# List of awards and nominations received by Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston is an American actress and filmmaker who has received numerous accolades throughout her career. Huston had her breakthrough role in the black comedy film Prizzi's Honor (1985), which won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the third generation of her family to win an Oscar, following her father John and grandfather Walter Huston. For Prizzi's Honor, she was also nominated for a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) and a Golden Globe Award. She received two additional Academy Award nominations for Enemies, A Love Story (1989) and The Grifters (1990), in the Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress categories, respectively. For her performances in the Woody Allen–directed films Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), she received two BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role nominations. She was also praised for her portrayal of the Grand High Witch in Roald Dahl's film adaptation The Witches (1990), earning a Saturn Award for Best Actress nomination, and for her interpretation of Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993), receiving two nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Huston made her directorial debut with the film Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), for which she earned nominations for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie. Her other television performances include the miniseries Iron Jawed Angels (2004), that won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film, and Lonesome Dove (1989), The Mists of Avalon (2001), and Medium (2008–2009), for all of which she was nominated at the Primetime Emmy Awards.

## Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Anjelica Huston :
| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| Academy Awards | 1986 | Prizzi's Honor | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Academy Awards | 1990 | Enemies, A Love Story | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 1991 | The Grifters | Best Actress | Nominated |
| American Comedy Awards | 1994 | Addams Family Values | Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| Audie Awards | 2020 | More Bedtime Stories from Cynics | Humor | Won |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 1999 | Ever After | Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama/Romance | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | 1986 | Prizzi's Honor | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | 1991 | The Grifters and The Witches | Best Actress | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Best Cast | Runner-up |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1986 | Prizzi's Honor | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1991 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| British Academy Film Awards | 1995 | Manhattan Murder Mystery | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 1991 | The Grifters | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Chlotrudis Awards | 1999 | — | Chloe Award | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2005 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2016 | Transparent | Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 1997 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials | Nominated |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | 2003 | Barbie as Rapunzel | Best Animated Character Performance | Won |
| Golden Apple Awards | 1998 | — | Female Star of the Year | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1986 | Prizzi's Honor | Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1990 | Lonesome Dove | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1991 | The Grifters | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1992 | The Addams Family | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1994 | Addams Family Values | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1994 | Family Pictures | Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1996 | The Crossing Guard | Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2005 | Iron Jawed Angels | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Won |
| Gracie Awards | 2013 | Smash | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Won |
| Hasty Pudding Theatricals Awards | 2003 | — | Woman of the Year | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 1988 | The Dead | Best Supporting Female | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 1991 | The Grifters | Best Female Lead | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2012 | 50/50 | Best Supporting Female | Nominated |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | 1989 | Enemies, A Love Story | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Locarno Film Festival Awards | 2008 | — | Excellence Award | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 1989 | Enemies, A Love Story | Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 1990 | The Grifters and The Witches | Best Actress | Won |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 1992 | The Addams Family | Best Kiss | Nominated |
| National Board of Review Awards | 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 1986 | Prizzi's Honor | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 1988 | The Dead | Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 1990 | Enemies, A Love Story | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 1991 | The Grifters and The Witches | Best Actress | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 1986 | Prizzi's Honor | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 1988 | The Dead | Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 1991 | The Grifters | Best Actress | Runner-up |
| New York Women in Film & Television Awards | 1999 | — | Muse Award | Won |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 1989 | Lonesome Dove | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 1995 | Buffalo Girls | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 1997 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2002 | The Mists of Avalon | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2004 | Iron Jawed Angels | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2008 | Medium | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| San Francisco International Film Festival Awards | 1991 | — | Piper-Heidsieck Award | Won |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival Awards | 1999 | — | Donostia Award | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2002 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2005 | Iron Jawed Angels | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2008 | Choke | Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1991 | The Witches | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1994 | Addams Family Values | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1999 | Ever After | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1996 | The Crossing Guard | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1996 | Buffalo Girls | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Nominated |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2002 | The Mists of Avalon | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Nominated |
| ShoWest Awards | 1990 | — | Female Star of the Year | Won |
| Sundance Film Festival Awards | 2008 | Choke | Special Jury Prize for Work by an Ensemble Cast | Won |
| Taormina International Film Festival Awards | 2004 | — | Taormina Arte Award | Won |
| Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival Awards | 2000 | — | Maverick Award | Won |
| Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards | 1996 | — | Crystal Award | Won |