Jessica Lange is an American actress, film producer and photographer. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, an Actor Award and five Golden Globe Awards. She is one of few performers who have been awarded a Triple Crown of Acting (Oscar, Tony and Emmy).
Lange's acting debut was in the monster movie King Kong (1976), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. In 1982, she appeared in the biographical film Frances and the romantic comedy film Tootsie, becoming one of the few actors nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year. For Tootsie she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, along with the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress and a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. In the following years, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles in Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985) and Music Box (1989). In 1992, she made her Broadway theatre debut with a revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, for which she received a Theatre World Award. For the film Blue Sky (1994), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress. She also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for the television film A Streetcar Named Desire (1995). In 2001, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Mary Tyrone in the West End production of Long Day's Journey into Night.
After several years of critical and commercial failures, she starred in the television film Grey Gardens (2009), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. In 2011–2015 she starred in the four seasons of the anthology television series American Horror Story. For its first season, American Horror Story: Murder House, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. For the third season, American Horror Story: Coven, she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. For the 2016 Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey into Night, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play.
She has received multiple numerous honorary accolades including the Donostia Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival (2002), the Chaplin Award from Film Society of Lincoln Center (2006), the Taormina Arte Award at the Taormina Film Fest (2009), the Kirk Douglas Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2014), Krzysztof Kieślowski Award for Acting at the Camerimage film festival (2016), the CineMerit Award at the Filmfest München (2024), Drama League Award for Contribution to the Theater (2024), the Volta Award at the Dublin International Film Festival (2025), the Visionary Award at the Virginia Film Festival (2026) and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Savannah Film Festival (2026).
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Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Work Result 1983 Best Actress Frances Best Supporting Actress Tootsie 1985 Best Actress Country 1986 Sweet Dreams 1990 Music Box 1995 Blue Sky
Actor Awards Year Category Work Result 1995 Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role Blue Sky 2010 Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Grey Gardens 2012 Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series American Horror Story: Murder House 2013 American Horror Story: Asylum 2014 American Horror Story: Coven 2018 Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Feud: Bette and Joan
BAFTA Awards Year Category Work Result British Academy Film Awards 1984 Best Actress in a Leading Role Tootsie
Emmy Awards Year Category Work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1996 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special 2003 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Normal 2009 Grey Gardens 2012 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie American Horror Story: Murder House 2013 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie American Horror Story: Asylum 2014 American Horror Story: Coven 2015 American Horror Story: Freak Show 2017 Feud: Bette and Joan Outstanding Limited Series 2019 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series American Horror Story: Apocalypse (episode: "Return to Murder House")
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Work Result 1977 New Star of the Year – Actress King Kong 1983 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Frances Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Tootsie 1985 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Country 1990 Music Box 1993 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film O Pioneers! 1995 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Blue Sky 1996 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film 1998 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama 2004 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Normal 2010 Grey Gardens 2012 Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film American Horror Story: Murder House 2013 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film American Horror Story: Asylum 2014 American Horror Story: Coven 2015 American Horror Story: Freak Show 2018 Feud: Bette and Joan Best Miniseries or Television Film
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Work Result 2001 Best Actress Long Day's Journey into Night
Producers Guild of America Awards Year Category Work Result 2018 Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television Feud: Bette and Joan
Tony Awards Year Category Work Result 2016 Best Actress in a Play Long Day's Journey into Night 2024 Mother Play
Miscellaneous awards
+ Award Year Category Work Result AARP: The Magazine 2004 Inspire Award Bambi Awards 1983 Actress Boston Society of Film Critics 1982 Best Supporting Actress Tootsie Camerimage 2016 Krzysztof Kieślowski Award for Acting Critics' Choice Television Awards 2012 Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries American Horror Story: Murder House 2013 American Horror Story: Asylum 2014 American Horror Story: Coven 2015 American Horror Story: Freak Show 2018 Feud: Bette and Joan 2025 Dorian Awards 2012 TV Performance of the Year American Horror Story: Murder House 2013 TV Performance of the Year – Actress American Horror Story: Asylum 2014 American Horror Story: Coven TV Musical Performance of the Year 2015 2018 TV Performance of the Year – Actress Feud: Bette and Joan 2024 Outstanding Lead Performance in a Broadway Play Mother Play Drama Desk Awards 2016 Outstanding Actress in a Play Long Day's Journey into Night 2024 Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play Mother Play Drama League Awards 2005 Distinguished Performance 2016 Long Day's Journey into Night 2024 Mother Play Contribution to the Theater Dublin International Film Festival 2025 Volta Award Elle Women in Hollywood 2014 L'Oreal Paris Legend Award Film Society of Lincoln Center 2006 Chaplin Award Filmfest München 2024 George Eastman Museum 2009 George Eastman House Honors Glamour Awards 2003 Woman of the Year Golden Nymph Awards 2014 Outstanding Actress American Horror Story: Coven Golden Raspberry Awards 1999 Worst Actress Hush Gracie Awards 2004 Outstanding Female Actor in a Featured or Guest Role Normal Hollywood Walk of Fame 2013 Hollywood Walk of Fame Kansas City Film Critics Circle 1982 Best Supporting Actress Tootsie Los Angeles Film Critics Association 1982 Best Actress Frances 1994 Blue Sky Lucie Awards 2012 Double Exposure Award Moscow International Film Festival 1983 Best Actress Frances Nastro d'Argento 1984 Best Foreign Actress Frances National Society of Film Critics 1982 Best Actress Frances and Tootsie Best Supporting Actress Tootsie 1985 Best Actress Sweet Dreams 1990 Men Don't Leave 1994 Blue Sky New York Film Critics Circle 1982 Best Actress Frances Best Supporting Actress Tootsie New York Women in Film & Television 1986 Muse Award NewNowNext Awards 2012 Cause You're Hot Outer Critics Circle Awards 1992 Outstanding Actress in a Play 2016 Long Day's Journey into Night 2024 Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play Mother Play People's Choice Awards 2015 Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress Première 2003 Woman of the Year Roundabout Theatre Company 2017 Jason Robards Award for Excellence San Sebastián International Film Festival 2002 Donostia Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2014 Kirk Douglas Award Satellite Awards 2000 Best Supporting Actress – Drama Titus 2004 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Normal 2009 Grey Gardens 2011 Outstanding Performance in a TV Series American Horror Story: Murder House 2014 Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film American Horror Story: Coven 2018 Feud: Bette and Joan Saturn Awards 2012 Best Actress on Television American Horror Story: Murder House 2013 Best Supporting Actress on Television American Horror Story: Asylum 2014 Best Actress on Television American Horror Story: Coven 2015 American Horror Story: Freak Show Savannah Film Festival 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award 1999 Best Actress Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1999 Worst Actress Hush Taormina Film Fest 2009 Taormina Arte Award TCA Awards 2012 Individual Achievement in Drama American Horror Story: Murder House 2017 Feud: Bette and Joan Theatre World Awards 1992 Theatre World Award Trinity Repertory Company 2017 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Virginia Film Festival 2026 Visionary Award Women in Film Honors 2000 Lucy Award WP Theater 1992 Women of Achievement Award
See also List of Jessica Lange performances Triple Crown of Acting EGOT List of actors with two or more Academy Awards in acting categories List of actors nominated for multiple Academy Awards in the same year List of actors with more than one Academy Award nomination in the acting categories List of actors with Academy Award nominations List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars
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References
External links Awards and nominations for Jessica Lange on the IMDb Awards and nominations for Jessica Lange on the Internet Broadway Database