Anjelica Huston is an American actress and filmmaker who has received numerous accolades throughout her career. Huston had her breakthrough role in the black comedy film Prizzi's Honor (1985), which won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the third generation of her family to win an Oscar, following her father John and grandfather Walter Huston. For Prizzi's Honor, she was also nominated for a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) and a Golden Globe Award. She received two additional Academy Award nominations for Enemies, A Love Story (1989) and The Grifters (1990), in the Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress categories, respectively. For her performances in the Woody Allen–directed films Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), she received two BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role nominations. She was also praised for her portrayal of the Grand High Witch in Roald Dahl's film adaptation The Witches (1990), earning a Saturn Award for Best Actress nomination, and for her interpretation of Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993), receiving two nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Huston made her directorial debut with the film Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), for which she earned nominations for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie. Her other television performances include the television film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), that won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film, and Lonesome Dove (1989), Buffalo Girls (1995), The Mists of Avalon (2001), and Medium (2008–2009), for all of which she was nominated at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
Awards and nominations + Award Year Nominated work Category Result Academy Awards 1986 Prizzi's Honor Best Supporting Actress 1990 Enemies, A Love Story Best Supporting Actress 1991 Best Actress American Comedy Awards 1994 Addams Family Values Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture Audie Awards 2020 More Bedtime Stories from Cynics Humor Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 Ever After Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama/Romance Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1986 Prizzi's Honor Best Supporting Actress 1991 and The Witches Best Actress 2004 Best Cast British Academy Film Awards 1986 Prizzi's Honor Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1991 Crimes and Misdemeanors Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1995 Manhattan Murder Mystery Best Actress in a Supporting Role Cannes Film Festival Awards 1996 Bastard Out of Carolina Caméra d'Or Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1991 Best Actress Chlotrudis Awards 1999 Chloe Award Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2001 Best Acting Ensemble 2005 Best Acting Ensemble Critics' Choice Television Awards 2016 Transparent Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series Directors Guild of America Awards 1997 Bastard Out of Carolina Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials DVD Exclusive Awards 2003 Barbie as Rapunzel Best Animated Character Performance Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 1992 Best Actress Golden Apple Awards 1998 Female Star of the Year Golden Globe Awards 1986 Prizzi's Honor Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture 1990 Lonesome Dove Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film 1991 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama 1992 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 1994 Addams Family Values Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Family Pictures Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film 1996 Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture 2005 Iron Jawed Angels Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film Gracie Awards 2013 Smash Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Hasty Pudding Theatricals Awards 2003 Woman of the Year Independent Spirit Awards 1988 Best Supporting Female 1991 Best Female Lead 2012 Best Supporting Female Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1985 Prizzi's Honor Best Supporting Actress 1989 Enemies, A Love Story Best Supporting Actress Locarno Film Festival Awards 2008 Excellence Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1985 Prizzi's Honor Best Supporting Actress 1989 Enemies, A Love Story Best Supporting Actress 1990 and The Witches Best Actress MTV Movie & TV Awards 1992 Best Kiss National Board of Review Awards 1985 Prizzi's Honor Best Supporting Actress National Society of Film Critics Awards 1986 Prizzi's Honor Best Supporting Actress 1988 Best Supporting Actress 1990 Enemies, A Love Story Best Supporting Actress 1991 and The Witches Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1986 Prizzi's Honor Best Supporting Actress 1988 Best Supporting Actress 1991 Best Actress New York Women in Film & Television Awards 1999 Muse Award Primetime Emmy Awards 1989 Lonesome Dove Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie 1995 Buffalo Girls Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie 1997 Bastard Out of Carolina Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie 2002 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie 2004 Iron Jawed Angels Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie 2008 Medium Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series San Francisco International Film Festival Awards 1991 Piper-Heidsieck Award San Sebastián International Film Festival Awards 1999 Donostia Award Satellite Awards 2002 Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical 2005 Iron Jawed Angels Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film 2008 Choke Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Saturn Awards 1991 Best Actress 1994 Addams Family Values Best Actress 1999 Ever After Best Supporting Actress Screen Actors Guild Awards 1996 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Buffalo Girls Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 2002 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie ShoWest Awards 1990 Female Star of the Year Sundance Film Festival Awards 2008 Choke Special Jury Prize for Work by an Ensemble Cast Taormina International Film Festival Awards 2004 Taormina Arte Award Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival Awards 2000 Maverick Award Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards 1996 Crystal Award
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