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Debbie Allen

Awards

Debbie Allen

19 wins & 26 nominations

Acapulco Black Film Festival

  • Debbie Allen
    1998 Winner Career Achievement Award

Daytime Emmy Awards

  • 2001 Nominee Daytime Emmy
    • Outstanding Special Class Directing
    • Cool Women

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Dolly Parton, Treat Williams, Christine Baranski, Jenifer Lewis, Matthew Johnson, Mary Lane Haskell, Josh Segarra, Jeanine Mason, and Selah Kimbro Jones in Christmas on the Square (2020)
    2021 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Television Movie
    • Christmas on the Square
    Shared with: Dolly Parton · Maria S. Schlatter · Sam Haskell · Joe Lazarov · Hudson Hickman
  • Dolly Parton, Treat Williams, Christine Baranski, Jenifer Lewis, Matthew Johnson, Mary Lane Haskell, Josh Segarra, Jeanine Mason, and Selah Kimbro Jones in Christmas on the Square (2020)
    2021 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming
    • Christmas on the Square
    For routines "Christmas Is The Time", "Dance Studio", "High School Dance" & "Christmas On The Square Finale"
  • Debbie Allen
    2021 Winner Governor's Award
    For her unprecedented achievements in television and her commitment to inspire and engage marginalized youth through dance, theater arts and mentorship.
  • The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999)
    1999 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Choreography
    • The 71st Annual Academy Awards
  • The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995)
    1995 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography
    • The 67th Annual Academy Awards

Golden Apple Awards

  • Debbie Allen
    1982 Winner Golden Apple
    • Female Discovery of the Year

Golden Globes, USA

  • Lee Curreri, Lori Singer, Erica Gimpel, and Gene Anthony Ray in Fame (1982)
    1985 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
    • Fame
  • Lee Curreri, Lori Singer, Erica Gimpel, and Gene Anthony Ray in Fame (1982)
    1984 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
    • Fame
  • Lee Curreri, Lori Singer, Erica Gimpel, and Gene Anthony Ray in Fame (1982)
    1983 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
    • Fame

Satellite Awards

  • Djimon Hounsou in Amistad (1997)
    1998 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Drama
    • Amistad
    Shared with: Steven Spielberg · Colin Wilson

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Samuel L. Jackson in The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022)
    2023 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
    • The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
    S1E2 "Robyn (2022)"
  • Debbie Allen
    2021 Nominee Social Justice Impact Award
  • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
    2020 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
    • Grey's Anatomy
  • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
    2014 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
    • Grey's Anatomy
  • The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993)
    1995 Winner Image Award
    • Outstanding Choreography in Film or Television
    • The 65th Annual Academy Awards

PGA Awards

  • Djimon Hounsou in Amistad (1997)
    1998 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Amistad
    Shared with: Steven Spielberg · Colin Wilson
  • Djimon Hounsou in Amistad (1997)
    1998 Winner Vision Award
    • Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Amistad
    Shared with: Steven Spielberg · Colin Wilson

Walk of Fame

  • Debbie Allen
    1991 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
    • Television
    On 11 October 1991. At 6908 Hollywood Blvd.

Monaco International Film Festival

  • King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones (2022)
    2023 Winner Angel Awards Trophy
    • Best Producer
    • King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
    Shared with: Quincy Jones · Harriet Marin Jones

BET Comedy Awards

  • All of Us (2003)
    2005 Nominee BET Comedy Award
    • Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
    • All of Us
    Shared with: Alfonso Ribeiro

Online Film & Television Association

  • Debbie Allen
    2019 Winner OFTA TV Hall of Fame
    • Behind the Scenes
    Choreography

The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Debbie Allen
    2020 Winner Kennedy Center Honors
    • Kennedy Center Honors

Black Reel Awards for Television

  • Samuel L. Jackson in The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022)
    2022 Winner Black Reel
    • Outstanding Directing, TV Movie/Limited Series
    • The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
    Episode: "Robyn (2022)"
  • Issa Rae in Insecure (2016)
    2017 Winner Black Reel
    • Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series
    • Insecure
    Episode: "Guilty as Fuck (2016)"

Essence Black Women in Hollywood

  • Debbie Allen
    2016 Winner Honoree

AAFCA TV Honors

  • The Ms. Pat Show (2021)
    2023 Winner AAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Ms. Pat Show
    Shared with: Mary Lou Belli · Jordan E. Cooper · Tasha Smith · Henry Chan

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