Amber Riley
Awards & Honours
6
Awards Won
2
Honours
2
Records
Amber Riley's career is marked by a rare combination of television popularity and critical stage success. She is one of the few performers to win both a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Her victory on Dancing with the Stars in 2013 and The Masked Singer in 2022 demonstrate her versatility across performance formats. Her Olivier win for Dreamgirls made her one of the few Black actresses to win that category, highlighting her impact on musical theater.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Grammy Nomination
Nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media as part of the Glee cast for Glee: The Music, Volume 1
Children's and Family Emmy Nomination
Nominated for Outstanding Voice Performer in a Preschool Program for Ariel
Records & Feats
First Black actress to win the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Riley won the Olivier for her role as Effie White in Dreamgirls in 2017, becoming the first Black performer to win the category.
Won both Dancing with the Stars and The Masked Singer
Riley is one of the few contestants to win both a major dance competition and a singing competition show.