List of awards and nominations received by RuPaul

RuPaul Charles is an American drag queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality. He is considered to be the most famous drag queen ever, and in 2017 he was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.^[1][2]

RuPaul awards and nominations

RuPaul at the 2019 DragCon
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations AACTA Awards 0 1 Billboard Music Awards 2 2 Black Reel Awards 0 1 British Academy Television Awards 0 3 Canadian Screen Awards 4 6 Critics' Choice Real TV Awards 10 34 Critics' Choice Television Awards 1 8 Emmy Awards 14 25 EWwy Awards 1 1 Dorian Awards 0 2 Drama League Awards 1 1 GLAAD Media Awards 5 9 Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 1 MTV Movie & TV Awards 5 13 MTV Video Music Awards 0 1 NAACP Image Awards 0 3 National Television Awards 0 5 NewNowNext Awards 1 1 People's Choice Awards 0 6 Producers Guild of America Awards 5 7 TCA Awards 1 4 Tony Awards 1 2
Totals[a]
Wins	52
Nominations	136
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.

Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race and its various spin-offs, such as All Stars, Untucked and Drag Race UK. RuPaul's Drag Race was met with critical acclaim and was praised for "creat[ing] an entertainingly voyeuristic glimpse into the performance art world of drag queens".^[3][4] It has earned Charles 14 Primetime Emmy Awards, making him the person with the most wins in the category of Outstanding Host for a Competition Program and the most-awarded person of color in the show's history,^[5] one Critics' Choice Television Award, and five Producers Guild of America Awards. RuPaul's Drag Race UK was nominated for three BAFTA TV Awards, while Canada's Drag Race won several Canadian Screen Awards, with Charles being the recipient of three Best Reality/Competition Series awards as one of the executive producers of the show. In 2022, he won the Tony Award for Best Musical for producing the Broadway show A Strange Loop.

Charles had already achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of his single "Supermodel (You Better Work)", from the album Supermodel of the World (1993), for which he received two Billboard Music Awards and an MTV Video Music Award nomination. He was also honored with the GLAAD Vito Russo Award in 1999, presented to an openly LGBT media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equality for the LGBT community, and in 2018 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the television industry, making him the first drag queen to be given such an award.

Awards, honors and nominations

Awards and nominations received by RuPaul

Award	Year[a]	Work	Category	Result	Ref.
AACTA Awards	2022	RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under[b]	Best Entertainment Program	Nominated	[6]
Billboard Music Awards	1993	"Supermodel (You Better Work)"	#1 Dance Single	Won	[7]
			#1 12" Dance Single	Won
Black Reel Awards	2019	Grace and Frankie	Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series	Nominated	[8]
British Academy Television Awards	2020	RuPaul's Drag Race UK[c]	Best Reality and Constructed Factual	Nominated	[9]
	2022	RuPaul's Drag Race UK[d]		Nominated	[10]
	2023	RuPaul's Drag Race UK[e]		Nominated	[11]
Canadian Screen Awards	2021	Canada's Drag Race[f]	Best Reality/Competition Series	Won	[12]
	2022	Canada's Drag Race[g]		Won	[13]
		The Bravest Knight	Best Performance, Animation	Won
	2023	Canada's Drag Race[h]	Best Reality/Competition Series	Nominated	[14]
	2024	Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World[h]		Won	[15]
	2025	Canada's Drag Race[i]		Pending	[16]
Critics' Choice Real TV Awards	2019	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Competition Series	Won	[17]
			Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series	Nominated
			Best Show Host	Nominated
			Male Star of the Year	Nominated
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked	Best Unstructured Series	Nominated
	2020	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Competition Series	Won	[18]
			Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series	Nominated
			Best Show Host	Nominated
			Male Star of the Year	Nominated
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked	Best Unstructured Series	Nominated
	2021	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Competition Series	Won[j]	[19]
			Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series	Won
			Best Show Host	Nominated
			Male Star of the Year	Nominated
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked	Best Unstructured Series	Nominated
	2022	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Competition Series	Won[k]	[20] [21]
			Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series	Won
			Best Show Host	Nominated
			Male Star of the Year	Nominated
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked	Best Unstructured Series	Won
	2023	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Competition Series	Nominated	[22]
		RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars		Nominated
			Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series	Won
		Lingo	Best Game Show	Nominated
		RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars	Best Show Host	Won[l]
			Star of the Year	Nominated
	2024	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Competition Series	Nominated	[23]
			Best Lifestyle Show: Fashion/Beauty	Won
			Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series	Nominated
			Best Show Host	Nominated
			Male Star of the Year	Nominated
	2025	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Competition Series	Pending	[24]
			Best Lifestyle Show: Fashion/Beauty	Pending
		RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars		Pending
Critics' Choice Television Awards	2011	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Reality Series – Competition	Nominated	[25]
	2012		Best Reality Show Host	Nominated	[26]
	2013			Nominated	[27]
	2014			Nominated	[28]
	2016			Nominated	[29]
			Best Reality Series – Competition	Nominated
	2018			Nominated	[30]
			Best Reality Show Host	Won
Dorian Awards	2023	RuPaul	Timeless Award	Nominated[m]	[31]
	2024		GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV Trailblazer Award	Nominated	[32]
Drama League Awards	2022	A Strange Loop[n]	Outstanding Production of a Musical	Won	[33]
EWwy Awards	2013	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Dressed Reality TV Judge	Won	[34]
GLAAD Media Awards	1999	RuPaul	GLAAD Vito Russo Award	Honored	[35]
	2010	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Reality Program	Won	[36]
	2019			Nominated	[37]
	2020			Nominated	[38]
	2021			Nominated	[39]
	2022			Won[o]	[40]
	2023		Outstanding Reality Competition Program	Nominated	[41]
	2024			Won	[42]
	2025			Won	[43]
Hollywood Walk of Fame	2018	RuPaul	Television	Inducted	[44]
MTV Movie & TV Awards	2017	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Reality Competition	Won	[45]
			Best Host	Nominated
	2018		Best Reality Series/Franchise	Nominated	[46]
	2019		Best Host	Nominated	[47]
	2021		Best Competition Series	Won	[48]
			Best Host	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race UK	Best International Reality Series	Nominated
	2022	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Competition Series	Won	[49]
			Best Host	Nominated
		Queen of the Universe	Best Unscripted Series	Nominated
	2023	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars	Best Reality Competition	Won	[50]
		RuPaul's Drag Race	Best Host	Nominated
		RuPaul's Drag Race[p]	Best Reality On-Screen Team	Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards	1993	"Supermodel (You Better Work)"	Best Dance Video	Nominated	[51]
NAACP Image Awards	2021	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Host in a Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety	Nominated	[52]
	2024			Nominated	[53]
			Outstanding Short Form Series – Reality/Nonfiction	Nominated
National Television Awards	2020	RuPaul's Drag Race UK	The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award	Nominated	[54]
			TV Judge	Nominated
	2021		Talent Show	Nominated	[55]
	2022			Nominated	[56]
			Talent Show Judge	Nominated
NewNowNext Awards	2010	RuPaul's Drag Race	Best New Indulgence	Won	[57]
People's Choice Awards	2019	RuPaul's Drag Race	The Competition Show of 2019	Nominated	[58]
	2020		The Competition Show of 2020	Nominated	[59]
	2021		The Competition Show of 2021	Nominated	[60]
	2022		The Competition Show of 2022	Nominated	[61]
	2024		The Competition Show of the Year	Nominated	[62]
			The Host of the Year	Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards	2016	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program	Won	[63]
	2017			Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race[q]	Outstanding Competition Program	Nominated
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked[r]	Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program	Nominated
	2018	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race[s]	Outstanding Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked[t]	Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program	Nominated
	2019	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race[u]	Outstanding Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked[v]	Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program	Nominated
	2020	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race[w]	Outstanding Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked[x]	Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program	Nominated
	2021	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race[y]	Outstanding Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked[z]	Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program	Won
	2022	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race[aa]	Outstanding Competition Program	Nominated
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked[ab]	Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program	Nominated
	2023	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race[ac]	Outstanding Competition Program	Won
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked[ad]	Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program	Nominated
	2024	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program	Nominated
		RuPaul's Drag Race[ae]	Outstanding Competition Program	Nominated
		RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked[af]	Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program	Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards	2019	RuPaul's Drag Race[ag]	Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television	Won	[64]
	2020	RuPaul's Drag Race[ah]		Won	[65]
	2021	RuPaul's Drag Race[ai]		Won	[66]
	2022	RuPaul's Drag Race[aj]		Won	[67]
	2023	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars[ak]		Nominated	[68]
	2024	RuPaul's Drag Race[al]		Won	[69]
	2025	RuPaul's Drag Race[ae]		Nominated	[70]
TCA Awards	2014	RuPaul's Drag Race	Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming	Won	[71]
	2015			Nominated	[72]
	2018			Nominated	[73]
	2023			Nominated	[74]
Tony Awards	2022	A Strange Loop[n]	Best Musical	Won	[75]
	2023	Ain't No Mo'[am]	Best Play	Nominated	[76]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by RuPaul's Drag Race

Notes

1. Indicates the year of ceremony.
2. shared with Fenton Bailey, Cailah Scobie, Amanda Duthie, and Nicola Van der Meijden
3. shared with World of Wonder.
4. shared with Fenton Bailey, Tom Campbell, Bruce McCoy, Sally Miles, and Matt Green.
5. shared with Fenton Bailey, Tom Campbell, Tony Grech-Smith, and Matt Green.
6. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Mike Bickerton, Tom Campbell, Michael Kot, Randy Lennox, Jen Markowitz, Pam McNair, Laura Michalchyshyn, Betty Orr, and Tracey Pearce.
7. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Trevor Boris, Tom Campbell, Spencer Fritz, Michael Kot, Jen Markowitz, Pam McNair, Laura Michalshyshyn, Betty Orr, and Justin Stockman.
8. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Trevor Boris, Tom Campbell, Spencer Fritz, Michael Kot, Michelle Mama, Laura Michalshyshyn, Betty Orr, Justin Stockman, and Yette Vandendam.
9. shared with Brett Ashley, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Trevor Boris, Tom Campbell, Spencer Fritz, Michael Kot, Tomás Maturana, Laura Michalshyshyn, Betty Orr, Justin Stockman, and Yette Vandendam.
10. tied with The Great British Bake Off
11. tied with Top Chef
12. tied with Padma Lakshmi for Top Chef and Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
13. RuPaul was listed as one of the nominees, but the winners were never announced.
14. shared with the producers of A Strange Loop.
15. tied with We're Here
16. shared with Michelle Visage.
17. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Michele Mills, Tim Palazzola, Pamela Post, Mandy Salangsang, and Jacqueline Wilson.
18. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, and Kenneth Leslie.
19. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Bruce McCoy, Michele Mills, Tim Palazzola, Pamela Post, Mandy Salangsang, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, and Jacqueline Wilson.
20. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, San Heng, Kenneth Leslie, Tim Palazzola, Pamela Post, and Thairin Smothers.
21. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Bruce McCoy, Michele Mills, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, John Polly, Pamela Post, Mandy Salangsang, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, Michelle Visage, and Jacqueline Wilson.
22. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, San Heng, Kenneth Leslie, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, Pamela Post, Mandy Salangsang, and Thairin Smothers.
23. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Adam Bronstein, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Alicia Gargaro-Magana, Bruce McCoy, Michele Mills, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, John Polly, Pamela Post, Mandy Salangsang, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, Michelle Visage, and Jacqueline Wilson.
24. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Adam Bronstein, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Kenneth Leslie, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, Pamela Post, Mandy Salangsang, Thairin Smothers, and Camilo Valdes.
25. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Alicia Gargaro-Magana, Zoe Jackson, Michele Mills, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, John Polly, Mandy Salangsang, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, Camilo Valdes, and Michelle Visage.
26. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, San Heng, Kenneth Leslie, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, Mandy Salangsang, and Thairin Smothers.
27. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Alicia Gargaro-Magana, Sara Kordy, Jeremy McGovern, Michele Mills, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, John Polly, Mandy Salangsang, Michael Seligman, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, Camilo Valdes, and Michelle Visage.
28. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Kenneth Leslie, Jeremy McGovern, Edward Paige, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, Mandy Salangsang, and Thairin Smothers.
29. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Ashlei Dabney, Alicia Gargaro-Magaña, Sara Kordy, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, Jeremy McGovern, Michele Mills, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, John Polly, Mandy Salangsang, Michael Seligman, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, Camilo Valdes, and Michelle Visage.
30. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Adam Bronstein, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Kenneth Leslie, Jeremy McGovern, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, Mandy Salangsang, and Thairin Smothers.
31. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Thea Berns, Daniel Blau Rogge, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Alicia Gargaro-Magaña, Julie Ha, Sara Kordy, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, Michele Mills, John Polly, Mandy Salangsang, Michael Seligman, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, and Michelle Visage.
32. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Daniel Blau Rogge, Adam Bronstein, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Alicia Gargaro-Magaña, Julie Ha, Kenneth Leslie, Mandy Salangsang, and Thairin Smothers.
33. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Bruce McCoy, Michele Mills, Jen Passovoy, Mandy Salangsang, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, and Jacqueline Wilson.
34. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Bruce McCoy, Michele Mills, Jen Passovoy, John Polly, Mandy Salangsang, Thairin Smothers, Michelle Visage, and Jacqueline Wilson.
35. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Adam Bronstein, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Alicia Gargaro-Magana, Michele Mills, Jen Passovoy, John Polly, Mandy Salangsang, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, Michelle Visage, and Jacqueline Wilson.
36. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Alicia Gargaro-Magana, Zoe Jackson, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, Michele Mills, John Polly, Mandy Salangsang, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, Camilo Valdes, and Michelle Visage.
37. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Alicia Gargaro-Magana, Natalia James, Ari Kolber, Sara Kordy, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, Jeremy McGovern, John Polly, Mandy Salangsang, Michael Seligman, Thairin Smothers, and Michelle Visage.
38. shared with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Ashlei Dabney, Alicia Gargaro-Magana, Sara Kordy, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, Jeremy McGovern, Michele Mills, Tim Palazzola, Jen Passovoy, John Polly, Mandy Salangsang, Michael Seligman, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, and Michelle Visage.
39. shared with the producers of Ain't No Mo'.