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List of awards and nominations received by Ellen Burstyn
2026-11-15 09:33:05 · Cedar Herald Index
Ellen Burstyn is an American actress of the stage and screen.
Burstyn has received what's known as the Triple Crown of Acting winning the Emmy Award, Academy Award, and Tony Award. She has received six Oscar nominations winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her leading role in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). She was also nominated for her roles in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971), William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973), and Darren Arronofsky's Requiem for a Dream (2000). She also received the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. She has been nominated for 7 Golden Globe Awards winning Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Same Time, Next Year (1976).

For her work in television she has received eight Primetime Emmy Awards nominations winning twice for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law and Order: SVU in 2009 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Political Animals in 2013. For her work on the Broadway stage she received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year in 1975. She also received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 1996.

Triple Crown of Acting
Academy Awards
Emmy Awards
Tony Award
Major associations
British Academy Film Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Grammy Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
Screen Actors Guild Award
Critics Awards
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Boston Society of Film Critics
Chicago Film Critics Association
Critics' Choice Awards
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film Awards
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Denver Film Critics Society Awards
DiscussingFilm Critics Awards
Florida Film Critics Circle
Greater Western New York Film Critics
Houston Film Critics Society
London Film Critics Circle
National Society of Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
Online Film Critics Society
San Diego Film Critics Society
St. Louis Film Critics Association
Toronto Film Critics Association
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Miscellaneous Awards
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Awards Circuit Community Awards
Behind the Voice Actors Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
Boston Film Festival
CinEuphoria Awards
Canadian Screen Awards
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Gold Derby Awards
Saturn Awards
Satellite Award
References
Lists of awards received by American actor
