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List of accolades received by The Help (film)
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The Help is a 2011 American drama directed by Tate Taylor. Featuring an ensemble cast, the film is about a young white woman, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan (Emma Stone), and her relationship with two black maids, Aibileen Clark (Viola Davis) and Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer) during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The film is an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name. The Help was produced by DreamWorks Studios and distributed by Disney's Touchstone Pictures label.
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The film was nominated for over 102 awards and won 41 of those awards.
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| Award | Date | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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| 84th Academy Awards[1] | February 26, 2012 | Best Picture | Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Won | ||
| Jessica Chastain | Nominated | |||
| African American Film Critics Association Awards[2] | December 12, 2011 | Best Picture | The Help | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Won | ||
| American Film Institute[3] | Movies of the Year (1 of 10 listed) | The Help | Won | |
| Art Directors Guild[4] | February 4, 2012 | Period Film | Mark Ricker (Production Designer) | Nominated |
| BET Awards | July 1, 2012 | Best Movie | The Help | Won |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Won | ||
| Black Film Critics Circle[5] | December 20, 2011 | Best Picture | The Help | Won |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Won | ||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Won | ||
| Best Ensemble | The cast | Won | ||
| 65th British Academy Film Awards | February 12, 2012 | Best Film | Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated | ||
| Octavia Spencer | Won | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominated | ||
| BMI Film & TV Awards[6] | May 17, 2012 | Film Music Award | Thomas Newman | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards[7] | January 12, 2012 | Best Picture | The Help | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated | ||
| Octavia Spencer | Won | |||
| Best Acting Ensemble | The cast | Won | ||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominated | ||
| Best Costume Design | Sharen Davis | Nominated | ||
| Best Song | "The Living Proof" | Nominated | ||
| Chicago Film Critics Association[8] | December 19, 2011 | Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Nominated |
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Tate Taylor | Nominated | ||
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[9] | December 16, 2011 | Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society Awards[10] | December 11, 2011 | Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Nominated | ||
| Best Ensemble | The cast | Nominated | ||
| Breakthrough Performance | Jessica Chastain (also for Take Shelter and The Tree of Life) | Won | ||
| Golden Globe Awards[11] | January 15, 2012 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Help | Nominated |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Viola Davis | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Jessica Chastain | Nominated | ||
| Octavia Spencer | Won | |||
| Best Original Song | "The Living Proof" (Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas) | Nominated | ||
| Hollywood Film Festival[12] | Ensemble of the Year | The cast | Won | |
| Hollywood Breakthrough Award | Jessica Chastain | Won | ||
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards[13] | December 13, 2011 | Best Picture | The Help | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated | ||
| Octavia Spencer | Nominated | |||
| Best Song | "The Living Proof" | Nominated | ||
| London Film Critics Circle[14] | January 19, 2012 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated |
| Octavia Spencer | Nominated | |||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | December 11, 2011 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain (also for Coriolanus, The Debt, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and The Tree of Life) | Won |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | February 19, 2012 | Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR for a Feature Film | Dennis Drummond, Kim Drummond, Laura Graham, Scott A. Jennings | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Awards[15] | June 3, 2012 | Movie of the Year | The Help | Nominated |
| Best Gut-Wrenching Performance | Bryce Dallas Howard | Nominated | ||
| Best Cast | The cast | Nominated | ||
| Best On-Screen Dirt Bag | Bryce Dallas Howard | Nominated | ||
| National Board of Review of Motion Pictures[16] | December 1, 2011 | Best Ensemble Cast | The cast | Won |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | November 29, 2011 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain (also for Take Shelter and The Tree of Life) | Won |
| New York Film Critics Online | December 11, 2011 | Breakthrough Performance | Jessica Chastain (also for The Tree of Life, The Debt, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and Coriolanus) | Won |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival[17] | January 7, 2012 | Breakthrough Performance Award | Octavia Spencer | Won |
| People's Choice Awards[18] | January 11, 2012 | Favorite Movie Actress | Emma Stone | Won |
| Favorite Movie | The Help | Nominated | ||
| Favorite Drama Movie | Nominated | |||
| Favorite Book Adaptation | Nominated | |||
| Producers Guild of America Award[19] | January 21, 2012 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards[20] | December 14, 2011 | Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominated | ||
| Best Ensemble Performance | The cast | Nominated | ||
| Satellite Awards | December 18, 2011 | Best Ensemble | The cast | Won |
| Best Motion Picture | The Help | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture | Viola Davis | Won | ||
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Octavia Spencer | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Tate Taylor | Nominated | ||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | January 29, 2012 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The cast | Won |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Viola Davis | Won | ||
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Octavia Spencer | Won | ||
| Jessica Chastain | Nominated | |||
| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards[21] | Top Ten Films | The Help | Won | |
| Best Ensemble | The cast | Won | ||
| The Gene Wyatt Award | The Help | Won | ||
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards | December 19, 2011 | Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Nominated | ||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominated | ||
| Teen Choice Awards[22][23] | July 22, 2012 | Choice Movie: Drama | The Help | Nominated |
| Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Viola Davis | Nominated | ||
| Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Emma Stone | Won | ||
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle[24] | January 9, 2012 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain (also for Take Shelter and The Tree of Life) | Won |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | December 5, 2011 | Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Won | ||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominated | ||
| Best Cast | The cast | Nominated | ||
| Women Film Critics Circle[25] | December 19, 2011 | Best Movie about Women | The Help | Won |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Won | ||
| Jessica Chastain (also for The Debt) | Nominated | |||
| Best Ensemble | The cast | Won | ||
| Josephine Baker Award | The Help | Won | ||
| Writers Guild of America Awards[26] | February 19, 2012 | Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominated |
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