She was almost sick when Bobbie came home with the news that Poor John had won the job.

She was forced into patriotism in spite of herself, and the glory won by Salamis was paid for by the loss of her trade and the decay of her marine.

She also won the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize for Literature for Living on Light.

She won several other awards from various film critic associations for the performance.

She won so much land for her father's kingdom that Zeus became enraged and changed her into a monster.

She won an award for the Van Halen music video of the song " Right Now ", which she produced.

She won the Logan Medal of the arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, and became a member of the National Academy in 1902.

She is best known for playing the title character in the Fox comedy-drama series Ally McBeal for which she won a Golden Globe Award.

She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards ( World Film Favorite ), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Legend Award from the Society of Singers, Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.

She sang only two songs in the film, " Que Sera, Sera ( Whatever Will Be, Will Be )" which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and " We'll Love Again ".

She won what would become her most famous acting role, that of Kimberly Drummond on Diff ' rent Strokes.

She won the titles of Miss Arkansas in 1981 and Miss America in 1982.

She knighted Francis Drake after his circumnavigation of the globe from 1577 to 1580, and he won fame for his raids on Spanish ports and fleets.

She won a listeners ' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top ranking comedienne of 1948 – 1949, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March.

She has won the U. S. Championship on three other occasions, in 2007, 2010, and 2012.

She has won or shared first in the chess tournaments of Hastings 1993, Madrid 1994, León 1996, U. S. Open 1998, Hoogeveen 1999, Siegman 1999, Japfa 2000, and the Najdorf Memorial 2000.

She won her first seven games before drawing the final game.

She also won the brilliancy prize for her game against Pavlina Angelova.

She won the match 5½ – 4½ and won the largest prize money to that point in her career of $ 110, 000.

She won the match 5 – 3 by winning two games with the remaining ending in draws.

She won the game with exceptional positional play.

She won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance in Lars von Trier's Melancholia ( 2011 ).

She later directed Blanchett in A Streetcar Named Desire ( play ) at the Sydney Theatre Company in Australia, which ran September through October 2009, and then continued from 29 October to 21 November 2009 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, where it won a

She won five Grand Slam singles titles ( three Australian Opens, one Wimbledon, and one US Open ).

She was the only character created at the request of MTV, who wanted a female character who could tolerate and handle the duo.

She told MTV News:

She has won numerous awards, including Grammy, Emmy, MTV VMA, Billboard and AMA.

She accompanied her singles with videos, becoming one of the pioneers of the MTV age in Latin America.

She also appeared as a judge on the MTV show Rock the Cradle and toured during the summer of 2008 as part of the Regeneration Tour with The Human League, A Flock of Seagulls, ABC and Naked Eyes.

Four music videos for " Twice As Hard ", " Jealous Again ", " Hard To Handle " and " She Talks to Angels " were filmed to promote the band and the album, and subsequently aired on MTV.

She is the recipient of eight Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award.

She first enjoyed mainstream success in 1982 as lead singer of the band Scandal, then she went on recording and performing on her own on the wings of her talented yet recognizable voice and new-wave image popularized on promo video clips aired via new cable music videos only MTV.

She did however, win Best Trans-atlantic breakthrough at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards.

The album also included the singles " That Is Why ", " I Wanna Stay Home ", " Now She Knows She's Wrong " and " The King Is Half-Undressed " ( the video for which was nominated for Best Art Direction at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards ).

She is a good spokesperson for MTV ... intelligent but subversive.

She would later host a number of other MTV shows before moving to do voice-overs on VH1 and host Lisa Snowdon's All Access for VH1.

She and Beverly Polcyn were nominated for Best Kiss at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards for Not Another Teen Movie.

She has done voice work including the voice of Mary Jane Watson for the animated show Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, broadcast on MTV.

Hung has appeared in an episode of the MTV Show, Celebrity Deathmatch, where he battles Ricky Martin ( who performed the original " She Bangs ").

She promoted the album with magazine posters, in-store signings, club appearances and television appearances with MTV and BET.

" She would later tell MTV News: " I kind of clicked into soul music more than anything else because of the vocals.

She also appeared on the MTV Music Video Awards show in Miami where she joined George W. Bush's daughters to encourage voting.

She was tagged as the " MTV Queen " because she was the first to launch a music video in the MTV Channel.

She has written for various series on MTV, including The Tom Green Show and the annual Video Music Awards, and for other Viacom-owned networks, including VH1, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.

She was named " Model of the Year " in 1997 by MTV.

She moved on to become an MTV UK presenter, usually with her close friend Edith Bowman.

She received nominations from the Golden Globes, Grammys, and MTV Movie Awards.