This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer is an American actress known for her leading roles in film and television. She has received several awards and nominations throughout her career including a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award as well as prizes from the Berlin Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. She has also received nominations for three Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Actor Awards.
For her performances in film, Pfeiffer received three Academy Award nominations, her first for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Madame de Tourvel in the costume drama Dangerous Liaisons (1988), and the next two for Best Actress for her roles as Susie Diamond in the drama The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), and a Dallas housewife in the drama Love Field (1992). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Dangerous Liaisons (1988). She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).
She was further Globe-nominated for playing a gangster's widow in the crime comedy Married to the Mob (1988), a young Soviet woman in the spy film The Russia House (1990), a waitress in love in the romantic comedy Frankie and Johnny (1991), a housewife in Love Field, Countess Olenska in the period romance The Age of Innocence (1993), and a Manhattan heiress in the comedy-drama French Exit (2020). She received two Actor Awards nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress for playing a self-centered mother in the drama White Oleander (2002). She was also nominated along with the ensemble for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture for the musical Hairspray where she played the racist manager of a TV station.
She received the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Actress for Love Field (1992) and the Venice Film Festival's Elvira Notari Prize for The Age of Innocence (1993). Additionally, she has been awarded by a various of film critics associations including, Best Actress awards from the National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, as well as Best Supporting Actress awards from the Kansas City Film Critics Circle and the San Diego Film Critics Society.
In 2017, Pfeiffer received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Ruth Madoff in the HBO television film The Wizard of Lies (2017). That same year, it was announced that she had also received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film nomination for the role. She received a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie nomination for her portrayal of First Lady Betty Ford in the Showtime anthology series The First Lady (2023).
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Winner 1989 Best Supporting Actress Dangerous Liaisons Geena Davis, The Accidental Tourist 1990 Best Actress The Fabulous Baker Boys Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy 1993 Love Field Emma Thompson, Howards End
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2003 Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role White Oleander 2008 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Hairspray
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 1990 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Dangerous Liaisons 1991 Best Actress in a Leading Role The Fabulous Baker Boys
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards2017 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie The Wizard of Lies 2026 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Margo's Got Money Troubles Outstanding Comedy Series
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1989 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Married to the Mob 1990Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama The Fabulous Baker Boys 1991 The Russia House 1992 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Frankie and Johnny 1993Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Love Field 1994 The Age of Innocence 2018Best Supporting Actress – Television The Wizard of Lies 2021Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy French Exit
Critics awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Critics' Choice Awards 2023 Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie The First Lady Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1989 Best Actress The Fabulous Baker Boys Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards 2022 Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series The First Lady Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 2003 Best Supporting Actress White Oleander Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1989 Best Actress The Fabulous Baker Boys National Board of Review Awards 1989 Best ActressThe Fabulous Baker Boys National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2002 Best Supporting Actress White Oleander
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Berlin International Film Festival 1992 Silver Bear for Best Actress Love Field Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1996 Favorite Actress – Drama Dangerous Minds 1997 Favorite Actress – Comedy/Romance One Fine Day 2001 Favorite Actress – Suspense What Lies Beneath Canadian Screen Award 2021 Best Actress French Exit Zach Harper, "'Schitt's Creek' and 'Kim's Convenience' win big at 2021 Canadian Screen Awards". Hello! Canada, May 21, 2021. MTV Movie Awards 1993 Best Kiss Batman Returns (with Michael Keaton) Most Desirable Female Batman Returns 1996 Dangerous Minds Best Female Performance Saturn Awards 1986Best Actress Ladyhawke 1995 Wolf 2001 What Lies Beneath 2008 Best Supporting Actress Stardust Venice International Film Festival 1993 Elvira Notari prize The Age of Innocence
Honorary awards Organizations Year Award Result Hollywood Walk of Fame 2007 Star on the Walk of Fame Grauman's Chinese Theatre 2025 Handprint ceremonies Gotham TV Awards 2026 Legend Tribute IndieWire Honors 2026 Vanguard Award
References
External links Michelle Pfeiffer – Awards at the Internet Movie Database