# List of awards and nominations received by Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah is a South African comedian and talk show host. Over his career he has received two Primetime Emmy Awards (out of 20 nominations) as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Grammy Awards.
Noah gained notoriety as a correspondent on the Comedy Central political satire talk series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2014 to 2015 before replacing Stewart and hosting the show from 2015 to 2022. After five nominations, he ultimately won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards. He also received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Between the Scenes in 2017.
For his work as a standup comedian, he has received two nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia (2020) and Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2024). For the later, he was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded).

## Major associations
### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2017 | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Between the Scenes | Won |
| 2018 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Interactive Program | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Between the Scenes | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Interactive Program | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Between the Scenes | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2021 | Outstanding Variety Special (Live) | 63rd Annual Grammy Awards | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Between the Scenes | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Variety Special (Live) | 64th Annual Grammy Awards | Nominated |
| 2023 | Outstanding Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2023 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2023 | Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) | Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Variety Special (Live) | 66th Annual Grammy Awards | Nominated |
| 2024 | Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) | Trevor Noah: Where Was I | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2023 | Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television | Trevor Noah: Where Was I | Nominated | |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2020 | Best Comedy Album | Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Best Comedy Album | Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would | Nominated | |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2021 | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | Television Academy Honor | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2024 | Astra Awards | Best Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2019 | Critics' Choice Real TV Awards | Best Late-Night Talk Show | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | Critics' Choice Real TV Awards | Male Star of The Year | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | Critics' Choice Real TV Awards | Best Short Form Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Between the Scenes | Nominated |
| 2021 | Critics' Choice Real TV Awards | Male Star of The Year | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2022 | Critics' Choice Real TV Awards | Male Star of The Year | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2022 | Critics' Choice Real TV Awards | Best Show Host | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2016 | Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Talk Show | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Comedy Special | Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia | Nominated |
| 2023 | Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Comedy Special | Trevor Noah: Where Was I | Nominated |
| 2019 | Dorian Awards | TV Current Affairs Show of the Year | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | Dorian Awards | Best Current Affairs Program | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | Dorian Awards | Wilde Wit Award | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2022 | Dorian Awards | Best Current Affairs Program | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2023 | Dorian Awards | Best Current Affairs Program | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2023 | Erasmus Prize | Erasmus Prize | Himself | Won |
| 2017 | GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2018 | GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2018 | GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode | The Opposition with Jordan Klepper | Nominated |
| 2020 | GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2021 | GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2022 | GLAAD Media Award | Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2021 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Variety Series, Talk Show, or Comedy/Variety Special | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2022 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Variety Series, Talk Show, or Comedy/Variety Special | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2014 | MTV Africa Music Awards | Personality of the Year | Himself | Nominated |
| 2015 | MTV Africa Music Awards | Personality of the Year | Himself | Won |
| 2017 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Host | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2019 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Host | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2021 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Talk/Topical Show | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2022 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Talk/Topical Show | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2016 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2016 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Variety (Series or Special) | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2016 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Host in a Variety (Series or Special) | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2017 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto-biography | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2017 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2018 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2018 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2019 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2019 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2019 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2019 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Variety (Series or Special) | Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia | Nominated |
| 2020 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2021 | NAACP Image Awards | Entertainer of the Year | Entertainer of the Year | Nominated |
| 2021 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2021 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2021 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Short-Form Series – Reality/Nonfiction | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Between the Scenes | Won |
| 2022 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2022 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Host in a Reality/Competition, Game Show or Variety | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2022 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Short-Form Series (Drama or Comedy) | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Between the Scenes | Won |
| 2023 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special) | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Won |
| 2023 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Host in a Reality/Competition, Game Show or Variety | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2023 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Between the Scenes | Won |
| 2024 | National Film and Television Awards | Celebrity Personality of the Year | Celebrity Personality of the Year | Won |
| 2017 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award | Favourite African Star | Himself | Won |
| 2018 | People's Choice Awards | The Nighttime Talk Show of 2018 | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2019 | People's Choice Awards | The Nighttime Talk Show of 2019 | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | People's Choice Awards | The Nighttime Talk Show of 2020 | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2021 | People's Choice Awards | The Nighttime Talk Show of 2021 | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2022 | People's Choice Awards | The Nighttime Talk Show of 2022 | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2023 | People's Choice Awards | The Comedy Act of the Year | Off the Record | Nominated |
| 2018 | Producers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2019 | Producers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2020 | Producers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2021 | Producers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2022 | Producers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2012 | South African Comics' Choice Award | Comic of the Year | Comic of the Year | Won |
| 2014 | South African Comics' Choice Award | Comic of the Year | Comic of the Year | Nominated |
| 2020 | TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows | The Daily Show | Nominated |
| 2021 | TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch | The Daily Show | Nominated |
| 2017 | Thurber House | American Humor | Born a Crime | Won |
| 2016 | Writers Guild of America Award | Comedy/Variety – Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2018 | Writers Guild of America Award | Comedy/Variety – Talk Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Nominated |
| 2017 | Zora Neale Hurston Award | Zora Neale Hurston Award | Born a Crime | Won |

## Special recognitions

* 2017 – "The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media" by The Hollywood Reporter
* 2018 - "The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media" by The Hollywood Reporter
* 2018 – Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.