 In 1990, Whitehouse was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.Whitehouse received a best actress nomination for "Face Value" at the 1997 New Zealand film and television awards, and she received the Rudall Hayward Award for lifetime achievement in films at the 1998 New Zealand film and television awards.Whitehouse wrote her autobiography, "Davina – An Acting Life", published in 1999.