| Year | Movie | Award | Category | |||
| 2007 | The Starter Wife | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | |||
| 2006 | A Little Thing Called Murder | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | |||
| 2003 | The Reagans | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture | |||
| 2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Best Actress in a Picture Made for Television | |||
| 2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Screen Actors Guild | Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries | |||
| 2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | American Film Institute | Best Female Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series | |||
| 2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture | |||
| 1999 | Dash and Lilly | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture | |||
| 1999 | A Cooler Climate | Screen Actors Guild | Best Female Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie | |||
| 1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture | |||
| 1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | |||
| 1992 | Husbands and Wives | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion P | |||
| 1992 | Husbands and Wives | National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actress | |||
| 1992 | Husbands and Wives | National Board of Review | Best Supporting Actress | |||
| 1992 | On My Own | Genie Awards | Best Supporting Actress | |||
| 1992 | Husbands and Wives | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Actress | |||
| 1992 | Husbands and Wives | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Supporting Actress | |||
| 1991 | Husbands and Wives | National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actress | |||
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actress | |||
| 1991 | Barton Fink | New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actress | |||
| 1991 | Husbands and Wives | Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | |||
| 1991 | Impromptu | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Actress | |||
| 1987 | High Tide | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Actress | |||
| 1986 | Kangaroo | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Actress | |||
| 1984 | A Passage to India | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie | Best Actress | |||
| 1981 | The Winter of Our Dreams | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Actress | |||
| 1980 | My Brilliant Career | British Academy of Film and Television | Most Promising Newcomer | |||
| 1980 | My Brilliant Career | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Actress |