List of awards and nominations received by Melissa McCarthy explained

Melissa McCarthy awards
Melissa McCarthy at the 84th Academy Awards in 2012, where she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her comic role in Bridesmaids
Totals Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards BAFTA Awards Critics' Choice Awards Golden Globe Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards
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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actress Melissa McCarthy. For her performance in the comedy film Bridesmaids (2011), McCarthy received nominations for the BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, SAG Award, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Along with the ensemble cast of Bridesmaids, she received nominations for the SAG Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, and numerous other critics groups. For her performance in the action comedy film Spy (2015), she received a Golden Globe Award nomination. McCarthy received further critical acclaim for her performance in the biographical drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), for which she received nominations for the BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, SAG Award, Golden Globe Award, and Academy Award for Best Actress.

Among other accolades, McCarthy also received an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance, Comedy Award for Best Comedic Actress, and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Virtuoso Award and Montecito Award. In 2016, she became the first woman to ever win the Comedic Genius Award at the MTV Movie Awards. She is a recipient of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 for her performance in the comedy series Mike & Molly and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017 for her performance in the variety series Saturday Night Live. In 2015, she received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2020, The New York Times ranked McCarthy as #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.^[1]

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	Best Supporting Actress	Bridesmaids		^[2]
2019	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[3]

BAFTA Awards

See main article: British Academy Film Awards.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Bridesmaids		^[4]
2019	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[5]

Golden Globe Awards

See main article: Golden Globe Awards.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2016	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Spy		^[6]
2019	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[7]

Primetime Emmy Awards

See main article: Primetime Emmy Award.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Mike & Molly		^[8]
2012
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Saturday Night Live
2013
2014	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Mike & Molly
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Saturday Night Live
2016
2017

Screen Actors Guild Awards

See main article: Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Bridesmaids		^[9]
	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2019	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[10]

Other awards

Golden Raspberry Awards

See main article: Golden Raspberry Awards.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2015	Worst Actress	Tammy		^[11]
2019	Worst Picture	The Happytime Murders		^[12] ^[13]
	Worst Actress	Life of the Party	rowspan="2"
		The Happytime Murders
	Razzie Redeemer Award	Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Kids' Choice Awards

See main article: Kids' Choice Awards.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2017	Favorite Movie Actress	Ghostbusters		^[14]
2021		Superintelligence		^[15]
2024		The Little Mermaid		^[16]
	Favorite Villain

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	Best Cast	Bridesmaids		^[17]
	Best Comedic Performance
	Best WTF Moment
	Breakthrough Performance
2014	Best Comedic Performance	The Heat		^[18]
	Best Fight	Identity Thief
	Best Musical Moment
2016	Best Comedic Performance	Spy		^[19]
2017	Trending	"Sean Spicer's Press Conference" – Saturday Night Live		^[20]

People's Choice Award

See main article: People's Choice Award.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2014	Favorite Comedic Movie Actress	The Heat / Identity Thief		^[21]
	Favorite Movie Actress
	Favorite Movie Duo	The Heat
	Favorite Comedic TV Actress	Mike & Molly
2015	Favorite Comedic Movie Actress	Tammy		^[22]
	Favorite Movie Actress
	Favorite Comedic TV Actress	Mike & Molly
2016	Favorite Comedic Movie Actress	Spy		^[23]
	Favorite Movie Actress
	Favorite Comedic TV Actress	Mike & Molly
2017	Favorite Comedic Movie Actress	Ghostbusters / The Boss		^[24]
	Favorite Movie Actress
2018	The Comedy Movie Star of 2018	Life of the Party		^[25]
2024	The Movie Performance of the Year	The Little Mermaid		^[26]

Palm Springs International Film Festival

See main article: Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Satellite Awards

See main article: Satellite Awards.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Best Actress: Television Series Musical or Comedy	Mike & Molly		^[28]
2019	Best Actress – Motion Picture	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[29]

Saturn Awards

See main article: Saturn Awards.

Teen Choice Award

See main article: Teen Choice Awards.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Choice Movie: Scene Stealer	Bridesmaids		^[31]
2013	Choice Movie: Chemistry	The Heat		^[32]
	Choice Movie: Hissy Fit
	Choice Summer Movie Star: Female
	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Identity Thief
	Choice Movie: Villain
2014	Choice Summer Movie Star	Tammy		^[33]
2015	Choice Movie: Hissy Fit	Spy		^[34]
	Choice Summer Movie Star: Female
2016	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	The Boss		^[35]
	Choice Summer Movie Star: Female	Ghostbusters
2018	Choice Summer Movie Actress	Life of the Party		^[36]

Critics awards

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award

See main article: Alliance of Women Film Journalists.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Best Ensemble Cast	Bridesmaids		^[37]
2019	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[38]
	Bravest Performance

Boston Society of Film Critics

See main article: Boston Society of Film Critics.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Best Supporting Actress	Bridesmaids		^[39]
2018	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[40]

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

See main article: Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	Best Supporting Actress	Bridesmaids		^[41]
	Best Acting Ensemble
2014	Best Actress in a Comedy	The Heat		^[42]
2015		St. Vincent		^[43]
2016		Spy		^[44]
2019	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[45]

Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	Best Supporting Actress	Bridesmaids		^[46]
	Best Ensemble

Chicago Film Critics Association Award

See main article: Chicago Film Critics Association.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Best Supporting Actress	Bridesmaids		^[47]
2018	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[48] ^[49]

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award

See main article: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Best Supporting Actress	Bridesmaids		^[50]
2018	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[51]

Detroit Film Critics Society Award

See main article: Detroit Film Critics Society.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Breakthrough Performance	Bridesmaids		^[53]
2018	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[54]

Houston Film Critics Society Award

See main article: Houston Film Critics Society.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Best Supporting Actress	Bridesmaids		^[55]
2019	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[56]

New York Film Critics Online Award

See main article: New York Film Critics Online Awards.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Best Supporting Actress	Bridesmaids		^[60]
	Best Ensemble
2018	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[61]

Online Film Critics Society Award

See main article: Online Film Critics Society Award.

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Best Ensemble Acting	Bridesmaids
2018	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?

San Diego Film Critics Society Award

See main article: San Diego Film Critics Society.

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

See main article: Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	Virtuoso Award	Bridesmaids
2019	Montecito Award	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[65]

Toronto Film Critics Association Award

See main article: Toronto Film Critics Association.

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award

See main article: Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	Best Supporting Actress	Bridesmaids		^[67]
2018	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	^1	^[68]

1: 3-way tie with Olivia Colman for The Favourite and Regina Hall for Support the Girls.

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award

See main article: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Best Supporting Actress	Bridesmaids		^[69]
	Best Ensemble
2018	Best Actress	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[70]

Women Film Critics Circle Award

See main article: Women Film Critics Circle.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	Best Comedic Actress	Bridesmaids		^[71]
2013		The Heat		^[72]
2015		Spy
2016	Best Female Action Hero	Ghostbusters		^[73]
2018	Courage in Acting	Can You Ever Forgive Me?		^[74]
	Best Comedic Actress

Honors and achievements

Award	Result	Ref
Elle Women in Hollywood Award for Woman of The Year		^[75]
NATO CinemaCon Award - Female Star of the Year		^[76]
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2015)		^[77]
MTV Movie Awards - Comedic Genius Award (2016)
Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Montecito Award (2019)		^[78]

References

Notes

• A Shared award with Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper.
• B Shared award with Jason Bateman.
• C Shared award with Nargis Fakhri.
• D Shared award with Sandra Bullock.
• E Shared award with Sandra Bullock.
• F Shared award with Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

General

• Web site: Melissa McCarthy – Awards. AllMovie. allmovie.com. AMN. January 2, 2015.
• Web site: Melissa McCarthy – Awards. Internet Movie Database. imdb.com. IMDb. January 2, 2015.

Specific

External links

• Web site: Melissa McCarthy. Internet Movie Database. imdb.com. IMDb. January 2, 2015.
  • Melissa McCarthy at Emmys.com

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