# List of awards and nominations received by Emma Thompson

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Emma Thompson.
Dame Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter known for her roles on stage and screen. She has received several awards throughout her career including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and one Primetime Emmy Award. She was made a Dame Commander Order of the British Empire (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2018 for her services to drama.
She is the only person in Academy Award history to win for both acting and writing, she won the Best Actress for playing Margaret Schlegel in the Merchant Ivory period drama Howards End (1992) and Best Adapted Screenplay for the Ang Lee directed Sense and Sensibility (1995). She is also one of 12 actors to have received two acting nominations in the same year. She was Oscar-nominated for playing a housemaid in The Remains of the Day (1993), Gareth Peirce in In the Name of the Father (1993), and Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995).
For her work on television, she has received seven Emmy Award nominations, winning Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her guest spot on Ellen (1998). She was Emmy-nominated for playing professor with cancer in the HBO film Wit (2001), various roles in the HBO miniseries Angels in America (2003), a former lover in the BBC film The Song of Lunch (2010), Mrs. Lovett in a taping of Sweeney Todd: Live from Lincoln Center (2014), and as a host of Saturday Night Live (2019). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for Fortunes of War / Tutti Frutti (1987).

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1992 | Best Actress | Howards End | Won |
| 1993 | Best Actress | The Remains of the Day | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Supporting Actress | In the Name of the Father | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Actress | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Sense and Sensibility | Won |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1992 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Howards End | Won |
| 1993 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Remains of the Day | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| 1995 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Love Actually | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nominated |
| British Academy Television Awards |||||
| 1987 | Best Actress | Fortunes of War / Tutti Frutti | Won |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1998 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Ellen (episode: "Emma") | Won |
| 2001 | Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie | Wit | Nominated |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated | Wit |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | 2004 | Angels in America | Nominated |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | 2012 | The Song of Lunch | Nominated |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | 2015 | Sweeney Todd: Live from Lincoln Center | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Saturday Night Live ("Emma Thompson/Jonas Brothers") | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1993 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Howards End | Won |
| 1994 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | The Remains of the Day | Nominated |
| 1994 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | In the Name of the Father | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Junior | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| 2002 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Wit | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Last Chance Harvey | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Late Night | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1994 | Best Spoken Word Album | Howards End | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Best Spoken Word Album for Children | Nanny McPhee Returns | Nominated | |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1991 | Best Supporting Female | Impromptu | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Best Female Lead | Much Ado About Nothing | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1995 | Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated |
| 1995 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Wit | Nominated |
| 2003 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Angels in America | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | An Education | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |

## Critics awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2023 | Best Actress | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nominated |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2022 | Best Joint Lead Performance | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 1995 | Best Actress | Sense and Sensibility / Carrington | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 1995 | Best Screenplay | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2001 | Best Actress in a Picture Made for Television | Wit | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2006 | Best Supporting Actress | Stranger than Fiction | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2019 | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Years and Years | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1992 | Best Actress | Howards End | Won |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Hollywood Critics Association | 2022 | Best Actress (Midseason Awards) | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 1992 | Best Actress | Howards End | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 1993 | Best Actress | The Remains of the Day | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 1993 | Best Supporting Actress | In the Name of the Father | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 1996 | Best British Screenwriter | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2003 | Best British Supporting Actress | Love Actually | Won |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2006 | Best British Supporting Actress | Stranger than Fiction | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2008 | Best British Supporting Actress | Brideshead Revisited | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2013 | Best British Actress of the Year | Beautiful Creatures, Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 1992 | Best Actress | Howards End | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 1995 | Best Screenplay | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| National Board of Review | 1992 | Best Actress | Howards End | Won |
| National Board of Review | 1995 | Best Actress | Carrington / Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| National Board of Review | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1992 | Best Actress | Howards End | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 1992 | Best Actress | Howards End | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 1995 | Best Screenplay | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| North Carolina Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Cast | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | 1992 | Best Actress | Howards End | Won |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| WDCAFC Awards | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award | 2022 | Best Actress | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award | 2022 | Best Daring Performance | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Won |
| Annie Award | 2002 | Voice Acting in a Feature | Treasure Planet | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Award | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 1992 | Best Actress | Howards End | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 1995 | Best Screenplay | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2022 | Best European Actress | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Won |
| Empire Awards | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Won |
| European Film Awards | 1997 | Best Actress | The Winter Guest | Nominated |
| Gold Derby Award | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| IGN Award | 2013 | Best Movie Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| National Board of Review | 1992 | Best Actress | Howards End | Won |
| National Board of Review | 1995 | Best Actress | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| National Board of Review | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2001 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Wit | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2003 | Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Angels in America | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2003 | Best Supporting Actress | Love Actually | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | Brideshead Revisited | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2006 | Best Supporting Actress | Stranger than Fiction | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2013 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Nominated |
| Venice International Film Festival | 1997 | Best Actress | The Winter Guest | Won |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 1995 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| Attenborough UK Film Award | 2013 | Best On Screen Duo | Saving Mr. Banks | Won |
| Kermode Award | 2014 | Best Actress | Saving Mr. Banks | Won |