List of awards and nominations received by Melissa McCarthy

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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Melissa McCarthy.

Melissa McCarthy is American actress, comedian and producer. Over her career she has received two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

For her performance in the comedy film Bridesmaids (2011), McCarthy received nominations for the BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, SAG Award, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Along with the ensemble cast of Bridesmaids, she received nominations for the SAG Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, and numerous other critics groups. For her performance in the action comedy film Spy (2015), she received a Golden Globe Award nomination. McCarthy portrayed Lee Israel in the biographical drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), for which she received nominations for the BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, SAG Award, Golden Globe Award, and Academy Award for Best Actress.

Among other accolades, McCarthy also received an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance, Comedy Award for Best Comedic Actress, and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Virtuoso Award and Montecito Award. In 2016, she became the first woman to ever win the Comedic Genius Award at the MTV Movie Awards. She is a recipient of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 for her performance in the comedy series Mike & Molly and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017 for her performance in the variety series Saturday Night Live. In 2015, she received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2020, The New York Times ranked McCarthy as #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.[1]

Major associations

Academy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2012Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsNominated[2]
2019Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[3]

BAFTA Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
British Academy Film Awards
2012Best Actress in a Supporting RoleBridesmaidsNominated[4]
2019Best Actress in a Leading RoleCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[5]

Critics' Choice Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2012Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsNominated[6]
Best Acting EnsembleNominated
2014Best Actress in a ComedyThe HeatNominated[7]
2015St. VincentNominated[8]
2016SpyNominated[9]
2019Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[10]

Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2011Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy SeriesMike & Molly (episode: "First Date")Won[11]
2012Mike & Molly (episode: "The Dress")Nominated[12]
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy SeriesSaturday Night Live (episode: "Melissa McCarthy / Lady Antebellum")Nominated
2013Saturday Night Live (episode: "Melissa McCarthy / Phoenix")Nominated[13]
2014Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy SeriesMike & Molly (episode: "Mind Over Molly")Nominated[14]
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy SeriesSaturday Night Live (episode: "Melissa McCarthy / Imagine Dragons")Nominated
2016Saturday Night Live (episode: "Melissa McCarthy / Kanye West")Nominated[15]
2017Saturday Night Live (episode: "Melissa McCarthy / Haim")Won[16]

Golden Globe Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2016Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or ComedySpyNominated[17]
2019Best Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[18]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2012Outstanding Actress in a Supporting RoleBridesmaidsNominated[19]
Outstanding Cast in a Motion PictureNominated
2019Outstanding Actress in a Leading RoleCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[20]

Miscellaneous awards

Awards and nominations received by Melissa McCarthy
AwardYearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Golden Raspberry Awards2015Worst ActressTammyNominated[21]
2019Worst PictureThe Happytime MurdersNominated[22] [23]
Worst ActressLife of the PartyWon
The Happytime MurdersWon
Worst Screen ComboGNominated
Razzie Redeemer AwardCan You Ever Forgive Me?Won
2025Worst Screen ComboGUnfrostedNominated[24]
Kids' Choice Awards2017Favorite Movie ActressGhostbustersWon[25]
2021SuperintelligenceNominated[26]
2024The Little MermaidNominated[27]
Favorite VillainNominated
MTV Movie & TV Awards2012Best CastBridesmaidsNominated[28]
Best Comedic PerformanceWon
Best WTF Moment[A]Won
Breakthrough PerformanceNominated
2014Best Comedic PerformanceThe HeatNominated[29]
Best Fight[B]Identity ThiefNominated
Best Musical MomentNominated
2016Best Comedic PerformanceSpyNominated[30]
Best Fight (with Nargis Fakhri) [C]Nominated
2017Trending"Sean Spicer's Press Conference" (from Saturday Night Live)Nominated[31]
People's Choice Award2014Favorite Comedic Movie ActressThe Heat / Identity ThiefNominated[32]
Favorite Movie ActressNominated
Favorite Movie Duo[D]The HeatNominated
Favorite Comedic TV ActressMike & MollyNominated
2015Favorite Comedic Movie ActressTammyWon[33]
Favorite Movie ActressNominated
Favorite Comedic TV ActressMike & MollyNominated
2016Favorite Comedic Movie ActressSpyWon[34]
Favorite Movie ActressNominated
Favorite Comedic TV ActressMike & MollyWon
2017Favorite Comedic Movie ActressGhostbusters / The BossWon[35]
Favorite Movie ActressNominated
2018The Comedy Movie Star of 2018Life of the PartyWon[36]
2024The Movie Performance of the YearThe Little MermaidNominated[37]
Palm Springs Film Festival2019Spotlight AwardCan You Ever Forgive Me?Won[38]
Satellite Awards2011Best Actress: Television Series Musical or ComedyMike & MollyNominated[39]
2019Best Actress – Motion PictureCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[40]
Saturn Awards2023Best Supporting ActressThe Little MermaidNominated[41]
Teen Choice Awards2011Choice Movie: Scene StealerBridesmaidsNominated[42]
2013Choice Movie: Chemistry[E]The HeatWon[43]
Choice Movie: Hissy FitNominated
Choice Summer Movie Star: FemaleNominated
Choice Movie Actress: ComedyIdentity ThiefNominated
Choice Movie: VillainNominated
2014Choice Summer Movie StarTammyNominated[44]
2015Choice Movie: Hissy FitSpyNominated[45]
Choice Summer Movie Star: FemaleNominated
2016Choice Movie Actress: ComedyThe BossNominated[46]
Choice Summer Movie Star: FemaleGhostbustersNominated
2018Choice Summer Movie ActressLife of the PartyNominated[47]

Critics awards

Awards and nominations received by Melissa McCarthy
AwardYearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists2011Best Ensemble CastBridesmaidsWon[48]
2019Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[49]
Bravest PerformanceNominated
Boston Society of Film Critics2011Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsWon[50]
2018Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Won[51]
Central Ohio Film Critics Association2012Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsNominated[52]
Best EnsembleNominated
Chicago Film Critics Association2011Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsNominated[53]
2018Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[54][55]
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association2011Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsNominated[56]
2018Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[57]
Denver Film Critics Society2011Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsNominated[58]
Detroit Film Critics Society2011Breakthrough PerformanceBridesmaidsNominated[59]
2018Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[60]
Houston Film Critics Society2011Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsNominated[61]
2019Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[62]
Indiana Film Journalists Association2014Best Supporting ActressSt. VincentRunner-Up[63]
Iowa Film Critics2011Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsWon[64]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society2011Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsWon[65]
New York Film Critics Online Awards2011Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsWon[66]
Best EnsembleWon
2018Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Won[67]
Online Film Critics Society Award2011Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsNominated[68]
Phoenix Film Critics Society2011Best Ensemble ActingBridesmaidsNominated
2018Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Won
San Diego Film Critics Society2018Best Female ActorCan You Ever Forgive Me?Runner-up[69]
San Francisco Film Critics Circle2018Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Won[70]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival2012Virtuoso AwardBridesmaidsWon
2019Montecito AwardCan You Ever Forgive Me?Won[71]
Toronto Film Critics Association2018Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[72]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award2012Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsNominated[73]
2018Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Won1[74]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association2011Best Supporting ActressBridesmaidsNominated[75]
Best EnsembleWon
2018Best ActressCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[76]
Women Film Critics Circle2011Best Comedic ActressBridesmaidsWon[77]
2013The HeatWon[78]
2015SpyNominated
2016Best Female Action Hero[F]GhostbustersWon[79]
2018Courage in ActingCan You Ever Forgive Me?Nominated[80]
Best Comedic ActressNominated

Honors and achievements

OrganizationsYearAwardResultRef.
Elle Magazine2013Woman of The YearHonored[81]
CinemaCon Award2014Female Star of the YearHonored[82]
Hollywood Walk of Fame2015Motion Picture - StarHonored[83]
MTV Movie Awards2016Comedic Genius AwardHonored[30]
Time Magazine2016100 most influential people in the worldHonored[84]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival2019Montecito AwardHonored[85]
The New York Times2020Ranked her #22 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st CenturyHonored[86]

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