List of awards and nominations received by Lily Tomlin
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| name = Lily Tomlin
| image = Lily Tomlin in 2014.jpg
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| alt = Tomlin at the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors
| caption = Tomlin at the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors
| wins = 46
| nominations = 109
| awards =
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{{Custom award|Primetime Emmy Awards|6|25}}
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Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer who has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and seven Golden Globe Awards. She is one of the few performers to have been nominated for the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT).{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Nate|last2=Bashein|first2=Rachel|last3=Haylock|first3=Zoe|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/06/egot-emmy-grammy-oscar-tony-contenders-odds.html|title=EGOT Watch: Who Will Be Next to Complete the Awards Show Grand Slam?|website=Vulture|date=April 4, 2022|access-date=June 22, 2022}}
Tomlin's breakout role was on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973,{{cite web|last=Braxton|first=Greg|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-lily-tomlin-laugh-in-fiftieth-anniversary-20170704-story.html|title=Still crazy after all these 50 years: Lily Tomlin and producer George Schlatter reminisce about 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.'|website=Los Angeles Times|date=July 4, 2017|access-date=June 21, 2022}} which earned her one Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She received four nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording, winning once for the 1971 comedy album This Is a Recording. She won her first two Emmy Awards for the 1973 CBS special Lily, in the categories of Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special and Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special.
In 1975, Robert Altman cast Tomlin in the satirical musical film Nashville, who at the time had no prior film experience, having worked exclusively in television.{{cite web|last=Polowy|first=Kevin|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lily-tomlin-best-movies-roles-nashville-nine-to-127270007157.html|title=Role Recall: Lily Tomlin on PJ Parties With Fonda and Parton, Those 'Huckabees' Fights, and More|website=Yahoo! Entertainment|date=August 22, 2015|access-date=June 21, 2022}} Her performance earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, two Golden Globe Awards including Best Supporting Actress and New Star of the Year, and wins at the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle awards. She had her subsequent film role in The Late Show (1977), which was a critical success,{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/late_show|title=The Late Show|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=June 21, 2022}} with Tomlin winning the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival and being nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. In 1985, Tomlin starred in the one-woman Broadway show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, written by her long-time life partner, writer/producer Jane Wagner.{{cite web|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/theater/search-for-signs-of-intelligent-life-in-the-universe.html|title=Continuing 'The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe'|website=The New York Times|date=December 22, 2021|access-date=June 21, 2022}} The production won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, two Drama Desk Awards, a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award. She then won the 1995 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for her voice acting in the animated series The Magic School Bus (1994–97) and had a recurring role in the political drama series The West Wing (1999–2006),{{cite web|last=Rhiannon|first=Alexis|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/99105-8-reasons-deborah-fiderer-is-the-best-person-ever-an-unsung-hero-on-the-west|title=Debbie Fiderer Is 'The West Wing's Unsung Hero|website=Bustle|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=June 21, 2022}} that earned her three nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2015, she starred opposite to Jane Fonda in the successful comedy series Grace and Frankie (2015–2022),{{cite web|last=Kuiper|first=El|url=https://screenrant.com/grace-frankies-success-makes-netflixs-recent-approach-even-worse/|title=Grace & Frankie's Success Makes Netflix's Recent Approach Even Worse|website=Screen Rant|date=May 7, 2022|access-date=June 21, 2022}} for which she received four consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
For her lifetime achievements, Tomlin was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, the TCA Career Achievement Award and a medallion at the Kennedy Center Honors.
Major associations
= Academy Awards =
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style="text-align:center;"| 1976
| {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976|title=The 48th Academy Awards | 1976|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=June 18, 2022}} |
= BAFTA Awards =
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style="text-align:center;"| 1976
| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1976/film|title=Film in 1976 | BAFTA Awards|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|access-date=June 19, 2022}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 1978
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | {{sort|late|The Late Show}} | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1978/film|title=Film in 1978 | BAFTA Awards|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|access-date=June 19, 2022}} |
= Emmy Awards =
= Golden Globe Awards =
= Grammy Awards =
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style="text-align:center;"| 1972
| rowspan=4|Best Comedy Recording | {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}} | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| {{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/lily-tomlin/6828|title=Lily Tomlin | Grammy Awards|publisher=The Recording Academy|access-date=June 19, 2022}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 1973
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style="text-align:center;"| 1976
| Modern Scream | {{nom}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 1979
| On Stage | {{nom}} |
style="text-align:center;"| 2005
| {{sort|world|The World According to Mr. Rogers}} | {{nom}} |
= Screen Actors Guild Awards =
= Tony Awards =
Honours
= Kennedy Center Honors =
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style="text-align:center;"| 2014
| Honoree | {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|last=Harris|first=Paul|url=https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/tom-hanks-lily-tomlin-sting-to-receive-kennedy-center-honors-1201297630/|title=Tom Hanks, Lily Tomlin, Sting to Receive Kennedy Center Honors|website=Variety|date=September 4, 2014|access-date=June 19, 2022}} |
= Peabody Awards =
= Mark Twain Prize for American Humor =
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style="text-align:center;"| 2003
| Honoree | {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/weta/onstage/twain2003/|title=On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize – Lily Tomlin|publisher=PBS|access-date=June 19, 2022}} |
= Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award =
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style="text-align:center;" | 2017
| Honoree | {{won|{{sort|a|Won}}}} | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/nominees/life-achievement-award-recipient/53rd|title=53rd Lifetime Achievement Recipient – Lily Tomlin|publisher=Screen Actors Guild|access-date=June 20, 2022}} |
Miscellaneous awards
Notes
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