Achievements & Awards

Debbie Allen has made big waves in the dance and film industry. Allen has been nominated for numerous awards and has won many. Allen has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award, won five in her lifetime, along with two Tony Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 2001, Debbie Allen was appointed by President George W. Bush as a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. The following is a list of the awards Debbie Allen has received in her lifetime for choreography, dancing, directing, and producing.

Primetime Emmy Awards:

Outstanding Television Movie (2020)

Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming (2021)

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography (1982, 1983, 1991)

Governors Award (2021)

Acapulco Black Film festival: Career Achievement Award (1998)

Black Reel Awards for Television: Outstanding Directing (2017 and 2022)

Essence Black Women in Hollywood: Honoree (2016)

Golden Apple Awards: Female Discovery of the Year (1982)

Golden Globes: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (1983)

NAACP:

Outstanding Choreography in Film and Television (1995)

Online Film and Television Association: OFTA TV Hall of Fame-Choreography (2019)

PGA Awards: Vision Award-Theatrical Motion Pictures (1998)

The Kennedy Center Honors: Kennedy Center Honors (2020)