List of awards and nominations received by Judy Davis
The accolades of Australian actress Judy Davis include numerous awards from various international institutions, including eight AACTA Awards, two BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, one National Board of Review award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and one Screen Actors Guild Award.

Davis first came to critical acclaim for her role in My Brilliant Career (1979), for which she won BAFTA Awards for both Best Actress and Most Promising Newcomer. She earned further acclaim in 1984, when she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in A Passage to India.
Davis's first major American feature, Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1992), saw her nominated for numerous awards: She won a National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, the BAFTA for Best Actress. Her subsequent performance in the television film Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) earned Davis a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, as well as a Golden Globe nomination.
Davis's portrayal of Judy Garland in the television miniseries Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) garnered her further acclaim, earning her a second Primetime Emmy Award, an American Film Institute Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film. Her performance in the miniseries The Starter Wife (2007) saw Davis win a third Prime-time Emmy Award. In 2017, she earned acclaim for her guest-starring role on the limited series Feud, receiving another Primetime Emmy nomination.
AACTA International Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, formerly known as the Australian Film Institute Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) to recognize and honor achievements in the film and television industry.[1]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1979 | My Brilliant Career | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated | |
1981 | Hoodwink | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won | |
Winter of Our Dreams | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won | ||
1986 | Kangaroo | Won | ||
1987 | High Tide | Won | ||
1988 | Georgia | Nominated | ||
1991 | On My Own | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won | |
1996 | Children of the Revolution | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won | |
2003 | Swimming Upstream | Nominated | ||
2007 | The Starter Wife | Best International Actress | Nominated | |
2011 | The Eye of the Storm | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won | [2] |
2015 | The Dressmaker | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won | [3] |
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards are a set of awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually for excellence of cinematic achievements.[4]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1984 | A Passage to India | Best Actress | Nominated | |
1992 | Husbands and Wives | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
American Film Institute Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Actor of the Year – Female – Movie or Mini-Series | Won | |
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | The Eye of the Storm | Best Actress | Nominated | |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards were organized by Blockbuster Inc., beginning in 1995.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | Absolute Power | Favorite Supporting Actress – Suspense | Nominated | |
British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Film Award is an annual award show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.[5]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1980 | My Brilliant Career | Best Actress | Won | [6] |
Most Promising Newcomer | Won | |||
1992 | Husbands and Wives | Best Actress | Nominated | |
Gemini Awards
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry.[7]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Diamonds | Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Nominated | |
Genie Awards
The Genie Awards were awarded annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema, from 1980 to 2012.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1991 | On My Own | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated | [6] |
Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.[8]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1991 | One Against the Wind | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Won | [9] |
1992 | Husbands and Wives | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Nominated | |
1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | |
1999 | Dash and Lilly | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | |
2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Won | ||
2003 | The Reagans | Nominated | ||
Gracie Awards
The Gracie Awards are awards presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWM) in America, to celebrate and honor programming created for women, by women, and about women.[10]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | The Starter Wife | Outstanding Supporting Actress – Mini-Series | Won | |
Independent Spirit Awards
The Independent Spirit Awards are presented annually by Film Independent, to award best in the independent film community.[11]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | Impromptu | Best Female Lead | Won | [6] |
Inside Film Awards
The Inside Film Awards, contemporarily known as the IF Awards, is an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry, developed by the creators of Inside Film magazine.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2003 | Swimming Upstream | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2011 | The Eye of the Storm | Nominated | ||
Moscow International Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1981 | Winter of Our Dreams | Best Actress | Won | [12] |
National Board of Review
The National Board of Review was founded in 1909 in New York City to award "film, domestic and foreign, as both art and entertainment."[13]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Husbands and Wives | Best Supporting Actress | Won | [14] |
Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards are presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, also known as the Television Academy, to recognize and honor achievements in the television industry.[15]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1982 | A Woman Called Golda | Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated | [16] |
1991 | One Against the Wind | Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated | |
1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Won | |
1998 | The Echo of Thunder | Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated | |
1999 | Dash and Lilly | Nominated | ||
2000 | A Cooler Climate | Nominated | ||
2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Won | ||
2003 | The Reagans | Nominated | ||
2006 | A Little Thing Called Murder | Nominated | ||
2007 | The Starter Wife | Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Won | |
2012 | Page Eight | Nominated | ||
2017 | Feud | Outstanding Supporting Actress – Limited Series or a Movie | Nominated | |
Prism Awards
The annual Prism Awards honors the creative community for accurate portrayals of substance abuse, addiction and mental health in entertainment programming.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | The Starter Wife | Best Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Nominated | |
Satellite Awards
The Satellite Awards are a set of annual awards given by the International Press Academy.[17]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Won | |
2006 | A Little Thing Called Murder | Won | ||
2007 | The Starter Wife | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | |
2009 | Diamonds | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | |
2017 | Feud | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are organized by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. First awarded in 1995, the awards aim to recognize excellent achievements in film and television.[18]
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | A Cooler Climate | Outstanding Female Performance – Miniseries or Television Movie | Nominated | [19] |
2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Won | ||
Critics associations
Year | Nominated work | Association | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1984 | A Passage to India | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Actress | Won | [20] |
1987 | High Tide | National Society of Film Critics | Best Actress | Won | |
1991 | Barton Fink | London Film Critics' Circle | Best Actress | Won | |
New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |||
Where Angels Fear to Tread | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
Naked Lunch | London Film Critics' Circle | Best Actress | Won | ||
National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |||
New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |||
1992 | Husbands and Wives | Boston Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |
Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |||
Kansas City Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |||
London Film Critics Circle | Best Actress | Won | |||
Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |||
National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |||
New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |||
Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | Won | |||
1996 | Children of the Revolution | Film Critics Circle of Australia | Best Actor – Female | Won | |
2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Actress in a Picture Made for Television | Won | |
2003 | Swimming Upstream | Film Critics Circle of Australia | Best Supporting Actor – Female | Won | |
2011 | The Eye of the Storm | Best Actress – Leading Role | Nominated | ||
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