The following is a list of awards and nominations received by English actress and musician Samantha Morton. Known for her work in independent films, her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA TV Award, in addition to a BAFTA Fellowship and nominations for two Academy Awards, an Actor Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
In 2000, Morton received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a mute laundress in Woody Allen's comedy-drama mockumentary Sweet and Lowdown (1999). Four years later, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as the mother of a immigrant Irish family in In America (2002), as well as a nomination for the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with the film's ensemble. Morton's performances as writer Deborah Curtis in Control (2007) and as a widow in The Messenger (2009) also earned praise, and earned her nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress respectively.
For television, Morton won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her performance as Myra Hindley in Longford (2006). Morton made her directorial debut with the television film The Unloved (2009), for which she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama. She was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship in 2024.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Best Supporting Actress Sweet and Lowdown 2004 Best Actress In America
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2004 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture In America
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2008 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Control 2024 BAFTA Fellowship British Academy Television Awards 2007 Best Actress Longford 2010 Best Single Drama The Unloved 2020 Best Actress I Am Kirsty
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2004 Best Actress In America 2010 Best Supporting Actress The Messenger Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021 Best Villain in a Series The Walking Dead
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2007 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Longford
European Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2002 European Actress Morvern Callar 2004 People's Choice Award for Best Actress Code 46
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Sweet and Lowdown 2008 Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Longford
Other awards British Independent Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1998 Best Actress Under the Skin 2001 Pandaemonium 2002 Morvern Callar 2003 In America 2004 Best Supporting Actor/Actress Enduring Love 2007 Control 2008 Best Actress The Daisy Chain 2009 Douglas Hickox Award The Unloved 2022 Richard Harris Award
Gotham Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2008 Best Ensemble Cast Synecdoche, New York
Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2004 Best Female Lead In America 2009 Robert Altman Award Synecdoche, New York 2010 Best Supporting Female The Messenger
Satellite Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Musical or Comedy Sweet and Lowdown 2001 Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Drama Jesus' Son 2004 Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama In America 2007 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Longford
Saturn Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2003 Best Supporting Actress Minority Report
Other associations Award Year Category Nominated work Result Angers European First Film Festival 1998 Best Actress Under the Skin Boston Society of Film Critics 1998 Best Actress Chicago Film Critics Association 2000 Best Supporting Actress Sweet and Lowdown Most Promising Actress Chlotrudis Awards 2001 Best Supporting Actress 2004 Best Actress Morvern Callar Empire Awards 2001 Best British Actress Sweet and Lowdown 2003 Minority Report 2005 Enduring Love Evening Standard British Film Awards 2000 Best Actress Dreaming of Joseph Lees 2008 Control 2009 Mister Lonely 2012 The Messenger Houston Film Critics Society 2009 Best Supporting Actress IndieWire Critics Poll 2008 Best Supporting Performance Synecdoche, New York International Cinephile Society 2008 Best Supporting Actress Control London Film Critics Circle 2001 British Supporting Actress of the Year Sweet and Lowdown 2003 British Actress of the Year Morvern Callar 2008 Control Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2000 Best Supporting Actress Sweet and Lowdown MTV Movie & TV Awards 2004 Best Trans-Atlantic Breakthrough Performer National Society of Film Critics 2000 Best Supporting Actress Sweet and Lowdown 2010 The Messenger Online Film Critics Society 2003 Best Supporting Actress Minority Report Online Film & Television Association 2003 Best Supporting Actress Phoenix Film Critics Society 2003 Best Actress in a Supporting Role San Diego Film Critics Society 2009 Best Supporting Actress The Messenger Seattle International Film Festival 2013 Best Actress Decoding Annie Parker St. Louis Film Critics Association 2009 Best Supporting Actress The Messenger Toronto Film Critics Association 2003 Best Actress Morvern Callar "Coppola's Lost in Translation honoured by Toronto critics". Waterloo Region Record, December 18, 2003. Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2013 Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film Cosmopolis "2013 VFCC Nominees Announced!". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 27, 2012. Village Voice Film Poll 2002 Best Performance Morvern Callar 2007 Best Supporting Actress Control 2009 The Messenger Washington DC Area Film Critics Association 2009 Best Supporting Actress Women Film Critics Circle 2025 Best Supporting Actress Anemone
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External links Samantha Morton – Awards at IMDb