Jessica Lange won an entertainment industry award.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry . The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association , recognizing excellence in film and television , both domestic and foreign . The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is a major part of the film industry 's awards season , which culminates each year in the Academy Awards . Jessica Lange . Between 2011 and 2014 , she won her first Screen Actors Guild Award , fifth Golden Globe Award , and second and third Emmy Awards for her performances in the first and third seasons of FX 's horror anthology series American Horror Story ( 2011 -- 2015 ) .