Gwyneth Paltrow is an American actress and singer who has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two SAG-AFTRA's Actor Awards.
Paltrow rose to international fame with her portrayal of Viola de Lesseps in the romantic period comedy-drama film Shakespeare in Love (1998), which earned her many accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the Actor Award for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy, and a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. For her performance in the film Proof (2005), she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama, and for the romantic drama film Two Lovers (2008), she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. From 2008 to 2019, Paltrow portrayed Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which earned her nominations for a Critics' Choice Award, two People's Choice Awards, and a Saturn Award.
In 2011, she starred as Holly Holliday on the musical comedy-drama television series Glee, which won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. She was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the children's audiobook Brown Bear and Friends (2008). On stage, she made her West End debut in the David Auburn's play Proof (2003), earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress nomination.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1999 Best Actress Shakespeare in Love
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1999 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Shakespeare in Love Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role 2026 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Marty Supreme
BAFTA Awards British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1999 Best Actress in a Leading RoleShakespeare in Love
Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2011 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Glee (episode: "The Substitute") 2013 Outstanding Informational Series or Special Stand Up to Cancer
Golden Globes Year Category Nominated work Result 1999 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Shakespeare in Love 2006 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Proof
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Best Spoken Word Album for Children Brown Bear and Friends
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2003 Best Actress Proof
Miscellaneous accolades Award Year Category Work / Nominee Result AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2026 Best Supporting Actress Marty Supreme Astra Film Awards 2026 Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2025 Best Ensemble Bambi Awards 2011 Film International Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997 Favorite Actress – Romance Emma 1999 Favorite Actress – Comedy/Romance Shakespeare in Love Favorite Actress – Suspense 2000 2001 Favorite Actress – Drama/Romance Bounce Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2025 Best Ensemble Marty Supreme Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1999 Best Actress Shakespeare in Love Critics' Choice Awards 2001 Best Acting Ensemble 2014 Best Actress in an Action Movie Iron Man 3 Critics' Choice Real TV Awards 2020 Female Star of the Year Drama League Awards 2019 Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Head over Heels Empire Awards 2000 Best Actress Shakespeare in Love Film Independent Spirit Awards 2010 Best Female Lead Two Lovers Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 1999 Best Actress Shakespeare in Love and Sliding Doors Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 2025 Best Ensemble Marty Supreme Golden Camera Awards 2014 Best International Actress Golden Raspberry Awards 2016 Worst Actress Mortdecai Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2026 Best Ensemble Marty Supreme International Cinephile Society Awards 2026 Best Ensemble Jupiter Awards 2000 Best International Actress Shakespeare in Love Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1998 Best Actress Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 1998 Best Actress London Film Critics' Circle Awards 1999 Actress of the Year Great Expectations, A Perfect Murder and Sliding Doors MTV Movie & TV Awards 1999 Best Female Performance Shakespeare in Love Best Kiss 2001 Best Kiss Bounce 2005 Best Kiss Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow National Society of Film Critics Awards 1994 Best Supporting Actress Flesh and Bone Online Film Critics Society Awards 1999 Best Actress Shakespeare in Love People's Choice Awards 2012 Favorite TV Guest Star Glee 2014 Favorite Movie Actress Iron Man 3 Favorite Movie Duo Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2002 Best Acting Ensemble 2011 Best Acting Ensemble Contagion Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards 1998 Best Foreign Actress Sliding Doors 1999 Shakespeare in Love San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 1998 Special Award Shakespeare in Love and Sliding Doors Satellite Awards 1997 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Emma 1999 Shakespeare in Love 2002 Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical 2010 Best Original Song Saturn Awards 1996 Best Supporting Actress Se7en 2009 Best Actress Iron Man Scream Awards 2008 Best Science Fiction Actress 2010 Iron Man 2 ShoWest Awards 2004 Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 1998 Best Actress Shakespeare in Love and Sliding Doors Teen Choice Awards 1999 Choice Movie Actress Sexiest Love Scene Shakespeare in Love 2002 Choice Movie Actress: Comedy Shallow Hal 2008 Choice Movie Actress: Action Iron Man 2010 Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Iron Man 2 2013 Iron Man 3 Choice Movie Actress: Action Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2001 Best Supporting Actress Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards 2004 Crystal Award Women's Image Network Awards 2005 Best Actress in Film Proof
See also List of Gwyneth Paltrow performances
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