TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama

That same year, she won a Golden Globe Award, an Academy Award, and numerous additional Critics Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk.

In 2019, she starred in the limited series Watchmen and won the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama, the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in the Drama Series, and her fourth Primetime Emmy Award.

she also directed her first full-length movie one night in miami which made its world premiere at the venice film festival in september 2020 it made history as the first film directed by a black woman to be selected for the festival and her hard work led to a golden globe nomination for best director In 2021, she starred in Netflix's The Harder They Fall and won several awards, including the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

She then produced and starred in Shirley, directed Bitter Root, and served as an executive producer and director on A Man in Full.