+ List of Glenda Jackson awards Jackson in 1973 Award Wins NominationsAcademy AwardsBAFTA AwardsGolden Globe AwardsEmmy AwardsTony Awards
Glenda Jackson was an English actress of the stage and screen. She was one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, which consists of the highest awards for film, television and theatre. She received two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
For her performances in film, Jackson received two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances in Women in Love (1970), and A Touch of Class (1973). She also received nominations for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), and Hedda (1975). She also received three British Academy Film Award nominations winning for Sunday Bloody Sunday. She also received eight Golden Globe Award nominations, winning for A Touch of Class. For her work on television, she received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for portraying Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC series Elizabeth R (1971) and an International Emmy Award for the BBC One television film Elizabeth Is Missing (2020). She also received three British Academy Television Award nominations, winning for Elizabeth Is Missing.
For her work in theatre, she received various awards, including a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award, a Drama League Award and two Critics Circle Theatre Awards. She received five Tony Award nominations for her performances in Marat/Sade in 1966, Rose in 1981, Strange Interlude in 1985, and Macbeth in 1988. She won for Best Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women in 2018. She also received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations for Stevie in 1977, Antony and Cleopatra in 1979, Rose in 1980, Strange Interlude in 1984, and King Lear in 2017.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1971Best Actress Women in Love1972Sunday Bloody Sunday1974A Touch of Class1976Hedda
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards1970Best Actress in a Leading RoleWomen in Love1973Sunday Bloody Sunday1975A Touch of ClassBritish Academy Television Awards1970Best ActressPlay of the Month: Howards End1971 Elizabeth R2019 Elizabeth is Missing
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards1972 Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleElizabeth ROutstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series1982 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a SpecialThe Patricia Neal StoryInternational Emmy Awards2020 Best Actress Elizabeth Is Missing
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1971 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaWomen in Love 1972 Mary, Queen of Scots1974 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyA Touch of Class1976 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaHedda1977 The Incredible Sarah1979 Stevie1982 Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – TelevisionThe Patricia Neal Story1985 Sakharov
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1977Actress of the Year in a New PlayStevie1979Actress of the Year in a RevivalAntony and Cleopatra1980Actress of the Year in a New PlayRose1984Actress of the Year in a RevivalStrange Interlude2017Best ActressKing Lear
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1966Best Featured Actress in a PlayMarat/Sade1981Best Actress in a Play Rose1985Strange Interlude1988Macbeth2018Three Tall Women
Theatre awards Critics' Circle Theatre Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1984Best ActressStrange Interlude2016Best Shakespearean PerformanceKing Lear
Drama Desk Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1988 Outstanding Actress in a Play Macbeth 2018 Three Tall Women
Drama League Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Distinguished Performance Award Three Tall Women
Evening Standard Theatre Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2017Best ActressKing Lear
Outer Critics Circle Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018Outstanding Actress in a PlayThree Tall Women 2019King Lear
Other awards British Academy Scotland Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2020Best Actress – TelevisionElizabeth is Missing
British Independent Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2021The Richard Harris Award
Cannes Film Festival Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1983Distinguished Service to the Cinema Award
David di Donatello Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1972Special DavidMary, Queen of Scots1976Best Foreign ActressHedda
Étoile de Cristal (French Film Academy) Year Category Nominated work Result 1972Best Actress
Evening News Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1973Best ActressA Touch of Class
Evening Standard British Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1974Best ActressMary, Queen of Scots1975A Touch of Class
Montreal Film Festival Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1981Best Actress
National Board of Review Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1971Best ActressWomen in Love1981Stevie
National Society of Film Critics Year Category Nominated work Result 1971Best ActressWomen in Love
New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1966Best ActressMarat/Sade
New York Film Critics Circle Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1970Best ActressWomen in Love1974A Touch of Class1981Stevie
Plays and Players Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1984Best ActressStrange Interlude and Phedra
Rio de Janeiro Film Festival Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986Best ActressTurtle Diary
San Sebastián International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1973Silver Shell for Best ActressA Touch of Class
Variety Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1966Most Promising ActressMarat/Sade
Variety Club of Great Britain Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1970Best ActressWomen in Love1971Sunday Bloody Sunday1975Hedda1979House Calls, Stevie and The Class of Miss MacMichael
See also
List of Glenda Jackson performances
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