Tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - "Precious" na maua ai ni filifiliga se tolu i le 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards
, na manumalo ai i le Faatinoga Mataʻina a se Tamaʻitaʻi Faʻataʻitaʻi i se Matafaioi Lagolago. O le ata na manumalo i le People's Choice Award, i le 34th Toronto International Film Festival, ma le Breakthrough Performance e se Actress, i le 81st National Board of Review Awards. Na manumalo foʻi le ata i le Special Jury Prize, i le 25th Sundance Film Festival. Na maua e "Precious" ni filifiliga se lua, ma manumalo ai i le Stanley Kramer Award, i le 21st Producers Guild of America Awards ma manumalo ai i le Outstanding Directing Achievement, 62nd Directors Guild of America Awards. Na maua foi e Mo'Nique le aloaʻia mo lana faʻatinoga i le 35th LA Film Critics Association Awards, 75th NY Film Critics Circle Awards ma le 5th Utah Film Critics Association Awards, manumalo i le Best Supporting Actress mai faʻalapotopotoga uma e tolu. O le "Precious" na aofia i le Top 10 Films o le 2009 lisi mai le 18th Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards, 9th NY Film Critics Online, ma le 16th DFW Film Critics Association.