List of awards and nominations received by Wentworth

Wentworth is an Australian television drama series which premiered on 1 May 2013. The series, including its cast members and crew, have been the recipient of several awards and nominations, most notably at the Logie Awards, AACTA Awards and the ASTRA Awards.

Wentworth awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations AACTA Awards 4 21 ASTRA Awards 4 14 Australian Directors Guild 1 4 Australian Screen Editors 0 2 Australian Writers' Guild Awards 1 6 Equity Ensemble Awards 0 7 Logie Awards 7 27 National Dreamtime Awards 2 2 Screen Producers Australia 1 7 TV Tonight Awards 5 13
Totals[a]
Wins	25
Nominations	103
Honours	3
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.

AACTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Notes	Ref
2014	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	[a]	[1]
	Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama	Kris McQuade	Nominated	[b]
2015 (1)	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Danielle Cormack	Nominated	[c]	[2]
2015 (2)	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	[d]	[3]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Pamela Rabe	Won	[e]
2016	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Won	[f]	[4]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Danielle Cormack	Nominated	[g]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Pamela Rabe	Nominated	[h]
	Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy	Kevin Carlin	Nominated	[i]
	Best Editing in Television	Ben Joss	Won	[j]
2017	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	[k]	[5]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Pamela Rabe	Nominated	[l]
	Subscription Television Award for Best New Talent	Zahra Newman	Won	[m]
2018	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	[n]	[6]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Leah Purcell	Nominated	[o]
	Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama	Celia Ireland	Nominated	[p]
2019	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	[q]	[7]
2020	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	[r]	[8]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Pamela Rabe	Nominated	[s]
2021	Best Television Drama Series	Wentworth	Nominated	[t]	[9]
	Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama	Pamela Rabe	Nominated	[u]

ASTRA Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2014	Most Outstanding Drama	Wentworth (Season 1)	Won	[10] [11]
	Most Outstanding New Talent	Shareena Clanton (Season 1)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Danielle Cormack (Season 1)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Nicole da Silva (Season 1)	Won
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Kris McQuade (Season 1)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor	Aaron Jeffery (Season 1 )	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor	Robbie Magasiva (Season 1)	Nominated
2015	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Danielle Cormack (Season 2)	Won	[12] [13]
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Celia Ireland (Season 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Nicole da Silva (Season 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor	Pamela Rabe (Season 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor	Aaron Jeffery (Season 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor	Robbie Magasiva (Season 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Drama	Wentworth (Season 2)	Won

Australian Directors Guild

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2015	Best Direction in a TV Drama Series	Kevin Carlin for "Into the Night"	Nominated	[14]
2018	Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series	Fiona Banks for "Belly of the Beast"	Won	[15]
2020	Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series	Kevin Carlin for "Under Siege: Part 2"	Nominated	[16]
2022	Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series	Kevin Carlin for "Legacy"	Nominated	[17]

Australian Screen Editors

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2013	Best Editing in a Television Drama	Philip Watts for "No Place Like Home"	Nominated	[18]
2014	Best Editing in a Television Drama	Ben Joss for "Into the Night"	Nominated	[19]

Australian Writers' Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2015	Best Script for a Television Series	Pete McTighe for "Fear Her"	Nominated	[20]
	Best Script for a Television Series	Stuart Page for "The Governor's Pleasure"	Won
2016	Best Script for a Television Series	Michael Lucas for "Plan Bea"	Nominated	[21]
	Best Script for a Television Series	Pete McTighe for "Blood and Fire"	Nominated
2017	Best Script for a Television Series or Miniseries	Pete McTighe for "Seeing Red"	Nominated	[22]
2021	Best Script for a Television Series or Miniseries of More Than 4 Hours Duration, Including Original and Adapted Works	Kim Wilson for "The Unknown Terrorist"	Nominated	[23]

Equity Ensemble Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2014	Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Cast of Wentworth (Season 1)	Nominated	[24]
2015	Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Cast of Wentworth (Season 2)	Nominated	[25]
2016	Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Cast of Wentworth (Season 3)	Nominated	[26]
2017	Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Cast of Wentworth (Season 4)	Nominated	[27]
2018	Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Cast of Wentworth (Season 5)	Nominated	[28]
2019	Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Cast of Wentworth (Season 6)	Nominated	[29][30]
2021	Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Cast of Wentworth (Season 8, Part 1)	Nominated	[31]

Logie Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2014	Most Outstanding Drama Series	Wentworth (Season 1)	Nominated	[32]
	Most Outstanding Actress	Danielle Cormack (Season 1)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Newcomer	Shareena Clanton (Season 1)	Nominated
2015	Most Outstanding Drama Series	Wentworth (Season 2)	Won	[33] [34]
	Most Outstanding Actress	Danielle Cormack (Season 2)	Won
	Most Outstanding Actress	Nicole da Silva (Season 2)	Nominated
2016	Most Outstanding Actress	Pamela Rabe (Season 3)	Nominated	[35] [36]
	Most Outstanding Drama Series	Wentworth (Season 3)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Supporting Actress	Celia Ireland (Season 3)	Won
2017	Most Outstanding Actress	Danielle Cormack (Season 4)	Nominated	[37]
	Most Outstanding Supporting Actress	Nicole da Silva (Season 4)	Nominated
	Best Drama Program	Wentworth (Season 4)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Drama Program	Wentworth (Season 4)	Nominated
2018	Most Outstanding Actress	Kate Atkinson (Season 5)	Nominated	[38]
	Most Outstanding Actress	Pamela Rabe (Season 5)	Won
	Most Outstanding Drama Series	Wentworth (Season 5)	Won
	Most Outstanding Supporting Actress	Celia Ireland (Season 5)	Nominated
	Most Popular Drama Program	Wentworth (Season 5)	Won
2019	Most Outstanding Actor	Robbie Magasiva (Season 6)	Nominated	[39]
	Most Outstanding Actress	Leah Purcell (Season 6)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Supporting Actor	Bernard Curry (Season 6)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Supporting Actress	Celia Ireland (Season 6)	Nominated
	Most Popular Drama Program	Wentworth (Season 6)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Drama Series	Wentworth (Season 6)	Won
2022	Most Popular Actor	Bernard Curry (Season 8, Part 2)	Nominated	[40] [41]
	Most Outstanding Drama Series	Wentworth (Season 8, Part 2)	Nominated
	Most Outstanding Supporting Actress	Katrina Milosevic (Season 8, Part 2)	Nominated

National Dreamtime Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2018	Female Actor of the Year	Leah Purcell (Season 6)	Won	[42]
2019	Female Actor of the Year	Rarriwuy Hick (Season 7)	Won	[43]

Screen Producers Australia

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref
2013	SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year	Fremantle Australia (Season 1)	Won	[44]
2014	SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year	Fremantle Australia (Season 2)	Nominated	[45]
2015	SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year	Fremantle Australia (Season 3)	Nominated	[46]
2016	SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year	Fremantle Australia (Season 4)	Nominated	[47]
2017	SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year	Fremantle Australia (Season 5)	Nominated	[48]
2018	SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year	Fremantle Australia (Season 6)	Nominated	[49]
2019	SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year	Fremantle Australia (Season 7)	Nominated	[50]

TV Tonight Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result	Notes	Ref
2014	TV Tonight Award for Best New Show (Australian)	Wentworth	Nominated	[v]	[51]
	TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama	Wentworth	Nominated	[w]	[51]
2015	TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama	Wentworth	Nominated	[x]	[52]
2016	TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama	Wentworth	Won	[y]	[53]
2017	TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama	Wentworth	Won	[z]	[54]
2018	TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama	Wentworth	Won	[aa]	[55]
2019	TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama	Wentworth	Won	[ab]	[56]
	TV Tonight Award for Blunder of the Year: Wentworth "axed" rumours	Wentworth	Nominated	[ac]	[57]
2020	TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama	Wentworth	Nominated	[ad]	[58]
2021	TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama	Wentworth	Won	[ae]	[59]
	TV Tonight Award for Favourite Aussie Female	Pamela Rabe	Nominated	[af]	[59]
2022	TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama	Wentworth	Nominated	[ag]	[60]
	TV Tonight Award for Favourite Female	Pamela Rabe	Nominated	[ah]	[60]

TV Week Honours List

Honour	Year	Character	Result	Ref
2023	TV Week 100 Greatest Australian TV Characters	Franky Doyle	14th place	[61][62]
		Joan Ferguson	25th place
		Bea Smith	32nd place

Notes

1. Jo Porter & Amanda Crittenden – Wentworth: Season 1
2. Kris McQuade for Season 1, Episode 10 – "Checkmate"
3. Danielle Cormack for Season 2
4. Jo Porter & Amanda Crittenden – Wentworth: Season 3
5. Pamela Rabe for Season 3
6. Pino Amenta & Jo Porter – Wentworth: Season 4
7. Danielle Cormack for Season 4
8. Pamela Rabe for Season 4
9. Director Kevin Carlin for Season 4, Episode 12 – "Seeing Red"
10. Editor Ben Joss for Season 4, Episode 3 − "Prisoner"
11. Jo Porter & Pino Amenta – Wentworth: Season 5
12. Pamela Rabe for Season 5
13. Zara Newman for Season 5
14. Jo Porter & Pino Amenta – Wentworth: Season 6
15. Leah Purcell for Season 6
16. Celia Ireland for Season 6
17. Jo Porter & Pino Amenta – Wentworth: Season 7
18. Jo Porter & Pino Amenta – Wentworth: Season 8, Part 1
19. Pamela Rabe for Season 8, Part 1
20. Jo Porter & Pino Amenta – Wentworth: Season 8, Part 2
21. Pamela Rabe for Season 8, Part 2
22. Wentworth: Season 1
23. Wentworth: Season 1
24. Wentworth: Season 2
25. Wentworth: Season 3
26. Wentworth: Season 4
27. Wentworth: Season 5
28. Wentworth: Season 6
29. Wentworth: Season 6
30. Wentworth: Season 7
31. Wentworth: Season 8, Part 1
32. Wentworth: Season 8, Part 1
33. Wentworth: Season 8, Part 2
34. Wentworth: Season 8, Part 2

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