The 17th Annual WIN Awards

2/11 UPDATE – here’s the link to our coverage from the event and including the winners list – Red Carpet Recap: Honoring Women Changing the Optics in Media at the 17th Annual Women’s Image Awards #WINAwards17

We are excited to share the 17th Women’s Image Awards honorees and nominations list below. This invitation-only reception and ceremony will be held on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 7 PM at Royce Hall UCLA.

WOMEN OF THE YEAR Honorees

  • Irena Medavoy and Abigail Disney

The Women’s Image Awards 17 Nominees

OUTSTANDING SHOW OR FILM WRITTEN BY A WOMAN

FILMS
Greta Gerwig Mistress America
Maya Forbes Infinitely Polar Bear
Nikole Beckwith Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Chandler, Anita Diamant, Anne Meredith The Red Tent
Nzingha Stewart With This Ring
SHOWS
Raelle Tucker The Returned “Simon”
Courtney Kemp Agboh Power “Not Exactly How We Planned”
Jennie Synder Urman Jane The Virgin  “Chapter One”
Alison Brown Younger “I’m With Stupid”
Anne Kenney Outlander “The Wedding”
Toni Graphia Outlander “The Devil’s Mark
OUTSTANDING FEATURE FILM
Grandma (Sony Pictures Classics)
Mistress America  (Fox Searchlight)
Far from the Madding Crowd (Fox Searchlight)
Me And Earl And The Dying Girl (Fox Searchlight)
Suffragette (Focus Features)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Sony Pictures Classics)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM
Carey Mulligan Far from the Madding Crowd
Bel Powley The Diary of a Teenage Girl  
Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn
Zoe Saldana Infinitely Polar Bear
Olivia Cooke Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
Lily Tomlin Grandma
SHOW / FILM PRODUCED BY A WOMAN
FILMS
Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey Brooklyn
Laurie MacDonald He Named Me Malala
Keri Selig The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Greta Gerwig Mistress America
SHOWS
Emily Whitesell Finding Carter “Love The Way You Lie”
Sabrina Wind, Carol Leifer, Elle Triedman, Eva Longoria Devious Maids “Night Mother”
Jill Soloway, Andrea Sperling Transparent  “The Letting Go”
Marti Noxon, Sarah Gertrude Shapiro UnREAL
Liz Meriwether, Katherine Pope, Erin O’Malley, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel New Girl “Julie Berkman’s Older Sister”
Clara George, Marti Noxon, Elizabeth Kruger, Vicki McCarty, Meryl Poster Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce
OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TV MOVIE / MINI-SERIES
The Gabby Douglas Story (Lifetime)
American Crime (ABC Studios)
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Lifetime)
With This Ring (Lifetime)
The Red Tent (Lifetime)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS MFT / MINI-SERIES
Kristen Connolly Houdini
Jill Scott With This Ring
Emmanuelle Chriqui Killing Jesus
Felicity Huffman American Crime
Regina King The Gabby Douglas Story
OUTSTANDING SHOW / FILM DIRECTED BY A WOMAN
FILMS
Laurie Collyer The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Maya Forbes Infinitely Polar Bear
Melissa Joan Hart Santa Con
Angela Bassett Whitney
Nzingha Stewart With This Ring
Nikole Beckwith Stockholm, Pennsylvania
  
SHOWS
Helen Shaver Vikings “The Usurper”
Kari Skogland Sons of Liberty “The Uprising”
Ryan Case Modern Family “Closet? You’ll Love It!”
Anna Foerster Outlander “The Wedding”
Eva Longoria Devious Maids “An Ideal Husband”
OUSTANDING REALITY SERIES
Fixer Upper “Episode 212” (HGTV & DIY Network)
Kitchen Crashers (HGTV & DIY Network)
Rehab Addict “A Bathroom Fit For King James” (HGTV & DIY Network)
Total Divas (E! Entertainment)
House of DVF  (E! Entertainment)
Funny Girls(Oxygen)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS REALITY SERIES
Diane von Furstenberg House of DVF
Navey Baker Behind The Mask “All In the Family”
Nicole Curtis Rehab Addict “A Bathroom Fit For King James”
Joanna Gaines Fixer Upper
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
How To Get Away With Murder  “Mama’s Here Now” (ABC Studios)
Bates Motel “Norma Louise” (A&E)
The Returned “Camille” (A&E)
UnREAL (premiere episode) Lifetime
Empire “False Imposition” (20th Century Fox Television)
Outlander “The Garrison Commander” (Starz)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS DRAMA SERIES
Vera Farmiga Bates Motel “Norma Louise”
Naturi Naughton Power “Not Exactly How We Planned”
Cynthia Addai-Robinson Texas Rising
Katheryn Winnick Vikings “Mercenary”
Emily Berrington Sons of Liberty
Caitriona Balfe Outlander “The Garrison Commander”
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Transparent  “The Letting Go” (Amazon Prime)
Jane The Virgin “Chapter One” (CBS Television & Warner Brothers Television)
Black-ish “Crazy Mom” (ABC Studios)
The Grace Helbig Show (E! Entertainment)
Fresh Off The Boat (Pilot) (20th Century Fox Television)
Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (Bravo Media)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS COMEDY SERIES
Sutton Foster Younger “I’m With Stupid”
Gina Rodriguez Jane The Virgin “Chapter One”
Lisa Edelstein Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce “Rule #23: Never Lie to The Kids”
Melissa Joan Hart Melissa & Joey “Be The Bigger Person”
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FILM
The Hunting Ground (RADiUS-TWC)
Amy (A24)
He Named Me Malala (Fox Searchlight)
Chasing Sunshine (Outside Television)            
About WIN Awards
Since 1993, Women’s Image Network has produced The Women’s Image Awards to honor media artists who create dimensional female images which promote the value of women and girls. For more info visit TheWINAwards.com

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