The Wife (2017 film)

{{Infobox film

| image = The Wife (2017 film).png

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Björn L. Runge

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Rosalie Swedlin
Meta Louise Foldager
Piers Tempest
Piodor Gustafsson
Claudia Bluemhube

}}

| screenplay = Jane Anderson

| based_on = {{Based on |The Wife|Meg Wolitzer}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

}}

| narrator = Glenn Close

| music = Jocelyn Pook

| cinematography = Ulf Brantås

| editing = Lena Runge

| studio = {{Plainlist|

Silver Reel
Meta Film London
Anonymous Content
Tempo Productions
Embankment Films
Creative Scotland
Spark Film and Television
Film i Väst

}}

| distributor = {{ubl|Picturehouse Entertainment (United Kingdom) |Sony Pictures Classics (United States)|SF Studios (Sweden)}}

| released = {{Film date|2017|9|12|TIFF|2018|8|17|United States|2018|9|28|United Kingdom|2018|12|7|Sweden}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = {{ubl|Sweden|United Kingdom|United States{{cite web|title=British films at Toronto 2017|first=Samuel|last=Wigley|date=September 13, 2017|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/british-films-toronto-2017|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=March 12, 2018}}}}

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $20 million{{cite web |title=The Wife (2018)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thewife.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 18, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Wife-The-(2018)|title=The Wife (2018) – Financial Information|work=The Numbers|access-date=March 3, 2019}}

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The Wife is a 2017 drama film directed by Björn L. Runge and written by Jane Anderson, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Meg Wolitzer. It stars Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, and Christian Slater, and follows a woman (Close) who questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband (Pryce),{{cite web|title=What I learned the weekend I watched Fatal Attraction and The Wife|work=Medium.com|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=April 14, 2019|url=https://medium.com/@SarahJayne2k92/what-i-learned-the-weekend-i-watched-fatal-attraction-and-the-wife-4b3dab1d871b}} who is set to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2017,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/toronto-film-festival-2017-margot-robbie-gary-oldman-jake-gyllenhaal-emma-stone-christian-bale-1202135285/ |title=Toronto Film Festival 2017 Unveils Strong Slate |work=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming |date=July 25, 2017 |access-date=July 25, 2017}} and was theatrically released in the United States on August 17, 2018, by Sony Pictures Classics. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with Close's performance garnering widespread acclaim. She won the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Independent Spirit Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress for her performance, and was also nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress.

Plot

In 1992, Joseph Castleman wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, but his wife Joan seems strangely unhappy about it. Their adult son David, who idolizes his father, seeks critique of his first short story, which Joe keeps putting off. The trio flies to Stockholm as Nathaniel Bone, a biographer with a taste for scandal, tries to ingratiate himself with the Castlemans. Joan's unhappiness worsens as adulation is heaped on Joseph. His attempts to publicly thank her for supporting him embitter her further.

At Smith College in 1958, a young Joan Archer, a college student and aspiring writer, is awed by her professor Joseph Castleman, a handsome, young, married man, and his force of personality and advice. Later, Joan meets a published alumna author whose cynical view of opportunities available to female writers disheartens her.

In Stockholm in 1992, Nathaniel, sensing Joan's emotional state, induces her to talk with him over drinks and says that he believes Joan has ghostwritten a major portion or even all of each of Joe’s novels. While Joan admits nothing, Nathaniel is convinced by their conversation that he is correct. Meanwhile, Joe begins to seduce a young photographer assigned to him, but just as he begins his seduction, his watch alarm goes off for him to take his heart pills, cooling the moment, and she leaves the room. Joe accuses Joan of abandoning him, while Joan expresses outrage over his attempted affair. The argument ceases when they learn that their daughter Susannah has given birth.

In 1960, Joe has been fired for having an affair with Joan, and his first attempt at writing a novel turns out very poorly. Joan, a secretary at a publishing house, observes how the all-male editors dismiss women writers. When Joan criticizes Joe's work, he threatens to end his relationship with her, claiming she cannot love "a hack". Joan agrees to fix Joe's novel for him. The work, titled The Walnut, is published and becomes a bestseller.

On the night of the Nobel ceremony, David confronts his parents after being told by Nathaniel that Joan is the real writer in the family. Joe and Joan deny everything. At the ceremony and the banquet which follows, Joan feels increasingly humiliated because Joe praises her as his support, his muse, his soul. She flees, and Joe follows her. He demands that she take his prize, but she refuses.

In Stockholm in 1992, at their hotel, Joan tells Joe she is divorcing him. They argue violently, and Joe has a heart attack. Prostrate on the bed, he begs for Joan's love. She tells him she loves him; he calls her a good liar and dies moments later. On the Concorde flight back to the US, Nathaniel offers his condolences to Joan. She tells him that if he tries to print anything that undermines Joseph's reputation as a writer, she will sue him. David overhears her. Joan says she will tell David and his sister the truth when they get home. She then turns the page to the journal she had opened, runs her hand over a blank page, and looks up.

Cast

Glenn Close as Joan Castleman (née Archer)
Annie Starke as Young Joan
Jonathan Pryce as Professor Joseph "Joe" Castleman
Harry Lloyd as Young Joe
Christian Slater as Nathaniel Bone
Max Irons as David Castleman
Karin Franz Körlof as Linnea
Johan Widerberg as Walter Bark
Elizabeth McGovern as Elaine Mozell
Alix Wilton Regan as Susannah Castleman

Production

On May 16, 2014, it was reported that Glenn Close would star in an adaptation of the Meg Wolitzer novel The Wife. The film was directed by Björn Runge and written by Jane Anderson.{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/glenn-close-heading-to-sweden-to-star-in-the-wife-1201183056/|title=Glenn Close Heading to Sweden to Star in 'The Wife'|date=May 16, 2014|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|access-date=January 13, 2017}} On January 30, 2015, Frances McDormand, Logan Lerman, Brit Marling, Jonathan Pryce, and Christian Slater were announced as having also been cast.{{cite news|last1=Barraclough|first1=Leo|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/global/berlin-frances-mcdormand-brit-marling-christian-slater-join-the-wife-1201419434/|title=Berlin: Frances McDormand, Brit Marling, Christian Slater Join 'The Wife'|date=January 30, 2015|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|access-date=January 13, 2017}} On October 19, 2016, Pryce and Slater's involvement was confirmed, and Elizabeth McGovern, Max Irons, and Close's daughter Annie Starke joined the cast, playing the roles originally set with McDormand, Lerman, and Marling, respectively; Harry Lloyd was also added.{{cite news|last1=Ritman|first1=Alex|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/glenn-closes-wife-rounds-cast-939715|title=Glenn Close's 'The Wife' Rounds Out Cast|date=October 19, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 13, 2017}} Close approached Gary Oldman for the part of Joe Castleman but he was unavailable for the role. The Wife shot scenes in Glasgow,{{cite news|last1=Barnes|first1=Luke|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/hollywood-superstar-glenn-close-spotted-9304067|title=Hollywood superstar Glenn Close spotted in Glasgow as she shoots scenes for movie 'The Wife'|date=November 21, 2016|work=Daily Record|publisher=Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail|access-date=January 13, 2017}} Edinburgh, and Arbigland Estate in Dumfries.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/film/15115506.Coming_attractions__the_star_studded_new_films_and_TV_shows_shot_in_Scotland/|title=Coming attractions: the star-studded new films and TV shows shot in Scotland|last=Swarbrick|first=Susan|date=February 15, 2017|website=The Herald|publisher=Herald & Times Group|access-date=March 31, 2017}}

Reception

=Box office=

The Wife grossed $9.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $8.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $18.4 million.

In its first weekend of limited release, The Wife grossed $111,137 from four theaters, for an average of $27,784, the best of the weekend.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/crazy-rich-asians-wednesday-opening-box-office-1202446094/|title='Crazy Rich Asians' Even Richer On Saturday With $10M+; Weekend Bling Now At $25M+ With $34M 5-Day Debut|website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=August 19, 2018 |first=Anthony |last= D'Alessandro |access-date=August 19, 2018}} It expanded to 18 theaters in its second weekend, making $212,714.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/searching-finds-top-dollar-the-bookshop-john-mcenroe-land-decent-specialty-box-office-1202452406/|title='Searching' Finds Top Dollar; 'The Bookshop' & 'John McEnroe' Land Decent: Specialty Box Office|date=26 August 2018}}

=Critical response=

File:Glenn Close 2012 1.jpg's performance received widespread critical acclaim, earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.]]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 234 reviews, and an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Wife relies on the strength of Glenn Close's performance to drive home the power of its story—and she proves thoroughly, grippingly up to the task."{{cite web |title=The Wife (2018) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_wife_2018/ |work=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=May 22, 2025}} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web |title=The Wife Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-wife |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=November 29, 2018}}

Peter Travers gave the film four out of five stars in Rolling Stone, calling Close's acting a "tour-de-force", and saying she "takes it to the next level with a powerfully implosive performance that doubles as an accumulation of details that define a marriage. She never telegraphs Joan's feelings, letting them unravel slowly as we watch her attend parties as a buildup to the big night."{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-wife-movie-review-glenn-close-710680/|title=The Wife Review: Glenn Close's Spouse Is Mad as Hell in High-Lit Relationship Drama |last=Travers |first=Peter |authorlink=Peter Travers |date=August 14, 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 19, 2018}} The chief film critic for The Observer Mark Kermode described the movie as a "Stockholm syndrome with a twist",{{cite news |last=Kermode |first=Mark |authorlink=Mark Kermode |title=The Observer—The New Review—Stockholm syndrome with a twist |url=http://guardian.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx |newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 30, 2018 |access-date=November 1, 2018}} while Glenn Close, interviewed by Robbie Collin for The Daily Telegraph, described it as "part-period piece, part-love story, part-Bergmanesque drama—so much so the latter that it could have been called Scenes from a Marriage."{{cite news |last=Collin |first=Robbie |authorlink=Robbie Collin |title='My childhood gave me a kind of PTSD'—Glenn Close |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/my-childhood-gave-me-a-kind-of-ptsd-glenn-close-37386282.html |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=October 7, 2018 |access-date=November 1, 2018}} Citing the screening coordinator Peggy Siegal, Bill McCuddy of the Gold Derby called The Wife "the perfect '#MeToo' film" and defined it as Oscar bait.{{cite news |last=McCuddy |first=Bill |authorlink=Bill McCuddy |title=Glenn Close scores Oscar buzz for The Wife at private Hamptons screening |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/glenn-close-the-wife-news-3729416805/ |publisher=Gold Derby |date=July 29, 2018 |access-date=November 2, 2018}}

San Diego Reader writer Scott Marks gave the film one out of five stars and criticized the film's simplicity, writing: "It might not have been so bad had the road to the big reveal been paved with insight and originality, but other than the performances, there is nothing here audiences haven't seen more times than they have their own feet."{{Cite news |last=Marks |first=Scott |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/movies/the-wife/ |title=The Wife |newspaper=San Diego Reader |access-date=December 8, 2018}} Writing for the Chicago Reader, Ben Sachs wrote: "Because the performances are so calculated, the emotional outbursts on which the story hinges fail to make a dramatic impact. And for a film about a novelist, The Wife conveys very little sense of what it's like to read or write."{{Cite news |last=Sachs |first=Ben |date=August 21, 2018 |title=The Wife's a better conversation starter than a movie |newspaper=Chicago Reader |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/swedish-film-the-wife-bjorn-runge-jane-anderson/Content?oid=56091846 |access-date=January 29, 2019}}

Accolades

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style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! scope="col"\| Award ! scope="col"\| Date of ceremony ! scope="col"\| Category ! scope="col"\| Recipient(s) and nominee(s) ! scope="col"\| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| {{Abbr\|Ref(s)\|Reference(s)}}
rowspan="1" scope="row" \|AACTA International Awards \| rowspan="1" \|January 4, 2019 \|Best Actress \| rowspan="6" \| Glenn Close \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/aacta-international-awards-roma-alfonso-cuaron-the-favourite-nicole-kidman-rami-malek-1202529329/\|title=AACTA International Awards: 'Roma' Takes Best Film & Director; 'The Favourite' Also A Double Winner\|work=Deadline Hollywood\|date=January 5, 2019\|access-date=January 6, 2019}}
scope="row" \| Academy Awards \| February 24, 2019 \| Best Actress \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite press release\|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/91st-oscarsr-nominations-announced\|title=91st Oscars® Nomination Announced\|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences\|date=22 January 2019\|access-date=22 January 2019\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123012152/https://www.oscars.org/news/91st-oscarsr-nominations-announced\|archivedate=23 January 2019\|url-status=live\|location=Los Angeles, CA}}
scope="row" rowspan="2"\| Alliance of Women Film Journalists \| rowspan="2"\| January 20, 2019 \| Best Actress \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=https://awfj.org/eda-awards-2/2018-eda-award-nominees/\|title=2018 EDA Award Nominees\|date=December 18, 2018\|access-date=December 20, 2018\|work=Alliance of Women Film Journalists}}
Actress Defying Age and Ageism \| {{nom}}
scope="row" rowspan="1"\| British Academy Film Awards \| rowspan="1"\| February 10, 2019 \| Best Actress in a Leading Role \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web\|title='The Favourite' Dominates BAFTA Nominations 2019\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-awards-nominations-2019-complete-list-1172383\|work=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=January 9, 2019\|access-date=January 9, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109102431/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-awards-nominations-2019-complete-list-1172383\|archive-date=January 9, 2019\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" rowspan="2"\| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival \| rowspan="2"\| January 2, 2019 \| Best Actress \| {{won}} \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|date=January 2, 2019 \|title=Award Winners 2018 \|url=http://www.caprihollywood.com/en/events/award-winners-2018.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204122855/http://www.caprihollywood.com/en/events/award-winners-2018.html \|archive-date=February 4, 2019 \|access-date=February 4, 2019 \|website=Capri World}}
Best Supporting Actor \| Jonathan Pryce \| {{won}}
scope="row" rowspan="1"\| Critics' Choice Movie Awards \| rowspan="1"\| January 13, 2019 \| Best Actress \| rowspan=2\| Glenn Close \| {{Won}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web\|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/994817/critics-choice-awards-2019-the-complete-list-of-nominations\|title=Critics' Choice Awards 2019: The Complete List of Nominations\|publisher=E!\|last=Johnson\|first=Zach\|date=December 10, 2018\|access-date=December 10, 2018}}
scope="row" rowspan="1"\| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association \| rowspan="1"\| December 17, 2018 \| Best Actress \| {{draw\| 4th place}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=http://www.awardscircuit.com/2018/12/17/dallas-fort-worth-critics-association-winners-a-star-is-born-finally-grabs-gold/\|title=Dallas Fort Worth Critics Association Winners – 'A Star Is Born' Finally Grabs Gold\|first=Alan\|last=French\|work=Awards Circuit\|date=December 17, 2018\|access-date=December 19, 2018}}
scope="row" \| Film by the Sea Festival \| rowspan="1"\| Set 7-16, 2018 \| Best Film and Literature \| The Wife \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row" rowspan="1"\| Florida Film Critics Circle \| rowspan="1"\| December 21, 2018 \| Best Actress \| rowspan="15" \| Glenn Close \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web \|date=December 19, 2018 \|title='The Favourite' Leads 2018 Florida Film Critics Awards Nominations \|url=http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2018/12/19/the-favourite-leads-2018-florida-film-critics-awards-nominations/ \|access-date=December 19, 2018 \|publisher=Florida Film Critics Circle}}
scope="row" rowspan="1"\| Gotham Awards \| rowspan="1"\| November 26, 2018 \| Best Actress \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|last1=Mandinach\|first1=Zach\|title=Nominations Announced for the 28th Annual IFP Gotham Awards\|url=http://www.ifp.org/press/nominations-announced-for-the-28th-annual-ifp-gotham-awards\|date=October 18, 2018\|publisher=Independent Filmmaker Project\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018162146/http://www.ifp.org/press/nominations-announced-for-the-28th-annual-ifp-gotham-awards/\|archivedate=October 18, 2018\|url-status=live\|location=New York, NY}}
scope="row" rowspan="1"\| Golden Globe Awards \| rowspan="1"\| January 6, 2019 \| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama \| {{won}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-1165090/item/best-performance-by-an-actress-a-motion-picture-drama-1165131\|title=Golden Globes Nominations: 'Vice' Leads With 6, 'Versace' Tops TV With 4\|website=The Hollywood Reporter\|author=THR Staff\|date=December 6, 2018\|access-date=December 6, 2018}}
scope="row" rowspan="1" \| Hollywood Film Awards \| rowspan="1" \| November 4, 2018 \| Best Actress \| {{won}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|date=November 4, 2018 \|title=The 22nd Annual 'Hollywood Film Awards®' Marked The Launch Of Awards Season With A Star-Studded Evening \|url=https://www.hollywoodawards.com/2018/11/hollywood-film-awards-marked-the-launch-of-awards-season/ \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106115111/https://www.hollywoodawards.com/2018/11/hollywood-film-awards-marked-the-launch-of-awards-season/ \|archivedate=November 6, 2018 \|access-date=November 4, 2018 \|publisher=Hollywood Film Awards \|location=Hollywood, CA \|df=mdy-all}}
scope="row" \| Houston Film Critics Society \| rowspan="1" \| January 3, 2019 \| Best Actress \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|last=Roberts \|first=James \|date=January 4, 2019 \|title=The Favourite Wins Big at 12th Annual Houston Film Critics Society Awards \|url=https://glidemagazine.com/218444/the-favourite-wins-big-at-12th-annual-houston-film-critics-society-awards/ \|access-date=January 6, 2019 \|publisher=Glide Magazine}}
scope="row" \| Independent Spirit Awards \| February 23, 2019 \| Best Female Lead \| {{won}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/PressReleasesSA/2019_SA_NomineeOnesheet_111618.pdf\|title=34th Film Independent Spirits Nominations Announced\|publisher=Independent Spirit Awards\|date=November 15, 2018\|access-date=November 17, 2018\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116215121/https://s3.amazonaws.com/PressReleasesSA/2019_SA_NomineeOnesheet_111618.pdf\|archivedate=November 16, 2018\|url-status=live\|location=Los Angeles}}
scope="row" rowspan="1"\| London Film Critics' Circle \| rowspan="1"\| January 20, 2019 \| Actress of the Year \| {{nominated}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|date=December 18, 2018 \|title=The Favourite Leads Nominees for CC Film Awards \|url=http://www.criticscircle.org.uk/the-favourite-leads-nominees-for-critics-circle-film-awards/ \|access-date=December 19, 2018 \|publisher=The Critics' Circle}}
scope="row" \| Palm Springs International Film Festival \| January 3, 2019 \| Icon Award \| {{won}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|title=Glenn Close Icon Award\|url=https://www.psfilmfest.org/news/glenn-close-icon-award\|date=November 8, 2018\|publisher=Palm Springs International Film Society}}
scope="row" \| San Diego Film Critics Society \| December 10, 2018 \| Best Actress \| {{won}} \|rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|title=2018 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners\|url=http://www.sdfcs.org/2018-award-winners/\|publisher=San Diego Film Critics Society\|date=December 10, 2018\|access-date=December 10, 2018}}
scope="row" \| Satellite Awards \| February 17, 2019 \| Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama \| {{won}} \|rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|date=January 4, 2019 \|title='A Star Is Born,' 'Roma,' and 'Beale Street' Win Big at the Satellite Awards \|url=http://www.awardscircuit.com/2019/01/04/a-star-is-born-roma-and-beale-street-win-big-at-the-satellite-awards/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010651/http://www.awardscircuit.com/2019/01/04/a-star-is-born-roma-and-beale-street-win-big-at-the-satellite-awards/ \|archive-date=January 6, 2019 \|access-date=January 9, 2019 \|website=Awards Circuit}}
scope="row" \| Screen Actors Guild Awards \| January 27, 2019 \| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role \| {{won}} \| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|author=Hipes \|first=Patrick \|date=December 12, 2018 \|title=SAG Awards Nominations: 'A Star Is Born', 'Mrs. Maisel', 'Ozark' Lead Way – The Full List \|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/sag-awards-nominations-full-list-sag-award-nominees-1202518339/ \|website=Deadline}}
scope="row" \| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association \| December 16, 2018 \| Best Actress \| {{nom}} \|rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web \|title=2018 StLFCA Annual Award Nominations \|url=https://www.stlfilmcritics.org/2018 \|access-date=July 28, 2024 \|website=stlfilmcritics.org}}
scope="row" \| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association \| December 3, 2018 \| Best Actress \| {{nom}} \|rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|date=December 3, 2018 \|title=The 2018 WAFCA Awards \|url=http://www.wafca.com/awards/index.htm \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214204732/http://www.wafca.com/awards/index.htm \|archivedate=December 14, 2018 \|access-date=December 8, 2018 \|website=Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association}}
scope="row" \| Women Film Critics Circle \| December 11, 2018 \| The Invisible Woman Award \| {{won}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web\|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2018-women-film-critics-circle-wfcc-winners/\|title=The 2018 Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) Winners\|date=December 11, 2018\|website=Next Best Picture\|access-date=December 22, 2018}}
scope="row" rowspan="2"\| Women's Image Network Awards \| rowspan="2"\| February 22, 2019 \| Best Film Actress \| {{Won}} \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/womens-image-awards-nominations-mary-queen-of-scots-little-women-lead/\|title=Women's Image Awards nominations: 'Mary Queen of Scots,' 'Little Women' lead\|date=December 11, 2018\|website=Gold Derby\|access-date=December 22, 2018}}
Best Film Written By a Woman \| Jane Anderson \| {{Won}}

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! scope="col"| Date of ceremony

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rowspan="1" scope="row" |AACTA International Awards

| rowspan="1" |January 4, 2019

|Best Actress

| rowspan="6" | Glenn Close

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/aacta-international-awards-roma-alfonso-cuaron-the-favourite-nicole-kidman-rami-malek-1202529329/|title=AACTA International Awards: 'Roma' Takes Best Film & Director; 'The Favourite' Also A Double Winner|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 5, 2019|access-date=January 6, 2019}}

scope="row" | Academy Awards

| February 24, 2019

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite press release|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/91st-oscarsr-nominations-announced|title=91st Oscars® Nomination Announced|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=22 January 2019|access-date=22 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123012152/https://www.oscars.org/news/91st-oscarsr-nominations-announced|archivedate=23 January 2019|url-status=live|location=Los Angeles, CA}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Alliance of Women Film Journalists

| rowspan="2"| January 20, 2019

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://awfj.org/eda-awards-2/2018-eda-award-nominees/|title=2018 EDA Award Nominees|date=December 18, 2018|access-date=December 20, 2018|work=Alliance of Women Film Journalists}}

Actress Defying Age and Ageism

| {{nom}}

scope="row" rowspan="1"| British Academy Film Awards

| rowspan="1"| February 10, 2019

| Best Actress in a Leading Role

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|title='The Favourite' Dominates BAFTA Nominations 2019|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-awards-nominations-2019-complete-list-1172383|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 9, 2019|access-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109102431/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-awards-nominations-2019-complete-list-1172383|archive-date=January 9, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival

| rowspan="2"| January 2, 2019

| Best Actress

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |date=January 2, 2019 |title=Award Winners 2018 |url=http://www.caprihollywood.com/en/events/award-winners-2018.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204122855/http://www.caprihollywood.com/en/events/award-winners-2018.html |archive-date=February 4, 2019 |access-date=February 4, 2019 |website=Capri World}}

Best Supporting Actor

| Jonathan Pryce

| {{won}}

scope="row" rowspan="1"| Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| rowspan="1"| January 13, 2019

| Best Actress

| rowspan=2| Glenn Close

| {{Won}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/994817/critics-choice-awards-2019-the-complete-list-of-nominations|title=Critics' Choice Awards 2019: The Complete List of Nominations|publisher=E!|last=Johnson|first=Zach|date=December 10, 2018|access-date=December 10, 2018}}

scope="row" rowspan="1"| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association

| rowspan="1"| December 17, 2018

| Best Actress

| {{draw| 4th place}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.awardscircuit.com/2018/12/17/dallas-fort-worth-critics-association-winners-a-star-is-born-finally-grabs-gold/|title=Dallas Fort Worth Critics Association Winners – 'A Star Is Born' Finally Grabs Gold|first=Alan|last=French|work=Awards Circuit|date=December 17, 2018|access-date=December 19, 2018}}

scope="row" | Film by the Sea Festival

| rowspan="1"| Set 7-16, 2018

| Best Film and Literature

| The Wife

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" rowspan="1"| Florida Film Critics Circle

| rowspan="1"| December 21, 2018

| Best Actress

| rowspan="15" | Glenn Close

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |date=December 19, 2018 |title='The Favourite' Leads 2018 Florida Film Critics Awards Nominations |url=http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2018/12/19/the-favourite-leads-2018-florida-film-critics-awards-nominations/ |access-date=December 19, 2018 |publisher=Florida Film Critics Circle}}

scope="row" rowspan="1"| Gotham Awards

| rowspan="1"| November 26, 2018

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|last1=Mandinach|first1=Zach|title=Nominations Announced for the 28th Annual IFP Gotham Awards|url=http://www.ifp.org/press/nominations-announced-for-the-28th-annual-ifp-gotham-awards|date=October 18, 2018|publisher=Independent Filmmaker Project|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018162146/http://www.ifp.org/press/nominations-announced-for-the-28th-annual-ifp-gotham-awards/|archivedate=October 18, 2018|url-status=live|location=New York, NY}}

scope="row" rowspan="1"| Golden Globe Awards

| rowspan="1"| January 6, 2019

| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

| {{won}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-1165090/item/best-performance-by-an-actress-a-motion-picture-drama-1165131|title=Golden Globes Nominations: 'Vice' Leads With 6, 'Versace' Tops TV With 4|website=The Hollywood Reporter|author=THR Staff|date=December 6, 2018|access-date=December 6, 2018}}

scope="row" rowspan="1" | Hollywood Film Awards

| rowspan="1" | November 4, 2018

| Best Actress

| {{won}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2018 |title=The 22nd Annual 'Hollywood Film Awards®' Marked The Launch Of Awards Season With A Star-Studded Evening |url=https://www.hollywoodawards.com/2018/11/hollywood-film-awards-marked-the-launch-of-awards-season/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106115111/https://www.hollywoodawards.com/2018/11/hollywood-film-awards-marked-the-launch-of-awards-season/ |archivedate=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 4, 2018 |publisher=Hollywood Film Awards |location=Hollywood, CA |df=mdy-all}}

scope="row" | Houston Film Critics Society

| rowspan="1" | January 3, 2019

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=James |date=January 4, 2019 |title=The Favourite Wins Big at 12th Annual Houston Film Critics Society Awards |url=https://glidemagazine.com/218444/the-favourite-wins-big-at-12th-annual-houston-film-critics-society-awards/ |access-date=January 6, 2019 |publisher=Glide Magazine}}

scope="row" | Independent Spirit Awards

| February 23, 2019

| Best Female Lead

| {{won}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/PressReleasesSA/2019_SA_NomineeOnesheet_111618.pdf|title=34th Film Independent Spirits Nominations Announced|publisher=Independent Spirit Awards|date=November 15, 2018|access-date=November 17, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116215121/https://s3.amazonaws.com/PressReleasesSA/2019_SA_NomineeOnesheet_111618.pdf|archivedate=November 16, 2018|url-status=live|location=Los Angeles}}

scope="row" rowspan="1"| London Film Critics' Circle

| rowspan="1"| January 20, 2019

| Actress of the Year

| {{nominated}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2018 |title=The Favourite Leads Nominees for CC Film Awards |url=http://www.criticscircle.org.uk/the-favourite-leads-nominees-for-critics-circle-film-awards/ |access-date=December 19, 2018 |publisher=The Critics' Circle}}

scope="row" | Palm Springs International Film Festival

| January 3, 2019

| Icon Award

| {{won}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|title=Glenn Close Icon Award|url=https://www.psfilmfest.org/news/glenn-close-icon-award|date=November 8, 2018|publisher=Palm Springs International Film Society}}

scope="row" | San Diego Film Critics Society

| December 10, 2018

| Best Actress

| {{won}}

|rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|title=2018 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Winners|url=http://www.sdfcs.org/2018-award-winners/|publisher=San Diego Film Critics Society|date=December 10, 2018|access-date=December 10, 2018}}

scope="row" | Satellite Awards

| February 17, 2019

| Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

| {{won}}

|rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2019 |title='A Star Is Born,' 'Roma,' and 'Beale Street' Win Big at the Satellite Awards |url=http://www.awardscircuit.com/2019/01/04/a-star-is-born-roma-and-beale-street-win-big-at-the-satellite-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010651/http://www.awardscircuit.com/2019/01/04/a-star-is-born-roma-and-beale-street-win-big-at-the-satellite-awards/ |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |access-date=January 9, 2019 |website=Awards Circuit}}

scope="row" | Screen Actors Guild Awards

| January 27, 2019

| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

| {{won}}

| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |author=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=December 12, 2018 |title=SAG Awards Nominations: 'A Star Is Born', 'Mrs. Maisel', 'Ozark' Lead Way – The Full List |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/sag-awards-nominations-full-list-sag-award-nominees-1202518339/ |website=Deadline}}

scope="row" | St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association

| December 16, 2018

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

|rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |title=2018 StLFCA Annual Award Nominations |url=https://www.stlfilmcritics.org/2018 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |website=stlfilmcritics.org}}

scope="row" | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

| December 3, 2018

| Best Actress

| {{nom}}

|rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2018 |title=The 2018 WAFCA Awards |url=http://www.wafca.com/awards/index.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214204732/http://www.wafca.com/awards/index.htm |archivedate=December 14, 2018 |access-date=December 8, 2018 |website=Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association}}

scope="row" | Women Film Critics Circle

| December 11, 2018

| The Invisible Woman Award

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2018-women-film-critics-circle-wfcc-winners/|title=The 2018 Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) Winners|date=December 11, 2018|website=Next Best Picture|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Women's Image Network Awards

| rowspan="2"| February 22, 2019

| Best Film Actress

| {{Won}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/womens-image-awards-nominations-mary-queen-of-scots-little-women-lead/|title=Women's Image Awards nominations: 'Mary Queen of Scots,' 'Little Women' lead|date=December 11, 2018|website=Gold Derby|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

Best Film Written By a Woman

| Jane Anderson

| {{Won}}