Orange Is the New Black is an American comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan. It is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal women's prison. The series' first season premiered on July 11, 2013, on the streaming service Netflix. Orange Is the New Black has been a significant success for Netflix, becoming its most-watched original series. The series has received critical acclaim since its debut, and many awards and nominations in both comedy and drama categories.
Orange Is the New Black has received 16 Emmy Award nominations and four wins. For its first season, the series received 12 Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, winning three. After an Emmy rule change in 2015 classifying half-hour shows as comedies and hour-long shows as dramas, the series received four Emmy nominations in drama for its second season, including Outstanding Drama Series, and Uzo Aduba won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Orange Is the New Black became the first series to receive Emmy nominations in both comedy and drama categories. Aduba's win made her the first actress, and second actor ever, to win drama and comedy Emmy awards for the same role, following her win for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series the previous year.
The series has also received six Golden Globe Award nominations, six Writers Guild of America Award nominations, a British Academy Television Award nomination, as well as four Screen Actors Guild Awards (including two for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series), four Critics' Choice Television Awards, two GLAAD Media Awards, a Television Critics Association Award, a Producers Guild of America Award, and a Peabody Award.
Total nominations and awards for the cast ActorCharacterTenureAwardsWonNomUzo AdubaSuzanne "Crazy Eyes" WarrenSeason 1–7Taylor SchillingPiper ChapmanSeason 1–7Kate MulgrewGalina "Red" ReznikovaSeason 1–7Laura PreponAlex VauseSeason 1–7Natasha LyonneNicky NicholsSeason 1–7Laverne CoxSophia BursetSeason 1–7
Awards and nominations + Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result ALMA Awards 2014 Special Achievement in Television American Cinema Editors Awards 2016 Best Edited Mini-Series or Motion Picture for Television (for "Trust No Bitch") American Film Institute Awards 2013 Top 10 Television Programs Orange Is the New Black 2014 Top 10 Television Programs Orange Is the New Black ASCAP Music Awards 2015 Top Television Series and Brandon Jay Artios Awards 2014 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series Comedy and Emer O'Callaghan Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot Comedy 2015 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series Comedy and Emer O'Callaghan 2016 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series Comedy and Emer O'Callaghan 2017 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Series Drama and Emer O'Callaghan Black Reel Awards 2017 Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series British Academy Television Awards 2015 Best International Programme Crime Thriller Awards 2014 Best International TV Drama Orange Is the New Black Critics' Choice Television Awards 2014 Best Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series 2015 Best Drama Series Orange Is the New Black Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Most Bingeworthy Show Orange Is the New Black Directors Guild of America Awards 2014 Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series (for "Thirsty Bird") Dorian Awards 2013 TV Drama of the Year Orange Is the New Black LGBTQ TV Show of the Year Orange Is the New Black TV Performance of the Year – Actress 2014 TV Drama of the Year Orange Is the New Black LGBTQ TV Show of the Year Orange Is the New Black TV Director of the Year 2015 TV Drama of the Year Orange Is the New Black LGBTQ TV Show of the Year Orange Is the New Black 2016 LGBTQ TV Show of the Year Orange Is the New Black Gracie Awards 2015 Outstanding Comedy Orange Is the New Black GLAAD Media Awards 2014 Outstanding Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black 2015 Outstanding Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black 2016 Outstanding Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2015 Best Music Supervision in a Television Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Awards 2014Best Actress – Television Series Drama 2015 Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Orange Is the New Black Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film 2016 Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Orange Is the New Black Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Grammy Awards 2014 Best Song Written for Visual Media (for "You've Got Time") Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2016 Best Outstanding Music Supervision – Television IGN Awards 2016 Best Streaming Exclusive Orange Is the New Black Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards 2015 Best Contemporary Makeup – Television and New Media Series and Karen Reuter Fabbo Best Contemporary Hair Styling – Television and New Media Series and Valerie Velez NAACP Image Awards 2014 Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series (for "Blood Donut") 2015 Outstanding Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (for "It Was the Change") 2016 Outstanding Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 2017 Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 2018 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series NewNowNext Awards 2014 Best New Television Actress Peabody Awards 2013 Honoree Orange Is the New Black People's Choice Awards 2014 Favorite Streaming Series Orange Is the New Black 2015 Favorite TV Dramedy Orange Is the New Black People's Choice Awards 2015: The winner's list , Entertainment Weekly, Retrieved January 8, 2015 2016 Favorite Streaming Series Orange Is the New Black 2017 Favorite Premium Drama Series Orange Is the New Black Favorite Premium Series Actress Primetime Emmy Awards 2014 Outstanding Comedy Series Orange Is the New Black Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (for "Lesbian Request Denied") Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and Jenji Kohan (for "I Wasn't Ready") 2015 Outstanding Drama Series Orange Is the New Black Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 2017 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2014 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (for "Lesbian Request Denied") (for "Lesbian Request Denied") (for "WAC Pack") Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (for "Tit Punch") (for "Tall Men With Feelings") (for "Can't Fix Crazy") 2015 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (for "40 Oz. of Furlough") Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series 2016 Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series 2017 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (for "Doctor Psycho") 2019 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (for "Well This Took a Dark Turn") 2020 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (for "God Bless America") Producers Guild of America Awards 2015 Best Episodic Comedy Satellite Awards 2013 Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Orange Is the New Black Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Best Cast – Television Series 2014 Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Orange Is the New Black Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy 2015 Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy 2016 Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Orange Is the New Black Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy 2017 Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Orange Is the New Black Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series 2016 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series 2017 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series 2018 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Screenwriters Choice Awards 2014 Best Television Comedy 2015 Best Television Comedy TCA Awards 2014 Program of the Year Orange Is the New Black Outstanding New Program Orange Is the New Black Writers Guild of America Awards 2013 Television: Comedy Series Television: New Series Television: Episodic Comedy and Jenji Kohan (for "I Wasn't Ready") (for "Lesbian Request Denied") 2014 Television: Comedy Series Television: Episodic Comedy (for "Low Self Esteem City") 2019 Television: Episodic Comedy (for "Here's Where We Get Off")
Critics' top ten lists
2013 1st – Boob Tube Dude 1st – The Daily Beast 2nd – Boston Globe 2nd – Film School Rejects 2nd – HitFix 2nd – Indiewire 2nd – Los Angeles Times 2nd – San Francisco Chronicle 2nd – Washington Post 3rd – PopMatters 3rd – Slate 3rd – Time 4th – Complex 4th – Entertainment Weekly (Melissa Maerz) 4th – Paste 5th – Grantland 5th – Lincoln Journal Star 6th – Entertainment Weekly (Jeff Jensen) 6th – New York Vulture 6th – Philadelphia Daily News 6th – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 8th – Austin Chronicle 8th – Filmmaker Magazine 8th – Houston Chronicle 8th – The Oregonian 9th – NPR 10th – NPR Fresh Air – Huffington Post – IGN – RedEye Chicago
2014 2nd – The Star-Ledger 3rd – Akron Beacon Journal 3rd – HitFix (Dan Fienberg) 3rd – Indiewire''' 3rd – Las Vegas Weekly 3rd – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 3rd – Tampa Bay Times 3rd – Village Voice 4th – Paste 4th – PopMatters 4th – Time 4th – Us Weekly 5th – Denver Post 5th – Uncle Barky 6th – The Daily Beast 6th – HitFix (Alan Sepinwall) 6th – NPR 6th – Sioux City Journal 7th – The Hollywood Reporter 7th – San Jose Mercury News 7th – Vox 8th – Slate 8th – Thompson on Hollywood! 9th – Digital Spy 10th – Washington Post – Huffington Post – Philadelphia Daily News – ScreenCrush''
2015 8th – Philadelphia Daily News 8th – Village Voice – The Atlantic – The Week
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