List of awards and nominations received by Karen Black
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Over the course of her 50-year-long film career, American actress Karen Black received numerous critical accolades for her performances in films and theater. In 1965, she received a nomination for Best Actress by the New York Drama Critics' Circle for her Broadway performance in The Playroom. She later garnered critical acclaim for her performance in the film Five Easy Pieces (1970), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Black won her second Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby (1974). The following year, she earned her third Golden Globe nomination, this time in the category of Best Actress, for her role in The Day of the Locust (1975). Black was also nominated for a Grammy Award for her songwriting and singing on the soundtrack for Nashville (1975), in which she starred as a glamorous country singer.