# List of awards and nominations received by Jessica Chastain
American actor [Jessica Chastain](https://www.edgepedia.org/jessica-chastain) (born 1977 in [Sacramento, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/sacramento-california)) has received three Academy Award nominations, winning Best Actress for *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, along with a Golden Globe, three [Screen Actors Guild Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/screen-actors-guild-awards), two Critics' Choice Movie Awards, an Emmy nomination, and a Tony nomination.[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Jessica+Chastain%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D) • [2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-chastain/) • [3](https://www.sagaftra.org/outstanding-film-and-television-performances-honored-29th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE-0) • [17](https://www.sagawards.org/sites/default/files/nominee_histories_0.pdf) Across film, television, and stage, IMDb counts 110 wins and 166 nominations for her.[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567113/awards/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Three nominations: Supporting Actress for *The Help* (84th, 2011), Lead Actress for *Zero Dark Thirty* (85th, 2012), and Lead Actress for *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* (94th, 2022), the last of which she won[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Jessica+Chastain%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D) |
| Golden Globes | Eight nominations and one win: Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, for *Zero Dark Thirty* (2013)[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-chastain/) |
| SAG Awards | Won Female Actor in a Leading Role for *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* (28th, 2022) and Female Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series for *George & Tammy* (29th, 2023)[3](https://www.sagaftra.org/outstanding-film-and-television-performances-honored-29th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE-0) |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Actress wins for *Zero Dark Thirty* (18th annual) and *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* (2022)[5](https://members.criticschoice.com/movie-awards/critics%E2%80%99-choice-movie-awards-winners-archive/) |
| Emmy Awards | One nomination: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, as Tammy Wynette in *George & Tammy* (2023)[6](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-chastain) |
| Stage honors | Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play for *A Doll's House* (2023); Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play[7](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-chastain-493116) |
| Career totals | 110 wins and 166 nominations per IMDb[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567113/awards/) |
## Academy Awards
Chastain's first Oscar nomination came at the 84th Academy Awards, where she was nominated for Actress in a Supporting Role as Celia Foote in *The Help* (2011).[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Jessica+Chastain%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D) The following year she was nominated for Actress in a Leading Role as Maya in [Kathryn Bigelow](https://www.edgepedia.org/kathryn-bigelow)'s *Zero Dark Thirty* at the 85th ceremony.[1](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Jessica+Chastain%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D)
**The winning performance.** At the 94th Academy Awards she won Best Actress for playing Tammy Faye Bakker in *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* (2021), defeating nominees [Olivia Colman](https://www.edgepedia.org/olivia-colman) (*The Lost Daughter*), Penélope Cruz (*Parallel Mothers*), Nicole Kidman (*Being the Ricardos*), and [Kristen Stewart](https://www.edgepedia.org/kristen-stewart) (*Spencer*).[8](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/embed/2022) The Academy's fact sheet for that ceremony noted it was her third nomination and second in the leading-actress category.[9](https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/94_oscars_noms_factsheet.pdf) The film also won the Academy Award for Makeup and Hairstyling.[10](https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/?award-year=2022)
## Golden Globes
The Golden Globes database credits Chastain with eight nominations and one win.[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-chastain/) The win came in 2013 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, for *Zero Dark Thirty*.[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-chastain/) Her nominations span film and television: Supporting Actress for *The Help* (2012) and *A Most Violent Year* (2015), Actress in a Drama for *Miss Sloane* (2017), *Molly's Game* (2018), *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* (2022), and Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for *[Scenes from a Marriage](https://www.edgepedia.org/scenes-from-a-marriage-american-miniseries)* (2022) and *George & Tammy* (2023).[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-chastain/)
## Screen Actors Guild Awards
Jessica Chastain has received three Screen Actors Guild Awards.[17](https://www.sagawards.org/sites/default/files/nominee_histories_0.pdf) At the 28th ceremony in 2022 she received the Actor for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her performance as Tammy Faye Bakker in *The Eyes of Tammy Faye*.[11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOSwVtIEAM) A year later, at the 29th ceremony, she won best female actor in a TV movie or limited series for Showtime's *George & Tammy*, playing [Tammy Wynette](https://www.edgepedia.org/tammy-wynette) opposite [Michael Shannon](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-shannon)'s George Jones.[3](https://www.sagaftra.org/outstanding-film-and-television-performances-honored-29th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE-0) Her 2022 film win was among the top SAG results that repeated at the Oscars; the Associated Press noted that Chastain, Will Smith, Ariana DeBose, and [Troy Kotsur](https://www.edgepedia.org/troy-kotsur) all won at SAG before taking home Academy Awards.[12](https://apnews.com/article/603efd8216cc507c05a52b30f507fc5f)
## Critics' Choice and festival honors
Chastain won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress twice: for *Zero Dark Thirty* at the 18th annual ceremony and for *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* in 2022.[5](https://members.criticschoice.com/movie-awards/critics%E2%80%99-choice-movie-awards-winners-archive/) • [13](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9115530/awards/) For *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* she also received the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance at the 2021 San Sebastián International Film Festival.[14](https://www.dejavu.org/cgi-bin/get.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FQ229313%23identifiers&ver=95) Earlier in her career, the [National Board of Review](https://www.edgepedia.org/national-board-of-review) named her Best Supporting Actress for *A Most Violent Year* (2014), the same film for which it named Oscar Isaac Best Actor.[15](https://time.com/3614477/a-most-violent-year-best-picture-acting-awards-national-board-of-review/)
## Television and stage
Her television work has drawn Emmy and Golden Globe recognition. The Television Academy lists one nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for 2023, for her portrayal of Tammy Wynette in *George & Tammy* on Showtime.[6](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-chastain)
**Broadway.** Chastain's return to Broadway after more than a decade, starring as Nora Helmer in the 2023 revival of [Henrik Ibsen](https://www.edgepedia.org/henrik-ibsen)'s *A Doll's House*, earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play.[7](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-chastain-493116) The production, which she also produced, was additionally nominated for the Tony for Best Revival of a Play.[7](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-chastain-493116)
## Genre and other honors
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films recognized her genre work at its 2016 [Saturn Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/saturn-awards), where she won Best Supporting Actress for Guillermo del Toro's *Crimson Peak* and was nominated for Best Actress for Ridley Scott's *[The Martian](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-martian-film)*.[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567113/awards/) In 2022 she received the Order of Princess Olga, third class, a Ukrainian state honor, on August 23 of that year.[14](https://www.dejavu.org/cgi-bin/get.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FQ229313%23identifiers&ver=95) Festival recognition includes the TIFF Tribute Actor Award at the 2021 [Toronto International Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/toronto-international-film-festival).[16](https://assets.ctfassets.net/22n7d68fswlw/7DkqSL5e1DIgh57504IUZu/d59525cb95870f3f815fc2f9a78bf69f/TIFF_2021_ANNOUNCES_TIFF_TRIBUTE_ACTOR_AWARD_RECIPIENT.pdf)
## References
1. [Academy Awards Search: Jessica Chastain, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Jessica+Chastain%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D)
2. [Jessica Chastain, Golden Globes Awards Database](https://goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-chastain/)
3. [Outstanding Film and Television Performances Honored at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, SAG-AFTRA](https://www.sagaftra.org/outstanding-film-and-television-performances-honored-29th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE-0)
4. [Jessica Chastain Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567113/awards/)
5. [Critics' Choice Movie Awards Winners (Archive), Critics Choice Association](https://members.criticschoice.com/movie-awards/critics%E2%80%99-choice-movie-awards-winners-archive/)
6. [Jessica Chastain, Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jessica-chastain)
7. [Jessica Chastain, Broadway Cast & Staff, IBDB](https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessica-chastain-493116)
8. [2022 Academy Awards Winners & Nominees, Oscars.org](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/embed/2022)
9. [94th Annual Academy Awards Oscar Nominations Fact Sheet, Oscars.org](https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/94_oscars_noms_factsheet.pdf)
10. [2022 Film Awards Results, BAFTA](https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/?award-year=2022)
11. [Jessica Chastain: Award Acceptance Speech, 28th Annual SAG Awards, TNT (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOSwVtIEAM)
12. ['Everything Everywhere All at Once' dominates at SAG Awards, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/603efd8216cc507c05a52b30f507fc5f)
13. [The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9115530/awards/)
14. [Jessica Chastain, Wikidata](https://www.dejavu.org/cgi-bin/get.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FQ229313%23identifiers&ver=95)
15. [A Most Violent Year Wins Best Picture From National Board of Review, Time](https://time.com/3614477/a-most-violent-year-best-picture-acting-awards-national-board-of-review/)
16. [TIFF 2021 Announces TIFF Tribute Actor Award Recipient, Toronto International Film Festival](https://assets.ctfassets.net/22n7d68fswlw/7DkqSL5e1DIgh57504IUZu/d59525cb95870f3f815fc2f9a78bf69f/TIFF_2021_ANNOUNCES_TIFF_TRIBUTE_ACTOR_AWARD_RECIPIENT.pdf)
17. [Nominee Histories 0.pdf, sagawards.org](https://www.sagawards.org/sites/default/files/nominee_histories_0.pdf)
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