Evans won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series for her "Dynasty" role in 1981, and was subsequently nominated every year from 1982 to 1985. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1983. Evans won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program in 1982, and for Favorite Female TV Performer in 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986. She won a "Soap Opera Digest" Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1984 and 1985.