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Lily Tomlin awards and nominations
Tomlin at the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors
Tomlin at the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors
Totals[a]
Wins46
Nominations109
Note
  1. ^ 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.

Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer who has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and seven Golden Globe Awards. She is one of the few performers to have been nominated for the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT).[1]

Tomlin's breakout role was on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973,[2] which earned her one Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She received four nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording, winning once for the 1971 comedy album This Is a Recording. She won her first two Emmy Awards for the 1973 CBS special Lily, in the categories of Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special and Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special.

In 1975, Robert Altman cast Tomlin in the satirical musical film Nashville, who at the time had no prior film experience, having worked exclusively in television.[3] Her performance earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, two Golden Globe Awards including Best Supporting Actress and New Star of the Year, and wins at the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle awards. She had her subsequent film role in The Late Show (1977), which was a critical success,[4] with Tomlin winning the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival and being nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. In 1985, Tomlin starred in the one-woman Broadway show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, written by her long-time life partner, writer/producer Jane Wagner.[5] The production won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, two Drama Desk Awards, a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award. She then won the 1995 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for her voice acting in the animated series The Magic School Bus (1994–97) and had a recurring role in the political drama series The West Wing (1999–2006),[6] that earned her three nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2015, she starred opposite to Jane Fonda in the successful comedy series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022),[7] for which she received four consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

For her lifetime achievements, Tomlin was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, the TCA Career Achievement Award and a medallion at the Kennedy Center Honors.

Major associations

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Academy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1976 Best Supporting Actress Nashville Nominated [8]

BAFTA Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1976 Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Nashville Nominated [9]
1978 Best Actress in a Leading Role The Late Show Nominated [10]

Emmy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Daytime Emmy Awards
1985 Outstanding Performer in a Children's Program Pryor's Place Nominated [11]
1995 Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program The Magic School Bus Won [12]
1996 Nominated [13]
1997 Nominated [14]
1998 Nominated [15]
Primetime Emmy Awards
1971 Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Variety Program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Nominated [16]
1972 Outstanding Achievement by a Performer in Music or Variety Nominated
1973 Nominated
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music The Lily Tomlin Show Nominated
1974 Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special Lily (1973 special) Won
Best Writing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special Won
1975 Outstanding Special – Comedy-Variety or Music Lily (1974 special) Nominated
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special Nominated
1976 Outstanding Special – Comedy-Variety or Music Lily Tomlin Nominated
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special Won
1978 The Paul Simon Special Won
1981 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program Lily: Sold Out Won
1984 Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Live... And in Person Nominated
1993 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Nominated
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Nominated
1994 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special And the Band Played On Nominated
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Growing Up Funny Nominated
1996 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Homicide: Life on the Street Nominated
Outstanding Informational Special The Celluloid Closet Nominated
2010 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Damages Nominated
2013 Outstanding Voice-Over Performance An Apology to Elephants Won
2015 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Grace and Frankie Nominated
2016 Nominated
2017 Nominated
2018 Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1972 Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Nominated [17]
1976 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nashville Nominated
New Star of the Year – Actress Nominated
1978 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical The Late Show Nominated
1985 All of Me Nominated
1994 Special Achievement Award for Ensemble Cast (non-competitive) Short Cuts Recipient [18]
2016 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Grandma Nominated [17]
Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical Grace and Frankie Nominated

Grammy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1972 Best Comedy Recording This Is a Recording Won [19]
1973 And That's the Truth Nominated
1976 Modern Scream Nominated
1979 On Stage Nominated
2005 Best Spoken Word Album The World According to Mr. Rogers Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2003 Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series The West Wing Nominated [20]
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
2002 Nominated [21]
2017 Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Grace and Frankie Nominated [22]
2018 Nominated [23]
2019 Nominated [24]

Tony Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1977 Special Tony Award Won [25]
1986 Best Actress in a Play The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Won [26]

Honours

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Kennedy Center Honors

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Kennedy Center Honors Honoree Won [27]

Peabody Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Area of Excellence The Celluloid Closet Won [28]
Edith Ann's Christmas - Just Say Noël Won
2023 Career Achievement Award Honoree Won [29]

Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2003 Mark Twain Prize Honoree Won [30]

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2017 Life Achievement Award Honoree Won [31]

Miscellaneous awards

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Awards and nominations received by Lily Tomlin
Award Year[a] Nominated work Category Result Ref.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards 2016 — Actress Defying Age and Ageism Won[b] [32]
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2005 I Heart Huckabees Best Actress Nominated [33]
2016 Grandma Won [34]
2022 Grace and Frankie Best Actress (TV/Streaming) Nominated [35]
— Career Achievement Award Won
American Comedy Awards 1987 — Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic Won [36]
— Lifetime Achievement Award Won
1988 — Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic Won [37]
1989 Big Business Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated [38]
— Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic Nominated
1991 An Evening with... Friends of the Environment Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special Won [39]
1992 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture Won [40]
1994 The Beverly Hillbillies Nominated [41]
Short Cuts Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Won [42]
1996 Blue in the Face Nominated [43]
1997 Flirting with Disaster Nominated [44]
The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special Nominated
Berlin International Film Festival Awards 1977 The Late Show Silver Bear for Best Actress Won [45]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2007 A Prairie Home Companion Best Acting Ensemble Nominated [46]
2016 Grandma Best Actress in a Comedy Nominated [47]
Dorian Awards 2014 — Timeless Star Award Won [48]
2016 Grace and Frankie TV Performance of the Year – Actress Nominated
Drama Desk Awards 1986 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Outstanding Actress in a Play Won [49]
Unique Theatrical Experience Won
Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards 2015 Grandma Best Actress Nominated [50]
Gotham Awards 2006 A Prairie Home Companion Best Ensemble Cast Nominated [51]
2015 Grandma Best Actress Nominated [52]
Independent Spirit Awards 1992 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Best Female Lead Nominated [53]
1997 Flirting with Disaster Best Supporting Female Nominated
LA Film Festival Awards 2015 — Spirit of Independence Award Won [54]
National Society of Film Critics Awards 1975 Nashville Best Supporting Actress Won [55]
New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards 1986 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Special Citation[c] Won [56]
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1976 Nashville Best Supporting Actress Won [57]
New York Women in Film & Television Awards 1985 — Muse Award Won [58]
Outer Critics Circle Awards 1986 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Outstanding Actress in a Play Won [59]
Provincetown International Film Festival Awards 2000 — Lily Award Won [60]
Satellite Awards 2006 A Prairie Home Companion Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated [61]
2016 Grace and Frankie Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
Saturn Awards 1982 The Incredible Shrinking Woman Best Actress Nominated [62]
Seattle International Film Festival Awards 1991 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Best Actress Won [63]
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1979 Moment by Moment Worst Actress Nominated [64]
Worst On-Screen Couple[d] Won
TCA Awards 2016 — TCA Career Achievement Award Won [65]
US Comedy Festival Awards 2002 — Career Tribute Won [66]
Venice Film Festival Awards 1993 Short Cuts Special Volpi Cup for Ensemble Cast Won [67]
Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2015 — Lifetime Achievement Award Won [68]
Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards 1992 — Crystal Award Won [69]
2003 — Lucy Award Won
Women's Image Network Awards 2012 Eastbound & Down Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated [70]
2015 Grandma Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film Won [71]

Notes

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  1. ^ Indicates the year of ceremony.
  2. ^ Tied with Charlotte Rampling
  3. ^ Shared with Jane Wagner
  4. ^ Shared with John Travolta

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