Women's Image Network Awards

Women's Image Network
Dimensional Female Media Images Empower Everyone
Awarded for	Awards men and women who create dimensional female media images to advance gender parity.
Country	United States
Presented by	Women's Image Network Awards
First awarded	July 22, 1993
Official website	thewinawards.com

Founded to promote gender parity by artist, actress, filmmaker, Phyllis Stuart, since 1993, Women's Image Network (WIN) has produced The Women’s Image Awards to honor artists and others who create dimensional female media images. [4[5] WIN founder, Phyllis Stuart [3], [4], [5], said The Women's Image Awards were designed to honor media artists and serve as media advocacy to expand the role of women in the world.[6]

To that end, each year film studios and television networks submit (and The Women's Image Awards jury adjudicates) film and television, applauding the writers, directors, producers and actors whose work promotes the value of women.

While The Women's Image Awards are presented on a completion basis to film and television (and sometimes advertising and video game) professionals, WIN also honors deserving individuals who share its mission.

WIN presents its awards in Hollywood and relies on entertainment industry collaborations to draw audiences to excellent media.^[1]

The WIN Awards are a production of Women's Image Network (WIN), a 501c3 non-profit charity which has also supported other charities including The Mary Magdalene Foundation, Women’s Care Cottage, The Mission, Gilda’s Club, The American Cancer Society. WIN supports charities whose efforts range from fighting homeless, rehabilitating prostitutes, curing HIV/AIDS and cancer, eliminating poverty, biodiversity conservation and wild animal rescue.^[2] In some years, proceeds from the WIN Awards Gala have been used to fund other WIN events, such as in 2006 when the charity created the Day in the Life program designed to mentor at-risk girls.^[3]

Women's Image Network Advisory Board

Since its inception, WIN has benefited from guidance from seasoned industry professionals Current (a few former and deceased) WIN Advisory Board members include: Tamara Asseyev, Todd Black, Helen Gurley Brown, David Brown, Blake Edwards, Eizabeth Forsythe-Hailey, Elaine Hastings Edell, Mariette Hartley, Arthur Hiller, Henry Jaglom, Norman Jewison, Alan Landsburg, Sherry Lansing. Lauren Lloyd, Bryan Lourd, Dan Lupovitz, Amanda Mackey Johnson, Laurence Mark, Jayne Meadows, Baroness Kimberly Moore, Peter Newman, Bonnie Palef, Sarah Pillsbury, Polly Platt, Peggy Rajski, Alyse Rosenberg, Fred Schepisi, Linda Shayne, Lauren Shuler Donner, George Stevens, Jr., Allyn Stewart, Ellen Travolta and Lili Fini Zanuck.^[4]

History

Women's Image Network only presents its awards to work that enters the competition (via studio or network publicists) so not all deserving film and television work is adjudicated by the WIN jury.^[5]

The awards have been presented (non-consecutively) since 1993, and are currently awarded in multiple categories.^[15] They present awards to movies, television, video games and advertising.^[16] In some cases, the awards are given to supporters of women rather than entertainment industry participants, as in 2006 when US Senator Barbara Boxer received a Woman of the Year award.^[7] Stuart has stated Women's Image Network only gives awards to work that enters (via studio or network publicists) and not all deserving film and television work is adjudicated by the WIN jury.

The WIN Awards 1993

In 1993, WIN held its first awards ceremony honoring Tichi Wilkerson Kassel with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Tichi was the first female publisher of The Hollywood Reporter and co-founder of Women In Film. Her friend Charles Champlin (a former Los Angeles Times arts editor and film critic) presented her award. Film producer Laura Ziskin, (Spider-Man) (who also founded Stand Up to Cancer before she succumbed to the disease at age 61), was honored that same year and her former boss, producer Jon Peters presented her Woman of The Year tribute.^[1][6][7]

The WIN Awards 1994

In 1994, WIN created and Executive Produced the ABC Primetime Special "Fifty Years of Funny Females" starring John Ritter, Annie Potts, Paula Poundstone, Debbie Allen and Pam Stone.^[8] This clip show aired again on ABC and then on Lifetime Television.

The WIN Awards 1999

WIN launched The WIN Femme Film Festival with support from emerging or first-time filmmakers like Shona Auerbach to seasoned directors like Arthur Hiller founding WIN Advisory Board member.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

For the next four years The WIN Awards were incorporated into The WIN Femme Film Festival which programmed independently produced short, documentary and feature films with female protagonists (made by men or women).^[14][15][16] Best documentary wen to Paolo di Florio for her film, Speaking In Strings..^[17] WIN created this festival to help filmmakers find distribution,^[18][19] get agents and win other awards;^[20] Speaking In Strings went on to win an Academy Award nomination. Director John Putch (son of Jean Stapleton) won best feature with Valerie Flake starring Susan Traylor (wife of Bob Dylan's son director, Jesse Dylan) who also garnered a Spirit Award for best actress.^[21][22]

The WIN Awards 2000

Actress Lauren Bacall accepted WIN's first Living Legend tribute. That night New Zealand film director, Jane Campion was also honored and her Piano film star Sam Neill accepted her tribute on her behalf.^[23][24]

The WIN Awards 2001

Both Lynn Redgrave (Living Legend) and Pierce Brosnan (Humanitarian) were WIN Awards honorees.^[25] A few presenters were Lisa Gay Hamilton, Gavin Scott, and Allana Ubach.

The 2001 WIN winning films and shows were:

TELEVISION

EPISODIC DRAMA SERIES

GILMORE GIRLS, "Rory's Dance"

EPISODIC DRAMA SERIES ACTRESS

DANA DELANY, Family Law, "Safe At Home"

EPISODIC DRAMA SERIES ACTOR

JARED PADALECKI, Gilmore Girls, "Rory's Dance"

EPISODIC DRAMA SERIES WRITER

AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO, Gilmore Girls, "Rory's Dance"

EPISODIC DRAMA SERIES DIRECTOR

ANDREW J. ROBINSON, Judging Amy, "Treachery of Compromise"

COMEDY SERIES

ALLY MCBEAL - "The Last Virgin"

TV COMEDY SERIES ACTRESS

CYNTHIA NIXON, Sex and the City, "My Motherboard My Self"

TV COMEDY SERIES ACTOR

ROBERT DOWNEY, JR., Ally McBeal, "The Last Virgin"

TV COMEDY SERIES WRITER

DAVID E. KELLEY, Ally McBeal, "Reason to Believe"

TV COMEDY SERIES DIRECTOR

LESLI LINKA GLATTER, Gilmore Girls, "Rory's Dance"

TV MOVIES/MINI SERIES/DRAMATIC SPECIAL

A HOUSE DIVIDED (Showtime)

TV MOVIES/MINI SERIES/DRAMATIC SPECIAL ACTRESS

LISA GAY HAMILTON, A House Divided (Showtime)

TV MOVIES/MINI SERIES/DRAMATIC SPECIAL ACTOR

MICHAEL BYRNE, The Mists of Avalon (Turner Network Television)

TV MOVIES/MINI SERIES/DRAMATIC SPECIAL WRITER

GAVIN SCOTT, The Mists of Avalon (Turner Network Television)

TV MOVIES / MINI SERIES / DRAMATIC SPECIAL, DIRECTOR

ULI EDEL The Mists of Avalon (Turner Network Television)

TV DAYTIME SERIES

THE ZETA PROJECT, "The Accomplice"

TV DAYTIME SERIES ACTRESS

JULIE NATHANSON, "The Zeta Project", "The Accomplice"

REALITY SERIES

CELEBRITY PROFILE: SARAH FERGUSON, E! Entertainment

Producer: EDWARD BOYD

NEWS SERIES

NBC NEWS: THE ODYSSEY

Producer: ESTHER ZUCKER

Correspondent: DENNIS MURPHY

FILMS

THEATRICAL FEATURE FILMS

NURSE BETTY, (USA FILMS)

THEATRICAL FEATURE FILMS ACTRESS

REESE WITHERSPOON, Legally Blonde (MGM)

THEATRICAL FEATURE FILMS ACTOR

LUKE WILSON, Legally Blonde (MGM)

THEATRICAL FEATURE FILMS WRITER

KAREN McCULLAH LUTZ & KIRSTEN SMITH, Legally Blonde (MGM)

THEATRICAL FEATURE FILMS DIRECTOR

NEIL LABUTE, Nurse Betty (USA Films)

The WIN Awards 2002

Actress Lily Tomlin was honored as a Lifetime Achievement honoree, but not wanting an honoree video tribute reel, she was applauded with Lily Love Letters sent from famous friends and read by Director, David O. Russell (American Hustle) who posed as an opera singer serenading her on bent knee. Ruth Buzzi her friend from Laugh In, presented.^[26]

Those who also picked up a 2002 WIN Award include: Episodic Drama: "Alias" Producer, JJ Abrams, Jennifer Garner, (Alias), Victor Garber (Alias); Episodic Comedy: "The Simpsons", Producer, Al Jean ; Actress: Kathy Najimy (The King of The Hill); Children's Programming: "Justice League", Producers, Bruce Timm, Glen Murakami, Rich Fogel, James Tucker Actress: Julie Nathanson, (The Zeta Project), Actor: Diedrich Bader, (The Zeta Project), Documentary: (a tie) "Beneath The Veil", Producer/Journalist Saira Shah and "Sheryl Crow: Behind The Music", Producers, Paul Gallagher, Justin Sturken, Mark Ford, Andrea Buchanan, Jill Modabber; News: "Good Morning America-LA Dodgers Fan", Producer Bill Cunningham; Feature Film: "Amelie", Ryan Philippe, Actor for "Gosford Park" and Audrey Tautou, Amelie.

The WIN Awards were part of the closing night of the 4th Annual 'Femme-Tastic' WinFemme Film Festival, which ran September 6–9, 2002, at the LA FILM SCHOOL. The three audience award winners were, Feature, "Controlled Chaos", director,Azita Zendel, documentary, "Searching For Paradise", director,Binnur Karaevli and short, "Katherine", director, Mary Louise Stoughton.

LIVING LEGEND HONOREE LILY TOMLIN^[27]

Also on hand to sing Lily's praises were Laraine Newman, Kathy Najimy, Ruth Buzzi, Doris Roberts, Melissa Joan Hart, Anne-Marie Johnson, Arthur Hiller, Dava Savel, Sally Kirkland and former Hollywood Reporter editor, Alex Ben Block.

The WIN Awards 2003

Director Vicky Jensen was honored with WIN's first Kiera Chaplin Limelight directing award for co-directing DreamWorks blockbuster film, Shrek.^[28] British model and actress Kiera Chaplin is the granddaughter of film legend Charlie Chaplin and great-grand daughter of playwright Eugene O’Neill.

Producer Lauren Shuler Donner received her Lifetime Achievement Award. Presenters and guests included Carrie Fisher, Dick Donner, Rachel Weisz (who presented to Lauren Shuler Donner), Bonnie Palef, Peter Gruber, Eric Roberts, Yeardley Smith, Melissa Joan Hart, Brittany Snow, Holliston Coleman, Al Jean, Sarah Ramos, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jane Anderson, Valarie Pettiford, Dayna Devon, Neal McDonough, Charlie Robinson and Suzanne Sena.

The WIN Awards 2003 Winners:

DRAMA SERIES

CROSSING JORDAN, "Cruel and Unusual," NBC, Tim Kring

DRAMA SERIES - ACTRESS

SARAH RAMOS, American Dreams, "Act of Contrition"

DRAMA SERIES-ACTOR

MIGUEL FERRER, Crossing Jordan, "Cruel and Unusual"

COMEDY SERIES

LESS THAN PERFECT, "Ice Cream With Lydia," , Touchstone Television, Nina Wass, Gene Stein, Christine Zander, Claudia Lonow, Dan Cohen, F.J. Pratt

COMEDY SERIES - ACTRESS

SARA RUE, Less than Perfect, "Ice Cream With Lydia"

COMEDY SERIES - ACTOR

ERIC ROBERTS, Less than Perfect, "Ice Cream With Lydia"

REALITY SERIES

"Controversy: The Pill," Country Music Television, Robert Wimbish, Amy Walter, Tracey Rodgers, Producers

ANIMATION

"KIM POSSIBLE", 'Crush', Walt Disney TV Animation, Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley, Chris Bailey

ANIMATION SERIES-ACTRESS

KATHY NAJIMY, "KING OF THE HILL", 'Queasy Rider'

ANIMATION SERIES-ACTOR

DAN CASTELLANETA, "THE SIMPSONS, 'Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky'

NEWS SERIES

ABC NEWS: 20/20, "The Osbournes", Producers, Katie Thomson, Alan Golderg

A FILM OR SHOW DIRECTED BY A WOMAN

PAM VEASEY, The District, "Blood Lines"

FILMS

NORMAL (HBO), Producers: Cary Brokaw, Lydia Dean Pilcher

FILM ACTRESS

ROMOLA GARAI (I Capture the Castle)

FILM ACTOR

TOM WILKINSON, (HBO), NORMAL

The WIN Awards 2004

WIN added advertising awards with advertising industry artists judges like Charlotte Moore, Sally Hogshead, Amee Shah, Ellen Steinberg, Joyce King Thomas, Liz Paradise (Jury Chair) and David Oakley.^[29][30]

The WIN Awards 2004 Winners:

ANIMATION SERIES: THE FAIRLY ODD PARENTS ‘Miss Dimmsdale’, Nickelodeon, Producers: Fred Seibert, Butch Hartman, Bob Boyle, Steve Marmel

ACTORS IN ANIMATION SERIES: MIKE JUDGE, "KING OF THE HILL", Ceci N’est Pas Une’

ACTRESSES IN ANIMATION SERIES: MELISSA DISNEY "AS TOLD BY GINGER, ‘No Turning Back’

COMEDY SERIES: LIFE WITH BONNIE "The Merry Ole Land of Oz", Bob & Alice Productions/ Touchstone Television, Director: Bonnie Hunt, Writers: Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Producers: Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Norma Safford Vela, Frank Mula

COMEDY SERIES-ACTORS ZACHARY LEVI, Less Than Perfect, "Roomies,"

COMEDY SERIES -ACTRESSES SARAH JESSICA PARKER Sex And The City "An American Girl In Paris (Part Deux)"

MADE FOR TV MOVIES / MINI SERIES: IRON JAWED ANGELSItalic text Spring Creek Productions/HBO Films, Writers: Jennifer Friedes (story), Sally Robinson (screenplay), Director: Katja von Garnier

ACTORS IN A MFT Movie/Mini-Series: PATRICK DEMPSEY, Iron Jawed Angels

ACTRESS IN A MFT Movie/Mini Series: MARY-LOUISE PARKER Angels in America

DOCUMENTARY FILM: THE DAY I WILL NEVER FORGETItalic text Cinemax Reel Life, Producer: Kim Longinotto

NEWS SERIES: ABC Primetime Thursday, "Charlize Theron," Correspondent, Diane Sawyer, Producers, Jacqueline Payson, David Doss, Robert Lange, Ann Reynolds, Jessica Velamans

EPISODIC DRAMA SERIES: CARNIVÀLEBold text "Insomnia", HBO, Producers: Daniel Knauf, Howard Klein, Ronald D. Moore, Henry Bromwell, Kelly McCarthy, Scot Winant

DRAMA SERIES-ACTORS: MIGUEL FERRAR Crossing Jordan "Second Chances"

DRAMA SERIES-ACTRESSES: ADRIENNE BARBEAU Carnivàle "Day of the Dead"

REALITY SERIES: "E! The True Hollywood Story, Heather Mills McCartney" Producers: William Neal, Wendy Quinn

FILM OR TV SHOW DIRECTED BY A WOMAN: DEAR FRANKIE Director, Shona Auerbach

FEATURE FILM: SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE, Waverly Films, Columbia Picture, Director: Nancy Meyers, Writer: Nancy Meyers, Producers: Bruce A. Block, Suzanne Farwell, Nancy Meyers

FILM ACTORS: JACK NICHOLSON Something’s Gotta Give

FILM ACTRESSES: CATE BLANCHETT The Missing

The WIN Awards 2005

Kathy Griffin Hosted The WIN Awards 2005, September 26

Christine Lahti, Andrea Parker, Amy Davidson, Lainie Kazan, Gurinder Chadha, Dan Wieden, Lu Chekowsky, Maureen Shirreff, Jennifer Hall and Danielle Panabaker were among the nominated actors, directors, writers and producers from film, television and advertising celebrated for having created work that dispelled stereotypes of women.

Gurinder Chadha picked up the Chaplin Limelight Award for directing presented by Charlie Chaplan's granddaughter Kiera Chaplin for whom this award was created. The animated series Kim Possible, and Kathy Najimy also won this WIN Awards year.^[28][31]

The The WIN Awards 2005 Winners:

ANIMATION SERIES AVATAR "Imprisoned," Nickelodeon, Director: Dave Filoni, Writer: Matt Hubbard, Producers: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Aaron Ehaz

ACTRESS IN ANIMATION SERIES: CHERYL CHASE All Grown Up “"Lucky 13"

ACTOR IN ANIMATION SERIES: CHAD DORECK My Life as a Teenage Robot, “"Future Shock/Humiliation 101"”

COMEDY SERIES: '8 SIMPLE RULES' “School Nurse"

ACTRESS IN COMEDY SERIES: ANDREA PARKER Less Than Perfect, “"Ignoring Lydia"

ACTORS IN COMEDY SERIES: BRAD GARRETT Everybody Loves Raymond “"Sister-In-Law"

MADE FOR TV MOVIES / MINI SERIES: LACKAWANNA BLUES

ACTRESS IN MADE FOR TV MOVIES / MINI SERIES: CHRISTINE LAHTI Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman

ACTORS IN MADE FOR TV MOVIES / MINI SERIES: ED HARRIS “"Empire Falls"

DOCUMENTARY FILM: 'FERRY TALES'

NEWS SERIES Primetime Live, Talking to Animals:Temple Grandin

DRAMA SERIES: 'LAS VEGAS' “"Blood is Thicker"

ACTRESS IN DRAMA SERIES: MOLLY PARKER Deadwood "Requiem For a Gleet"

ACTORS IN DRAMA SERIES: HUGH LAURIE House “"Damned If You Do"

REALITY SERIES: 'DR. PHIL' “"Takes on Abusers"

FILM DIRECTED BY A WOMAN: Lindsay Crystal MY UNCLE BERNS

TELEVISION PRODUCED BY A WOMAN: Linda Ellerbee INSIDE TV LAND: PRIME TIME POLITICS

FEATURE FILM: FLIGHT PLAN'

ACTRESS IN FILM: CLAIRE DANES Shop Girl

ACTOR IN FILM: JAKE GYLLENHAAL Proof

The WIN Awards 2006

Senator Barbara Boxer accepted The Woman of The Year Honor. British actress Helen Mirren won 2 WIN tributes which Katie Holmes accepted on her behalf.^[32]

Event co-chairs were Martha Luttrell, Jane Fonda and Susan Sarandon.^[33]

American Idol performer Ace Young sang and Harry Shearer hosted.^[34]

The WIN Awards 2006 WINNERS:

Outstanding Made for Television Movies

Mrs. Harris

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Helen Mirren Elizabeth I

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Robert Carlyle Human Trafficking

Outstanding Comedy Series

The Office

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Jenna Fischer The Office

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Clark Gregg The New Adventures Of Old Christine

Outstanding Documentary Film

Born Into Brothels

Outstanding Film or Show Produced By a Woman

Cheryl Hines, Christen Sussin, Carrie Aizley Campus Ladies

Outstanding Film or Show Directed By a Woman

Phyllis Nagy Mrs. Harris

Outstanding Reality Series

Mo'Nique's Fat Chance

Outstanding Drama Series

The Closer

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Mary McDonnell Battlestar Galactica

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Bill Paxton Big Love

Outstanding Feature Films

Water

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Feature Film

Helen Mirren as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II The Queen

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Feature Film

Ralph Fiennes The Constant Gardener

The WIN Awards 2007

• Angelina Jolie accepted (via a pre-taped speech) best actress in a feature film award for A Mighty Heart (film).
• Diane Ladd accepted her Lifetime Achievement Award. Frances Fisher was her award presenter.
• Army Wives star, Sally Pressman and Tracee Ellis Ross co-hosted.
• Janet Kestin and Nancy Vonk, Co-Chief Creatives, Ogilvy-Toronto were honored with the first WIN Harriett Abbott Advertising Award.
• Though awards for male actors are longer given, this year Seth Rogen attended and won a best actor award for Knocked Up. Rogen also picked up a trophy on behalf of his Knocked Up film producer, Shauna Robertson.^[35] Alec Baldwin won for 30 Rock.^[36]
• The WIN Awards 2007 Winners:
• The WIN Awards 2007 Outstanding Made For Television Movie A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
• The WIN Awards 2007 Outstanding Actress in Made For Television Movie Andrea Bowen Girl Posi+ive
• Outstanding Actor in Made For Television Movie Wendell Pierce Life Support
• Outstanding Comedy Series Ugly Betty “I’m Coming Out”
• Outstanding Actress in Comedy Series Ashley Jensen Extras
• Outstanding Actor in Comedy Series Alec Baldwin 30 Rock “Hardball”
• Outstanding Documentary Thin
• Outstanding Film or Show Produced by a Woman Shauna Robertson Knocked Up
• Outstanding Film or Show Directed by a Woman Rory Kennedy Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
• Outstanding Actress in Animation Series Kathy Najimy King Of The Hill
• Outstanding Reality Series Kimora: Life In The Fab Lane
• Outstanding Drama Series Army Wives, “A Tribe Is Born”
• Outstanding Actress in Drama Series Connie Britton Friday Night Lights
• Outstanding Actor in Drama Series Taylor Kitsch Friday Night Lights
• Outstanding Actress in Feature Film Angelina Jolie A Mighty Heart
• Outstanding Actor in Feature Film Seth Rogen Knocked Up
• Outstanding Feature Film A Mighty Heart

The WIN Awards 2008

WIN honored Cloris Leachman with its Living Legend Tribute and added interactive awards (video games) for the first time. WIN honored INTERACTIVE LIVING LEGEND Mary Dolaher.^[37]

Patty Smyth and her band Scandal performed.^[38]

Comic Judy Tenuta hosted and Tig Notaro also performed.

Presenters included Timothy Bottoms, Rick Overton, Hannah Simone, Bob Carrigan, Diane English, Annie Wersching, Keith David and Eric Roberts.^[39][40]

Outstanding Made for Television Movie Wisegal Actress Outstanding Mini-Series / Made for Television Movies Kathleen Robertson Tin Man Outstanding Comedy Series The New Adventures Of Old Christine “Beauty Is Only Spanx Deep” Outstanding Actress Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus The New Adventures Of Old Christine Outstanding Documentary Film Autism: The Musical Outstanding Video Game Tomb Raider: Underworld	Outstanding Show or Film Produced By a Woman Sheila Griffiths “Real Time with Bill Maher” Outstanding Film or Show Directed By a Woman Lisa Jackson The Greatest Silence: Rape In The Congo Outstanding Reality Series High School Confidential Outstanding Drama Series Private Practice Outstanding Actress Drama Series Dianne Wiest In Treatment Outstanding Feature Film The Women Outstanding Actress Feature Film Meryl Streep Mamma Mia!
Cloris Leachman and Timothy Bottoms	2008 Presenters Timothy Bottoms, Rick Overton, Hannah Simone, Bob Carrigan, Diane English, Annie Wersching, Keith David, Eric Roberts

The WIN Awards 2009

WIN honored The Hollywood Reporter editor, Elizabeth Guider.^[41]

Film & Television Winners:

Outstanding Mini-Series / Made for Television Movie

Grey Gardens (HBO)

Outstanding Actress Made for Television Movie

Marcia Gay Harden, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

Film Or Show Directed By A Woman

Anne Fletcher, The Proposal

Outstanding Documentary Film

Kick Like A Girl (HBO)

Outstanding Reality Series

Ruby (Style)

Outstanding Video Game

The SIMS 3 (Electronic Arts)

Outstanding Drama Series

Medium "Then...and Again"(CBS/NBC)

Outstanding Actress Drama Series Glenn Close, Damages

Outstanding Feature Film Whip It (Fox Searchlight)

Outstanding Actress Feature Film Sandra Bullock, The Proposal

The WIN Film Festival Outstanding Independent Films:

Best of Fest Short Film Award

Inside Director, Ms. Tracie Laymon

Best of Fest Documentary Film Award

Women Behind The Camera Director, Ms. Alexis Krasilovsky

Best of Fest Feature Film Award

Leftovers Director: Ms Robin Nations

The WIN Awards 2010

WIN created two new lifetime achievement awards. Elizabeth Taylor was presented with a special "Living Legend" WIN Award to celebrate her lifetime work in Hollywood and with AIDS activism.^[42][43][44]

The 2010 WIN Awards also honored Suzanne Roberts who is the mother of Brian L. Roberts who runs Comcast, for her many career achievements. (http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/win-honors-elizabeth-taylor-and-suzanne-fleisher-roberts-20101206) http://www.suzanne.tv/about-suzanne.aspx.

Other former WIN honorees include Lauren Bacall, an iconic cinema legend who was moved to tears by her tribute by the heartfelt remarks made her three children., (Sam Robards, Leslie Bogart, Sam Bogart). Other WIN honorees are Laura Ziskin, Lauren Shuler Donner,^[45] Ambassador Swanee Hunt,^[46]Senator Barbara Boxer, Pierce Brosnan, Rosalind Jarrett, Diane Ladd, Jane Campion, Lily Tomlin, Catherine Hardwicke and Cecilia DeMille Presley,^[47] among others.^[48][49][50]

Produced at The Broad Stage, Wendy Liebman hosted.

Glee, Claire Danes, Sally Hawkins, Jennifer Aniston,^[51]Diane Lane, Joey King, Selena Gomez, Jane Lynch, Susan Sarandon and Maggie Smith were among the many WIN Awards nominees.^[52]

Show presenters included: Carl Reiner, Lea Thompson, AJ Michalka, John Savage (actor) Sara Rue, Kahi Lee, and Sally Kirkland.

• HONOREES Elizabeth Taylor: Living Legend Honoree and presenter, Mickey Rooney.^[53] In addition, Suzanne Roberts, wife of Ralph Roberts (owner of Comcast), mother to Brian L. Roberts, presented her with WIN's Lifetime Achievement award for her long career of patronage of the arts.^{[54][55][56][57]}
• "I am honored to be recognized by the Women's Image Network tonight. I applaud the work of Phyllis Stuart in promoting gender parity and fostering creative opportunity throughout our industry. I have been fortunate throughout my career, but never more so than when I was able to use my fame to raise funds and awareness for the HIV/AIDS crisis, work which remains my singular focus. I am touched to be included among WIN's honorees and so gratified to know my efforts are appreciated. Although I am not able to join you for tonight's awards ceremony, please know I am with you in spirit. Each and every one of you here tonight is making a generous contribution to our community. Through your courage to act and your willingness to share, you provide a vital, effective link for women and girls throughout our industry. I am grateful for this honor, and thank you from the bottom of my heart. Sincerely, Elizabeth Taylor"^[58][59]

The Women's Image Awards 2010 Winners:

• Television Produced By A Woman Alexis Martin Woodall Glee
• Film / Show Directed By A Woman Elizabeth Allen Ramona And Beezus
• Mini-Series / Made for Television Movie Temple Grandin
• Film Produced By A Woman Bonnie Arnold How To Train Your Dragon
• Television Produced By A Woman Alexis Martin Woodall Glee
• Reality Series Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane "Labor of Love"
• Comedy Series Hung
• Actress Comedy Series Cheryl Hines Curb Your Enthusiasm "Seinfeld"
• Drama Series Rizzoli & Isles Creator/Executive Producer Janet Tamaro
• Actress Drama Series Sasha Alexander Rizzoli & Isles
• Film / Show Directed By A Woman Elizabeth Allen Ramona And Beezus
• Actress Feature Film Helena Bonham Carter Alice In Wonderland
• Feature Film How To Train Your Dragon

The Women's Image Awards 2011

• Show presenters included Malin Åkerman, Josh Stamberg, and Sharon Lawrence and Lili Haydn performed.
  • The WIN Awards 2011 Winners**

Made For TV Movie / Mini Series . (HBO) A Killer Films / John Wells Production in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and HBO Miniseries; Directed by: Todd Haynes; Teleplay by: Todd Haynes, Jon Raymond; Based on the Novel by: James M. Cain; Executive Producers: John Wells, Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler; Co-Executive Producer: Ilene S. Landress |- | colspan="2" |Film / Show Directed By a Woman Liz Garbus (HBO) Moxie Firecracker, HBO Documentary Films and LM Media; Director: Liz Garbus Producers: Stanley Buchthal, Liz Garbus, Matthew Justus, Rory Kennedy; Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Nick Fraser, Maja Hoffmann, Martin Pieper, Sheila Nevins (HBO); Senior Producer: Nancy Abraham (HBO); Co-Producers: Christoph Jorg, David Koh |- | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" |Film / Show Produced By a Woman Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On(HBO) Encanto Enterprises and Funny Business in association with HBO Entertainment; Executive Producer: Bette Midler:Producers: Bette Midler, Seanne Farmer; Writers: Bette Midler, Eric Kornfeld, Bruce Vilanch (Additional Material);Choreography, Toni Basil; Original Stage Production Conceived and Directed by: Bette Midler |- | colspan="2" |Drama Series "Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?" (ABC) Mark Gordon Company, Shondaland; Creator: Shonda Rhimes; Written by: Shonda Rhimes,Directed by: Allison Liddi-Brown; Executive Producers: Mark Tinker, Craig Turk, Steve Blackman, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Mark R. Gordon; Co-Executive Producers: Jennifer Cecil, Barbie Kligman, Ann Kindberg; Supervising Producers: Fred Einesman, Ayanna Floyd-Ohl; Producers: Hans Van Doornewaard, Karen Wyscarver, Sanford Golden; Co-Producers: Chris Van Dusen, David Glazier |- |Actress Drama Series Anna Paquin "She's Not There" (HBO) | |- | colspan="2" |Comedy Series Lifetime, Sony Pictures Television, Storyline Entertainment, Executive Producers: Josh Berman, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Alex Taub, Co-Executive Producers: Bob Wilson and Jamie Babbit Consulting Producers: Amy Engelberg, Wendy Engelberg and Bill Fordes |- | colspan="2" |Actress Comedy Series Brooke Elliott |- | colspan="2" |Actress Feature Film Vera Farmiga (Sony Pictures Classics) Feature Film (Sony Pictures Classics)Actress Made For TV Movie / Mini Series Diane Lane Cinema Verite |}

The Women's Image Awards 2012

The WIN Awards 2012 were produced at The Paramount Theater on Paramount Studios. Actress Lisa Kudrow from Friends presented to Humanitarian Honoree, producer and philanthropist, Maria Arena Bell.^[60][61]

American Idol singer / songwriter, Diana DeGarmo^[62] performed while Melissa Peterman and writer / comic Bruce Vilanche co-hosted. Other presenters include Nadine Velazquez and Beverly Johnson.

The WIN Awards Winners

Comedy Series Veep

Actress Comedy Series Whitney Cummings Whitney

Made For Television Movie Game Change

Actress Made For Television Movie Nicole Kidman Hemingway & Gellhorn

Film / Show Directed By A Woman Susanna White Boardwalk Empire “A Dangerous Maid”

Documentary Film About Face Supermodels Then and Now HBO

Film / Show Written By A Woman Raelle Tucker True Blood “Whatever I am, You Made Me”.

Film / Show Produced By A Woman Jennifer Aniston, Paula Wagner, Marta Kauffman, Kristin Hahn, Nellie Nugiel, Francesca Silvestri Five

Reality Series Pit Bills and Parolees “Heart Broken” Animal Planet

Drama Series Smash Pilot NBC

Actress Drama Series Katharine McPhee Smash

Advertising “Mean Stinks”

The Women's Image Awards 2013

Grammy winner, David Foster and Ruben Studdard, performed at The WIN Awards.^[63] Cecilia DeMille Presley grand daughter to Cecil DeMille, Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Rosalind Jarrett were all honored, while Oprah and Kerry Washington were nominees, among others.^[64] Presenters included Anne Heche, Collette Burson, Kelsey Scott, Yolanda Foster, Kathy Connell (SAG AWARDS), Carlos Gomez and Kearann Giovanni.^[65] In 2012, WIN approached its gender parity goal with humor by creating a logline SEE US IN 3D, NOT JUST DOUBLE D, which many WIN nominees recorded including Selena Gomez and Jane Lynch. Because if women and girls are portrayed well in the media, girls and women everywhere may one day be well-treated.^[66]

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The 2013 WIN Awards nominees:^[67]

Actress TV Comedy Series	Dakota Johnson: Ben & Kate Zooey Deschanel: New Girl Cloris Leachman: Raising Hope Wendie Malick: Hot in Cleveland
TV Show Directed By a Woman	Gail Mancuso: Ben & Kate Nicole Holofcener: Enough Said Karen Gaviola: Private Practice Ryan Case: Modern Family Melanie Mayron: Army Wives Michelle MacLaren: Breaking Bad
TV Show Written By a Woman	Callie Khouri: Nashville Elaine Ko: Modern Family Shonda Rhimes: Scandal Carol Barbee: Touch Brit Marling: The East Jane Campion: Top of the Lake Jeannine Renshaw: Grey's Anatomy
TV Show Produced by a Woman	Queen Latifah: Steel Magnolias Cher: Dear Mom, Love Cher Suzanne Martin: Hot in Cleveland Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers: Scandal Mary J. Blige: Betty & Coretta Dana Fox: Ben & Kate
Actress TV Reality Series	Joan Rivers: Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? Chelsea Handler: Chelsea Lately Heidi Klum: Project Runway Khloé Kardashian: Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Actress TV Drama Series	Keri Russell: The Americans Connie Britton: Nashville Katey Sagal: Sons of Anarchy Katee Sackhoff: Longmire Kerry Washington: Scandal Vera Farmiga: Bates Motel
Actress Feature Film	Naomie Harris: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Lupita Nyong'o: Twelve Years a Slave Judi Dench: Philomena Sandra Bullock: Gravity Brit Marling: The East Oprah Winfrey: Lee Daniels' The Butler
Comedy TV Series	Modern Family (ABC) Ben & Kate (Fox) New Girl (Fox) Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23 (ABC) Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)
Documentary Film	Queen of Versailles (Magnolia Pictures) Salinger (The Weinstein Company) Dear Mom, Love Cher (Lifetime) Makers: Women Who Make America (WETA) E! Investigates: Stories of Survival (E! Entertainment)
Reality TV Series	Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E! Entertainment) Project Runway (Lifetime) Beyond Scared Straight (A&E) The Face (Oxygen) Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (WE tv)
Drama TV Series	Scandal (ABC) Nashville (ABC) The Killing (AMC) Touch (Fox) Mad Men (AMC) Bates Motel (A&E)
Feature Film	The East (Fox Searchlight) Philomena (TWC) Twelve Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight) Gravity (Warner Bros.) Lee Daniels' The Butler (TWC) The Way, Way Back (Fox Searchlight)

The Women's Image Awards 2014

The show opened with a posthumous Joan Rivers tribute and featured guest comics Brittany Furlan and T. J. Miller who discussed and demonstrated how Joan influenced their comedy. WIN also honored filmmakers Lauren Paul and Molly Thompson, with its first Community Service tribute for having created Finding Kind, a documentary film about middle school female bullying. Their film launched a movement and school program based upon the powerful belief in KINDness, that brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of girl-against-girl crime. Wife of Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul, Lauren was bullied in middle school and contemplated suicide.^[68]

In 2014, Grey's Anatomy star, Chandra Wilson won a directing award.^[69] Julia Roberts, Whoopi Goldberg and Cicely Tyson were nominees.^[70] Melissa Rivers, (who was also nominated as a producer) attended to accept a posthumous WIN award for her mother, Joan Rivers, who competed and won in the OUTSTANDING REALITY SERIES category for Fashion Police.^[71] Fashion designer Sophie Simmons collaborated with WIN to promote self-confidence with her Twitter campaign, 'Send Us Your Selfie' which advanced fashion as means for self-esteem.^[72] Baroness Kimberly Moore received its Humanitarian Honor.^[73] Writer Caprice Crane (daughter of Tina Louise (Gilligan's Island)) and comic Gary Shapiro, co-hosted.

The Women's Image Awards 2014 winners:^[74]

Documentary Film	Private Violence (HBO Documentary Films)
Comedy Series	New Girl (Fox)
Actress Comedy Series	Julia Louis-Dreyfus: VEEP
MFT Movie/Mini-Series	American Horror Story: Coven (FX Networks)
Actress MFT Movie/Mini-Series	Michelle Trachtenberg: Killing Kennedy
Reality Series	Cold Justice (TNT)
Actress Reality Series	Giuliana Rancic: Giuliana & Bill
Drama Series	Lena Headey: Game of Thrones
Film/Show Produced By a Woman	Mary Lisio, Teri Weinberg: Killing Kennedy
Drama Series Produced By a Woman	Joanna Johnson, Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Christine Sacani: The Fosters
Comedy Series Produced By a Woman	Lisa Bacon, Melissa Rivers: Fashion Police
Comedy Series Directed By a Woman	Alisa Statman, Modern Family
Comedy Series Written By a Woman	Liz Meriwether, Kay Cannon: New Girl
Drama Series Directed By a Woman	Chandra Wilson: Grey's Anatomy
Drama Series Written By a Woman	Stacy McKee: Grey's Anatomy
Feature Film	Wild (Fox Searchlight)
Actress Feature Film	Reese Witherspoon: Wild

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The 17th Women's Image Awards ceremony was held at Royce Hall UCLA on February 10, 2016. Philanthropist and activist Irena Medavoy and documentary filmmaker and Philanthropist Abigail Disney accepted the Woman of the Year tributes.^[75][76]

The Starz series Outlander received five nominations, including a nomination in the Drama Series category. Caitriona Balfe, who plays the leading character in the show, also received a nomination in the Actress Drama Series category.^[77]

Fox Searchlight's He Named Me Malala also received two nominations, including Best Documentary and Best Producer. Fox Searchlight also received nominations for Mistress America, Far from the Madding Crowd, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and Brooklyn. Twentieth Century Fox received nominations for New Girl, Modern Family, Empire, and Fresh Off the Boat. National Geographic received a nomination for a role played by Emmanuelle Chriqu in Killing Jesus.^[78][79]

Hosted by Carol Leifer, other guests included honorees, Irena Medavoy^[80] and filmmaker, Abigail Disney,^[81] who is the "Armor of Light" director, who said at the show: "It's time for women to start asserting themselves in media. The filmmaker, One of the Women's Image Awards' Women of the Year, says women need to work together and promote each other in order to overcome the challenges facing women in the entertainment industry and in society as a whole".^[82]

Other guests included Francesca Eastwood, Frances Fisher, Joyce Giraud, Breeda Wool, Sam Elliott, Mark Steines, Mark Burnett, Roma Downey, Nzingha Stewart, Olivia d'Abo, Quincy, Catherine Bach, Ronald. T. Moore^[83] Felicity Huffman,^[84] Jennifer (Flavin) Stallone, Joely Fisher,^[85] Lisa Edelstein,^[86][87] Lily Tomlin^[88][89] Xriss Jor, Cheryl Hines and Rosanna Arquette,^[90][91][92]

Event Co-Chairs

Ambassador Nicole Avant, Joyce Arad, Rosanna Arquette, Florence Azria, Red Barris, Danielle Del, Roma Downey, Wendy Goldberg, Lysa Heslov, Ghada Irani, Yue-Sai Kan, Lauren King, Jena King, Lyn Lear, Jane Nathanson, Lynda Resnick, Sybil Robson Orr, Florence Sloan, Jennifer Stallone, Alia Tutor, Cynthia Yorkin and Erica Wertheim Zohar.^[93]

BODYTRAFFIC dancers performed.

Quincy Jones' client, rising Jordanian singer, Xriss Jor sang perming a Michael Jackson song.^[94]

The Women's Image Awards 17 Nominees & Winners:

Documentary Film	The Hunting Ground (RADiUS-TWC) WINNER Amy (A24) He Named Me Malala (Fox Searchlight) Chasing Sunshine (Outside Television)
Comedy Series	Transparent "The Letting Go" (Amazon Prime) Jane The Virgin "Chapter One" (CBS Television Studios & Warner Bros. Television) Black-ish "Crazy Man" (ABC Studios) The Grace Helbig Show (E! Entertainment) Fresh Off The Boat (Pilot) (20th Century Fox Television) Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (Bravo Media) WINNER
Actress Comedy Series	Sutton Foster Younger "I’m With Stupid" Gina Rodriguez Jane The Virgin "Chapter One" Lisa Edelstein Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce WINNER Melissa Joan Hart Melissa & Joey "Be The Bigger Person"
MFT Movie/Mini-Series	The Gabby Douglas Story (Lifetime) American Crime (ABC Studios) The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Lifetime) With This Ring (Lifetime) WINNER The Red Tent (Lifetime)
Actress MFT Movie/Mini-Series	Kristen Connolly Houdini Emmanuelle Chriqui Killing Jesus Jill Scott With This Ring Felicity Huffman American Crime WINNER Regina King The Gabby Douglas Story
Reality Series	Kitchen Crashers (HGTV & DIY Network) Rehab Addict "A Bathroom Fit For King James" (HGTV & DIY Network) Total Divas (E! Entertainment) Funny Girls (Oxygen) WINNER House of DVF (E! Entertainment) Fixer Upper "Episode 212" (HGTV & DIY Network)
Actress Reality Series	Diane von Furstenberg House of DVF Nicole Curtis Rehab Addict "A Bathroom Fit For King James" Joanna Gaines Fixer Upper Navey Baker Behind The Mask "All In the Family" WINNER
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 (Premier Episode) Lifetime Empire "False Imposition" (20th Century Fox Television) Outlander "The Garrison Commander" (Starz) WINNER
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" WINNER
Film/Show Produced By a Woman	Film Finola Dwyer Amanda Posey Brooklyn Laurie MacDonald He Named Me Malala Keri Selig The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe WINNER Greta Gerwig Mistress America TV 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 WINNER 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
Film/Show Written By a Woman	Film Greta Gerwig Mistress America Maya Forbes Infinitely Polar Bear Nikole Beckwith Stockholm, Pennsylvania WINNER Elizabeth Chandler, Anita Diamant, Anne Meredith The Red Tent Nzingha Stewart With This Ring TV Raelle Tucker The Returned "Simon" Courtney Kemp Agboh Power "Not Exactly How We Planned" Jennie Snyder 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" WINNER
Film/Show Directed By a Woman	Film Laurie Collyer The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe Maya Forbes Infinitely Polar Bear WINNER Melissa Joan Hart Santa Con Angela Bassett Whitney Nzingha Stewart With This Ring Nikole Beckwith Stockholm, Pennsylvania Show Helen Shaver Vikings "The Usurper" WINNER 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"
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) WINNER
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 WINNER

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