· Academy Awards
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 1977 | Taxi Driver | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| 1989 | The Accused | Best Actress | Won | |
| 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs | Won | |
| 1995 | Nell | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Nyad | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
· AARP's Movies for Grownup Awards
Role(s)
Best Grownup Love Story
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
Role(s)
Best Actress (TV/Streaming)
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2012 | The Beaver | Best Grownup Love Story | Nominated |
| 2021 | The Mauritanian | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 2024 | Nyad | Won |
| 2025 | True Detective: Night Country | Best Actress (TV/Streaming) | Won |
| 2026 | A Private Life | Best Actress | Pending |
· Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
Role(s)
Bravest Performance Award
—
Role(s)
Women Image Award
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2007 | The Brave One | Bravest Performance Award | Nominated |
| — | Women Image Award | Won |
| 2024 | Nyad | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Grand Dame for Defying Ageism | Nominated |
· American Cinematheque Award
—
Role(s)
American Cinematheque Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1999 | — | American Cinematheque Award | Honored |
· American Comedy Awards
Role(s)
Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1994 | Maverick | Funniest Leading Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
· American Film Institute
—
Role(s)
AFI Conservatory's Honorary Degree
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2018 | — | AFI Conservatory's Honorary Degree | Honored |
· American Society of Cinematographers
—
Role(s)
Board of Directors Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1996 | — | Board of Directors Award | Honored |
· Athena Film Festival
—
Role(s)
Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2015 | — | Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored |
· Astra TV Awards
Role(s)
Best Limited Series
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2024 | True Detective: Night Country | Best Limited Series | Nominated |
| Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie | Nominated |
· Berlin International Film Festival
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Notes |
| 1996 | — | Berlinale Camera | Honored | |
· Boston Film Festival
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Role(s)
Film Excellence Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1991 | — | Film Excellence Award | Honored |
· Boston Society of Film Critics
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1988 | The Accused | Best Actress | Runner-up |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Runner-up |
| 1994 | Nell | Runner-up |
| 2011 | Carnage | Best Cast | Won |
· Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Role(s)
Favorite Actress – Drama
Role(s)
Favorite Actress – Romance
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1998 | Contact | Favorite Actress – Drama | Nominated |
| 1999 | Anna and the King | Favorite Actress – Romance | Nominated |
· Bravo Otto Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1991 | The Silence Of The Lambs | Best Actress | Won |
· Britannia Awards
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Role(s)
Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | — | Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film | Honored |
· British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Accused
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Role(s)
Best International Programme (as producer)
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
| British Academy Film Awards |
| 1977 | Bugsy Malone and Taxi Driver | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won | |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Won | |
| 1990 | The Accused | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated | |
| 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs | Won | |
| British Academy Television Awards |
| 2025 | True Detective: Night Country | Best International Programme (as producer) | Nominated | |
· Cable ACE Awards
Role(s)
Best Informational or Documentary Host
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1994 | All About Bette | Best Informational or Documentary Host | Nominated |
· Cannes Film Festival
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Role(s)
Honorary Palme d'Or
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Notes |
| 2021 | — | Honorary Palme d'Or | Honored | |
· Chicago Film Critics Association
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1988 | The Accused | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Won |
| 1994 | Nell | Nominated |
| 1997 | Contact | Nominated |
| 2023 | Nyad | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
· Chicago International Film Festival
—
Role(s)
Lifetime Achievement Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1996 | — | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored |
· Columbus Film Critics Association
Role(s)
Best Supporting Performance
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2023 | Nyad | Best Supporting Performance | Won |
· Critics' Choice Awards
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2024 | Nyad | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| 2025 | True Detective: Night Country | Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Nominated |
· Critics' Choice Super Awards
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2025 | True Detective: Night Country | Best Actress in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Won |
· Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Best Actress | Won |
| 1994 | Nell | Won |
| 2023 | Nyad | Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up |
· David di Donatello Awards
Taxi Driver
Role(s)
Special David Award
The Accused
Role(s)
Best Foreign Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Notes |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Special David Award | Won | |
| 1988 | The Accused | Best Foreign Actress | Won | |
| 1991 | The Silence Of the Lambs | Won | |
| 1994 | Nell | Won | |
· Daytime Emmy Awards
Role(s)
Outstanding Special Class Special
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2001 | AMC: Film Preservation Classics | Outstanding Special Class Special | Nominated |
· Detroit Film Critics Society
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2011 | Carnage | Best Ensemble | Won |
· Directors Guild of America Awards
Orange Is the New Black
Year
Orange Is the New Black
Nominated show
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
| Year | Nominated show | Category | Result |
| 2014 | House of Cards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series | Nominated |
| Orange Is the New Black | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series | Nominated |
· Dorian Awards
Role(s)
TV Director of the Year
—
Role(s)
Timeless Star Award "Honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit"
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2015 | Orange is the New Black | TV Director of the Year | Nominated |
| 2024 | — | Timeless Star Award "Honoring an exemplary career marked by character, wisdom and wit" | Won |
· Elle Women in Hollywood Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1994 | — | Icon Award | Honored |
· European Film Awards
Role(s)
Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1997 | Contact | Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress | Won |
· Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1991 | The Silence Of The Lambs | Best Actress | Won |
· George Eastman Award
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Role(s)
George Eastman Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Reference |
| 2023 | — | George Eastman Award | Honoured | |
· Globes de Cristal Awards
Role(s)
Best Foreign Film
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Money Monster | Best Foreign Film | Nominated |
· Golden Apple Award
—
Role(s)
Golden Apple Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1991 | — | Golden Apple Award | Won |
· Golden Globe Awards
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The Accused
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Role(s)
Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
—
Role(s)
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
True Detective: Night Country
Role(s)
Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Notes |
| 1977 | Freaky Friday | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominated | |
| 1989 | The Accused | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Won |
| 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs | Won |
| 1995 | Nell | Nominated |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated |
| 1998 | Contact | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated |
| 1999 | The Baby Dance | Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film | Nominated |
| 2008 | The Brave One | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated |
| 2012 | Carnage | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominated |
| 2013 | — | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Honored |
| 2021 | The Mauritanian | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Won |
| 2024 | Nyad | Nominated |
| 2025 | True Detective: Night Country | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Won |
| Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film | Nominated |
| 2026 | A Private Life | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Pending |
· Goldene Kamera Awards
Nell
Role(s)
Best International Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1994 | Nell | Best International Actress | Won |
· Grammy Awards
Role(s)
Best Spoken Word Album
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1998 | Contact | Best Spoken Word Album | Nominated |
· Hamburg International Film Festival
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Role(s)
Douglas Sirk Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1997 | — | Douglas Sirk Award | Honored |
· Hasty Pudding Theatricals
—
Role(s)
Woman of the Year
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1992 | — | Woman of the Year | Honored |
· Hollywood Film Awards
—
Role(s)
Career Achievement Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2002 | — | Career Achievement Award | Honored |
· Irish Film & Television Academy Awards
The Brave One
Role(s)
Best International Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2007 | The Brave One | Best International Actress | Nominated |
· Jupiter Awards
The Accused
Role(s)
Best International Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1990 | The Accused | Best International Actress | Nominated |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Won |
| 1992 | Little Man Tate | Won |
| 1997 | Contact | Won |
| 2005 | Flightplan | Nominated |
| 2007 | The Brave One | Won |
| 2011 | Carnage | Nominated |
· Independent Spirit Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1988 | Five Corners | Best Female Lead | Won |
· Kansas City Film Critics Circle
Taxi Driver
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 1988 | The Accused | Best Actress | Won |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Won |
· Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2023 | Nyad | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
· Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Taxi Driver
Role(s)
New Generation Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | New Generation Award | Won |
| 1988 | The Accused | Best Actress | Runner-up |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Runner-up |
| 1994 | Nell | Runner-up |
| 1997 | Contact | Runner-up |
· London Film Critics Circle
The Silence Of The Lambs
Role(s)
Actress of the Year
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1991 | The Silence Of The Lambs | Actress of the Year | Nominated |
· MTV Movie Awards
Nell
Role(s)
Best Female Performance
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1995 | Nell | Best Female Performance | Nominated |
· Morelia International Film Festival
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Role(s)
Artistic Excellence Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2023 | — | Artistic Excellence Award | Honored |
· National Board of Review
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1988 | The Accused | Best Actress | Won |
· National Society of Film Critics
Taxi Driver
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 1988 | The Accused | Best Actress | Runner-up |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Runner-up |
| 1994 | Nell | Runner-up |
· New York Film Critics Circle
Taxi Driver
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up |
| 1988 | The Accused | Best Actress | Runner-up |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Won |
| 1994 | Nell | Runner-up |
· New York Women in Film and Television
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1991 | — | Muse Award | Honored |
· Online Film & Television Association Awards
Orange is the New Black
Role(s)
Best Direction- Comedy Series
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1997 | Contact | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Best Actress: Sci-fi | Won |
| 2014 | Orange is the New Black | Best Direction- Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2015 | — | Hall of Fame | Honored |
· People's Choice Awards
The Accused
Role(s)
Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture Actress
—
Role(s)
Favorite Female Action Star
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1989 | The Accused | Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture Actress | Nominated |
| 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs | Nominated |
| 1995 | Nell | Won |
| 2008 | — | Favorite Female Action Star | Nominated |
· Primetime Emmy Awards
Role(s)
Outstanding Television Movie
Role(s)
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Role(s)
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Notes |
| 1999 | The Baby Dance | Outstanding Television Movie | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Orange Is the New Black: ("Lesbian Request Denied") | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2024 | True Detective: Night Country | Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series | Nominated |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Won |
· Producers Guild of America Awards
Role(s)
Best Limited Series Television
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2025 | True Detective: Night Country | Best Limited Series Television | Nominated |
· Rembrandt Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1997 | Contact | Best Actress | Won |
· San Diego Film Critics Society
Carnage
Role(s)
Best Performance by an Ensemble
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2011 | Carnage | Best Performance by an Ensemble | Nominated |
| 2023 | Nyad | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
· San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2023 | Nyad | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
· Santa Barbara International Film Festival
—
Role(s)
Maltin Modern Master Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1997 | — | Maltin Modern Master Award | Honored |
· Satellite Awards
—
Role(s)
Mary Pickford Award
Role(s)
Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1998 | — | Mary Pickford Award | Honored |
| 2025 | True Detective: Night Country | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
· Saturn Awards
—
Role(s)
The Life Career Award
Role(s)
Best Actress on Television
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1978 | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Best Actress | Won |
| 1992 | The Silence of the Lambs | Nominated |
| 1998 | Contact | Won |
| 2003 | Panic Room | Nominated |
| 2006 | Flightplan | Nominated |
| 2024 | — | The Life Career Award | Honoured |
| 2025 | True Detective: Night Country | Best Actress on Television | Nominated |
· Sant Jordi Awards
The Silence Of The Lambs
Role(s)
Best Foreign Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1991 | The Silence Of The Lambs | Best Foreign Actress | Nominated |
· Southeastern Film Critics Association
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1994 | Nell | Best Actress | Won |
· ShoWest Convention
—
Role(s)
Female Star Of The Year
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1992 | — | Female Star Of The Year | Won |
· Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
—
Role(s)
Honorary Grand Prize
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2005 | — | Honorary Grand Prize | Honored |
· Screen Actors Guild Awards
Nell
Role(s)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Role(s)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Role(s)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
| 1995 | Nell | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Won | |
| 2024 | Nyad | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated | |
| 2025 | True Detective: Night Country | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Nominated | |
· St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2007 | The Brave One | Best Actress | Nominated |
· TIFF Tribute Awards
—
Role(s)
Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2025 | — | Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award | Honoured |
· Television Critics Association Awards
Role(s)
Individual Achievement in Drama
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2024 | True Detective: Night Country | Individual Achievement in Drama | Nominated |
· Telluride Film Festival
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1991 | — | Silver Medallion | Honored |
· T.V. Land Awards
Role(s)
Favourite Cameo Appearance
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1997 | The X Files | Favourite Cameo Appearance | Nominated |
· Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2023 | Nyad | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
· Women Film Critics Circle
Role(s)
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2023 | Nyad | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Best Screen Couple | Won |
· Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1996 | — | Crystal Award | Honored |
· Women's Image Network Awards
Flightplan
Role(s)
Actress Of the Year
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2005 | Flightplan | Actress Of the Year | Nominated |
· Young Artist Awards
Role(s)
Best Young Actress in a Major Motion Picture
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1980 | Foxes | Best Young Actress in a Major Motion Picture | Nominated |
· 20/20 Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1991 | The Silence Of The Lambs | Best Actress | Won |
| 1994 | Nell | Nominated |
· Hollywood Walk of Fame
Year
Walk of Fame
Nominated work
2016
Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star (Motion Picture Category)
| Walk of Fame |
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | — | Hollywood Walk of Fame Star (Motion Picture Category) | Honoured | |