# List of awards and nominations received by Rita Moreno

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Rita Moreno.
Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer. With a career spanning nearly 80 years in the entertainment industry, Moreno is one of a few individuals to have won the four major annual American entertainment awards: an EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony). She also received a Golden Globe Award, and Peabody Award as well as nominations for a British Academy Film Award.
Moreno won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her iconic performance as Anita in the musical film West Side Story (1961). She also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. For work on television, she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest roles on The Muppets (1977), and The Rockford Files (1978). For playing Googie Gomez in the Broadway play The Ritz she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She reprised the role in the 1976 film adaptation for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She won the Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album for The Electric Company (1973).
She is also one of the few performers who have achieved the "Triple Crown of Acting", with individual competitive Academy, Emmy, and Tony awards for acting; she, Helen Hayes, and Viola Davis are the only three who have achieved both distinctions in their lifetimes. She has won numerous honors including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, the National Medal of Arts in 2009, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2015, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2018.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1961 | Best Supporting Actress | West Side Story | Won | |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| British Academy Film Award |||||
| 1976 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Ritz | Nominated | |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Award |||||
| 1975 | Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music | Out to Lunch | Nominated |
| 1977 | Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music | The Muppet Show | Won |
| 1978 | Outstanding Single Appearance in a Series | The Rockford Files | Won |
| 1979 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | The Rockford Files | Nominated |
| 1982 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Portrait of a Showgirl | Nominated |
| 1983 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | 9 to 5 | Nominated |
| Daytime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1982 | Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming | CBS Library | Nominated |
| 1995 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? | Nominated |
| 1996 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1961 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | West Side Story | Won |
| 1976 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | The Ritz | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | 9 to 5 | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Grammy Awards |||||
| 1962 | Album of the Year | West Side Story | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Album for Children | The Electric Company | Won |
| Latin Grammy Award |||||
| 2012 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Life Achievement Award | Life Achievement Award | Won | |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1975 | Best Supporting or Featured Actress in a Play | The Ritz | Won | |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| ALMA Awards | 1998 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Oz | Won |
| ALMA Awards | 1998 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| ALMA Awards | 1999 | Best Actress | Slums of Beverly Hills | Nominated |
| ALMA Awards | 1999 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Oz | Won |
| ALMA Awards | 2000 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Oz | Nominated |
| ALMA Awards | 2001 | Best Actress in a Television Series | Oz | Nominated |
| ALMA Awards | 2002 | Best Actress in a Television Series | Oz | Won |
| CableACE Awards | 1997 | Best Actress in a Dramatic Series | Oz | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | West Side Story | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2017 | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | One Day at a Time | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2018 | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | One Day at a Time | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2021 | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | One Day at a Time | Nominated |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1975 | Outstanding Actress in a Play | The Ritz | Nominated |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1977 | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | She Loves Me | Nominated |
| Imagen Foundation Awards | 2012 | Happily Divorced | Best Actress on Television | Nominated |
| Imagen Foundation Awards | 2017 | Best Supporting Actress on Television | One Day at a Time | Nominated |
| Imagen Foundation Awards | 2018 | Best Supporting Actress on Television | One Day at a Time | Nominated |
| Imagen Foundation Awards | 2019 | Best Supporting Actress on Television | One Day at a Time | Won |
| Laurel Awards | 1962 | Top Female Supporting Performance | West Side Story | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | West Side Story (2021) | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 1999 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Oz | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2000 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Oz | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2003 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Oz | Nominated |
| Online Film & TV Awards | 1998 | Best Actress in a Cable Series | Oz | Nominated |
| Online Film & TV Awards | 1998 | Best Ensemble in a Cable Series | Oz | Nominated |
| Online Film & TV Awards | 1999 | Best Actress in a Cable Series | Oz | Nominated |
| Online Film & TV Awards | 1999 | Best Ensemble in a Cable Series | Oz | Nominated |
| Online Film & TV Awards | 2015 | Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Jane the Virgin | Won |
| Online Film & TV Awards | 2017 | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | One Day at a Time | Nominated |
| Online Film & TV Awards | 2017 | Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series | One Day at a Time | Nominated |
| Online Film & TV Awards | 2017 | Television Hall of Fame: Actors | Television Hall of Fame: Actors | Won |
| Sarah Siddons Award | 1985 | Distinguished Performance | The Odd Couple | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 1998 | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Oz | Nominated |

## Honorary awards and citations

| Organizations | Year | Notes | Result |
| Joseph Jefferson Award | 1968 | Best Chicago Theatre Actress | Honored |
| Hollywood Walk of Fame | 1995 | Motion Picture Star | Honored |
| Library of Congress | 2000 | Living Legends Award | Honored |
| International Latin Music Hall of Fame | 2001 | Special Recognition Award | Honored |
| Presidential Medal of Freedom | 2004 | Medal | Honored |
| National Medal of Arts | 2009 | Medal | Honored |
| Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors | 2010 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored |
| Latin Grammy Awards | 2012 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2013 | Life Achievement Award | Honored |
| Kennedy Center Honors | 2015 | Medal | Honored |
| Berklee College of Music | 2016 | Honorary doctorate of music | Honored |
| Ellis Island Medal of Honor | 2018 | Medal | Honored |
| Peabody Awards | 2019 | Career Achievement Award | Honored |
| Rose Parade | 2020 | Grand Marshal | Honored |
| BBC News | 2022 | BBC 100 Women | Honored |
| Dorian Awards | 2022 | Timeless Star | Honored |