Awards and Nominations
Bassett won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture. Laurence Fishburne was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Bassett was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role. The film won an American Choreography Award for one of its dance sequences.
- Academy Awards
- Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress (Angela Bassett)
- Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor (Laurence Fishburne)
- Golden Globes
- Won — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Angela Bassett)
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