Ever since she started her career in acting, Ashley Judd has received numerous nominations and awards. These have come as a statement of her amazing talent and skills, which have been showcased in numerous film appearances and productions. Ashley Judd has played in many films starting with Star Trek: The Next Generation, in 1991, and until the latest Dolphin Tale film, in 2011.

Some of her nominations so far have included acknowledgements of the career Ashley Judd started. In 1993, Ashley Judd came in the second place for the Best Actress award of the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. The following year, she was a first runner up again, in the same category, but this time at the National Society of Film Critics Awards. Also in 1994, she won the Best Female Lead category, for her role in Ruby in Paradise, at the Independent Spirit Awards. The same year brought her the trophy for the Most Promising Actress, at the Chicago Film Critics Association. The Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special categories of the Emmy Awards counted Ashley Judd as one of the nominees, in 1996. 1997 came with her first nomination for the Golden Globes, at the Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, for her contribution to Norma Jean and Marilyn. In 1998, the Golden Satellite Awards placed her among the names up for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Drama, for the film Kiss the Girls.

Ever since the year 2000, even more nominations and awards came the way of Ashley Judd. Thus, Ashley Judd was nominated for: Best Female Performance (MTV Movie Awards, 2000), Performance in a Theatrical Feature Film (Prism Award, 2003), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, 2003), Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical (Golden Globe, 2005) and Best Actress (Saturn Award, 2008). Ashley Judd won the category for Favourite Actress – Suspense (Blockbuster Entertainment Award, 2000).