List of awards and nominations received by Nora Aunor


This is a list of awards and nominations received by Nora Aunor. She has been awarded and nominated for her performances in film, television, stage and music which span 50 years. She is the most nominated and awarded actress of the Philippines, with over 150 awards for her singing and acting career.
Aunor has been awarded, recognized and received multiple nominations from different organizations, academe, institutions, critics and award giving bodies for her work in film, television, music and theater. She rose to prominence after winning the 1967 Tawag ng Tanghalan. She is the most nominated actress for the leading role in the long history of FAMAS Awards, having been nominated 17 times since 1973 when she was nominated for Gift of Love but only second to Eddie Garcia with 23 nominations both in leading and supporting role. With her fifth FAMAS Award for Best Actress in 1991, Aunor became the sixth performer to be elevated to the FAMAS Hall of Fame joining the likes of Eddie Garcia, Joseph Estrada, Charito Solis, Fernando Poe Jr. and Vilma Santos. This award is given to the person who won more than five times in its particular category. Aunor is the only performer in the long history of FAMAS Awards to be nominated for fifteen straight years, from 1973 to 1987.
As of 2017, Aunor is still the most nominated actress of Gawad Urian, with 21 nominations and seven wins, and the very first best actress awardee. She is also the most awarded and the most nominated actress of Metro Manila Film Festival, with eight best actress trophies, and from Young Critics Circle, with thirteen nominations and five wins. She is also the only actress to win the best actress trophy from the Film Academy of the Philippines for three straight years, a feat yet to be equaled or surpass by a Filipino actress.
In 1983, Aunor was recognized as one of The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service in the field of the arts. In 1999, Aunor received the Centennial Honors for the Arts awarded by the Cultural Center of the Philippines. She was the only film actress included in the list of awardees. In 2010, she was hailed by the Green Planet Movie Awards as one of the "10 Asian Best Actresses of the Decade". She received the Ani ng Dangal Award. from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in 2013, 2014 and 2016. In 2013, she received the Light of Culture Awards from Philippine Centre of the International Theatre Institute and the ITI-Earthsavers UNESCO Dream Center for pioneering in the integration of theater, television, and film. In 2014, Aunor was the recipient of University of the Philippines College of Mass Communications, Gawad Plaridel. On September 17, 2015, Aunor was conferred the Gawad CPP para sa Sining for Film and Broadcast Arts, the highest award given by the Cultural Center of the Philippines. She was also conferred the Gusi Peace Prize in 2015.
Aunor has the most international best actress awards and nominations of any Filipino actors. She is the only Filipino actress to win international awards from five different continents: 19th Cairo International Film Festival in 1995, 1st East Asia Film and Television Award in 1997, Asian Film Awards in 2013 and 3rd Sakhalin International Film Festival, 31st Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bruxelles in 2004, Premio Della Critica Indipendiente in 2013 and St. Tropez International Film festival in 2015, Asia Pacific Screen Award in 2013 and the Green Planet Movie Award.
Aunor has the most lifetime achievement awards received locally and internationally for her contribution in film, television, music, and theater.

Arts and culture awards and recognition

TOWNS Foundation

YearAwardCitationResultRef
1983The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s ServiceFor the field of Performing Arts

Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)

National Centennial Commission

National Commission for Culture & the Arts (NCCA)

YearAwardCitationResult
2016Ani ng Dangal
brought honor to the country by winning in International Film Festivals
2014Ani ng Dangal
brought honor to the country by winning in International Film Festivals
2013Ani ng Dangal
brought honor to the country by winning in International Film Festivals

[Office of the President (Philippines)]

YearAwardCitationResult
1996Parangal ng BayanSpecial International Citation Award
1995Parangal ng BayanGrand Achievement Award

Philippine Center of the International Theatre Institute (PCITI)/ITI-Earthsavers UNESCO Dream Center

YearAwardCitationResultRef
2013Lampara ng Kultura Lifetime Achievement Award
for pioneering in the integration of theater, television, and film

Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan - City of Manila

Gusi Peace Prize International

Recognition from the Academe

[Far Eastern University]

YearAwardCitationResult
2015Alagad at Yaman ng Konkretong Obra
AYKON

[National Teachers College]

[De La Salle University]

[Ateneo de Naga University]

[Bicol University]

[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]

Quezon City Public Teachers Association (QCPTS)/ACT

[University of the Philippines Diliman]

[Holy Angel University]

Philippine Women's University Communications Department">Philippine Women's University">Philippine Women's University Communications Department

International awards and recognition

Best Actress awards and nominations

Lifetime achievement awards

Movie awards and recognition

FAMAS (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards)">FAMAS Award">FAMAS (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards)

YearNominated workCategoryResultWinner
2015Iconic Movie Queen of Philippine Cinema
2013Thy WombPresidential Award for Cinematic Arts Excellence
2011-Lifetime Achievement Award
1996The Flor Contemplacion StoryCircle of Excellence
1992-Best Actress Hall of Fame
1991Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina?Best Actress
1990Bilangin ang mga Bituin sa LangitBest Actress
1987I Love You Mama, I Love You PapaBest ActressDina Bonnevie
1986I Can't Stop Loving YouBest ActressVivian Velez
1985Bulaklak sa City JailBest Actress
1984Minsan, May Isang InaBest ActressCharito Solis
1983Mga Uod at RosasBest ActressVilma Santos
1983Medallion of Excellence in Acting
1982Bakit Bughaw ang LangitBest ActressVilma Santos
1981BonaBest ActressAmy Austria
1980Ina ka ng Anak MoBest Actress
1979AtsayBest ActressSusan Roces
1978Bakya Mo NenengBest ActressSusan Roces
1977Tatlong Taong Walang DiyosBest Actress
1976Banaue: Stairway to the SkyBest ActressElizabeth Oropesa
1975Fe, Esperanza, CaridadBest ActressLolita Rodriguez
1974Paru-Parung ItimBest ActressGloria Sevilla
1973Gift of LoveBest ActressVilma Santos
Boots Anson Roa
--Best Actress--

YearNominated workCategoryResultWinner
2017HinulidBest ActressHasmine Killip
2016TaklubBest ActressLJ Reyes
2015Natatanging Gawad Urian
2015DementiaBest ActressEula Valdez
2014Ang Kwento Ni MabutiBest ActressAngeli Bayani
2013Thy WombBest Actress
2005NaglalayagBest ActressJudy Ann Santos
2001-Best Actress of the Decade
2000SidhiBest ActressElizabeth Oropesa
1998BabaeBest ActressZsa Zsa Padilla
1997Bakit May Kahapon Pa?Best Actress
1996The Flor Contemplacion StoryBest Actress
1992Ang Totoong Buhay ni Pacita M.Best ActressVilma Santos
1991Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina?Best Actress
1991-Best Actress of the Decade
1990Bilangin ang mga Bituin sa LangitBest Actress
1985'MerikaBest ActressVilma Santos
1985Bulaklak sa City JailBest ActressVilma Santos
1983HimalaBest ActressVilma Santos
1982Bakit Bughaw ang LangitBest ActressGina Alajar
1981BonaBest Actress
1980Ina ka ng Anak MoBest ActressCharito Solis
1979Ikaw ay AkinBest ActressBeth Bautista
1977Tatlong Taong Walang DiyosBest Actress

YearNominated workCategoryResultWinner
2013Thy WombBest ActressAngel Locsin
2005NaglalayagBest ActressClaudine Barretto
2000SidhiBest ActressElizabeth Oropesa
1998BabaeBest ActressMaricel Soriano
1997Bakit May Kahapon Pa?Best ActressSharon Cuneta
1996The Flor Contemplacion StoryBest Actress
1993-Lifetime Achievement Award
1992Ang Totoong Buhay ni Pacita M.Best Actress
1991Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina?Best Actress
1990Bilangin ang mga Bituin sa LangitBest Actress
1987I Love You Mama, I Love You PapaBest ActressDina Bonnevie
1986Tinik sa dibdibBest ActressNida Blanca
1985Bulaklak sa City JailBest ActressSharon Cuneta
1983HimalaBest ActressVilma Santos

Box Office Awards">GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Award for Box-Office Queen">Box Office Awards

Others

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Golden Screen TV Awards (ENPRESS)

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2015When I Fall In LoveOutstanding Performance by An Actress in a Single Drama/Telemovie Program
2013Helen Vela Lifetime Achievement Award - DRAMA
2012Sa Ngalan ng InaOutstanding Performance by An Actress in a Drama Series
2005Helen Vela Lifetime Achievement Award

Philippine Academy for Television Arts and Sciences (PATAS Sinag Awards)

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1978Makulay na Daigdig ni NoraOutstanding Producer of Best Drama Series
1978Makulay na Daigdig ni NoraOutstanding Drama Series
1977Makulay na Daigdig ni NoraOutstanding Performer
1976SuperstarMost Outstanding Variety Show
1976Makulay na Daigdig ni NoraMost Effective Television Actress
1975Makulay na Daigdig ni NoraMost Outstanding Television Actress

Star Awards for Television (Philippine Movie Press Club)">PMPC Star Awards for TV">Star Awards for Television (Philippine Movie Press Club)

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2019Onanay / GMA NetworkBest Drama Actress
2016Maalaala Mo Kaya: Kahon / ABS-CBNBest Actress in a Single Performance
2015Karelasyon: Tres Rosas / GMA NetworkBest Actress in a Single Performance
2014When I Fall in Love / TV5Best Actress in a Single Performance
2013Never Say Goodbye / TV5Best Drama Actress
2013Untold Stories: Tukso Ng Pag-Ibig / TV5Best Actress in a Single Performance
2012Sa Ngalan ng Ina / TV5Best Drama Actress
2004Magpakailanman :Silang Mga Inihabilin ng Langit / GMA NetworkBest Actress in a Single Performance
2003Maalaala Mo Kaya :Lubid / ABS-CBNBest Actress in a Single Performance
2003Bituin / ABS-CBNBest Drama Actress
2001Ading Fernando Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award
1997Vic Silayan Memorial Award
1994Spotlight: Good Morning, Ma'am / GMA NetworkBest Actress in a Single Performance
1993Star Drama Theater Presents: Nora / ABS-CBNBest Drama Actress
1987Superstar Show / RPN 9Best Female TV Host, Musical Variety

Other TV awards

Theater awards and recognition

Aliw Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2013Lifetime Achievement Award
2019Lifetime Achievement Award
1999Gawad Siglo
as One of the 50 Best Live Entertainers of the Century
1984Gallery of Distinction

Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA)

YearNominated WorkCategoryResult
2012Certificate of Recognition

PUP Teatro Batangas Artistic Awards

YearNominated WorkCategoryResult
1995"Minsa'y isang Gamu-gamo" and "DH"Most Outstanding Stage Actress

Music awards and recognition

[Awit Awards]

YearNominated work/RecipientCategoryResult
1998Dangal ng Musikang Pilipino –
Lifetime Achievement Award
1996Kahit na Konting Awa Best Interpreter of Movie Theme Song
1971The Phenomenal Nora AunorAlbum of the Year
1971Best Female Singer
1970Best Female Singer
1969Best New Recording Artist

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1995Maliit Man sa TinginBest Country Folk Singer

Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM)

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2011Dangal ng OPM Award

Philippine Recording Distributors Association (PREDA)

YearNominated workCategoryResult
1973Top Selling Records
Female Singer of the Year
1973Top Selling Records
Female Singer of the Year
1971Female Singer of the Year
1969Best New Recording Artist of the Year

Star Awards for Music (Philippine Movie Press Club)

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef
2011Lifetime Achievement Award
2011One of 15 OPM Icons
2011Female Celebrity of the Night

Awards from government agencies, civic organization and private entities