# List of awards and nominations received by Michelle Pfeiffer

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer is an American actress known for her leading roles in film and television. She has received several awards and nominations throughout her career including a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award as well as prizes from the Berlin Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. She has also received nominations for three Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
For her performances in film, Pfeiffer received three Academy Award nominations, her first for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Madame de Tourvel in the costume drama Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and the next two for Best Actress for her roles as Susie Diamond in the drama The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), and a Dallas housewife in the drama Love Field (1992). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Dangerous Liaisons (1988). She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).
She was further Globe-nominated for playing a gangster's widow in the crime comedy Married to the Mob (1988), a young Soviet woman in the spy film The Russia House (1990), a waitress in love in the romantic comedy Frankie and Johnny (1991), a housewife in Love Field, Countess Olenska in the period romance The Age of Innocence (1993), and a Manhattan heiress in the comedy-drama French Exit (2020). She received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress for playing a self-centered mother in the drama White Oleander (2002). She was also nominated along with the ensemble fo Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture for the musical Hairspray where she played the racist manager of a TV station.
She received the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Actress for Love Field (1992) and the Venice Film Festival's Elvira Notari Prize for The Age of Innocence (1993). Additionally, she has been awarded by a various of film critics associations including, Best Actress awards from the National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, as well as Best Supporting Actress awards from the Kansas City Film Critics Circle and the San Diego Film Critics Society.
In 2017, Pfeiffer received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Ruth Madoff in the HBO television film The Wizard of Lies (2017). That same year, it was announced that she had also received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film nomination for the role. She received a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie nomination for her portrayal of First Lady Betty Ford in the Showtime anthology series The First Lady (2023).

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Winner |
| 1988 | Best Supporting Actress | Dangerous Liaisons | Nominated | Geena Davis, The Accidental Tourist |
| 1989 | Best Actress | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Nominated | Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1992 | Best Actress | Love Field | Nominated | Emma Thompson, Howards End |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1990 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Dangerous Liaisons | Won |
| 1991 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2017 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | The Wizard of Lies | Nominated | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1988 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Married to the Mob | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Won |
| 1990 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | The Russia House | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Frankie and Johnny | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Love Field | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | The Age of Innocence | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Supporting Actress – Television | The Wizard of Lies | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | French Exit | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2002 | Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role | White Oleander | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Hairspray | Nominated | |

## Critics awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2023 | Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie | The First Lady | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 1989 | Best Actress | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Won |
| Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | 2022 | Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series | The First Lady | Nominated |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | 2003 | Best Supporting Actress | White Oleander | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 1989 | Best Actress | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Won |
| National Board of Review Awards | 1989 | Best Actress | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 1989 | Best Actress | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 1989 | Best Actress | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | 2002 | Best Supporting Actress | White Oleander | Won |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Berlin International Film Festival | 1992 | Silver Bear for Best Actress | Love Field | Won |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 1996 | Favorite Actress – Drama | Dangerous Minds | Won |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 1997 | Favorite Actress – Comedy/Romance | One Fine Day | Won |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 2001 | Favorite Actress – Suspense | What Lies Beneath | Won |
| Canadian Screen Award | 2021 | Best Actress | French Exit | Won |
| MTV Movie Awards | 1993 | Best Kiss | Batman Returns (with Michael Keaton) | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | 1993 | Most Desirable Female | Batman Returns | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | 1996 | Most Desirable Female | Dangerous Minds | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | 1996 | Best Female Performance | Dangerous Minds | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1986 | Best Actress | Ladyhawke | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1995 | Best Actress | Wolf | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2001 | Best Actress | What Lies Beneath | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | Stardust | Nominated |
| Venice International Film Festival | 1993 | Elvira Notari prize | The Age of Innocence | Won |