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Big Little Lies
2017–2019
· TV Show
· 50 min episodes
· 2 seasons
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #73
- IMDb #115
- Google retired #119
- Rotten Tomatoes #73
- Metacritic #66
- RatingGraph #71
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #142
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #61
- Metacritic Critics #73
- Metacritic Audience #100
- Criticker #84
- Trakt #129
Every rating
66–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 66, highest is Google on 92.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →The apparently-perfect lives of upper-class mothers of students at a prestigious elementary school unravel to the point of murder when a single mother moves to their quaint California beach town.
Details
- Created by
- David E. Kelley
- Writer
- T. Rafael Cimino
- Based on
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- Released
- 19 February 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 50 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 14 across 2 seasons
- Awards
- 25 wins, 43 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 68 →19 major awards won · 25 wins from 68 nominations across 19 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Awards 2018 | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Laura Dern | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2018 | Best Movie/Miniseries | Big Little Lies | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2018 | Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2018 | Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | Alexander Skarsgård | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2018 | Outstanding Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2018 | Outstanding Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series | Alexander Skarsgård | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2018 | Long Form – Adapted | David E. Kelley | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
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Primetime Emmy Awards
10 nominations, 5 won
| Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special | Jean-Marc Vallée | Winner |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Outstanding Limited Series | David E. Kelley, Jean-Marc Vallée, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Gregg Fienberg, Nathan Ross and Barbara A. Hall | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Alexander Skarsgård | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Laura Dern | Winner |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Laura Dern (for "Tell-Tale Hearts") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Meryl Streep (for "I Want to Know") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie | David E. Kelley | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
9 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film | Big Little Lies | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor – TV | Alexander Skarsgård | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress – TV | Laura Dern | Winner |
| Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Television Series Drama | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – TV | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – TV | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Drama | Big Little Lies | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
8 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Best Movie/Miniseries | Big Little Lies | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | Alexander Skarsgård | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Laura Dern | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Drama Series | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Laura Dern | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
11 nominations, 3 won
| Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series or Movie | David Rubin | Winner |
| Outstanding Contemporary Costumes | Alix Friedberg, Risa Garcia and Patricia McLaughlin | Winner |
| Outstanding Music Supervision | Susan Jacobs | Winner |
| Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | David Rubin | Nominee |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie | Yves Bélanger | Nominee |
| Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie | Michelle Ceglia, Nickole C. Jones, Lona Vigi, Frances Mathias and Jocelyn Mulhern | Nominee |
| Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) | Michelle Radow, Erin Rosenmann, Karen Rentrop, Molly R. Stern, Angela Levin, Simone Almekias-Siegl, Miho Suzuki and Claudia Humburg (for "She Knows") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) | Steve Artmont, Nicole Artmont, Angela Levin, Molly R Stern and Claudia Humburg | Nominee |
| Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) | John Paino, Austin Gorg and Amy Wells (for "What Have They Done?", "The Bad Mother", "I Want to Know") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie | Veronique Barbe, David Berman, Justin LaChance, Maxime Lahaie, Sylvain Lebel and Jim Vega | Nominee |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie | Gavin Fernandes, Louis Gignac and Brendan Beebe | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Outstanding Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series | Alexander Skarsgård | Winner |
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Iain Armitage, Darby Camp, Chloe Coleman, Cameron Crovetti, Nicholas Crovetti, Laura Dern, Martin Donovan, Merrin Dungey, Crystal Fox, Ivy George, Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, Kathryn Newton, Jeffrey Nordling, Denis O'Hare, Adam Scott, Alexander Skarsgård, Douglas Smith, Meryl Streep, James Tupper, R | Nominee |
| Outstanding Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series | Reese Witherspoon | Nominee |
| Outstanding Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series | Laura Dern | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Long Form – Adapted | David E. Kelley | Winner |
Art Directors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series | John Paino (for "What Have They Done?", "The Bad Mother" & "I Want to Know") | Nominee |
| Television Movie or Limited Series | John Paino (for "Somebody's Dead", "Living the Dream", "You Get What You Need") | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
2 nominations
| Best Episodic Drama | Big Little Lies | Nominee |
| Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama | Big Little Lies | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nicole Kidman | Winner |
| Best Miniseries | Big Little Lies | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor – TV | Alexander Skarsgård | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – TV | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – TV | Laura Dern | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – TV | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guilds
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Television Series, Mini-Series or New Media Series – Best Contemporary Make-Up | Michelle Radow and Erin Good-Rosenmann | Winner |
| Best Television Series, Mini-Series or New Media Series – Contemporary Hair Styling | Jose Zamora, Lorena Zamora and Lona Vigi | Winner |
TCA Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials | Big Little Lies | Winner |
| Individual Achievement in Drama | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Program of the Year | Big Little Lies | Nominee |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 TV Programs of the Year | Big Little Lies | Winner |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Excellence in Contemporary Television | Alix Friedberg (for "She Knows") | Nominee |
| Excellence in Contemporary Television | Alix Friedberg | Nominee |
ACE Eddie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television | David Berman | Nominee |
Black Reel Television Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series | Zoë Kravitz | Nominee |
British Academy Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Programme | Big Little Lies | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Movie or Mini-Series | Brendan Beebe, Gavin Fernandes and Louis Gignac (for "You Get What You Need") | Nominee |
Location Managers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Locations in Contemporary Television | Greg Alpert | Nominee |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted TV Screenplay | David E. Kelley and Liane Moriarty (for "You Get What You Need") | Nominee |