BAFTA Awards
2014
Nominee
Best Supporting Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
Best Make Up/Hair
Debra Denson ,
Beverly Jo Pryor ,
Candace Neal ,
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2014
Nominee
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker ,
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Oprah Winfrey ,
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Mariah Carey ,
John Cusack ,
Jane Fonda ,
Cuba Gooding Jr. ,
Terrence Howard ,
Lenny Kravitz ,
James Marsden ,
David Oyelowo ,
Alex Pettyfer ,
Vanessa Redgrave ,
Alan Rickman ,
Liev Schreiber ,
Forest Whitaker ,
Robin Williams ,
Oprah Winfrey ,
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2014
Winner
Best Supporting Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
2014
Nominee
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker ,
Best Grownup Love Story
Oprah Winfrey ,
Forest Whitaker ,
Acapulco Black Film Festival
2014
Winner
Movie of the Year
Lee Daniels ,
Pamela Oas Williams ,
Cassian Elwes ,
Buddy Patrick ,
Laura Ziskin ,
2014
Nominee
Artist of the Year
Forest Whitaker ,
Best Ensemble Cast
Vanessa Redgrave ,
Terrence Howard ,
David Oyelowo ,
Oprah Winfrey ,
Michael James Madsen ,
Minka Kelly ,
Yaya DaCosta ,
Mariah Carey ,
Liev Schreiber ,
Alan Rickman ,
Robin Williams ,
Lenny Kravitz ,
Jane Fonda ,
Alex Pettyfer ,
Forest Whitaker ,
Cuba Gooding Jr. ,
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker ,
Best Supporting Actor
David Oyelowo ,
Best Supporting Actor
Cuba Gooding Jr. ,
Best Supporting Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
Best Director
Lee Daniels ,
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
2013
Winner
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker ,
Best Supporting Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
2013
Nominee
Best Picture
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2013
Nominee
Best Supporting Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
Best Ensemble Cast
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
2014
Winner
Top Box Office Films
Rodrigo Leão ,
BET Awards
2014
Nominee
Best Movie
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker ,
Best Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
2013
Nominee
Best Picture
Black Reel Awards
2014
Nominee
Outstanding Motion Picture
Lee Daniels (Producer) ,
Pamela Oas Williams (Producer) ,
Laura Ziskin (Producer) ,
Outstanding Actor, Motion Picture
Forest Whitaker ,
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
David Oyelowo ,
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Oprah Winfrey ,
Outstanding Director, Motion Picture
Lee Daniels ,
Outstanding Ensemble
Leah Daniels Butler (Casting Director) ,
Billy Hopkins (Casting Director) ,
Outstanding Score
Rodrigo Leão ,
Outstanding Song
Fantasia Barrino (Performer & Writer) ,
Outstanding Song
Gladys Knight (Performer) ,
Lenny Kravitz (Writer) ,
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2014
Nominee
Best Supporting Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Makeup
Capri, Hollywood
2013
Nominee
Cinema for Peace Awards
2014
Nominee
Most Valuable Film of the Year
Lee Daniels (director) ,
Denver Film Critics Society
2014
Nominee
Best Supporting Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
Golden Trailer Awards
2014
Winner
Best Drama
2014
Nominee
Most Original TV Spot
Hamptons International Film Festival
2013
Winner
David Oyelowo
Hollywood Film Awards
2013
Winner
David Oyelowo
Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards
2014
Winner
Best Contemporary Hair Styling - Feature Films
Candace Neal ,
Robert L. Stevenson ,
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2013
Nominee
Best Supporting Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
Image Awards (NAACP)
2014
Winner
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Forest Whitaker ,
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
David Oyelowo ,
2014
Nominee
Outstanding Motion Picture
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Terrence Howard ,
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Cuba Gooding Jr. ,
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Oprah Winfrey ,
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)
Danny Strong ,
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Lee Daniels ,
People's Choice Awards, USA
2014
Nominee
Favorite Dramatic Movie
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2013
Nominee
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Oprah Winfrey ,
Prism Awards
2014
Nominee
Performance in a Feature Film
Oprah Winfrey ,
Feature Film - Substance Use
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2014
Winner
Oprah Winfrey
Satellite Awards
2014
Nominee
Best Actor in a Motion Picture
Forest Whitaker ,
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Oprah Winfrey ,
Best Art Direction & Production Design
Diane Lederman ,
Tim Galvin ,
Village Voice Film Poll
2013
Nominee
Best Supporting Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2013
Winner
Best Portrayal of Washington, DC
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2013
Winner
Hall of Shame
2013
Nominee
Worst Female Images in a Movie
Oprah Winfrey ,
Women's Image Network Awards
2013
Nominee
Outstanding Actress Feature Film
Oprah Winfrey ,
Outstanding Feature Film
Yoga Awards
2014
Winner
Worst Foreign Actress
Oprah Winfrey ,
