List of awards and nominations received by Bates Motel explained

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Bates Motel, the American drama-thriller television series that debuted on A&E on March 18, 2013. The series stars Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in lead roles.

Awards by association

Primetime Emmy Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Vera Farmiga	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		^[1]
2016	John S. Bartley	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series		^[2]
2016	Chris Bacon	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series		^[2]

Television Critics Association Awards

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2013	Vera Farmiga	Individual Achievement in Drama		^[3]

Critics' Choice Television Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress in a Drama Series		^[4]
2014	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress in a Drama Series		^[5]
2014	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor in a Drama Series		^[5]
2015	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor in a Drama Series		^[6]
2015	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress in a Drama Series		^[6]
2016	Bates Motel	Most Bingeworthy Series		^[7]
2017	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor in a Drama Series		^[8]

Casting Society of America

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	April Webster, Sara Isaacson, Jennifer Page and Corinne Clark	Outstanding Achievement in Casting		^[9]

Satellite Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor – Television Series Drama		^[10]
2013	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress – Television Series Drama		^[10]

Saturn Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Bates Motel	Best Television Presentation		^[11]
	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor on Television
	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress on Television
2014	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress on Television		^[12]
2014	Bates Motel	Best Television Presentation		^[12]
2015		Best Action-Thriller Television Series		^[13]
2016		Best Action-Thriller Television Series		^[14]
	Freddie Highmore	Best Actor on Television
	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress on Television

People's Choice Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Freddie Highmore	Favorite TV Anti-Hero		^[15]
2014	Bates Motel	Favorite Cable TV Drama		^[16]
2015				^[17]
2016				^[18]
	Vera Farmiga	Favorite Cable TV Actress
	Freddie Highmore	Favorite Cable TV Actor

Imagen Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Nestor Carbonell	Best Supporting Actor – Television		^[19]
2014	Nestor Carbonell	Best Supporting Actor – Television		^[20]

Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Donna Bis	Best Contemporary Hairstyling – Television and New Media Series		^[21]

Dorian Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Vera Farmiga	TV Performance of the Year – Actress		^[22]

Online Film & Television Association Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	John S. Bartley and Thomas Yatsko	Best Cinematography in a Series		^[23]
	Peter Bodnarus, Mark S. Freeborn, Margot Ready and Rose Marie McSherry	Best Production Design in a Series
	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress in a Drama Series
2014	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress in a Drama Series		^[24]
	Peter Bodnarus, Mark S. Freeborn, Tony Wohlgemuth, Margot Ready and Rose Marie McSherry	Best Production Design in a Series
	Chris Bacon	Best Music in a Series
	Alan Decker, Mark Noda, Nello Torri, Thomas DeGorter, Michael Mullane and Brian Armstrong	Best Sound in a Series
	Bates Motel	Best Drama Series
2015	Vera Farmiga	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		^[25]
2016	Chris Bacon	Best Music in a Series		^[26]

Women's Image Network Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Bates Motel	Best Drama Series		^[27]
2013	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress – Drama Series		^[27]
2014	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress – Drama Series		^[28]
	Kerry Ehrin	Best Drama Series Produced by a Woman
	Bates Motel	Best Drama Series
2015	Bates Motel	Best Drama Series		^[29]
2015	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress – Drama Series		^[29]
2016	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress – Drama Series		^[30]

Gracie Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2015	Vera Farmiga	Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama		^[31]

Golden Reel Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2015	Michael Ryan	Television – Short Form, Music		^[32]

IGN Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Vera Farmiga	Best TV Actress		^[33]
	Bates Motel	Best New TV Series
	Bates Motel	Best TV Horror Series

Poppy Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2016	Vera Farmiga	Best Actress in a Drama Series		^[34]

TV Guide Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2014	Bates Motel	Favorite Horror Series

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2015	Vera Farmiga	Best TV Actress		^[35]
2016	Vera Farmiga	Best TV Actress		^[36]
2016	Freddie Highmore	Best TV Actor		^[36]

ACTRA Awards

width=5%	Year	Nominee(s)	Category	width=10%	Result	width=5%	Ref(s)
2013	Vincent Gale	Best Actor		^[37]

Notes and References

Web site: Vera Farmiga Talks Bates Motel, Family & What She'd Be Doing If She Weren't Acting . . Scott . Neumyer . March 3, 2014 . February 4, 2015.
Web site: Bates Motel Emmy Nominations . Emmys.com . July 15, 2016.
Web site: FX's 'The Americans' Leads 2013 TCA Awards Nominations . . Lesley . Goldberg . June 10, 2013 . June 10, 2013.
Web site: 2013 Critics' Choice Television Awards: Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, New Girl and More Earn Nominations. E! Online. Tierney. Bricker. May 22, 2013. February 4, 2015.
Web site: Critics' Choice Television Awards 2014: Complete Winners List. The Hollywood Reporter. Bryn Elise. Sandberg. June 19, 2014. February 4, 2015.
Web site: Critics' Choice Awards Winners: Updated List. Critics' Choice Awards. May 31, 2015. May 31, 2015.
Critics' Choice Awards: Game of Thrones, Stranger Things among Most Bingeworthy nominees. Entertainment Weekly. November 16, 2016.
Web site: Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape of Water' Leads With 14 Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. Gregg. Kilday. December 6, 2017.
Web site: Artios Awards: Casting Society Reveals 2013 Nominees . . Weisman . Jon . August 19, 2013.
Web site: '12 Years a Slave' Tops Satellite Award Nominations . . Pond . Steve . December 2, 2013 . February 4, 2015.
Web site: Gravity, The Walking Dead, and Breaking Bad Win Big at the Fortieth Annual Saturn Awards . . McCabe . Joseph . June 28, 2014 . November 23, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150105223206/http://www.nerdist.com/2014/06/gravity-the-walking-dead-and-breaking-bad-win-big-at-the-fortieth-annual-saturn-awards/ . January 5, 2015 . dead.
Web site: 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and 'Interstellar' Lead Saturn Awards Noms . . Kelley . Seth . March 3, 2015.
Web site: 'Star Wars', 'Mad Max', 'Walking Dead' Lead Saturn Awards Nominations . . Bryant . Jacob . February 24, 2016.
Web site: 'Rogue One', 'Walking Dead' Lead Saturn Awards Nominations . . McNary . Dave . March 3, 2017 . March 4, 2017.
Web site: People's Choice Awards 2014 nominees: 'Glee', 'Castle', 'Pretty Little Liars' and more . . Bentley . Jean . November 5, 2013 . November 23, 2016 . December 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141209031406/http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/peoples_choice_awards_2014_nominees_glee_castle_pretty_little_liars_and_more-2013-11 . dead .
People's Choice Awards 2015: The winner's list . . Blake . Emily . January 18, 2015.
Web site: People's Choice Awards 2016: Empire, Pretty Little Liars Among TV Nominees . . Swift . Andy . November 3, 2015.
Web site: People's Choice Awards 2017 Winners List . . January 18, 2017.
Web site: Nominees for the 28th Annual Imagen Awards Announced . Imagen.org . June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141126234519/http://www.imagen.org/news/imagen-awards/2013/06/nominees-28th-annual-imagen-awards-announced . November 26, 2014.
Web site: Nominees for the 29th Annual Imagen Awards Announced . Imagen.org . June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140624024247/http://www.imagen.org/news/imagen-awards/2014/06/nominees-29th-annual-imagen-awards-announced . June 24, 2014.
Web site: Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Guild Awards Nominations Announced . . Chan . Stephanie . January 14, 2014 . March 19, 2015.
Web site: Dorian Awards: Gay and Lesbian Critics Announce TV and Film Nominations . . Nededog . Jeretho . January 14, 2014 . February 4, 2015 . December 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220601/https://www.thewrap.com/gay-lesbian-tv-film-2014-dorian-awards-nominations/ . dead .
Web site: Online Film & Television Association – Television Branch: 2012-13 . OFTA . April 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100206/http://ofta.cinemasight.com/Awards/Television/1213.html . October 6, 2014 . dead.
Web site: Online Film & Television Association – Television Branch: 2013-14 . OFTA . April 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161024181129/http://ofta.cinemasight.com/Awards/Television/1314.html . October 24, 2016 . dead.
Web site: Online Film & Television Association – Television Branch: 2014-15 . OFTA . October 6, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826203545/http://ofta.cinemasight.com/Awards/Television/1415.html . August 26, 2016 . dead.
Web site: Online Film & Television Association – 20th Annual TV Awards (2015–16) . OFTA . January 7, 2017.
Web site: Oprah Winfrey, Kerry Washington Among Women's Image Awards Nominees . . Neal . Wayne . October 14, 2013.
Web site: Joan Rivers, Julia Roberts, Shonda Rhimes Among WIN Award Nominees . . Doyle . Rebecca . October 29, 2014.
Web site: The WIN Awards – Women's Image Awards 2015 Nominees . . December 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160121035947/http://thewinawards.com/17_WINAwards.html . January 21, 2016 . dead.
Web site: The WIN Awards – Women's Image Awards 2016 Nominees . . December 28, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220104629/http://thewinawards.com/18_WINAwards.html . December 20, 2016 . dead.
Web site: Gracie Awards 2016 Winners Include Jada Pinkett Smith, Oprah Winfrey . . Medina . Marcy . March 21, 2016.
Web site: 'Game of Thrones', 'Revenant', 'Star Wars' Lead MPSE's Golden Reel Nominations . . Tapley . Kristopher . January 26, 2016.
Web site: TV – IGN's Best of 2013 . . 14 December 2013 . March 1, 2014.
Poppy Awards 2016: Your drama nominees are... . . Derek . Lawrence . August 22, 2016 . August 23, 2016.
Web site: The 2016 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Winners and Full Results! . . May 10, 2016 . November 23, 2016 . May 10, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160510182617/http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-2016-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-winners-and-full-results/ . dead .
Web site: Never mind Oscar, here's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot! . . February 7, 2017 . February 14, 2017 . August 6, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170806233824/http://fangoria.com/new/never-mind-oscar-heres-the-2017-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-nominees-ballot/ . dead .
Web site: UBCP/ACTRA Awards, Vancouver (2014) . . January 7, 2017.