List of awards and nominations received by Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith was a British actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, five British Academy Film Awards, a Tony Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, five Actor Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She is one of few performers who have been awarded a Triple Crown of Acting (Oscar, Tony and Emmy).^[1]

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Maggie Smith awards and nominations

Smith in 1973
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 2 6 Actor Awards 5 13 BAFTA Awards 5 18 Emmy Awards 4 9 Golden Globe Awards 3 12 Laurence Olivier Awards 0 6 Tony Awards 1 3
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Wins	49
Nominations	139
Note [a] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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Smith began her stage career as a student, performing at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952, and made her Broadway theatre debut in 1956.^[2] For her work at the West End theatre, she received six nominations for Laurence Olivier Awards and won six Evening Standard Theatre Awards. For her work at Broadway, she received three Tony Awards nominations, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Lettice and Lovage (1990).^[3] She made her film debut in Child in the House (1956).^[2] She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Film for Nowhere to Go (1958), for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for The V.I.P.s (1963) and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Othello (1965).^[4][5][6] The role which brought her international fame was in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969),^[2] for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.^[7][4] She received her second Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actress, for California Suite (1978),^[8] as well as nominations for Travels with My Aunt (1972), A Room with a View (1985) and Gosford Park (2001).^[9][10][11] She won four subsequent BAFTA Awards: as the Best Actress in a Leading Role for A Private Function (1984), A Room with a View (1985) and The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987), and as the Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Tea with Mussolini (1999).^[4] She also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for California Suite (1978) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for A Room with a View (1985).^[5]

She appeared in multiple television series and television films, receiving five nominations for the British Academy Television Awards.^[4] She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the HBO television film My House in Umbria (2003).^[12] She gained worldwide attention and acclaim for her performance in the ITV television series Downton Abbey, earning three Primetime Emmy Awards (one for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and two for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series),^[12] the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film^[5] and four Screen Actors Guild Awards (one for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and three shared for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series).^{[13][14][15][16]}

She has received multiple numerous honorary accolades including the BAFTA Special Award (1993),^[4] the BAFTA Fellowship (1996),^[4] the Society of London Theatre Special Award (2010),^[17] the Evening Standard Theatre Award for the Theatre Icon (2013)^[18] and the Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts (2016).^[19] She received several state honours and honorary degrees. In 1990, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II.^[2]