| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | N | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Cross Creek (1983) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | N | Best Supporting Actress | Heart and Souls (1993) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | N | Best Actress | Down in the Delta (1998) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | N | Leading Actress | Clemency (2019) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | N | Best Actress | - | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | N | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Something New (2006) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | N | Best Actress | The Family That Preys (2008) | - |
| 2007 | W | Network/Cable - Best Supporting Actress | The Water Is Wide (2006) (TV Movie) | - |
| 2001 | N | Network/Cable - Best Actress | Holiday Heart (2000) (TV Movie) | - |
| 2001 | N | Theatrical - Best Actress | What's Cooking? (2000) | - |
| 2000 | N | Network/Cable - Best Actress | Funny Valentines (1999) (TV Movie) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | W | Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | Miss Evers' Boys (1997) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1997 | N | Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | The Member of the Wedding (1997) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1989 | W | Actress in a Movie or Miniseries | Mandela (1987) (TV Movie) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | W | - | Radio (2003) | Todd Garner (producer), Michael Tollin (director), Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor) |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | N | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series | Steel Magnolias (2012) (TV Movie) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | W | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special | The Wishing Tree (1999) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Steel Magnolias (2012) (TV Movie) | - |
| 2011 | N | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | True Blood (2010) (TV) | - |
| 2008 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007) (TV Movie) | - |
| 2006 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | The Water Is Wide (2006) (TV Movie) | - |
| 2006 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Desperate Housewives (2004) (TV) | - |
| 2003 | W | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | The Practice (1997) (TV) | - |
| 1998 | N | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) (TV) | - |
| 1997 | W | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Miss Evers' Boys (1997) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1996 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1995 | N | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | The Piano Lesson (1995) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1990 | N | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1988 | N | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series | St. Elsewhere (1982) (TV) | - |
| 1987 | W | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series | L.A. Law: Pilot (#1.0) (1986) (TV) | - |
| 1987 | N | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Unnatural Causes (1986) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1986 | N | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | St. Elsewhere (1982) (TV) | - |
| 1985 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Words by Heart (1985) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1984 | W | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Hill Street Blues (1981) (TV) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | N | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | Holiday Heart (2000) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1998 | W | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | Miss Evers' Boys (1997) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1993 | N | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | Passion Fish (1992) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | N | Best Actress | Clemency (2019) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | N | Best Spoken Word Album for Children | "Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales" | Sharon Gelman, Michele McGonigle |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | N | Best Female Lead | Clemency (2019) | - |
| 1999 | N | Best Female Lead | Down in the Delta (1998) | - |
| 1993 | W | Best Supporting Female | Passion Fish (1992) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | N | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film) | The Lion King (2019) | - |
| 2020 | N | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Clemency (2019) | - |
| 2019 | N | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Luke Cage (2016) (TV) | - |
| 2015 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | State of Affairs (2014) (TV) | - |
| 2014 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave (2013) | - |
| 2013 | W | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Steel Magnolias (2012) (TV Movie) | - |
| 2012 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Memphis Beat (2010) (TV) | - |
| 2011 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Memphis Beat (2010) (TV) | - |
| 2010 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | American Violet (2009) | - |
| 2009 | N | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | The Family That Preys (2008) | - |
| 2009 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | My Own Worst Enemy (2008) | - |
| 2004 | W | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Radio (2003) | - |
| 2002 | N | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | K-PAX (2001) | - |
| 2001 | W | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Love & Basketball (2000) | - |
| 2001 | N | Outstanding Performance in a Youth or Children's Series/Special | The Wishing Tree (1999) | - |
| 2001 | N | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Holiday Heart (2000) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1999 | N | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture | Down in the Delta (1998) | - |
| 1998 | W | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series | Miss Evers' Boys (1997) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1997 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Star Trek: First Contact (1996) | - |
| 1996 | W | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series | The Piano Lesson (1995) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1996 | N | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | How to Make an American Quilt (1995) | - |
| 1992 | W | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie | A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1990 | W | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie | Mandela (1987) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1989 | W | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie | Unnatural Causes (1986) (TV Movie) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | W | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Miss Evers' Boys (1997) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1997 | N | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV Movie) | - |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | N | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave (2013) | Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lupita Nyong'o |
| 2013 | N | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries | Steel Magnolias (2012) (TV Movie) | - |
| 2007 | N | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Desperate Housewives (2004) (TV) | Richard Burgi, Mehcad Brooks, Ricardo Chavira |
| 2006 | W | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Desperate Housewives (2004) (TV) | Andrea Bowen, Mehcad Brooks, Ricardo Chavira |
| 1998 | N | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Miss Evers' Boys (1997) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1996 | W | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | The Piano Lesson (1995) (TV Movie) | - |
| 1996 | N | Outstanding Performance by a Cast | How to Make an American Quilt (1995) | Maya Angelou, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn |
| Year | * | Category | Works | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | W | - | - | - |