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Sonia Braga

Awards

Sonia Braga

19 wins & 24 nominations

Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Winner Best Actress
    • Aquarius

BAFTA Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Mauro Mendonça, and José Wilker in Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
    1981 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
    • Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante)
    • Bacurau
  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Actress (Melhor Atriz)
    • Aquarius

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994)
    1995 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
    • The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story
    For playing "Regina de Catrvalho".

Gen Art Film Festival

  • Sonia Braga, Carol Kane, Michael Cristofer, Livia De Paolis, and Diane Guerrero in Emoticon ;) (2013)
    2013 Winner Cast Collaboration Award
    • Feature Film
    • Emoticon ;)
    Shared with: Livia De Paolis · Michael Cristofer · Diane Guerrero · Miles Chandler · Daphne Rubin-Vega · Carol Kane · Christine Ebersole · Allie Gallerani · Charlie Solis · Jason Liebman · Eric Nelsen · Alexandra Socha · Alejandro Rodriguez · Gameela Wright · Max Fried · Luis Vega · Alyson Lange · Danelle Eliav · Sydney Morton

Golden Globes, USA

  • The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994)
    1995 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story
  • Richard Dreyfuss and Sonia Braga in Moon Over Parador (1988)
    1989 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • Moon Over Parador
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
    1986 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • Kiss of the Spider Woman

Gramado Film Festival

  • Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (2001)
    2001 Winner Golden Kikito
    • Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante)
    • Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
  • I Love You (1981)
    1981 Winner Golden Kikito
    • Best Actress (Melhor Atriz)
    • I Love You

Imagen Foundation Awards

  • Meddling Mom (2012)
    2013 Nominee Imagen Award
    • Best Actress/Television
    • Meddling Mom
  • Raquel Welch, Sonia Braga, Edward James Olmos, Constance Marie, and Esai Morales in American Family (2002)
    2004 Nominee Imagen Award
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama
    • American Family

Lone Star Film & Television Awards

  • Sissy Spacek, James Garner, and Sam Shepard in Streets of Laredo (1995)
    1996 Winner Lone Star Film & Television Award
    • Best TV Supporting Actress
    • Streets of Laredo

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Winner Best Actress
    • Aquarius

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius

NCLR Bravo Awards

  • Sissy Spacek, James Garner, and Sam Shepard in Streets of Laredo (1995)
    1996 Nominee NCLR Bravo Award
    • Outstanding Individual Performance in Made for Television Movie or Mini-Series
    • Streets of Laredo

Lima Latin American Film Festival

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Winner Best Actress
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius

Prêmio Contigo Cinema, Brazil

  • The Outlaw (2010)
    2011 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante)
    • The Outlaw

Prêmio Qualidade, Brazil

  • Sonia Braga, Angélica, Adriana Esteves, Alessandra Negrini, Cintia Rosa, Deborah Secco, Fernanda Torres, Alinne Moraes, Paolla Oliveira, and Grazi Massafera in The Cariocas (2010)
    2011 Nominee Prêmio Qualidade
    • Television: Best Actress in a Series or Special Project (Televisão: Melhor Atriz de Série ou Projeto Especial)
    • The Cariocas

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Winner ICS Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Bacurau
  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius
    4th place

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Sonia Braga
    2020 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Career - Honorary Award
  • Aquarius (2016)
    2018 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Actress - International Competition
    • Aquarius

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Actress (Melhor Atriz)
    • Aquarius
  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Actress (Melhor Atriz)
    • Aquarius

The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Winner Platino Award
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius
  • Sonia Braga
    2014 Winner Honorary Award

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Nominee VVFP Award
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius
    7th place.

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Lead Actress
    • Aquarius
    4th place. Tied with Emma Stone for La La Land (2016).

Premios Fénix (Fenix Film Awards)

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Winner Premio Fénix
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius

Almeria Western Film Festival

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Winner Grand Jury Award
    • Best Actress
    • Bacurau

Prêmio Guarani

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Bacurau
  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Winner Premio Guarani
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius
  • Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (2001)
    2002 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
  • Tieta of Agreste (1996)
    1997 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Actress
    • Tieta of Agreste

New Mexico Film Critics

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Winner NMFC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee LEJA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Bacurau

Días de Cine Awards

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2018 Nominee Días de Cine Award
    • Best Foreign Actress
    • Aquarius
    2nd place

International Cinephile Society (ICS) Cannes Awards

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Winner ICS Cannes Award
    • Best Actress
    • Aquarius

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