Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
In 2019, Bates portrayed American politician Miriam A. Ferguson in the Netflix crime film "The Highwaymen." She also starred in the Clint Eastwood biographical drama film "Richard Jewell", playing the mother of the title individual. For her performance, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, as well as her fourth Academy Award nomination (also in the Best Supporting Actress category).