In der Glut des Südens
She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design: for "Days of Heaven", "The Elephant Man", "Victor/Victoria", "", "Sunset" and "12 Years a Slave". She won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Series for the pilot episode of "Twin Peaks". Norris won the Costume Designers Guild Period Film Award for 12 Years a Slave (2013).