Academy Awards archive

The Help Oscar Nominations & Wins

The Help has 4 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 1 win.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 4 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

The Help: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year2011Best Actress
Credited nominee / recipientViola Davis

Aibileen Clark

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Iron LadyMargaret Thatcher
Meryl Streep
Film year2011Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientJessica Chastain

Celia Foote

Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe HelpMinny Jackson
Octavia Spencer
Film year2011Best Supporting Actress
Credited nominee / recipientOctavia Spencer

Minny Jackson

Win recorded
Film year2011Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientBrunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
Nomination recorded
Recorded winner in this categoryThe Artist
Thomas Langmann, Producer

Who else was nominated?

Compare The Help with the film-linked nominees recorded in the same category and ceremony. Each performance or song keeps its own credit; winners are marked in gold.

Comparisons are shown only for unambiguous competitive results. Honorary awards, ties and groups with unresolved source notes remain in the award history above.

Best Actress 2011 film year · Ceremony 84
Best Actress winner historyAll 2011 film-year results
Best Supporting Actress 2011 film year · Ceremony 84
Best Supporting Actress winner historyAll 2011 film-year results
Best Picture 2011 film year · Ceremony 84
  • The Artist
    Thomas Langmann, Producer
    ★ Winner
  • The Descendants
    Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
    Nominee
  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
    Scott Rudin, Producer
    Nominee
  • The Help This film
    Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
    Nominee
  • Hugo
    Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
    Nominee
  • Midnight in Paris
    Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
    Nominee
  • Moneyball
    Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
    Nominee
  • The Tree of Life
    Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers
    Nominee
  • War Horse
    Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
    Nominee
Best Picture winner historyAll 2011 film-year results
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