Editing Penelope Wilton (section)

==Awards and recognition==
In 2012, Wilton received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hull Scarborough Campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/hull/docs/annual_report_2011_12_final|title=Annual Report 2011/12|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Theatre
!Nominated work
!Result
|-
| rowspan="2" |1981
|[[Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival]]
|''[[Man and Superman]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Critics' Circle Theatre Award|Critics' Circle Award for Best Actress]]
|''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|1988
|[[Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play]]
|''[[The Secret Rapture (play)|The Secret Rapture]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1993
|Critics' Circle Award for Best Actress
|rowspan=2|''[[The Deep Blue Sea (play)|The Deep Blue Sea]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|1994
|[[Olivier Award for Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|2001
|[[Evening Standard Theatre Awards|Evening Standard Award for Best Actress]]
|''[[The Little Foxes]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
|Olivier Award for Best Actress
|''[[John Gabriel Borkman]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Evening Standard Award for Best Actress
|rowspan=2|''[[The Chalk Garden]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2009
|Olivier Award for Best Actress
|{{nom}}
|-
|2015
|Olivier Award for Best Actress
|''[[Taken at Midnight]]''
|{{won}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Award
!Film / Television
!Result
|-
| rowspan="3" |2012
|[[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| rowspan="4" |''[[Downton Abbey]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2013
|{{nom}}
|-
|2014
|{{won}}
|-
|2015
|{{won}}
|}