Tara Mallen has received a Jeff Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Rivendell Theatre's "Wrens," and was nominated for the Jeff Award for Best Actress for her work in Rivendell's "My Simple City".
She was awarded the 2018 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Performer in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Cake" at the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble in Chicago, Illinois.