This article is a list of awards and nominations received by Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel is an American actress and singer. Known for her starring roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades including a Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, a Drama League Award, a Obie Award, and a Teen Choice Award. She has been nominated for four Drama Desk Awards and a Satellite Award.
Menzel was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Maureen Johnson in the Rent (1996). She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for playing Elphaba in Wicked (2004). She was nominated again in playing Elizabeth Vaughan in the musical If/Then (2014). Menzel was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her role of Kate in the off-Broadway show The Wild Party (2000). She then was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for Wicked (2004), the off-Broadway musical See What I Wanna See (2005), and If/Then (2014). Menzel was first nominated for the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award in 2004 for her role in Wicked. She was nominated again in 2005 for See What I Wanna See, in 2014 for If/Then,and in 2025 for Redwood.Menzel received the 2018 Musical Achievement Award. Menzel won an Obie Award for Special Citations for her part in the 1995 off-Broadway production of Rent. In 2004, Menzel won three Broadway.com Audience Awards for her role in Wicked; one for Favorite Actress in a Musical, one for Favorite Diva Performance, and one for Best Onstage Pair, which she won with co-star Kristin Chenoweth.In 2014, she won two more, for If/Then; Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical, and Favorite Onstage Pair, which she won with James Snyder.
In 2023, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Special as a host of Recipe for Change: Standing Up to Anti-Semitism. She was nominated in 2010 for Choice Music: Group for Gleeand in 2014 for Choice Music: Single for Let it Go.She also won one for Choice Animated Movie: Voice for Frozen. In 2014, she was nominated for Best Original Song for Let it Go. Menzel won Best Female Vocal Performance in a Lead Role and Breakthrough Voice Actress of the Year for Frozen in 2014. She won the American Music Award for Top Soundtrack for the Frozen soundtrack in 2014. Menzel won the 2014 Billboard Breakthrough Artist Award. She was nominated for a Top Streaming Award in 2015 for Let it Go, and won a Top Soundtrack Award for the soundtrack to Frozen. She won the Whatsonstage.com Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2006 for Wicked in the West End. In 2010, she won Gay People's Choice Awards for Best Ensemble and Best Music Duo or Group for Glee. She was also nominated for a Lesbian/Bi People's Choice Award for Best Music Duo or Group.
Major associations Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Daytime Emmy Awards 2023 Outstanding Daytime Special Recipe for Change: Standing Up to Anti-Semitism
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Best Featured Actress in a Musical Rent 2004 Best Actress in a Musical Wicked 2014 If/Then
Theatre Awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Broadway.com Audience Awards 2004 Favorite Actress in a Musical Wicked Favorite Diva Performance Favorite Onstage Pair (w/ Kristin Chenoweth) 2006 Favorite Diva Performance See What I Wanna See Favorite Ensemble Performance 2014 Favorite Actress in a Musical If/Then Favorite Onstage Pair (w/ James Snyder) Favorite Diva Performance Drama Desk Awards 2000 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical The Wild Party (Listed mistakenly as Indina Menzel) 2004 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Wicked 2005 See What I Wanna See 2014 If/Then Drama League Awards 2004 Distinguished Performance Wicked 2005 See What I Wanna See 2014 If/Then 2018Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre 2025Distinguished Performance Redwood Obie Awards 1995 Special Citations Rent (The award went to writer and composer Jonathan Larson in specific, though the overall cast of the production was also listed as a recipient)
Film and Television Awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Behind the Voice Actors Awards 2014 Best Female Vocal Performance in a Lead RoleFrozen Breakthrough Voice Actress of the Year Teen Choice Awards 2010 Choice Music: Group Glee 2014 Choice Music: SingleFrozen Choice Animated Movie: Voice Satellite Award 2014 Best Original Song Frozen
Music Awards Organizations Year Category Work Result American Music Awards 2014 Top Soundtrack Frozen Billboard Music Awards2015 Top SongLet It Go Top Score in a Movie
Critics Awards Menzel was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2004 for her part in Wicked. She was nominated for a Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble for the film version of Rent in 2005, as well as two Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Ensemble and Best Song Performance, two Northeastern Critics Award for Best Ensemble and Best Supporting Actress, and an Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Adapted Song. She was nominated for another one for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on Glee in 2010, and for Best Voice Over Performance for Frozen in 2014, for which she won a Best Original Song one for singing Let it Go. For that role, she was also nominated for an Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Animated Female, a St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Special Merit, and a world soundtrack award for Best Song Written for Film. Year Award Category Nominated Work Result 2004 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Wicked 2005 Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Rent
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