Awards & Winners

Cicely Tyson

Date of Birth 19-December-1933
Place of Birth Harlem
(New York City, Manhattan, United States of America, New York, New York metropolitan area)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Cicley Tysson, Cicely L. Tyson
Profession Actor
Cicely L. Tyson is an American actress. Tyson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the Golden Globe Award for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in Sounder. For this role she also won the NSFC Best Actress and NBR Best Actress Awards. She starred in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, for which she won two Emmy Awards and was nominated for a BAFTA Award. Throughout her career she has been nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards, winning three. In 2011, she appeared in the feature film version of The Help, for which she received awards for her ensemble work as Constantine from the BFCA and SAG Awards and she has an additional three SAG Award nominations. She starred on Broadway in The Trip to Bountiful as Carrie Watts, for which she won the Tony Award, Outer Critics Award, and Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Play. She previously received a Drama Desk Award in 1962 for her Off-Broadway performance in Moon on a Rainbow Shawl.

Awards by Cicely Tyson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Cicely Tyson.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie The Trip to Bountiful
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie The Trip to Bountiful

2013


Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Honored for : The Trip to Bountiful
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
Honored for : The Trip to Bountiful
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Honored for : The Trip to Bountiful

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play The Trip to Bountiful
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play The Trip to Bountiful
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play The Trip to Bountiful

2012


Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Honored for : The Help

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture The Help
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture The Help
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

2011


Satellite Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
Honored for : The Help
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Honored for : The Help

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast The Help

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Relative Stranger

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Relative Stranger
For playing \"Pearl\"

2007


TV Land Anniversary Award
Honored for : Roots
(30th Anniversary Award)

2006


Black Movie Award for Hall of Fame Distinguished Career Achievement Award
(Sidney Poitier received this award in 2005)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Honored for : Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Diary of a Mad Black Woman

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Black Movie Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Diary of a Mad Black Woman

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special A Lesson Before Dying

1999


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Honored for : Mama Flora's Family

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie A Lesson Before Dying
For playing \"Tante Lou\"
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Mama Flora's Family

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Hoodlum

1997


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Honored for : The Road to Galveston

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie The Road to Galveston
Role: Jordan Roosevelt
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special The Road to Galveston

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Sweet Justice

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Role: Castralia
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series Sweet Justice
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Sweet Justice
Role: Carrie Grace Battle

1994


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
Honored for : Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
(For playing Castalia)

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
For playing \"Castalia\"

1988


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Honored for : Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Marva Collins Story
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In Children's Programming The Body Human: Becoming a Woman

1978


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Honored for : A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie King
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series

1977


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Honored for : The River Niger

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture The River Niger
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Single Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Comedy Or Drama Series Roots

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974


Primetime Emmy Award for Actress Of The Year - Special
Honored for : The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama
Honored for : The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Primetime Emmy Award for Actress Of The Year - Special The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1973


Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama Sounder
role: Rebecca Morgan

1972


National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
Honored for : Sounder
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Honored for : Sounder

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress Sounder
Role: Rebecca Morgan
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Sounder

1962


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance
Honored for : Moon on a Rainbow Shawl

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance Moon on a Rainbow Shawl