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| Bates at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con | ||
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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 (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.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Best Actress | Misery | [1] | |
| 1998 | Best Supporting Actress | Primary Colors | [2] | |
| 2002 | About Schmidt | [3] | ||
| 2019 | Richard Jewell | [4] | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Film Awards | ||||
| 1993 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Fried Green Tomatoes | [5] | |
| 1999 | Primary Colors | [6] | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 1996 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | The Late Shift | [7] | |
| 1999 | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Television Movie | Dash and Lilly | [8] | |
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | 3rd Rock from the Sun | |||
| 2000 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Annie | [9] | |
| 2003 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Six Feet Under | [10] | |
| 2005 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Warm Springs | [11] | |
| 2006 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Ambulance Girl | [12] | |
| 2010 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Alice | [13] | |
| 2011 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Harry's Law | [14] | |
| 2012 | [15] | |||
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Two and a Half Men | |||
| 2014 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | [16] | ||
| 2015 | [17] | |||
| 2016 | [18] | |||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Misery | [19] | |
| 1991 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Fried Green Tomatoes | ||
| 1996 | Best Supporting Actress – Television | The Late Shift | ||
| 1998 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Primary Colors | ||
| 1999 | Best Supporting Actress – Television | Annie | ||
| 2002 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | About Schmidt | ||
| 2014 | Best Supporting Actress – Television | |||
| 2019 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Richard Jewell | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | The Late Shift | [20] | |
| 1997 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Titanic | [21] | |
| 1998 | Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role | Primary Colors | [22] | |
| 1999 | Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Annie | [23] | |
| 2002 | Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role | About Schmidt | [24] | |
| Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | My Sister’s Keeper | |||
| 2011 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Midnight in Paris | [25] | |
| Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Harry's Law | |||
| Organizations | Year | Notes | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giffoni Film Festival's François Truffaut Award | 2006 | Statue | ||
| Hollywood Walk of Fame | 2016 | Induction | [27] | |
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