# List of awards and nominations received by Annette Bening

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by American actress Annette Bening.
Annette Bening is an American actress known for her roles on stage and screen. Over her distinguished career she has received numerous competitive accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, one British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for five Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards.
She has received five Academy Award nominations for her roles as a con artist in the crime thriller The Grifters (1990), a suburban woman engaging in an affair in the drama American Beauty (1999), a theatre actress in the comedy-drama Being Julia (2004), an alcoholic lesbian in the independent drama The Kids Are All Right (2010), and Diana Nyad in the sports drama Nyad (2023). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for American Beauty and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for Being Julia and The Kids Are All Right.
For her roles on television, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her portrayal of a headmistress Jean Harris in the HBO television film Mrs. Harris (2006). For her performances on the Broadway stage she earned Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play for playing a young photographer in the Tina Howe play Coastal Disturbances (1987), and for Best Actress in a Play for her role as a mother in denial in the revival of the Arthur Miller play All My Sons (2019).
Among her various honorary accolades, Bening received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was awarded the Ibsen Centennial Commemoration Award, both in 2006. She was awarded the Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence at the San Diego International Film Festival in 2016 and received the AARP Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award in 2019.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1990 | Best Supporting Actress | The Grifters | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Actress | American Beauty | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Actress | Being Julia | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Actress | Nyad | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1991 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | The Grifters | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | American Beauty | Won |
| 2010 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1991 | Best Actress – Drama | Bugsy | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Actress – Comedy or Musical | The American President | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Actress – Drama | American Beauty | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Actress – Comedy or Musical | Being Julia | Won |
| 2006 | Best Actress – Comedy or Musical | Running with Scissors | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Mrs. Harris | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Actress – Comedy or Musical | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| 2016 | Best Actress – Comedy or Musical | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | The Report | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Actress – Drama | Nyad | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2006 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Mrs. Harris | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role | American Beauty | Won |
| 1999 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | American Beauty | Won |
| 2004 | Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role | Being Julia | Nominated |
| 2006 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Mrs. Harris | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| 2023 | Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role | Nyad | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1987 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Coastal Disturbances | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Best Actress in a Play | All My Sons | Nominated | |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| American Comedy Awards | 1996 | Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture | The American President | Nominated |
| American Comedy Awards | 2000 | Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture | American Beauty | Won |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 1999 | Favorite Actress – Suspense | The Siege | Nominated |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 2000 | Favorite Actress – Drama | American Beauty | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2004 | Best Actress | Being Julia | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2016 | Best Actress | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2016 | Best Acting Ensemble | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Dorian Awards | 2011 | Film Performance of the Year | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 2009 | Worst Actress (shared with Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith and Meg Ryan) | The Women | Nominated |
| Gotham Awards | 2010 | Best Ensemble Performance | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Gotham Awards | 2016 | Best Actress | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Hollywood Film Festival | 2004 | Best Actress of the Year | Being Julia | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2010 | Best Female Lead | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2016 | Best Female Lead | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Irish Film & Television Awards | 2011 | Best International Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| Irish Film & Television Awards | 2024 | Best International Actress | Nyad | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards | 1992 | Best Kiss (shared with Warren Beatty) | Bugsy | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2000 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | American Beauty | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2003 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Open Range | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2004 | Best Actress – Musical or Comedy | Being Julia | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2006 | Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film | Mrs. Harris | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2006 | Best Actress - Musical or Comedy | Running with Scissors | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2010 | Best Actress - Musical or Comedy | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2017 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | 20th Century Women | Nominated |

## Critics associations

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2010 | Women's Image Award | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2010 | Actress Defying Age and Ageism | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2016 | Actress Defying Age and Ageism | 20th Century Women | Won |
| Astra TV Awards | 2024 | Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie | Apples Never Fall | Nominated |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2016 | Best Actress | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Bangkok International Film Festival | 2005 | Best Actress | Being Julia | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 2004 | Best Actress | Being Julia | 2nd Place |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | 2nd Place |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1990 | Most Promising Actress | Valmont | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1992 | Best Actress | Bugsy | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1999 | Best Actress | American Beauty | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 1991 | Best Supporting Actress | The Grifters | 2nd Place |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2004 | Best Actress | Being Julia | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2016 | Best Actress | 20th Century Women | 5th Place |
| Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | 2016 | Best Actress | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | 2016 | Best Ensemble | 20th Century Women | Won |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2016 | Best Actress | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2016 | Best Ensemble | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society Award | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| London Film Critics Circle Awards | 1992 | Newcomer of the Year | Valmont / Guilty by Suspicion The Grifters / Postcards from the Edge | Won |
| London Film Critics Circle Awards | 1999 | Best Actress | American Beauty | Won |
| London Film Critics Circle Awards | 2004 | Actress of the Year | Being Julia | Nominated |
| London Film Critics Circle Awards | 2010 | Actress of the Year | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 1990 | Best Supporting Actress | The Grifters | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 2011 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | 2nd Place |
| National Cowboy & Western Heritage | 2004 | Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture | Open Range | Won |
| National Board of Review Awards | 2004 | Best Actress | Being Julia | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Award | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 1999 | Best Cast | American Beauty | Won |
| Online Film Critics Society | 1999 | Best Actress | American Beauty | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 1999 | Best Actress | American Beauty | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2016 | Best Actress | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2016 | Best Ensemble | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards | 2016 | Best Actress | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2004 | Best Actress | Being Julia | Won |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| Series Mania | 2024 | Best Actress Award | Apples Never Fall | Won |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 2006 | Best Actress | Running with Scissors | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award | 2004 | Best Actress | Being Julia | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award | 2010 | Best Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award | 2010 | Best Ensemble | The Kids Are All Right | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award | 2016 | Best Actress | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award | 2016 | Best Ensemble | 20th Century Women | Nominated |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 2010 | Best Comedic Actress | The Kids Are All Right | Won |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 2014 | Women's Work/Best Ensemble | Ginger & Rosa | Nominated |
| Women's Image Network Award | 2014 | Actress Feature Film | The Face of Love | Nominated |

## Honorary awards

| Organizations | Year | Award | Result |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2005 | Montecito Award | Honored |
| Ibsen Centennial Commemoration Award. | 2006 | Statue | Honored |
| Hollywood Walk of Fame | 2006 | Inducted | Honored |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2011 | American Riviera Award | Honored |
| Elle Women in Hollywood Awards | 2014 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored |
| San Diego International Film Festival | 2016 | Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence | Honored |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2019 | Career Achievement Award | Honored |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2024 | Arlington Award | Honored |
| Hasty Pudding Theatricals' | 2024 | Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year | Honored |
| Costume Designers Guild | 2024 | Spotlight Award | Honored |