List of awards and nominations received by Idina Menzel

This is a list of awards won by American actress and singer Idina Menzel.

Theatre Awards

Obie Awards

Menzel won an Obie Award for Special Citations for her part in the 1995 off-Broadway production of Rent.[1]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
1995 Special Citations Rent Won

Broadway.com Audience Awards

In 2004, Menzel won three Broadway.com Audience Awards for her role in Wicked; one for Favorite Actress in a Musical, one for Favorite Diva Performance, and one for Best Onstage Pair, which she won with co-star Kristin Chenoweth.[2] In 2014, she won two more, for If/Then; Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical, and Favorite Onstage Pair, which she won with James Snyder.[3] She was also nominated for Favorite Diva Performance, but lost to Neil Patrick Harris for Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2004 Favorite Actress in a Musical Wicked Won
Favorite Diva Performance Won
Favorite Onstage Pair (w/ Kristin Chenoweth) Won
2006 Favorite Diva Performance See What I Wanna See Nominated
Favorite Ensemble Performance Nominated
2014 Favorite Actress in a Musical If/Then Won
Favorite Onstage Pair (w/ James Snyder) Won
Favorite Diva Performance Nominated

Drama Desk Awards

In 2000, Menzel was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her role of Kate in the off-Broadway show The Wild Party.[4] She then was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical in 2004 for her role in Wicked,[5] and was nominated again in 2005 for her roles of Kesa, Lily, and Deanna in the off-Broadway musical See What I Wanna See,[6] and in 2014 for her role in If/Then.[7]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2000 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical The Wild Party Nominated
2004 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Wicked Nominated
2005 See What I Wanna See Nominated
2014 If/Then Nominated

Drama League Awards

Menzel was first nominated for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance in 2004 for her role in Wicked.[8] She was nominated again in 2005 for See What I Wanna See[9] and in 2014 for If/Then.[10] Menzel received the 2018 Musical Achievement Award.

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2004 Distinguished Performance Wicked Nominated
2005 See What I Wanna See Nominated
2014 If/Then Nominated

Tony Awards

In 1996, Menzel was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Maureen Johnson in the Rent.[11] In 2004, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Elphaba in Wicked.[12] She was nominated again in 2014 for her performance as Elizabeth Vaughan in the musical If/Then.[13]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
1996 Best Featured Actress in a Musical Rent Nominated
2004 Best Actress in a Musical Wicked Won
2014 If/Then Nominated

Film and Television Awards

Daytime Emmy Awards

In 2023, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Special as a host of Recipe for Change: Standing Up to Anti-Semitism.[14]

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2023 Outstanding Daytime Special Recipe for Change: Standing Up to Anti-Seimitism Won

Teen Choice Awards

She was nominated in 2010 for Choice Music: Group for Glee[15] and in 2014 for Choice Music: Single for Let it Go.[16] She also won one for Choice Animated Movie: Voice for Frozen.

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2010 Choice Music: Group Glee Nominated
2014 Choice Music: Single Frozen Nominated
Choice Animated Movie: Voice Won

Satellite Award

In 2014, she was nominated for Best Original Song for Let it Go.

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2014 Best Original Song Frozen Nominated

Behind the Voice Actors Awards

Menzel won Best Female Vocal Performance in a Lead Role and Breakthrough Voice Actress of the Year for Frozen in 2014.

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2014 Best Female Vocal Performance in a Lead Role Frozen Won
Breakthrough Voice Actress of the Year Won

Music Awards

American Music Awards

She won the American Music Award for Top Soundtrack for the Frozen soundtrack in 2014.

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2014 Top Soundtrack Frozen Won

Billboard Music Awards

Menzel won the 2014 Billboard Breakthrough Artist Award. She was nominated for a Top Streaming Award in 2015 for Let it Go, and won a Top Soundtrack Award for the soundtrack to Frozen.\

Year Category Nominated Work Result
2015 Top Song Let It Go Nominated
Top Score in a Movie Won

Other Awards

Critics Awards

Menzel was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2004 for her part in Wicked. She was nominated for a Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble for the film version of Rent in 2005, as well as two Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Ensemble and Best Song Performance, two Northeastern Critics Award for Best Ensemble and Best Supporting Actress, and an Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Adapted Song. She was nominated for another one for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on Glee in 2010, and for Best Voice Over Performance for Frozen in 2014, for which she won a Best Original Song one for singing Let it Go. For that role, she was also nominated for an Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Animated Female, a St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Special Merit, and a world soundtrack award for Best Song Written for Film.

Year Award Category Nominated Work Result
2004 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Wicked Nominated
2005 Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Rent Nominated

Other Choice Awards

She won the Whatsonstage.com Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2006 for Wicked in the West End. In 2010, she won Gay People's Choice Awards for Best Ensemble and Best Music Duo or Group for Glee. She was also nominated for a Lesbian/Bi People's Choice Award for Best Music Duo or Group.

References

  1. ^ "96 | Obie Awards". obieawards.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020. (The award went to writer and composer Jonathan Larson in specific, though the overall cast of the production was also listed as a recipient)
  2. ^ "Ave. Q & Wicked Top 2004 Audience Award Winners". broadway.com. 28 May 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Idina! DanRad! NPH! 2014 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Winners Announced". broadway.com. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Nominees and Recipients 2000 Awards". dramadesk.org. Retrieved 11 March 2020. (Listed mistakenly as Indina Menzel)
  5. ^ "Nominees and Recipients 2004 Awards". dramadesk.org. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Nominees and Recipients 2005 Awards". dramadesk.org. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  7. ^ Gans, Andrew (25 April 2014). "2014 Annual Drama Desk Awards Nominations Announced; Gentleman's Guide Earns 12 Nominations". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ^ Simonson, Robert (14 May 2004). "Wife, Wicked, Assassins, Henry IV and Jackman Win 2004 Drama League Awards". PlayBill.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  9. ^ "See What I Wanna See". iodbd.org. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  10. ^ Gardner, Elysa (23 April 2014). "Denzel, Daniel, Neil among Drama League Award nominees". USA Today. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  11. ^ "The Tony Award Nominations - 1996 / Actress (Featured Role – Musical)". tonyawards.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  12. ^ "The Tony Award Nominations - 2004 / Actress (Musical)". tonyawards.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  13. ^ "The Tony Award Nominations - 2014 / Actress (Musical)". tonyawards.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  14. ^ "The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Announces the Winners of the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. December 16, 2023. p. 4. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  15. ^ Soll, Lindsay (14 June 2010). "Teen Choice Awards 2010: First Round Of Nominees Announced". mtv.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  16. ^ Malec, Brett (17 June 2014). "Teen Choice 2014 Nominees: Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars Lead, Catching Fire Comes in Second". eonline.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.