List of awards and nominations received by Kathy Bates

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Kathy Bates awards and nominations
Bates at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Totals Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 4 British Academy Film Awards 0 2 Critics' Choice Movie Awards 1 2 Directors Guild of America Awards 0 1 Primetime Emmy Awards 2 14 Golden Globe Awards 2 9 Screen Actors Guild Awards 2 8 Tony Awards 0 1
Awards won	29
Nominations	109

The following article is a List of awards and nominations received by Kathy Bates.

Kathy Bates is an American actress and comedian known for her roles on stage and screen. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, and a Tony Award. Bates was inducted in the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016.

Bates won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Annie Wilkes in Rob Reiner's psychological thriller Misery (1990). She received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances as a tough media consultant in the Mike Nichols political satire Primary Colors (1998), a free spirited hippie in Alexander Payne's comedy-drama About Schmidt (2002), and as the mother of a bomb suspect in Clint Eastwood's biographical drama film Richard Jewell (2019). For her role as timid housewife in the comedy-drama Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) she was nominated for the British Academy Film Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

For her performances on television she has received thirteen Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning two awards for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for playing The Ghost of Charlie Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men (2012), and for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for playing Delphine LaLaurie in the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story: Coven (2014). For her portrayal as the talent agent Helen Kushnick in the HBO television film The Late Shift (1996), she received the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award.

On stage, Bates originated the role of Jessie Cates, a divorced woman who lives with her widowed mother, on Broadway in the Marsha Norman play 'night, Mother (1983) earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Bates also originated the role of Frankie, a waitress in love, in Terrence McNally's romantic play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1988) where she won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress and was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1990	Best Actress	Misery	Won	[1]
1998	Best Supporting Actress	Primary Colors	Nominated	[2]
2002		About Schmidt	Nominated	[3]
2019		Richard Jewell	Nominated	[4]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1993	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Fried Green Tomatoes	Nominated	[5]
1999		Primary Colors	Nominated	[6]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1996	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	The Late Shift	Nominated	[7]
1999	Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Television Movie	Dash and Lilly	Nominated	[8]
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	3rd Rock from the Sun	Nominated
2000	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Annie	Nominated	[9]
2003	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Six Feet Under	Nominated	[10]
2005	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Warm Springs	Nominated	[11]
2006	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Ambulance Girl	Nominated	[12]
2010	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Alice	Nominated	[13]
2011	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Harry's Law	Nominated	[14]
2012			Nominated	[15]
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Two and a Half Men	Won
2014	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	American Horror Story: Coven	Won	[16]
2015		American Horror Story: Freak Show	Nominated	[17]
2016		American Horror Story: Hotel	Nominated	[18]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1990	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	Misery	Won	[19]
1991	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Fried Green Tomatoes	Nominated	[19]
1996	Best Supporting Actress – Television	The Late Shift	Won	[19]
1998	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Primary Colors	Nominated	[19]
1999	Best Supporting Actress – Television	Annie	Nominated	[19]
2002	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	About Schmidt	Nominated	[19]
2014	Best Supporting Actress – Television	American Horror Story: Freak Show	Nominated	[19]
2019	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Richard Jewell	Nominated	[19]
2025	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	Matlock	Pending	[19]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie	The Late Shift	Won	[20]
1997	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture	Titanic	Nominated	[21]
1998	Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role	Primary Colors	Won	[22]
1999	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie	Annie	Nominated	[23]
2002		My Sister’s Keeper	Nominated	[24]
	Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role	About Schmidt	Nominated
2011	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture	Midnight in Paris	Nominated	[25]
	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Harry's Law	Nominated

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	Best Leading Actress in a Play	'night, Mother	Nominated	[26]

Critics awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	1999	Best Supporting Actress [A]	Primary Colors	Won
	2003	Best Supporting Actress	About Schmidt	3rd Place
Critics' Choice Television Awards	2014	Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries	American Horror Story: Coven	Nominated
	2016	Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries	American Horror Story: Hotel	Nominated
	2025	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Matlock	Pending
Central Ohio Film Critics Association	2003	Best Supporting Actress	About Schmidt	Runner-up
Chicago Film Critics Association	1991	Most Promising Actress	Misery	Nominated
		Best Actress		Won
	1996		Dolores Claiborne	Nominated
	1999	Best Supporting Actress	Primary Colors	Won
	2003		About Schmidt	Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	1991	Best Actress	Misery	Won
	2002	Best Supporting Actress	About Schmidt	Won
Detroit Film Critics Society	2019	Best Supporting Actress	Richard Jewell	Nominated
Las Vegas Film Critics Society	1998	Best Supporting Actress	Primary Colors	Won
	2002		About Schmidt	Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	1998	Best Supporting Actress	Primary Colors	Runner-up
	2002		About Schmidt	Runner-up
National Board of Review	2002	Best Supporting Actress	About Schmidt	Won
	2019		Richard Jewell	Won
National Society of Film Critics	2003	Best Supporting Actress	About Schmidt	3rd Place
New York Film Critics Circle===	1991	Best Actress	Misery	3rd Place
Phoenix Film Critics Society	2003	Best Supporting Actress	About Schmidt	Nominated
	2011	Best Ensemble Acting	Midnight in Paris	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society	1998	Best Supporting Actress	Primary Colors	Won
	2002		About Schmidt	Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association	1999	Best Supporting Actress [B]	Primary Colors	Runner-up
Toronto Film Critics Association	2002	Best Supporting Actress [C]	About Schmidt	Runner-up
Utah Film Critics Association	1990	Best Actress	Misery	Won
	2002	Best Supporting Actress	About Schmidt	Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle	2003	Best Supporting Actress	About Schmidt	Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	2002	Best Supporting Actress	About Schmidt	Won

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
American Comedy Awards	1992	Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture	Fried Green Tomatoes	Nominated
	1997	Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special	The Late Shift	Won
	1999	Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Primary Colors	Won
	2000	Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special	Annie	Won
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	1998	Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama	Titanic	Won
	1999		Primary Colors	Won
		Favorite Supporting Actress - Comedy	The Waterboy	Won
CableACE Awards	1994	Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries	Hostages	Nominated
Directors Guild of America Awards	2004	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series	Six Feet Under (episode: "Twilight")	Nominated
Drama Desk Awards	1988	Outstanding Actress in a Play	Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune	Nominated
Golden Raspberry Awards	1995	Worst Supporting Actress	North	Nominated
Obie Awards	1988	Distinguished Performance by an Actress	Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune	Won
Online Film & Television Association	1999	Best Supporting Actress	Primary Colors	Won
		Best Comedy/Musical Actress		Nominated
		Best Comedy/Musical Ensemble		Nominated
		Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	3rd Rock from the Sun	Nominated
	2000	Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Annie	Won
	2002	Best Supporting Actress	About Schmidt	Nominated
		Best Direction in a Drama Series [D]	Six Feet Under	Nominated
		Best Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
	2003			Nominated
		Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	2004			Nominated
		Best Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
	2005	Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Warm Springs	Nominated
		Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries		Nominated
	2006	Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Ambulance Girl	Nominated
	2011	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Harry's Law	Nominated
	2012	Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Two and a Half Men	Nominated
	2014		Mike & Molly	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	American Horror Story: Coven	Won
		Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries		Nominated
Online Film Critics Society	1999	Best Supporting Actress	Primary Colors	Nominated
	2003		About Schmidt	Nominated
Palm Springs International Film Festival	2009	Best Ensemble Cast [E]	Revolutionary Road	Won
People's Choice Awards	1994	Favorite Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture	Herself	Nominated
Prism Awards	2006	Best Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries	Ambulance Girl	Nominated
Satellite Awards	1997	Best Supporting Actress – Television	The Late Shift	Won
	1999	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Primary Colors	Nominated
	2000	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	Annie	Nominated
	2003	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	About Schmidt	Nominated
		Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	My Sister's Keeper	Nominated
	2007	Mary Pickford Award	Herself	Won
	2013	Best Supporting Actress – Television	American Horror Story: Coven	Nominated
Saturn Awards	1992	Best Lead Actress in a Film	Misery	Nominated
	1996		Dolores Claiborne	Nominated
	2014	Best Supporting Actress on Television	American Horror Story: Coven	Nominated
	2017		American Horror Story: Roanoke	Nominated
Women in Film and Television Awards	1995	Women in Film & Video-DC Women of Vision Awards		Won

Honorary awards

Organizations	Year	Notes	Result	Ref.
Giffoni Film Festival's François Truffaut Award	2006	Statue	Honored
Hollywood Walk of Fame	2016	Induction	Honored	[27]

See also

• Kathy Bates filmography

References

Notes

1. Tied with Joan Allen for her role of Betty Parker in Pleasantville .
2. Tied with Judi Dench for her role of Elizabeth I of England in Shakespeare in Love.
3. Tied with Toni Collette for her role of Fiona Brewer in About a Boy .
4. Shared with Alan Ball, Rodrigo García, Jeremy Podeswa, Michael Engler, Miguel Arteta, Lisa Cholodenko, Allen Coulter, Alan Taylor and Jim McBride.
5. Shared with Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, Dylan Baker and Zoe Kazan.

General

• "Kathy Bates - Awards and nominations". The Internet Movie Database . IMDb. imdb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
• "Kathy Bates - Awards and nominations". Internet Broadway Database . IBDB. ibdb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2014.

Specific

1. "63rd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved June 18, 2023.
2. "71st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved June 18, 2023.
3. "75th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved June 18, 2023.
4. "92nd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved June 18, 2023.
5. "46th British Academy Film Awards". BAFTA Awards . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
6. "52nd British Academy Film Awards". BAFTA Awards . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
7. "Nominees / Winners 1996 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
8. "Nominees / Winners 1999 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
9. "Nominees / Winners 2000 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
10. "Nominees / Winners 2003 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
11. "Nominees / Winners 2005 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
12. "Nominees / Winners 2006 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
13. "Nominees / Winners 2010 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
14. "Nominees / Winners 2011 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
15. "Nominees / Winners 2012 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
16. "Nominees / Winners 2014 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
17. "Nominees / Winners 2015 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
18. "Nominees / Winners 2016 Emmy Awards". Television Academy . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
19. "Kathy Bates - Golden Globes". Golden Globe Awards . Retrieved July 28, 2024.
20. "The 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
21. "The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
22. "The 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
23. "The 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
24. "The 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
25. "The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
26. "The Tony Award Nominations 1983". American Theatre Wing . Retrieved July 30, 2024.
27. "Hollywood Walk of Fame - Kathy Bates". walkoffame.com. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved November 14, 2017.

External links

• Kathy Bates at IMDb
• Kathy Bates at the Internet Broadway Database
• Kathy Bates at the TCM Movie Database