Maya Angelou
Acting
Biography
Awards & Nominations22 won · 11 nominated
Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame
Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community
Presidential Medal of Freedom
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
Letter to My Daughter
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
Letter to My Daughter
Marian Anderson Award
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
A Song Flung Up to Heaven
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
National Medal of Arts
National Women's Hall of Fame
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
How to Make an American Quilt
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
How to Make an American Quilt
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
Spingarn Medal
Arkansas Black Hall of Fame
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
On the Pulse of Morning
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
On the Pulse of Morning
Crystal Award
Horatio Alger Award
Langston Hughes Medal
Paul Robeson Award
honorary citizen of Baltimore
Candace Award
honorary doctorate of the University of South Carolina
North Carolina Award for Literature
honorary degree from Spelman College
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
