Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Won |
Best Actress Places in the Heart |
1984 |
| Won |
Best Actress Norma Rae |
1979 |
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
| Won |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Brothers & Sisters [TV Series] |
2007 |
Cannes Film Festival
| Won |
Best Actress Norma Rae |
1979 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television A Woman of Independent Means |
1995 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Steel Magnolias |
1989 |
| Won |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Places in the Heart |
1984 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Absence of Malice |
1981 |
| Won |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Norma Rae |
1979 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Kiss Me Goodbye |
1982 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Smokey and the Bandit |
1977 |
| Nominated |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama Brothers & Sisters [TV Series] |
2007 |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
| Won |
Best Actress Norma Rae |
1979 |
National Board of Review
| Won |
Best Actress Norma Rae |
1979 |
New York Film Critics Circle
| Won |
Best Actress Norma Rae |
1979 |
Screen Actors Guild
| Nominated |
Best Actress in a Drama Series Brothers & Sisters [TV Series] |
2007 |
| Nominated |
Best Actress in a Drama Series ER [TV Series] |
2000 |
| Nominated |
Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries David Copperfield |
2000 |
| Nominated |
Best Female Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie A Cooler Climate |
1999 |
| Nominated |
Best Supporting Actress Forrest Gump |
1994 |
