Anna Deavere Smith

Global Citizen Awards

Phyllis Franklin Award

Guggenheim Fellowship

George Polk Award

Jefferson Lecture

honorary doctor of Yale University

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

For Nurse Jackie

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

For Nurse Jackie

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

For Nurse Jackie

National Humanities Medal

honorary degree from Spelman College

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

For Nurse Jackie

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast

For Rachel Getting Married

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

For The West Wing

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

For The Human Stain

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

For The West Wing

MacArthur Fellows Program

Theatre World Award

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show

Tony Award for Best Play

For Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

For Fires in the Mirror

star on Playwrights' Sidewalk