Awards

Here is a listing of all the awards Kate and the films she has appeared in have won or been nominated for over the years, in chronological order. *Still very much under construction!!*

1994

"Heavenly Creatures":

U.S. Writers' Guild nominee: Best Original Screenplay (Peter Jackson & Frances Walsh)
Academy Award nominee: Best Original Screenplay (Peter Jackson & Frances Walsh)
Silver Lion Award winner - Venice Film Festival
Critics' Prize winner - Toronto Film Festival

1995

Kate:

New Zealand Film Award winner: Best Foreign Actress (H.C.)

"Heavenly Creatures":

New Zealand Film Award wins: Best Director (Jackson), Best Actress (Melanie Lynskey), Best Supporting Actress (Peirse), Best Screenplay (Walsh and Jackson), Best Cinematography (Bollinger), Best Film Score (Dasent), Best Editing (Selkirk), Best Soundtrack (Hopkins, Bell, Hedges), Best Design (Major), Best Contribution to Design (Taylor, Port)

1996

Kate in a lovely pink gown at the 1996 Oscars.

Kate:

Golden Globe nominee: Best Supporting Actress ("Sense and Sensibility")
Academy Award nominee: Best Supporting Actress (S&S)
BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Awards) winner: Best Supporting Actress (S&S)
Screen Actors Guild winner: Best Supporting Actress (S&S)
Premiere magazine Award nominee: Best Supporting Actress (S&S)
Also chosen as one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People In The World

"Sense and Sensibility":

Golden Globe wins: Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Screenplay (Emma Thompson)
Golden Globe nominee: Best Actress (Emma Thompson)
Golden Globe nominee: Best Director (Ang Lee)
New York Film Critics Circle Award winner: Best Director (Ang Lee)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award winner: Best Screenplay (Emma Thompson)
Academy Award winner: Best Adapted Screenplay (Emma Thompson)
Academy Award nominee: Best Picture
Academy Award nominee: Best Actress (Emma Thompson)
Academy Award nominee: Best Cinematography (Michael Coulter)
Academy Award nominee: Best Costume Design (Jenny Beavan, John Bright)
Academy Award nominee: Best Original Dramatic Score (Patrick Doyle)
BAFTA winner: Best Actress (Emma Thompson)
Golden Berlin Bear Award winner - Berlin Film Festival

1997

Kate:

London Evening Standard Film Award winner: Best Actress/Supporting Actress (jointly for "Jude" and "Hamlet")

"Hamlet":

Academy Award nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay (Kenneth Branagh)
Academy Award nominee: Best Costume Design (Alexandra Byrne)
Academy Award nominee: Best Original Dramatic Score (Patrick Doyle)
Academy Award nominee: Best Art Direction/Set Direction (Tim Harvey)

1998

Kate, James Cameron, and Leo DiCaprio at the 1997 Golden Globes.

Kate:

Golden Globe nominee: Best Actress ("Titanic")
Academy Award nominee: Best Actress ("Titanic")
Screen Actors Guild nominee: Best Actress ("Titanic")
Blockbuster Entertainment Award winner: Favorite Female - Drama ("Titanic")
'98 Ms. Showbiz Pageant winner
Empire Magazine Award winner: Best British Actress ("Hamlet," oddly enough.)

Kate and Jim celebrate at the Oscars.

"Titanic":

Golden Globe wins: Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director (James Cameron), Best Original Score (James Horner), Best Original Song ("My Heart Will Go On," sung by Celine Dion)
Golden Globe nominee: Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio)
Golden Globe nominee: Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart)
Academy Award wins: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Art Direction, Best Costumes, Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Editing, Best Dramatic Score, Best Original Song ("My Heart Will Go On")
Academy Award nominee: Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart)
Academy Award nominee: Best Makeup
Screen Actors Guild nominee: Best Motion Picture Ensemble
Screen Actors Guild winner: Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart)
Directors Guild of America winner: Best Director (James Cameron)
Blockbuster Entertainment Award wins: Favorite Male - Drama (Leonardo), Best Supporting Actor - Drama (Billy Zane), Best Supporting Actress - Drama (Kathy Bates).

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