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1972 | Best Comedy Recording | This Is a Recording | Won |
| 1973 | Best Comedy Recording | And That's the Truth | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Comedy Recording | Modern Scream | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Comedy Recording | On Stage | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Spoken Word Album | The World According to Mr. Rogers | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2003 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | The West Wing | Nominated |
| 2003 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | The West Wing | Nominated |
| 2002 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | The West Wing | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Grace and Frankie | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Grace and Frankie | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Grace and Frankie | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1977 | Special Tony Award | Special Tony Award | Won | |
| 1986 | Best Actress in a Play | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Won | |

## Honours
### Kennedy Center Honors

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Kennedy Center Honors | Honoree | Won | |

### Peabody Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1996 | Area of Excellence | The Celluloid Closet | Won |
| 1996 | Area of Excellence | Edith Ann's Christmas - Just Say Noël | Won |
| 2023 | Career Achievement Award | Honoree | Won |

### Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2003 | Mark Twain Prize | Honoree | Won | |

### Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Life Achievement Award | Honoree | Won | |

## Miscellaneous awards

Awards and nominations received by Lily Tomlin :
| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards | 2016 | — | Actress Defying Age and Ageism | Won |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2005 | I Heart Huckabees | Best Actress | Nominated |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2016 | Grandma | Best Actress | Won |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2022 | Grace and Frankie | Best Actress (TV/Streaming) | Nominated |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2022 | — | Career Achievement Award | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1987 | — | Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1987 | — | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1988 | — | Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1989 | Big Business | Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| American Comedy Awards | 1989 | — | Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic | Nominated |
| American Comedy Awards | 1991 | An Evening with... Friends of the Environment | Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1992 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1994 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| American Comedy Awards | 1994 | Short Cuts | Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1996 | Blue in the Face | Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| American Comedy Awards | 1997 | Flirting with Disaster | Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| American Comedy Awards | 1997 | The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards | Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival Awards | 1977 | The Late Show | Silver Bear for Best Actress | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2007 | A Prairie Home Companion | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2016 | Grandma | Best Actress in a Comedy | Nominated |
| Dorian Awards | 2014 | — | Timeless Star Award | Won |
| Dorian Awards | 2016 | Grace and Frankie | TV Performance of the Year – Actress | Nominated |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1986 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Won |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1986 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Unique Theatrical Experience | Won |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards | 2015 | Grandma | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Gotham Awards | 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Best Ensemble Cast | Nominated |
| Gotham Awards | 2015 | Grandma | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 1992 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Best Female Lead | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 1997 | Flirting with Disaster | Best Supporting Female | Nominated |
| LA Film Festival Awards | 2015 | — | Spirit of Independence Award | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 1975 | Nashville | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards | 1986 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Special Citation | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 1976 | Nashville | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| New York Women in Film & Television Awards | 1985 | — | Muse Award | Won |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | 1986 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Won |
| Provincetown International Film Festival Awards | 2000 | — | Lily Award | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2016 | Grace and Frankie | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1982 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Seattle International Film Festival Awards | 1991 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Best Actress | Won |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | 1979 | Moment by Moment | Worst Actress | Nominated |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | 1979 | Moment by Moment | Worst On-Screen Couple | Won |
| TCA Awards | 2016 | — | TCA Career Achievement Award | Won |
| US Comedy Festival Awards | 2002 | — | Career Tribute | Won |
| Venice Film Festival Awards | 1993 | Short Cuts | Special Volpi Cup for Ensemble Cast | Won |
| Women Film Critics Circle Awards | 2015 | — | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards | 1992 | — | Crystal Award | Won |
| Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards | 2003 | — | Lucy Award | Won |
| Women's Image Network Awards | 2012 | Eastbound & Down | Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| Women's Image Network Awards | 2015 | Grandma | Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film | Won |