List of awards and nominations received by Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn awards and nominations

Burstyn in 2009
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 6 British Academy Film Awards 1 1 Daytime Emmy Awards 0 1 Golden Globe Awards 1 7 Grammy Awards 0 1 Primetime Emmy Awards 2 8 Screen Actors Guild Awards 0 4 Tony Awards 1 1
Totals [a]
Wins	67
Nominations	203
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Ellen Burystyn.

Ellen Burstyn is an American actress known for her roles on stage and screen. She has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for five Critics' Choice Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Burstyn has won the Triple Crown of Acting: an Emmy Award, Academy Award, and Tony Award. She has received 6 Oscar nominations winning Best Actress for Martin Scorsese's drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other nominations were Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show (1971), William Friedkin's horror film The Exorcist (1973), and Darren Arronofsky's psychological drama Requiem for a Dream (2000). She also received the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. She has been nominated for 7 Golden Globe Awards winning Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for Same Time, Next Year (1976).

For her work in television she has received 8 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, winning twice for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law and Order: SVU in 2009 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Political Animals in 2013. For her work on the Broadway stage she received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year in 1975. She also received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 1996.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1971	Best Supporting Actress	The Last Picture Show	Nominated	[1]
1973	Best Actress	The Exorcist	Nominated	[2]
1974		Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Won	[3]
1978		Same Time, Next Year	Nominated	[4]
1980		Resurrection	Nominated	[5]
2000		Requiem for a Dream	Nominated	[6]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1976	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Won	[7]

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2012	Best Movie/Mini-Series Supporting Actress	Political Animals	Nominated	[8]
2014		Flowers in the Attic	Nominated	[9]
2016	Best Guest Performer - Drama Series	House of Cards	Nominated	[10]
	Best Guest Performer - Comedy Series	Mom	Nominated	[11]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2020	Best Supporting Actress	Pieces of a Woman	Nominated	[12]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1981	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	The People vs. Jean Harris	Nominated	[13]
1988		Pack of Lies	Nominated	[13]
2006	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Mrs. Harris	Nominated	[13]
2008	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Big Love	Nominated	[13]
2009		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Won	[13]
2013	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Political Animals	Won	[13]
2014		Flowers in the Attic	Nominated	[13]
2016	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	House of Cards	Nominated	[13]
Daytime Emmy Awards
2001	Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming	Mermaid	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1972	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	The Last Picture Show	Nominated	[14]
1974	Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama	The Exorcist	Nominated	[14]
1975		Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Nominated	[14]
1979	Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	Same Time, Next Year	Won	[14]
1981	Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama	Resurrection	Nominated	[14]
1982	Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film	The People vs. Jean Harris	Nominated	[14]
2001	Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama	Requiem for a Dream	Nominated	[14]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Spoken Word Album	Grow Old Along With Me The Best Is Yet To Be	Nominated	[15]

Screen Actors Guild Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	How to Make an American Quilt	Nominated	[16]
2001	Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role	Requiem for a Dream	Nominated	[17]
2008	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Mitch Albom's For One More Day	Nominated	[18]
2014		Flowers in the Attic	Nominated	[19]

Tony Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1975	Best Actress in a Play	Same Time, Next Year	Won	[20]

Critics Awards

Association	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	2021	Best Supporting Actress	Pieces of a Woman	Nominated
		Actress Defying Age and Ageism		Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics	2000	Best Actress	Requiem for a Dream	Won	[21]
Chicago Film Critics Association	2000	Best Actress	Requiem for a Dream	Won
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film	2001	Best Actress	Requiem For A Dream	Nominated
Drama Desk Awards	1975	Outstanding Actress in a Play	Same Time, Next Year	Won
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	2001	Best Actress	Requiem For A Dream	Nominated
Denver Film Critics Society	2021	Best Supporting Actress	Pieces Of A Woman	Won
DiscussingFilm Critics Awards	2021	Best Supporting Actress	Pieces Of A Woman	Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle	2000	Best Actress	Requiem for a Dream	Won	[22]
Greater Western New York Film Critics	2020	Best Supporting Actress	Pieces of a Woman	Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society	2020	Best Supporting Actress	Pieces of a Woman	Nominated
London Film Critics Circle	2020	Supporting Actress of the Year	Pieces of a Woman	Nominated
National Society of Film Critics	1971	Best Supporting Actress	The Last Picture Show	Won	[23]
New York Film Critics Circle	1971	Best Supporting Actress	The Last Picture Show	Won	[24]
	2000		Requiem for a Dream	Runner-up	[25]
New York Film Critics Online	2020	Best Supporting Actress	Pieces of a Woman	Won
Online Film Critics Society	2000	Best Actress	Requiem for a Dream	Won
San Diego Film Critics Society	2020	Best Supporting Actress	Pieces of a Woman	Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association	2020	Best Supporting Actress	Pieces of a Woman	Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association	2000	Best Supporting Actress	Requiem for a Dream	Nominated	[26]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	2008	Best Actress in a Canadian Film	The Stone Angel	Nominated

Miscellaneous Awards

Association	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards	2003	Best Grownup Love Story	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Nominated
	2008	Best Actress	Lovely, Still	Nominated
	2011	Best Supporting Actress	Another Happy Day	Nominated
Awards Circuit Community Awards	2000	Best Actress	Requiem for a Dream	Won
	2012	Best Supporting Actress (TV Movie or Mini-Series)	Coma	Nominated
Behind the Voice Actors Awards	2014	Best Vocal Ensemble in an Anime Feature Film/Special	Omoide no Mânî	Nominated
Berlin International Film Festival	1988	Berlinale Camera	—	Honored
Boston Film Festival	2000	Film Excellence Award	—	Honored
CinEuphoria Awards	2020	Career - Honorary Award	—	Honored
Canadian Screen Awards	1982	Best Foreign Actress	Silence of the North	Nominated
	2008	Best Actress	The Stone Angel	Won
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	2001	Best Actress	Requiem For A Dream	Won
Independent Spirit Awards	2001	Best Female Lead	Requiem For A Dream	Won
Saturn Awards	1981	Best Actress	Resurrection	Nominated
	2001		Requiem for a Dream	Nominated
	2021	Best Supporting Actress in a Film	Lucy in the Sky	Nominated
Satellite Award	2000	Best Actress - Motion Picture	Requiem for a Dream	Won
	2008	Best Actress – Mini-Series or Television Film	For One More Day	Nominated

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