List of awards and nominations received by Wentworth explained

Wentworth
Wins:25
Nominations:103
Honours:3

Wentworth is an Australian television drama series which premiered on 1 May 2013. The series, including its cast members and crew, have been the recipient of several awards and nominations, most notably at the Logie Awards, AACTA Awards and the ASTRA Awards.

AACTA Awards

YearCategoryNomineeResultNotesRef
Wentworth [1]
Kris McQuade
2015 (1)[2]
2015 (2) Wentworth [3]
Wentworth [4]
Danielle Cormack
Pamela Rabe
Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy Kevin Carlin
Best Editing in Television Ben Joss
Wentworth [5]
Pamela Rabe
Subscription Television Award for Best New Talent Zahra Newman
Wentworth [6]
Leah Purcell
Celia Ireland
Wentworth [7]
Wentworth [8]
Pamela Rabe
Wentworth [9]
Pamela Rabe

ASTRA Awards

YearCategoryNomineeResultRef
2014Most Outstanding Drama Wentworth (Season 1) [10]
[11]
Most Outstanding New Talent Shareena Clanton (Season 1)
Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Danielle Cormack (Season 1)
Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Nicole da Silva (Season 1)
Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Kris McQuade (Season 1)
Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor Aaron Jeffery (Season 1)
Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor Robbie Magasiva (Season 1)
2015 Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Danielle Cormack (Season 2) [12]
[13]
Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Celia Ireland (Season 2)
Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Nicole da Silva (Season 2)
Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor Pamela Rabe (Season 2)
Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor Aaron Jeffery (Season 2)
Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor Robbie Magasiva (Season 2)
Most Outstanding Drama Wentworth (Season 2)

Australian Directors Guild

YearCategoryNomineeResultRef
2015 Best Direction in a TV Drama Series Kevin Carlin for "Into the Night" [14]
2018 Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series Fiona Banks for "Belly of the Beast" [15]
2020 Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series Kevin Carlin for "Under Siege: Part 2" [16]
2022 Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series Kevin Carlin for "Legacy" [17]

Australian Screen Editors

YearCategoryNomineeResultRef
2013 Best Editing in a Television Drama Philip Watts for "No Place Like Home" [18]
2014 Best Editing in a Television Drama Ben Joss for "Into the Night" [19]

Australian Writers' Guild Awards

YearCategoryNomineeResultRef
2015 Best Script for a Television Series Pete McTighe for "Fear Her" [20]
Best Script for a Television Series Stuart Page for "The Governor's Pleasure"
2016 Best Script for a Television Series Michael Lucas for "Plan Bea" [21]
Best Script for a Television Series Pete McTighe for "Blood and Fire"
2017 Best Script for a Television Series or Miniseries Pete McTighe for "Seeing Red" [22]
2021 Best Script for a Television Series or Miniseries of More Than 4 Hours Duration, Including Original and Adapted Works Kim Wilson for "The Unknown Terrorist" [23]

Equity Ensemble Awards

YearCategoryNomineeResultRef
2014 Cast of Wentworth (Season 1) [24]
2015 Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Cast of Wentworth (Season 2) [25]
2016 Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Cast of Wentworth (Season 3) [26]
2017 Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Cast of Wentworth (Season 4) [27]
2018 Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Cast of Wentworth (Season 5) [28]
2019 Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Cast of Wentworth (Season 6) [29] [30]
2021 Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Cast of Wentworth (Season 8, Part 1) [31]

Logie Awards

YearCategoryNomineeResultRef
Wentworth (Season 1) [32]
Danielle Cormack (Season 1)
Shareena Clanton (Season 1)
Most Outstanding Drama Series Wentworth (Season 2) [33]
[34]
Most Outstanding Actress Danielle Cormack (Season 2)
Most Outstanding Actress Nicole da Silva (Season 2)
Most Outstanding Actress Pamela Rabe (Season 3)[35]
[36]
Most Outstanding Drama Series Wentworth (Season 3)
Most Outstanding Supporting Actress Celia Ireland (Season 3)
Most Outstanding Actress Danielle Cormack (Season 4)[37]
Most Outstanding Supporting Actress Nicole da Silva (Season 4)
Best Drama Program Wentworth (Season 4)
Most Outstanding Drama Program Wentworth (Season 4)
Most Outstanding Actress Kate Atkinson (Season 5)[38]
Most Outstanding Actress Pamela Rabe (Season 5)
Most Outstanding Drama Series Wentworth (Season 5)
Most Outstanding Supporting Actress Celia Ireland (Season 5)
Most Popular Drama Program Wentworth (Season 5)
Most Outstanding Actor Robbie Magasiva (Season 6)[39]
Most Outstanding Actress Leah Purcell (Season 6)
Most Outstanding Supporting Actor Bernard Curry (Season 6)
Most Outstanding Supporting Actress Celia Ireland (Season 6)
Most Popular Drama Program Wentworth (Season 6)
Most Outstanding Drama Series Wentworth (Season 6)
2022Most Popular ActorBernard Curry (Season 8, Part 2)[40]
[41]
Most Outstanding Drama SeriesWentworth (Season 8, Part 2)
Most Outstanding Supporting ActressKatrina Milosevic (Season 8, Part 2)

National Dreamtime Awards

YearCategoryNomineeResultRef
2018Female Actor of the YearLeah Purcell (Season 6)[42]
2019Female Actor of the YearRarriwuy Hick (Season 7)[43]

Screen Producers Australia

YearCategoryNomineeResultRef
2013 SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year [44]
2014 SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year [45]
2015 SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year [46]
2016 SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year [47]
2017 SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year [48]
2018 SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year [49]
2019 SPA Award for Drama Series Production of the Year [50]

TV Tonight Awards

YearCategoryNomineeResultNotesRef
2014 TV Tonight Award for Best New Show (Australian)[51]
2015 TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama [52]
2016 TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama [53]
2017 TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama [54]
2018 TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama [55]
2019 TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama [56]
TV Tonight Award for Blunder of the Year: Wentworth "axed" rumours [57]
2020 TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama [58]
2021 TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama [59]
TV Tonight Award for Favourite Aussie Female
2022 TV Tonight Award for Best Australian Drama [60]
TV Tonight Award for Favourite Female

TV Week Honours List

HonourYearCharacterResultRef
2023TV Week 100 Greatest Australian TV CharactersFranky Doyle[61] [62]
Joan Ferguson
Bea Smith

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Past Awards 4th AACTA Awards. aacta.org. 12 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Past Awards 5th AACTA Awards. aacta.org. 12 July 2018.
  4. Web site: Past Awards 6th AACTA Awards. aacta.org. 12 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Winners & Nominees 7th AACTA Awards. aacta.org. 12 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Winners & Nominees 8th AACTA Awards. aacta.org. 27 May 2019.
  7. Web site: Aacta awards 2019 winners: The Nightingale and Total Control dominate Australian screen awards. theguardian.com. 4 December 2019. 5 November 2019.
  8. Web site: 2020 AACTA Awards. 11 November 2020.
  9. Web site: Final nominees and details announces for 2021 AACTA Awards. mediaweek.com.au. 5 November 2021. 6 November 2021.
  10. Web site: Wentworth dominates 2014 ASTRA Awards. 12 January 2014. Fremantle Australia. 20 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160331142844/http://www.fremantlemedia.com.au/news/wentworth-dominates-2014-astra-awards. 31 March 2016. dead.
  11. News: ASTRA Awards honour Charlotte Dawson at Sydney ceremony. Ellis. Scott. 21 March 2014. The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 March 2014.
  12. Web site: 5th AACTA Awards nominees. aacta.org. 13 Nov 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112206/http://www.aacta.org/media/263308/5th%20aacta%20awards%20presented%20by%20presto_all%20nominees_by%20category.pdf. 22 December 2015. dead.
  13. News: George Miller named best director and Max Mad: Fury Road best film at AACTA Awards 2015. Johnson. Neala. 9 December 2015. news.com.au. 12 December 2015.
  14. Web site: 2015 ADG Awards Nominations. 27 May 2015.
  15. Web site: Australian Directors' Guild Awards 2018: winners. Knox. David. 5 May 2018. TV Tonight. 1 July 2018.
  16. Web site: Knox. David. Australian Directors Guild Awards 2020: nominees. TV Tonight. 14 July 2020. 19 July 2020.
  17. Web site: Knox. David. Australian Directors Guild Awards 2022: winners. TV Tonight. 9 December 2022. 10 December 2022.
  18. Web site: The 2013 ASE Award Nominees and Winners were. 8 December 2013 . Australian Screen Editors. 20 March 2014.
  19. Web site: Awards 2014 - Australian Screen Editors. 10 July 2015 .
  20. Web site: AWGIE nominations for FMA. 23 July 2015. Fremantle Australia. 24 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150724074505/http://www.fremantlemedia.com.au/news/awgie-nominations-fm. 24 July 2015. dead.
  21. Web site: Full list of nominees for the 2016 AWGIE Awards. 1 August 2016. Australian Writers' Guild. 1 August 2016.
  22. Web site: AWGIE Awards 2017: nominees. Knox. David. 20 June 2017. TV Tonight. 11 April 2018.
  23. Web site: AWGIE Awards 2021: nominees. Knox. David. 26 October 2021. TV Tonight. 26 October 2021.
  24. News: Equity Ensemble Awards 2014 – Voting Now Open!. 1 April 2014. Equity Foundation (Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance). 3 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140415105231/http://www.equityfoundation.org.au/equity-news/equity-ensemble-awards-2014-voting-now-open.html. 15 April 2014. dead.
  25. News: CASTS OF RAKE, THE MOODY'S AND ANZAC GIRLS WIN 5TH ANNUAL EQUITY ENSEMBLE AWARDS!. 23 April 2015. Equity Foundation (Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance). 27 May 2019.
  26. News: 6TH ANNUAL EQUITY ENSEMBLE AWARDS - VOTING NOW OPEN!. 30 March 2016. Equity Foundation (Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance). 27 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20161021123550/http://equityfoundation.org.au/equity-news/6th-annual-equity-ensemble-awards-voting-now-open.html. 21 October 2016. dead.
  27. News: BARRACUDA, THE FAMILY LAW AND CLEVERMAN WIN 7TH ANNUAL EQUITY ENSEMBLE AWARDS!. 22 May 2017. Equity Foundation (Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance). 27 May 2019.
  28. News: SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY, THE FAMILY LAW (SERIES 2) AND CLEVERMAN (SERIES 2) WIN 8TH ANNUAL EQUITY ENSEMBLE AWARDS. 22 May 2018. Equity Foundation (Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance). 27 May 2019.
  29. News: 9TH ANNUAL EQUITY ENSEMBLE AWARDS. 10 April 2019. Equity Foundation (Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance). 27 May 2019.
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  32. News: Nominees for the peer-reviewed categories in the Logie Awards announced. Vickery. Colin. 31 March 2014. news.com.au. 30 March 2014.
  33. News: Here's the full List of 2015 Logies nominations. Willis. Charlotte. 22 March 2015. news.com.au. 22 March 2015.
  34. News: Logies 2015: Carrie Bickmore claims Gold Logie. Idato. Michael. 4 May 2015. The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 May 2015.
  35. Web site: 2016 Logie nominations announced. 3 April 2016. Yahoo!7. 8 May 2016.
  36. News: Live blog: all the action from the 2016 TV Week Logie Awards. Weir. James. 9 May 2016. news.com.au. 8 May 2016.
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  38. Web site: 60th Logie Awards: winners. Knox. David. 1 July 2018. TV Tonight. 1 July 2018.
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  42. Web site: Dreamtime Awards Winners 2018. www.dreamtimeawards.com.au. 16 September 2020.
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  57. Web site: Knox. David. TV Tonight Awards: Worst of 2018 . TV Tonight. 10 January 2019. 27 January 2021.
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  61. Web site: The results are in! Here are The 100 Greatest Australian TV Characters. nowtolove.com.au. 10 December 2023. 16 August 2024.
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