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Kathy Bates Has Two Emmys

Kathy Bates won for Two and a Half Men in 2012 and American Horror Story: Coven in 2014. Our earlier count missed the guest award.

Envelope EditorialUpdated 1 min read

Kathy Bates has two Primetime Emmy wins: a guest-comedy award for Two and a Half Men in 2012 and a supporting award for American Horror Story: Coven in 2014.

The Television Academy lists fifteen nominations in her record. They include Harry's Law, Annie, Warm Springs and Matlock, along with guest work and directing.

The award our earlier article missed

Our old headline counted one Emmy win. It came from a database that covered some acting categories but omitted guest performances. That left out the Two and a Half Men award, even though it fell inside the article's stated date range.

We then used the incomplete count to make a point about Bates being overdue. That argument should not have been published. This correction replaces it, along with the conflicting Oscar totals elsewhere in the original article.

For a current Emmy ballot, use the nominees in the category you are playing. Bates' awards history is useful background; a wins-to-nominations ratio would not give you the probability of a new performance winning.

How this post is made: written with AI assistance. Historical calculations use our selected award records; facts outside that coverage use cited sources. Read our editorial standards for the checks, limitations and correction policy.

How we know
  • Historical calculations can be checked against the verified winner dataset ; coverage varies by category and year.
  • Automated checks verify supported calculations and monitor recorded claims for drift. They do not establish complete career coverage or prediction accuracy.
  • The full methodology lives in our editorial standards.

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