List of accolades received by The Help (film)

Table columns:
Award
Date
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result

Table rows:
cells: 84th Academy Awards[1]
February 26, 2012
Best Picture
Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
Nominated
cells: Best Actress
Viola Davis
Nominated
cells: Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer
Won
cells: Jessica Chastain
Nominated
cells: African American Film Critics Association Awards[2]
December 12, 2011
Best Picture
Nominated
cells: Best Actress
Viola Davis
Won
cells: Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer
Won
cells: American Film Institute[3]
Movies of the Year (1 of 10 listed)
Won
cells: Art Directors Guild[4]
February 4, 2012
Period Film
Mark Ricker (Production Designer)
Nominated
cells: BET Awards
July 1, 2012
Best Movie
Won
cells: Best Actress
Viola Davis
Won
cells: Black Film Critics Circle[5]
December 20, 2011
Best Picture
Won
cells: Best Actress
Viola Davis
Won
cells: Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer
Won
cells: Best Adapted Screenplay
Tate Taylor
Won
cells: Best Ensemble
Won
cells: 65th British Academy Film Awards
February 12, 2012
Best Film
Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
Nominated
cells: Best Actress
Viola Davis
Nominated
cells: Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain
Nominated
cells: Octavia Spencer
Won
cells: Best Adapted Screenplay
Tate Taylor
Nominated
cells: BMI Film & TV Awards[6]
May 17, 2012
Film Music Award
Thomas Newman
Won
cells: Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards[7]
January 12, 2012
Best Picture
Nominated
cells: Best Actress
Viola Davis
Won
cells: Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain
Nominated
cells: Octavia Spencer
Won
cells: Best Acting Ensemble
Won
cells: Best Adapted Screenplay
Tate Taylor
Nominated
cells: Best Costume Design
Sharen Davis
Nominated
cells: Best Song
"The Living Proof"
Nominated
cells: Chicago Film Critics Association[8]
December 19, 2011
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer
Nominated
cells: Most Promising Filmmaker
Tate Taylor
Nominated
cells: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[9]
December 16, 2011
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer
Nominated
cells: Detroit Film Critics Society Awards[10]
December 11, 2011
Best Actress
Viola Davis
Nominated
cells: Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer
Nominated
cells: Best Ensemble
Nominated
cells: Breakthrough Performance
Jessica Chastain (also for Take Shelter and The Tree of Life)
Won
cells: Golden Globe Awards[11]
January 15, 2012
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Nominated
cells: Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Viola Davis
Nominated
cells: Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Jessica Chastain
Nominated
cells: Octavia Spencer
Won
cells: Best Original Song
"The Living Proof" (Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas)
Nominated
cells: Hollywood Film Festival[12]
Ensemble of the Year
Won
cells: Hollywood Breakthrough Award
Jessica Chastain
Won
cells: Houston Film Critics Society Awards[13]
December 13, 2011
Best Picture
Nominated
cells: Best Actress
Viola Davis
Nominated
cells: Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain
Nominated
cells: Octavia Spencer
Nominated
cells: Best Song
"The Living Proof"
Nominated
cells: London Film Critics Circle[14]
January 19, 2012
Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain
Nominated
cells: Octavia Spencer
Nominated
cells: Los Angeles Film Critics Association
December 11, 2011
Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain (also for Coriolanus, The Debt, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and The Tree of Life)
Won
cells: MTV Movie Awards[15]
June 3, 2012
Movie of the Year
Nominated
cells: Best Gut-Wrenching Performance
Bryce Dallas Howard
Nominated
cells: Best Cast
Nominated
cells: Best On-Screen Dirt Bag
Bryce Dallas Howard
Nominated
cells: National Board of Review of Motion Pictures[16]
December 1, 2011
Best Ensemble Cast
Won
cells: New York Film Critics Circle Awards
November 29, 2011
Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain (also for Take Shelter and The Tree of Life)
Won
cells: New York Film Critics Online
December 11, 2011
Breakthrough Performance
Jessica Chastain (also for The Tree of Life, The Debt, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and Coriolanus)
Won
cells: Palm Springs International Film Festival[17]
January 7, 2012
Breakthrough Performance Award
Octavia Spencer
Won
cells: People's Choice Awards[18]
January 11, 2012
Favorite Movie Actress
Emma Stone
Won
cells: Favorite Movie
Nominated
cells: Favorite Drama Movie
Nominated
cells: Favorite Book Adaptation
Nominated
cells: Producers Guild of America Award[19]
January 21, 2012
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green
Nominated
cells: San Diego Film Critics Society Awards[20]
December 14, 2011
Best Actress
Viola Davis
Nominated
cells: Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain
Nominated
cells: Best Ensemble Performance
Nominated
cells: Satellite Awards
December 18, 2011
Best Ensemble
Won
cells: Best Motion Picture
Nominated
cells: Best Actress in a Motion Picture
Viola Davis
Won
cells: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer
Nominated
cells: Best Director
Tate Taylor
Nominated
cells: Best Adapted Screenplay
Tate Taylor
Nominated
cells: Screen Actors Guild Awards
January 29, 2012
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Won
cells: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Viola Davis
Won
cells: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer
Won
cells: Jessica Chastain
Nominated
cells: Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards[21]
Top Ten Films
Won
cells: Best Ensemble
Won
cells: The Gene Wyatt Award
Won
cells: St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
December 19, 2011
Best Actress
Viola Davis
Nominated
cells: Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer
Nominated
cells: Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated
cells: Teen Choice Awards[22][23]
July 22, 2012
Choice Movie: Drama
Nominated
cells: Choice Movie Actress: Drama
Viola Davis
Nominated
cells: Choice Movie Actress: Drama
Emma Stone
Won
cells: Vancouver Film Critics Circle[24]
January 9, 2012
Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain (also for Take Shelter and The Tree of Life)
Won
cells: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
December 5, 2011
Best Actress
Viola Davis
Nominated
cells: Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer
Won
cells: Best Adapted Screenplay
Tate Taylor
Nominated
cells: Best Cast
Nominated
cells: Women Film Critics Circle[25]
December 19, 2011
Best Movie about Women
Won
cells: Best Actress
Viola Davis
Won
cells: Jessica Chastain (also for The Debt)
Nominated
cells: Best Ensemble
Won
cells: Josephine Baker Award
Won
cells: Writers Guild of America Awards[26]
February 19, 2012
Adapted Screenplay
Nominated

Questions about this table:
originalText: who won the oscar for the movie the help
answer: answerTexts: Octavia Spencer