Anna Deavere Smith

Global Citizen Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship

Phyllis Franklin Award

George Polk Award

Jefferson Lecture

honorary doctor of Yale University

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Nurse Jackie

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Nurse Jackie

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

Nurse Jackie

National Humanities Medal

honorary degree from Spelman College

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Nurse Jackie

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast

Rachel Getting Married

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

The West Wing

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

The Human Stain

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

The Human Stain

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

The West Wing

MacArthur Fellows Program

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show

Theatre World Award

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

Tony Award for Best Play

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show

Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Fires in the Mirror

star on Playwrights' Sidewalk