The following women have received awards or nominations for their work in cinema throughout the 2020–2021 awards season. List updated regularly.
September 12, 2020: 77th Venice International Film Festival Awards
- Golden Lion: Nomadland, Chloé Zhao
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman
- Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: Ann Hui and Tilda Swinton
September 20, 2020: 45th Toronto International Film Festival Awards
- People’s Choice Award: Nomadland, Chloé Zhao
- People’s Choice Award, First Runner Up: One Night in Miami, Regina King
- People’s Choice Award, Second Runner Up: Beans, Tracey Deer
- People’s Choice Award, Documentaries: Inconvenient Indian, Michelle Latimer
- People’s Choice Award, Midnight Madness: Shadow in the Cloud, Roseanne Liang
- Best Canadian Feature Film: Inconvenient Indian, Michelle Latimer
- Best International Short Film: Dustin, Naïla Guiguet
- FIPRESCI Award: Beginning (Dasatskisi), Dea Kulumbegashvili
- Changemaker Award: Black Bodies, Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
- Share Her Journey: Sing Me a Lullaby, Tiffany Hsiung
- TIFF Tribute Awards: Chloé Zhao, Mira Nair, and Kate Winslet
December 9, 2020: SFFILM Awards
- SFFILM Award for Acting: Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
- Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
December 12, 2020: European Film Awards
- European Discovery – Prix Fipresci: Sole, written by Giulia Moriggi
- European Documentary: One Night in Miami, written by Antoaneta Opris
- European Actress: Paula Beer, Undine
- European Editing: Maria Fantastica Valmori, Once More Unto the Breach / Il Varco
- European Production Design: Cristina Casali, The Personal History of David Copperfield
- European Costume Design: Ursula Patzak, Hidden Away / Volevo Nascondermi
- European Make-Up & Hair: Yolanda Piña, The Endless Trench / La Trinchera Infinita
- European Original Score: Dascha Dauenhauer, Berlin Alexanderplatz
- European Sound: Yolande Decarsin, Little Girl / Petite Fille
- European University Film Award: Saudi Runway, directed & written by Susanne Regina Meures
December 18, 2020: New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- Best Picture: First Cow, directed and written by Kelly Reichardt
- Best Director: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
- Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers, produced by Nora Twomey
- Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary): Time, produced by Lauren Domino
- Best First Film: Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version
December 20, 2020: 46th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Picture
- Runner-up: Nomadland, Chloé Zhao, director; Frances McDormand, Mollye Asher, Chloé Zhao, producers
- Best Director: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
- Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
- Runner-up: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-Jung, Minari
- Runner-up: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
- Best Screenplay: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
- Runner-up: Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film: Time, producer: Lauren Domino
- Runner-up: Collective, producers: Bianca Oana, Hanka Kastelicová; writer: Antoaneta Opris
- Best Animation: Wolfwalkers, producer: Nora Twomey
- Runner-up: Soul, producer: Dana Leigh Murray
- New Generation Award: Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version
January 9, 2021: 55th National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Best Picture: Nomadland: Chloé Zhao, director, Frances McDormand, Mollye Asher, Chloé Zhao, producers
- Runner-up: First Cow, Kelly Reichardt, director
- Runner-up: Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Eliza Hittman, director; Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, producers
- Best Director: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
- Runner-up: Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
- Best Actress: Frances McDormand, Nomadland
- Runner-up: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Runner-up: Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- Runner-up: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
- Runner-up: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
- Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Runner-up: Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
- Best Foreign-Language Film: Collective, Hanka Kastelicová, Biana Oana, producers
- Runner-up: Bacurau, Emilie Lesclaux, producer
- Runner-up: Beanpole, Natalia Gorina, Ellen Rodnianski, producers
- Best Non-Fiction Film: Time, Lauren Domino, Kellen Quinn, producers
- Runner-up: City Hall, Karen Konicek, producer
- Runner-up: Collective, Hanka Kastelicová, Biana Oana, producers
January 10, 2021: Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards
- Best Action Movie: Da 5 Bloods, Beatriz Levin, producer
- Best Actress in an Action Movie: Betty Gilpin, The Hunt
- Best Animated Movie: Soul, Dana Murray, producer
- Best Voice Actress in an Animated Movie: Tina Fey, Soul
- Best Superhero Movie: The Old Guard, Gina Prince-Bythewood, director; Dana Goldberg, Beth Kono, Charlize Theron, producers
- Best Actress in a Superhero Movie: Margot Robbie, Birds of Prey
- Best Horror Movie: The Invisible Man, Kylie Du Fresne, producer
- Best Actress in a Horror Movie: Elisabeth Moss, The Invisible Man
- Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie: Palm Springs, Becky Sloviter, producer
- Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie: Cristin Milioti, Palm Springs
[Full list of winners, including for television categories, available here.]
January 11, 2021: 30th IFP Gotham Awards
- Best Feature: Nomadland, Chloé Zhao, director; Frances McDormand, Mollye Asher, Chloé Zhao, producers
- Best Documentary (TIE):
- A Thousand Cuts: Ramona S. Diaz, director; Ramona S. Diaz, Leah Marino, Julie Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn, producers
- Time: Lauren Domino, Kellen Quinn, producers
- Best International Feature: Identifying Features, Fernanda Valadez, director; Astrid Rondero, producer
- Best Screenplay (TIED): The Forty-Year-Old Version, Radha Blank
- Best Actress: Nicole Beharie, Miss Juneteenth
- Actress Tribute: Viola Davis
- Ensemble Tribute: The cast of The Trial of the Chicago 7, including Caitlin Fitzgerald and Alice Kremelberg
- Gotham Audience Award: Nomadland, Chloé Zhao, director; Frances McDormand, Mollye Asher, Chloé Zhao, producers
[Full list of winners, including for television categories, available here.]
January 16, 2021: 36th IDA Documentary Awards
- Best Feature: Crip Camp, Nicole Newnham, director/producer; Sara Bolder, producer
- Best Music Documentary: Universe, Esther Dere, Leah Natasha Thomas, producers
- Best Writing: Kirsten Johnson, Dick Johnson is Dead
- Pare Lorentz Award: My Octopus Teacher, Pippa Ehrlich, director
- Honorable Mention: Crip Camp, Nicole Newnham, director/producer; Sara Bolder, producer
- ABC News VideoSource Award: Crip Camp, Nicole Newnham, director/producer; Sara Bolder, producer
- Honorary Awards:
- Amicus Award: Regina S. Scully
- Courage Under Fire Award, Olga Baranova and the filmmakers and activists from Welcome to Chechnya
- Truth to Power Award: Maria Ressa
[Full list of winners, including for television categories, available here.]
January 26, 2021: National Board of Review Awards
February 28, 2021: Golden Globe Awards
March 7, 2021: Critics Choice Awards
March 14, 2021: Screen Actors Guild Awards
March 21, 2021: Writers Guild of America Awards
March 24, 2021: Producers Guild of America Awards
April 6, 2021: Visual Effects Society Awards
April 10, 2021: Art Directors Guild Awards
April 10, 2021: Directors Guild of America Awards
April 11, 2021: British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards
April 16, 2021: Annie Awards
April 24, 2021: Film Independent Spirit Awards
April 25, 2021: Academy Awards