List of awards and nominations received by Severance
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Severance is an American science fiction psychological thriller television series created by Dan Erickson and executive produced by Ben Stiller for Apple TV+. The series follows employees of the fictional biotech corporation Lumon Industries – which uses a "severance" program in which their work and personal memories are separated – and stars an ensemble cast including Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette. The first season premiered on February 18, 2022, running for nine episodes, with a following season of ten episodes debuting on January 16, 2025.
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Both seasons have received critical acclaim,[a] with particular focus on the cinematography, setting, soundtrack, direction, and performances. Severance has been the recipient of numerous accolades; between the 74th and 77th Primetime Emmy Awards the show received 41 nominations and 10 wins – including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Tillman as Seth Milchick and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Lower's performance as Helly R.. Severance also won consecutive submissions for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series and Outstanding Main Title Design. Scott's performance as Mark Scout earned him two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, two Television Critics Association Award nominations, and one Golden Globe Award nomination.
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AACTA International Awards | 2023 | Best Drama Series | Severance | Nominated | [5][6] |
| American Film Institute Awards | 2022 | Top 10 Programs of the Year | Won | [7] | |
| 2025 | Won | ||||
| Art Directors Guild Awards | 2023 | Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series | Jeremy Hindle (for "Good News About Hell") | Won | [8] |
| Artios Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot and First Season Drama Series | Rachel Tenner, Bess Fifer, and Rick Messina | Nominated | [9] |
| Astra Awards | 2025 | Best Drama Series | Severance | Won | [10] |
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Drama Series | Britt Lower | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Tramell Tillman | Nominated | |||
| John Turturro | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Dichen Lachman | Nominated | |||
| Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series | John Noble | Nominated | |||
| Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Gwendoline Christie | Nominated | |||
| Merritt Wever | Nominated | ||||
| Best Cast Ensemble in a Streaming Drama Series | Severance | Nominated | |||
| Best Directing in a Drama Series | Jessica Lee Gagné (for "Chikhai Bardo") | Nominated | |||
| Ben Stiller (for "Cold Harbor") | Nominated | ||||
| Best Writing in a Drama Series | Dan Erickson (for "Cold Harbor") | Nominated | |||
| British Academy Television Craft Awards | 2026 | Best Photography and Lighting: Fiction | Suzie Lavelle | Nominated | [11] |
| Best Director: Fiction | Sam Donovan | Nominated | |||
| British Academy Television Awards | Best International Programme | Severance | Nominated | ||
| Cinema Audio Society Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – One Hour | Bryan Dembinski, Bob Chefalas, Chris Fogel, and George A. Lara (for "The We We Are") | Nominated | [12] |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards | 2023 | Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Adam Scott | Won | [13] |
| Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Patricia Arquette | Won | |||
| 2025 | Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Severance | Nominated | [14] | |
| Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Tramell Tillman | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Britt Lower | Won | |||
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2023 | Best Drama Series | Severance | Nominated | [15] |
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | Best Drama Series | Severance | Nominated | [16] | |
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Drama Series | Britt Lower | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Tramell Tillman | Won | |||
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series | Aoife McArdle (for "Hide and Seek") | Nominated | [17] |
| Ben Stiller (for "The We We Are") | Nominated | ||||
| Dorian Awards | 2022 | Best TV Drama | Severance | Nominated | [18] |
| Most Visually Striking Show | Nominated | ||||
| 2025 | Best TV Drama | Nominated | [19] [20] | ||
| Best Written TV Show | Nominated | ||||
| Best TV Performance — Drama | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting TV Performance — Drama | Tramell Tillman | Won | |||
| Best Genre TV Show | Severance | Nominated | |||
| Most Visually Striking TV Show | Won | ||||
| Golden Globe Awards | 2023 | Best Television Series – Drama | Nominated | [21] | |
| Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series – Comedy/Musical or Drama | John Turturro | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | Best Television Series – Drama | Severance | Nominated | [22] | |
| Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama | Britt Lower | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor on Television | Tramell Tillman | Nominated | |||
| Golden Reel Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Dialogue and ADR | Jacob Ribicoff, David Briggs, and Gregg Swiatlowski (for "The We We Are") | Nominated | [23] [24] |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Long Form | Missy Cohen, Sam Zeines, and Felipe Pacheco (for "The We We Are") | Nominated | |||
| Golden Trailer Awards | 2025 | Best Drama (Trailer/Teaser) for a TV/Streaming Series | Apple TV+ / Transit (for "Season 2 RTO Teaser") | Won | [25] [26] |
| Best Music (Trailer/Teaser) for a TV/Streaming Series | Won | ||||
| Most Original (Trailer/Teaser) for a TV/Streaming Series | Won | ||||
| Best Horror/Thriller (Trailer/Teaser) for a TV/Streaming Series | Apple TV+ / Wild Card Creative Group (for "Welcome Back") | Won | |||
| Best Horror/Thriller (TV Spot) for a TV/Streaming Series | Apple TV+ / Wild Card Creative Group (for "Return") | Nominated | |||
| Best Digital – Horror/Thriller | Apple TV+ / Leroy & Rose (for "Season 2 Digital Campaign") | Won | |||
| Gotham Independent Film Awards | 2022 | Breakthrough Series – Long Form | Severance | Nominated | [27] |
| Outstanding Performance in a New Series | Britt Lower | Nominated | |||
| Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | 2022 | Best Streaming Series, Drama | Severance | Won | [28] |
| Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama | Britt Lower | Won[b] | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama | Zach Cherry | Nominated | |||
| Tramell Tillman | Nominated | ||||
| John Turturro | Won | ||||
| Christopher Walken | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama | Patricia Arquette | Nominated | |||
| Dichen Lachman | Nominated | ||||
| Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Drama | Aoife McArdle (for "The You You Are") | Nominated | |||
| Ben Stiller (for "The We We Are") | Won | ||||
| Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Drama | Dan Erickson (for "The We We Are") | Won | |||
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2022 | Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series | Theodore Shapiro | Nominated | [29] |
| 2025 | Won | [30] | |||
| Music Supervision – Television | George Drakoulias | Nominated | |||
| Hugo Awards | 2023 | Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form | Dan Erickson, Ben Stiller, Aoife McArdle, and writing staff | Nominated | [31] |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2023 | Best New Scripted Series | Severance | Nominated | [32] |
| Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series | Tramell Tillman | Nominated | |||
| Irish Film & Television Awards | 2023 | Director – Television Drama | Aoife McArdle | Nominated | [33] |
| Peabody Awards | 2022 | Entertainment | Severance | Won | [34] |
| People's Choice Awards | 2022 | The Bingeworthy Show of 2022 | Severance | Nominated | [35] |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Drama Series | Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock, Jackie Cohn, Mark Friedman, Dan Erickson, Andrew Colville, Chris Black, John Cameron, Jill Footlick, Kari Drake, Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, Aoife McArdle, Amanda Overton, and Gerry Robert Bryne | Nominated | [36] |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Adam Scott (for "Good News About Hell") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | John Turturro (for "Defiant Jazz") | Nominated | |||
| Christopher Walken (for "The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design") | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Patricia Arquette (for "What's for Dinner?") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Ben Stiller (for "The We We Are") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Dan Erickson (for "The We We Are") | Nominated | |||
| 2025 | Outstanding Drama Series | Ben Stiller, Jackie Cohn, John Lesher, Richard Schwartz, Nicholas Weinstock, Mark Friedman, Dan Erickson, Beau Willimon, Jordan Tappis, Sam Donovan, Caroline Baron, Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, Mohamad El Masri, Adam Countee, Anna Ouyang Moench, Jessica Lee Gagné, Wei-Ning Yu, Sean Fogel, Erin Wagoner, and K.C. Perry | Nominated | [37] | |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Adam Scott (for "Cold Harbor") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Britt Lower (for "Attila") | Won | |||
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Zach Cherry (for "The After Hours") | Nominated | |||
| Tramell Tillman (for "The After Hours") | Won | ||||
| John Turturro (for "Woe's Hollow") | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Patricia Arquette (for "Sweet Vitriol") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Jessica Lee Gagné (for "Chikhai Bardo") | Nominated | |||
| Ben Stiller (for "Cold Harbor") | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Dan Erickson (for "Cold Harbor") | Nominated | |||
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Rachel Tenner and Bess Fifer | Nominated | [38] |
| Outstanding Main Title Design | Oliver Latta and Teddy Blanks | Won | |||
| Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) | Theodore Shapiro (for "The We We Are") | Won | |||
| Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | Theodore Shapiro | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) | Jeremy Hindle, Nick Francone, Angelica Borrero-Fortier, and Andrew Baseman (for "Good News About Hell") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Erica Freed Marker and Geoffrey Richman (for "In Perpetuity") | Nominated | |||
| Geoffrey Richman (for "The We We Are") | Nominated | ||||
| 2025 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Jane Alexander (for "Sweet Vitriol") | Nominated | [39] | |
| Gwendoline Christie (for "Cold Harbor") | Nominated | ||||
| Merritt Wever (for "Who Is Alive?") | Won | ||||
| Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Rachel Tenner and Bess Fifer | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming | Andrew Turteltaub (for "Choreography & Merriment" / "The Battle of Ambrose and Gunnel") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) | Jessica Lee Gagné (for "Hello, Ms. Cobel") | Won | |||
| Outstanding Title Design | Oliver Latta and Teddy Blanks | Won | |||
| Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) | Theodore Shapiro (for "Cold Harbor") | Won | |||
| Outstanding Music Supervision | George Drakoulias (for "Cold Harbor") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Keith Fraase (for "Chikhai Bardo") | Nominated | |||
| Joseph Landauer (for "Attila") | Nominated | ||||
| Geoffrey Richman (for "Cold Harbor") | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) | Jeremy Hindle, Chris Shriver, Ann Bartek, and David Schlesinger (for "Chikhai Bardo") | Won | |||
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) | Jacob Ribicoff, Gregg Swiatlowski, Eric Strausser, Sam Zeines, Felipe Pacheco, Marko Costanzo, and Alex Wang (for "Chikhai Bardo") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) | Bob Chefalas, Jacob Ribicoff, David Schwartz, and George Lara (for "Cold Harbor") | Won | |||
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode | Eric Leven, Sean Findley, Shawn Hillier, Radost Ridlen, Martin Kolejak, Brian Holligan, Alex Lemke, Michael Huber, and Djuna Wahlrab (for "Hello, Ms. Cobel") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Stunt Performance | Justice Hedenberg, Katie Rowe, and Erik Martin (for "Cold Harbor") | Nominated | |||
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama | Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock, Jackie Cohn, Mark Friedman, Dan Erickson, Andrew Colville, Chris Black, John Cameron, Jill Footlick, Kari Drake, Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, Aoife McArdle, Amanda Overton, and Gerry Robert Byrne | Nominated | [40] |
| Satellite Awards | 2023 | Best Drama Series | Severance | Nominated | [41] |
| Best Actor in a Drama / Genre Series | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | Best Drama Series | Severance | Nominated | [42] | |
| Best Actor in a Drama / Genre Series | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Drama or Genre Series | Britt Lower | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries & Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television | Tramell Tillman | Nominated | |||
| Saturn Awards | 2022 | Best Streaming Horror/Thriller Television Series | Severance | Nominated | [43] [44] |
| Best Actor in a Streaming Television Series | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Streaming Television Series | Britt Lower | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Television Series | Zach Cherry | Nominated | |||
| John Turturro | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Television Series | Patricia Arquette | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | Best Science Fiction Television Series | Severance | Nominated | [45] | |
| Best Actor in a Television Series | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Television Series | Britt Lower | Nominated | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Adam Scott | Nominated | [46] |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Patricia Arquette, Michael Chernus, Zach Cherry, Michael Cumpsty, Dichen Lachman, Britt Lower, Adam Scott, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, John Turturro, and Christopher Walken | Nominated | |||
| 2025 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series | Britt Lower | Nominated | [47] | |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Patricia Arquette, Sarah Bock, Michael Chernus, Zach Cherry, Dichen Lachman, Britt Lower, Darri Ólafsson, Adam Scott, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, John Turturro, and Christopher Walken | Nominated | |||
| Seoul International Drama Awards | 2025 | Golden Bird Prize | Ben Stiller | Won | [48] [49] |
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Screen Writer | Dan Erickson | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| Set Decorators Society of America Awards | 2022 | Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a One Hour Contemporary Series | Andrew Baseman and Jeremy Hindle | Nominated | [50] |
| 2025 | David Schlesinger and Jeremy Hindle | Won | [51] | ||
| Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Score for Television | Theodore Shapiro | Nominated | [52] |
| Television Critics Association Awards | 2022 | Program of the Year | Severance | Nominated | [53] |
| Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding New Program | Nominated | ||||
| Individual Achievement in Drama | Adam Scott | Nominated | |||
| 2025 | Program of the Year | Severance | Nominated | [54] | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Nominated | ||||
| Individual Achievement in Drama | Britt Lower | Nominated | |||
| Adam Scott | Nominated | ||||
| Tramell Tillman | Nominated | ||||
| Venice TV Awards | 2023 | Best TV Series | Severance | Nominated | [55] |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Vadim Turchin, Nicole Melius, David Piombino, and David Rouxel (for "Pilot") | Nominated | [56] |
| 2026 | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Eric Leven, Sean Findley, Brian Holligan, Radost Ridlen (for "Hello, Ms. Cobel") |
Nominated | [57] | |
| Webby Awards | 2022 | Best Actor | Adam Scott | Won | [58] |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2023 | Drama Series | Chris Black, Andrew Colville, Kari Drake, Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman, Helen Leigh, Anna Moench, and Amanda Overton | Won | [59] |
| New Series | Won | ||||
| Episodic Drama | Dan Erickson (for "The We We Are") | Nominated |
Notes
- Season-by-season critical response:
- Season 1 holds a 97% approval rating based on 117 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes[1] and a score of 83 based on 36 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".[2]
- Season 2 holds a 94% approval rating based on 225 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes[3] and a score of 87 based on 45 reviews on Metacritic, also indicating "universal acclaim".[4]
- Tied with Laura Linney for Ozark.