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2026 Gracie Awards Honorable Mentions
Press Release: 2026 Gracie Award Winners Announced
The Gracies seek to acknowledge and honor individual achievement and programming by, for and about women. For many honorees, a Gracie is a career (and life) highlight, an acknowledgement from peers and industry leaders of work that influences and furthers the achievements of all women in the media.
Previous Gracie award winners have included many of the most well-known names in media and entertainment. National media award winners have included:
Phylicia Rashad, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Deborah Roberts, Michelle Obama, Angela Yee, Crime Junkie Podcast, Medha Gandhi, Keke Palmer, Nicole Kidman, Katie Couric, Christina Applegate, Maria Shriver, Ava DuVernay, Faith Hill, Danielle Monaro, Amanda Seyfried, Melissa McCarthy, Robin Roberts, Elle Fanning, Kaitlyn Dever, Taylor Swift, Gayle King, Sara Sidner, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Angela Yee, JuJu Chang, Glenn Close, Claire Danes, Delilah, Selena Gomez, Mariska Hargitay, Angie Harmon, Anjelica Huston, Mindy Kaling, Lisa Kudrow, Giada de Laurentiis, Robin Meade, Soledad O’Brien, Amy Poehler, Giuliana & Bill Rancic, The Satellite Sisters, Martha Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Marisa Tomei, Barbara Walters, and Betty White.
The Gracies honor outstanding achievement at the national, local, public and student levels. You may not know these names, however, they impact and influence media on a daily basis and epitomize The Gracies.
Below are lists of Gracie winners from the last few years: