List of awards and nominations received by Reese Witherspoon

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by acclaimed American actress and producer Reese Witherspoon. She rose to international fame for portraying Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. Among her numerous accolades, Witherspoon won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award,^[1] and Golden Globe Award for her performance in Walk the Line.^[2] As a producer, Witherspoon won a Primetime Emmy Award and received Golden Globe award nominations for the television series Big Little Lies.

Reese Witherspoon awards and nominations

Witherspoon at the 2011 Academy Awards
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 2 BAFTA Awards 1 3 Primetime Emmy Awards 1 7 Golden Globe Awards 2 7 Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 7
Totals[a]
Wins	33
Nominations	88
Note 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.

Major associations

Key

†	Indicates non-competitive categories

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Actress	Walk the Line	Won	[3]
2015		Wild	Nominated	[4]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2006	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Walk the Line	Won	[5]
2015		Wild	Nominated	[6]
British Academy Television Awards
2018	Best International Programme[a]	Big Little Lies	Nominated	[7]

Critics Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2006	Best Actress	Walk the Line	Won	[8]
2015		Wild	Nominated	[9]
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2018	Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries	Big Little Lies	Nominated	[10]
	Best Television Movie or Miniseries[a]		Won
2024	Best Actress in a Drama Series	The Morning Show	Nominated	[11]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2000	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Election	Nominated	[12]
2002		Legally Blonde	Nominated
2006		Walk the Line	Won
2015	Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	Wild	Nominated
2018	Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film	Big Little Lies	Nominated
	Best Miniseries or Television Film[a]		Won
2020	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	The Morning Show	Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Big Little Lies	Nominated	[13]
	Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series[a]		Won
2020		Little Fires Everywhere	Nominated
2022	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Morning Show	Nominated	[14]
2023	Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series	Daisy Jones & the Six	Nominated	[15]
2024	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Morning Show	Nominated	[16]
	Outstanding Drama Series		Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role	Walk the Line	Won	[17]
2015		Wild	Nominated	[18]
2018	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in Miniseries or Movie	Big Little Lies	Nominated	[19]
2020	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated	[20]
2022		The Morning Show	Nominated	[21]
	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2023	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated	[22]

Industry awards

Organization	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
AACTA Awards	2014	Best Actress	Wild	Nominated	[23]
Independent Spirit Awards	2000	Best Female Lead	Election	Nominated	[24]
	2014	Robert Altman Award	Mud	Won	[25]
	2015		Inherent Vice	Won	[26]
Producers Guild of America Awards	2018	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	Big Little Lies	Nominated	[27]
	2020			Nominated	[28]

Audience awards

Organization	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	2002	Favorite Female Movie Star	Legally Blonde	Nominated	[29]
	2009	Favorite Movie Actress	Four Christmases	Nominated	[30]
	2010	Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie	Monsters vs. Aliens	Nominated	[31][32]
	2017		Sing	Nominated	[33]
		Most Wanted Pet		Nominated
	2022	Favorite Voice for an Animated Movie	Sing 2	Nominated	[34]
People's Choice Awards	2005	Favorite Female Movie Star		Nominated	[35]
	2006	Favorite Leading Actress	Just Like Heaven and Walk the Line	Won	[36]
		Olay Total Effects Fans Favorite Look	Herself	Nominated
	2008	Favorite Female Movie Star		Won	[37]
	2009			Won	[38]
	2012	Favorite Movie Actress		Nominated	[39]
	2013	Favorite Comedic Movie Actress		Nominated	[40]
	2015	Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress		Nominated	[41]
	2019	The Female TV Star of 2019	Big Little Lies	Nominated	[42]
		The Drama TV Star of 2019		Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	1999	Choice Movie Actress	Cruel Intentions	Nominated	[43]
		Choice Movie Hissy Fit	Election	Nominated
		Most Funniest Scene	Pleasantville	Nominated[b]
		Sexiest Love Scene	Cruel Intentions	Nominated[c]
		Choice Female Hottie	Herself	Nominated
	2001	Choice Movie: Hissy Fit	Legally Blonde	Nominated	[44]
	2002	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	The Importance of Being Earnest	Nominated	[45]
		Choice Female Hottie	Herself	Nominated
		Extraordinary Achievement Award		Won
	2003	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Sweet Home Alabama	Nominated	[46]
		Choice Movie Liplock		Won[d]
	2006	Choice Movie Actress: Action/Drama	Walk the Line	Won	[47]
	2008	Choice Movie: Drama Actress	Rendition	Nominated	[48]
	2011	Choice Movie Actress: Drama	Water for Elephants	Nominated	[49]
	2012	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	This Means War	Nominated	[50]
	2015	Choice Movie Actress: Drama	Wild	Nominated	[51]
		Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Hot Pursuit	Nominated
		Choice Movie: Chemistry		Nominated[e]
		Choice Movie: Liplock		Nominated[e]
		Choice Movie: Hissy Fit		Nominated
	2018	Choice Fantasy Movie Actress	A Wrinkle in Time	Nominated	[52]

Critic awards

Organization	Year[f]	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	2011	Actress Most in Need of a New Agent		Nominated	[53]
	2013		This Means War	Won[g]	[54]
	2019	Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry[h]	Herself	Nominated	[55]
Austin Film Critics Association	2006	Best Actress	Walk the Line	Won	[56]
Boston Society of Film Critics	2005	Best Actress		Won	[57]
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film	2000	Best Actress	Election	Nominated	[58]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	2005	Best Actress	Walk the Line	Nominated
	2014		Wild	Won	[59]
Denver Film Critics Society	2015	Best Actress		Nominated	[60]
Detroit Film Critics Society	2014	Best Actress		Nominated	[61]
Florida Film Critics Circle	2005	Best Actress	Walk the Line	Won
Houston Film Critics Society	2015	Best Actress	Wild	Nominated	[62]
National Society of Film Critics	1999	Best Actress	Election	Won
Online Film Critics Society	2000	Best Actress	Election	Won	[63]
	2006		Walk the Line	Won	[64]
Toronto Film Critics Association	2014	Best Actress	Wild	Nominated	[65]
Utah Film Critics Association	2005	Best Actress	Walk the Line	Won	[66]
Women Film Critics Circle	2014	Courage in Acting	Wild	Nominated	[67]
Women's Image Network Awards	2014	Actress Feature Film		Won	[68]

Festival awards

Organization	Year[f]	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Cognac Festival du Film Policier	1997	Best Actress	Freeway	Won
Palm Springs International Film Festival	2015	Chairman's Award	Wild	Won	[69]
Sitges Film Festival	1997	Best Actress	Freeway	Won	[70]

Miscellaneous awards

Organization	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
American Comedy Awards	2000	Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)	Election	Nominated
	2001	Funniest Female Guest Appearance in a TV Series	Friends	Nominated
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2000	Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama/Romance	Cruel Intentions	Won
Gracie Awards	2018	Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama	Big Little Lies	Won	[71]
Rembrandt Awards	2012	Best International Actress	Water for Elephants	Nominated	[72]
Young Artist Awards	1991	Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture	The Man in the Moon	Nominated	[73]
	1993	Best Young Actress in a Television Movie	Desperate Choices: To Save My Child	Nominated	[74]
	1994	Best Youth Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture: Drama	Jack the Bear	Won	[75]
Young Hollywood Awards	1999	Breakthrough Performance - Female	Pleasantville	Won

Notes

1. Nominated as Executive Producer.
2. Shared with Joan Allen.
3. Shared with Ryan Phillippe.
4. Shared with Josh Lucas.
5. Shared with Sofía Vergara.
6. Indicates the year of the ceremony.
7. Tied with Katherine Heigl for One for the Money.
8. Shared with Shonda Rimes and all the women speaking out in the #MeToo movement.