Kathy Bates At 76 Earns Two SAG Nominations For ‘Matlock’ & ‘The Great Lillian Hall’

Maybe Kathy Bates won’t have to rip up her next acceptance speech.

Bates just earned two more SAG nominations for the CBS freshman series Matlock and the Max film The Great Lillian Hall — her ninth and 10th nomination of her career. She won two SAGS in 1997 and 1999 for The Late Shift and Primary Colors, respectively. She’s already an Oscar winner for Misery and a two-time Emmy winner for American Horror Story and Two and A Half Men.

Bates received a 2025 Golden Globe nomination for playing Madeline Matlock in the clever update of the old ’80s series that starred Andy Griffith. Video of the 76-year-old actress went viral on Sunday after she was filmed ripping up her acceptance speech after Shōgun’s Anna Sawai took the Globe for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series.

Bates was the only actress to receive a SAG nomination for a drama on broadcast TV.

Matlock revolves around Bates, who plays Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases, all while investigating a deeply personal secret of her own.

Bates’ other nomination is for co-starring in The Great Lillian Hall, which premiered on Max in May. It stars Jessica Lange as beloved Broadway star Lillian Hall, who finds herself blindsided by confusion and forgetfulness before opening night of her next Broadway show. Besides playing Edith Wilson in the movie, Bates also executive produced the film with Lange, Tom Cappello, Michael Cristofer and Alex Platis.

Matlock has already been renewed for a second season.