List of accolades received by The Danish Girl (film)

List of accolades received by
*The Danish Girl*
	; Alicia Vikander received several awards and nominations for her performance in the film.
Accolades
	Total number of awards and nominations
	References

The Danish Girl is a 2015 British-American biographical romantic drama film directed by Tom Hooper. It is an adaptation of the 2000 fictional novel of the same name by David Ebershoff, which was loosely based on the life of Danish painter Lili Elbe, one of the earliest recipients of gender reassignment surgery.^[1] Eddie Redmayne stars as Elbe, Alicia Vikander plays Danish painter Gerda Wegener, with Matthias Schoenaerts, and Ben Whishaw featuring in supporting roles.^[2] The film premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2015, where it received the Queer Lion. Focus Features initially provided the film a limited release at four theaters on 27 November 2015 before expanding to over 700 theaters in the United States and Canada on 22 January 2016. The Danish Girl grossed a worldwide box office total of over $64 million on a production budget of $15 million.^[3]^[4] Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator surveyed 237 reviews and judged 68 percent to be positive.^[5]

The Danish Girl gained awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for the performances of Vikander and Redmayne. The film received four nominations at the 88th Academy Awards with Vikander winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.^[6] At the 69th British Academy Film Awards, it gained five nominations including Best British Film, Best Actor for Redmayne, and Best Actress for Vikander.^[7] Both Redmayne and Vikander were nominated at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.^[8] Vikander also received a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance.^[9]

At the 21st Critics' Choice Awards, the film gained five nominations with Vikander winning for Best Supporting Actress.^[10]^[11] It received seven nominations at the 20th Satellite Awards including Best Director for Hooper, Best Actor for Redmayne, and Vikander won for Best Supporting Actress.^[12]^[13] She also received the Empire Award for Best Actress, and the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Rising Star Award.^[14]^[15]

^ Scott, A. O. (26 November 2015). "Review: 'The Danish Girl,' About a Transgender Pioneer". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
^ Debruge, Peter (5 September 2015). "Venice Film Review: 'The Danish Girl'". Variety. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
^ Gray, Tim (13 January 2016). "Tom Hooper on His Creative Team That Helped Him Discover 'The Danish Girl'". Variety. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "The Danish Girl". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
^ "The Danish Girl (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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