Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre-, or even gender-, specific. Beginning with the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, supporting actresses in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic performances often included actresses from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The 2024 recipient: Elizabeth Debicki
Awarded forOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded1954
Currently held byElizabeth Debicki,
The Crown (2024)
Websiteemmys.com

Winners and nominations

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1950s

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Year Actress Role Program Network
Best Series Supporting Actress
1954
(6th)
[note 1]
Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy CBS
Bea Benaderet Blanche Morton The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS
Ruth Gilbert Various Characters The Milton Berle Show NBC
Marion Lorne Mrs. Gurney Mister Peepers
Audrey Meadows Alice Kramden The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series
1955
(7th)
[note 1]
Audrey Meadows Alice Kramden The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
Bea Benaderet Blanche Morton The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS
Jean Hagen Margaret Williams Make Room for Daddy ABC
Marion Lorne Mrs. Gurney Mister Peepers NBC
Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy CBS
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1956
(8th)
[note 1]
Nanette Fabray Various Characters Caesar's Hour NBC
Ann B. Davis Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings Show CBS
Jean Hagen Margaret Williams Make Room for Daddy ABC
Audrey Meadows Alice Kramden The Honeymooners CBS
Thelma Ritter # Aggie Hurley Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse NBC
Best Supporting Performance by an Actress
1957
(9th)
[note 1]
Pat Carroll Various Characters Caesar's Hour NBC
Ann B. Davis Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings Show CBS
Audrey Meadows Various Characters The Jackie Gleason Show
Mildred Natwick # Madame Arcati Ford Star Jubilee
Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy
Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
1958
(10th)
[note 1]
Ann B. Davis Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings Show CBS & NBC
Pat Carroll Various Characters Caesar's Hour NBC
Marion Lorne Myrtle Banford Sally
Verna Felton Hilda Crocker December Bride CBS
Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy
Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series
1959
(11th)
Barbara Hale Della Street Perry Mason CBS
Lola Albright Edie Hart Peter Gunn NBC
Amanda Blake Kitty Gunsmoke CBS
Hope Emerson Mother Peter Gunn NBC

1960s

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Year Actress Role Program Network
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support)
1960
(12th)
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Father Knows Best CBS
Donna Reed Donna Stone The Donna Reed Show ABC
Teresa Wright Margaret Bourke-White NBC Sunday Showcase NBC
Loretta Young Various Characters The Loretta Young Show
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series
1961
(13th)
[note 1]
Don Knotts Barney Fife The Andy Griffith Show CBS
Abby Dalton Lt. Martha Hale Hennesey CBS
Barbara Hale Della Street Perry Mason
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress
1962
(14th)
[note 1]
Pamela Brown # Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC
Jeanne Cooper § Anna Medalle Ben Casey ABC
Colleen Dewhurst # Gertrude Hart Focus NBC
Joan Hackett § Ellen Parker Ben Casey ABC
Mary Wickes Maxfield The Gertrude Berg Show CBS
1963
(15th)
[note 1]
Glenda Farrell § Martha Morrison Ben Casey ABC
Davey Davison § Laura Hunter The Eleventh Hour NBC
Nancy Malone Libby Kingston Naked City ABC
Rose Marie Sally Rogers The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS
Kate Reid # Queen Victoria Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC
1964
(16th)
[note 1]
Ruth White # Shelagh Mangan Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC
Martine Bartlett § Miranda Ledoux Porter Arrest and Trial ABC
Anjanette Comer § Annabelle Selinsky
Rose Marie Sally Rogers The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS
Claudia McNeil § Mrs. Hill The Nurses
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers
1965
(17th)
[note 1]
Leonard Bernstein Conductor New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein CBS
Lynn Fontanne Fanny Bowditch Holmes Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee" NBC
Alfred Lunt Oliver Wendell Holmes
Barbra Streisand Herself My Name Is Barbra CBS
Dick Van Dyke Rob Petrie The Dick Van Dyke Show
Julie Andrews Herself The Andy Williams Show NBC
Johnny Carson Himself The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Gladys Cooper Margaret St. Clair The Rogues
Robert Coote Timmy St. Clair
Richard Crenna James Slattery Slattery's People CBS
Julie Harris Florence Nightingale Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Holy Terror" NBC
Bob Hope Himself Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special
Dean Jagger Principal Albert Vane Mr. Novak
Danny Kaye Himself The Danny Kaye Show CBS
David McCallum Illya Kuryakin The Man from U.N.C.L.E. NBC
Red Skelton Himself The Red Skelton Hour CBS
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series
1966
(18th)
Lee Grant Stella Chernak Peyton Place ABC
Diane Baker # Rachel Brown Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC
Pamela Franklin # Betsy Balcombe
Jeanette Nolan § Helen Robinson I Spy
1967
(19th)
Agnes Moorehead § Emma Valentine The Wild Wild West CBS
Tina Chen # Vietnamese Girl CBS Playhouse CBS
Ruth Warrick Hannah Cord Peyton Place ABC
1968
(20th)
Barbara Anderson Officer Eve Whitfield Ironside NBC
Linda Cristal Victoria Cannon The High Chaparral NBC
Tessie O'Shea # Tessie O'Toole The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ABC
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series
1969
(21st)
[note 1]
Susan Saint James Peggy Maxwell The Name of the Game NBC
Barbara Anderson Officer Eve Whitfield Ironside NBC
Agnes Moorehead Endora Bewitched ABC

1970s

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Year Actress Role Program Network
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama
1970
(22nd)
Gail Fisher Peggy Fair Mannix CBS
Barbara Anderson Officer Eve Whitfield Ironside NBC
Susan Saint James Peggy Maxwell The Name of the Game
1971
(23rd)
Margaret Leighton # Gertrude Hamlet: Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC
Gail Fisher Peggy Fair Mannix CBS
Susan Saint James Peggy Maxwell The Name of the Game NBC
Elena Verdugo Consuelo Lopez Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC
1972
(24th)
Jenny Agutter # Frith The Snow Goose: Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC
Gail Fisher Peggy Fair Mannix CBS
Elena Verdugo Consuelo Lopez Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC
1973
(25th)
Ellen Corby Esther Walton The Waltons CBS
Gail Fisher Peggy Fair Mannix CBS
Nancy Walker Mildred McMillan & Wife NBC
Best Supporting Actress in Drama
1974
(26th)
Joanna Miles # Laura Wingfield The Glass Menagerie ABC
Ellen Corby Esther Walton The Waltons CBS
Nancy Walker Mildred McMillan & Wife NBC
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
1975
(27th)
Ellen Corby Esther Walton The Waltons CBS
Angela Baddeley Mrs. Bridges Upstairs, Downstairs PBS
Nancy Walker Mildred McMillan & Wife NBC
1976
(28th)
Ellen Corby Esther Walton The Waltons CBS
Angela Baddeley Mrs. Bridges Upstairs, Downstairs PBS
Susan Howard Maggie Petrocelli Petrocelli NBC
Dorothy McGuire # Mary Jordache Rich Man, Poor Man ABC
Sada Thompson # Mary Todd Lincoln Sandburg's Lincoln NBC
1977
(29th)
Kristy McNichol Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence Family ABC
Meredith Baxter Nancy Lawrence Maitland Family ABC
Ellen Corby Esther Walton The Waltons CBS
Lee Meriwether Betty Jones Barnaby Jones
Jacqueline Tong Daisy Peel Upstairs, Downstairs PBS
1978
(30th)
Nancy Marchand Margaret Pynchon Lou Grant CBS
Meredith Baxter Nancy Lawrence Maitland Family ABC
Tovah Feldshuh # Helena Slomova Holocaust NBC
Linda Kelsey Billie Newman Lou Grant CBS
Kristy McNichol Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence Family ABC
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
1979
(31st)
Kristy McNichol Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence Family ABC
Linda Kelsey Billie Newman Lou Grant CBS
Nancy Marchand Margaret Pynchon

1980s

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Year Actress Role Program Network
1980
(32nd)
Nancy Marchand Margaret Pynchon Lou Grant CBS
Nina Foch § Mrs. Polk Lou Grant CBS
Linda Kelsey Billie Newman
Jessica Walter Melanie McIntyre Trapper John, M.D.
1981
(33rd)
Nancy Marchand Margaret Pynchon Lou Grant CBS
Barbara Barrie Evelyn Stroller Breaking Away ABC
Barbara Bosson Fay Furillo Hill Street Blues NBC
Linda Kelsey Billie Newman Lou Grant CBS
Betty Thomas Sgt. Lucille Bates Hill Street Blues NBC
1982
(34th)
Nancy Marchand Margaret Pynchon Lou Grant CBS
Barbara Bosson Fay Furillo Hill Street Blues NBC
Julie Harris Lilimae Clements Knots Landing CBS
Linda Kelsey Billie Newman Lou Grant
Betty Thomas Sgt. Lucille Bates Hill Street Blues NBC
1983
(35th)
Doris Roberts § Cora St. Elsewhere NBC
Barbara Bosson Fay Furillo Hill Street Blues NBC
Christina Pickles Nurse Helen Rosenthal St. Elsewhere
Madge Sinclair Nurse Ernestine Shoop Trapper John, M.D. CBS
Betty Thomas Sgt. Lucille Bates Hill Street Blues NBC
1984
(36th)
Alfre Woodard § Doris Robson Hill Street Blues NBC
Barbara Bosson Fay Furillo Hill Street Blues NBC
Piper Laurie § Fran Singleton St. Elsewhere
Madge Sinclair Nurse Ernestine Shoop Trapper John, M.D. CBS
Betty Thomas Sgt. Lucille Bates Hill Street Blues NBC
1985
(37th)
Betty Thomas Sgt. Lucille Bates Hill Street Blues NBC
Barbara Bosson Fay Furillo Hill Street Blues NBC
Christina Pickles Nurse Helen Rosenthal St. Elsewhere
Doris Roberts Mildred Krebs Remington Steele
Madge Sinclair Nurse Ernestine Shoop Trapper John, M.D. CBS
1986
(38th)
Bonnie Bartlett Ellen Craig St. Elsewhere NBC
Allyce Beasley Agnes DiPesto Moonlighting ABC
Christina Pickles Nurse Helen Rosenthal St. Elsewhere NBC
Betty Thomas Sgt. Lucille Bates Hill Street Blues
1987
(39th)
Bonnie Bartlett Ellen Craig St. Elsewhere NBC
Allyce Beasley Agnes DiPesto Moonlighting ABC
Christina Pickles Nurse Helen Rosenthal St. Elsewhere NBC
Susan Ruttan Roxanne Melman L.A. Law
Betty Thomas Sgt. Lucille Bates Hill Street Blues
1988
(40th)
Patricia Wettig Nancy Krieger Weston Thirtysomething ABC
Bonnie Bartlett Ellen Craig St. Elsewhere NBC
Polly Draper Ellyn Warren Thirtysomething ABC
Christina Pickles Nurse Helen Rosenthal St. Elsewhere NBC
Susan Ruttan Roxanne Melman L.A. Law NBC
1989
(41st)
Melanie Mayron Melissa Steadman Thirtysomething ABC
Michele Greene Abby Perkins L.A. Law NBC
Lois Nettleton Joanne St. John In the Heat of the Night
Amanda Plummer Alice Hackett L.A. Law
Susan Ruttan Roxanne Melman

1990s

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Year Actress Role Program Network
1990
(42nd)
Marg Helgenberger Karen "K. C." Koloski China Beach ABC
Sherilyn Fenn Audrey Horne Twin Peaks ABC
Melanie Mayron Melissa Steadman Thirtysomething
Diana Muldaur Rosalind Shays L.A. Law NBC
Susan Ruttan Roxanne Melman
1991
(43rd)
Madge Sinclair Empress Josephine Gabriel's Fire ABC
Marg Helgenberger Karen "K. C." Koloski China Beach ABC
Piper Laurie Catherine Martell Twin Peaks
Melanie Mayron Melissa Steadman Thirtysomething
Diana Muldaur Rosalind Shays L.A. Law NBC
1992
(44th)
Valerie Mahaffey § Eve Northern Exposure CBS
Mary Alice Marguerite Peck I'll Fly Away NBC
Barbara Barrie § Mrs. Bream Law & Order
Conchata Ferrell Susan Bloom L.A. Law
Cynthia Geary Shelly Tambo Northern Exposure CBS
Marg Helgenberger Karen "K. C." Koloski China Beach ABC
Kay Lenz Maggie Zombro Reasonable Doubts NBC
1993
(45th)
Mary Alice Marguerite Peck I'll Fly Away NBC
Cynthia Geary Shelly Tambo Northern Exposure CBS
Kay Lenz Maggie Zombro Reasonable Doubts NBC
Kellie Martin Rebecca Thatcher Life Goes On ABC
Peg Phillips Ruth-Anne Miller Northern Exposure CBS
1994
(46th)
Leigh Taylor-Young Rachel Harris Picket Fences CBS
Amy Brenneman Janice Licalsi NYPD Blue ABC
Jill Eikenberry Ann Kelsey L.A. Law NBC
Sharon Lawrence Sylvia Costas NYPD Blue ABC
Gail O'Grady Donna Abandando
1995
(47th)
Julianna Margulies Carol Hathaway ER NBC
Barbara Babcock Dorothy Jennings Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman CBS
Tyne Daly Alice Henderson Christy
Sharon Lawrence Sylvia Costas NYPD Blue ABC
Gail O'Grady Donna Abandando
1996
(48th)
Tyne Daly Alice Henderson Christy CBS
Barbara Bosson Miriam Grasso Murder One ABC
Sharon Lawrence Sylvia Costas NYPD Blue
Julianna Margulies Carol Hathaway ER NBC
Gail O'Grady Donna Abandando NYPD Blue ABC
1997
(49th)
Kim Delaney Diane Russell NYPD Blue ABC
Laura Innes Kerry Weaver ER NBC
CCH Pounder Angela Hicks
Della Reese Tess Touched by an Angel CBS
Gloria Reuben Jeanie Boulet ER NBC
1998
(50th)
Camryn Manheim Ellenor Frutt The Practice ABC
Kim Delaney Diane Russell NYPD Blue ABC
Laura Innes Kerry Weaver ER NBC
Della Reese Tess Touched by an Angel CBS
Gloria Reuben Jeanie Boulet ER NBC
1999
(51st)
Holland Taylor Roberta Kittleson The Practice ABC
Lara Flynn Boyle Helen Gamble The Practice ABC
Kim Delaney Diane Russell NYPD Blue
Camryn Manheim Ellenor Frutt The Practice
Nancy Marchand Livia Soprano The Sopranos HBO

2000s

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Year Actress Role Program Episode Submissions Network
2000
(52nd)
Allison Janney C. J. Cregg The West Wing "Celestial Navigation" + "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics" NBC
Stockard Channing Abbey Bartlet The West Wing "The State Dinner" + "He Shall, from Time to Time..." NBC
Tyne Daly Maxine Gray Judging Amy "Shaken, Not Stirred" + "Gray vs. Gray" CBS
Nancy Marchand Livia Soprano The Sopranos "Do Not Resuscitate" + "Funhouse" HBO
Holland Taylor Roberta Kittleson The Practice "Legacy" + "Oz" ABC
2001
(53rd)
Allison Janney C. J. Cregg The West Wing "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" (Part 2) + "Galileo" NBC
Stockard Channing Abbey Bartlet The West Wing "Bartlet's Third State of the Union" + "The War at Home" NBC
Maura Tierney Abby Lockhart ER "Fear of Commitment" + "Where the Heart Is"
Tyne Daly Maxine Gray Judging Amy "Unnecessary Roughness" + "Water World" CBS
Aida Turturro Janice Soprano The Sopranos "Proshai, Livushka" + "Employee of the Month" HBO
2002
(54th)
Stockard Channing Abbey Bartlet The West Wing "Dead Irish Writers" + "Gone Quiet" NBC
Janel Moloney Donna Moss The West Wing "On the Day Before" + "War Crimes" NBC
Mary-Louise Parker Amy Gardner "The Women of Qumar" + "H. Con-172"
Lauren Ambrose Claire Fisher Six Feet Under "The Trip" + "The Plan" HBO
Tyne Daly Maxine Gray Judging Amy "Come Back Soon" CBS
2003
(55th)
Tyne Daly Maxine Gray Judging Amy "Maxine, Interrupted" + "Requiem" CBS
Lauren Ambrose Claire Fisher Six Feet Under "Nobody Sleeps" + "Twilight" HBO
Rachel Griffiths Brenda Chenowith "Timing & Space" + "The Opening"
Stockard Channing Abbey Bartlet The West Wing "Privateers" + "Twenty Five" NBC
Lena Olin Irina Derevko Alias "Passage (Part 2)" + "A Dark Turn" ABC
2004
(56th)
Drea de Matteo Adriana La Cerva The Sopranos "Irregular Around the Margins" + "Long Term Parking" HBO
Stockard Channing Abbey Bartlet The West Wing "7A WF 83429" + "No Exit" NBC
Janel Moloney Donna Moss "No Exit" + "Gaza"
Tyne Daly Maxine Gray Judging Amy "Ex Parte of Five" + "Roadhouse Blues" CBS
Robin Weigert Calamity Jane Deadwood "Deep Water" + "No Other Sons or Daughters" HBO
2005
(57th)
Blythe Danner Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt Huff "Is She Dead?" + "Christmas Is Ruined" Showtime
Stockard Channing Abbey Bartlet The West Wing "Third-Day Story" + "The Wake Up Call" NBC
Tyne Daly Maxine Gray Judging Amy "Early Winter" + "Too Little, Too Late" CBS
Sandra Oh Cristina Yang Grey's Anatomy "No Man's Land" + "Save Me" ABC
CCH Pounder Claudette Wyms The Shield "Doghouse" + "Tar Baby" FX
2006
(58th)
Blythe Danner Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt Huff "Maps Don't Talk (Part 2)" + "So... What Brings You to Armageddon?" Showtime
Sandra Oh Cristina Yang Grey's Anatomy "Deny, Deny, Deny" + "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" ABC
Chandra Wilson Miranda Bailey "Deny, Deny, Deny" + "As We Know It"
Candice Bergen Shirley Schmidt Boston Legal "The Ass Fat Jungle" + "Live Big"
Jean Smart Martha Logan 24 "Day 5: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m." + "Day 5: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m." Fox
2007
(59th)
Katherine Heigl Izzie Stevens Grey's Anatomy "Time After Time" ABC
Sandra Oh Cristina Yang Grey's Anatomy "From a Whisper to a Scream" ABC
Chandra Wilson Miranda Bailey "Oh, the Guilt"
Lorraine Bracco Jennifer Melfi The Sopranos "The Blue Comet" HBO
Aida Turturro Janice Soprano "Soprano Home Movies"
Rachel Griffiths Sarah Walker Brothers & Sisters "Bad News" ABC
2008
(60th)
Dianne Wiest Dr. Gina Toll In Treatment "Week 6: Paul and Gina" HBO
Candice Bergen Shirley Schmidt Boston Legal "The Mighty Rogues" ABC
Rachel Griffiths Sarah Walker Brothers & Sisters "Domestic Issues"
Sandra Oh Cristina Yang Grey's Anatomy "The Becoming"
Chandra Wilson Miranda Bailey "Lay Your Hands on Me"
2009
(61st)
Cherry Jones Allison Taylor 24 "Day 7: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." Fox
Rose Byrne Ellen Parsons Damages "Trust Me" FX
Hope Davis Mia Nesky In Treatment "Week 6: Mia" HBO
Sandra Oh Cristina Yang Grey's Anatomy "Elevator Love Letter" ABC
Chandra Wilson Miranda Bailey "Stairway to Heaven"
Dianne Wiest Dr. Gina Toll In Treatment "Week 6: Gina" HBO

2010s

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Year Actress Role Program Episode Submissions Network
2010
(62nd)
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Archie Panjabi Kalinda Sharma The Good Wife "Hi" CBS
Christine Baranski Diane Lockhart The Good Wife "Bang" CBS
Rose Byrne Ellen Parsons Damages "Your Secrets Are Safe" FX
Sharon Gless Madeline Westen Burn Notice "Devil You Know" USA
Christina Hendricks Joan Harris Mad Men "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" AMC
Elisabeth Moss Peggy Olson "Love Among the Ruins"
2011
(63rd)
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Margo Martindale Mags Bennett Justified "Brother's Keeper" FX
Christine Baranski Diane Lockhart The Good Wife "Silver Bullet" CBS
Michelle Forbes Mitch Larsen The Killing "Pilot" AMC
Christina Hendricks Joan Harris Mad Men "The Summer Man"
Kelly Macdonald Margaret Thompson Boardwalk Empire "Family Limitation" HBO
Archie Panjabi Kalinda Sharma The Good Wife "Getting Off" CBS
2012
(64th)
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Maggie Smith Violet Crawley Downton Abbey "Episode 201" PBS
Christine Baranski Diane Lockhart The Good Wife "Alienation of Affection" CBS
Joanne Froggatt Anna Bates Downton Abbey "Episode 207" PBS
Anna Gunn Skyler White Breaking Bad "Cornered" AMC
Christina Hendricks Joan Harris Mad Men "The Other Woman"
Archie Panjabi Kalinda Sharma The Good Wife "The Dream Team" CBS
2013
(65th)
[4]
Anna Gunn Skyler White Breaking Bad "Fifty-One" AMC
Morena Baccarin Jessica Brody Homeland "State of Independence" Showtime
Christine Baranski Diane Lockhart The Good Wife "The Seven Day Rule" CBS
Emilia Clarke Daenerys Targaryen Game of Thrones "And Now His Watch Is Ended" HBO
Christina Hendricks Joan Harris Mad Men "A Tale of Two Cities" AMC
Maggie Smith Violet Crawley Downton Abbey "Episode 301" PBS
2014
(66th)
[5]
Anna Gunn Skyler White Breaking Bad "Ozymandias" AMC
Christine Baranski Diane Lockhart The Good Wife "The Last Call" CBS
Joanne Froggatt Anna Bates Downton Abbey "Episode 404" PBS
Lena Headey Cersei Lannister Game of Thrones "The Lion and the Rose" HBO
Christina Hendricks Joan Harris Mad Men "The Strategy" AMC
Maggie Smith Violet Crawley Downton Abbey "Episode 408" PBS
2015
(67th)
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Uzo Aduba Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren Orange Is the New Black "Hugs Can Be Deceiving" Netflix
Christine Baranski Diane Lockhart The Good Wife "Loser Edit" CBS
Emilia Clarke Daenerys Targaryen Game of Thrones "The Dance of Dragons" HBO
Joanne Froggatt Anna Bates Downton Abbey "Episode 508" PBS
Lena Headey Cersei Lannister Game of Thrones "Mother's Mercy" HBO
Christina Hendricks Joan Harris Mad Men "Lost Horizon" AMC
2016
(68th)
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Maggie Smith Violet Crawley Downton Abbey "Episode 606" PBS
Emilia Clarke Daenerys Targaryen Game of Thrones "Book of the Stranger" HBO
Lena Headey Cersei Lannister "The Winds of Winter"
Maura Tierney Helen Solloway The Affair "204" Showtime
Maisie Williams Arya Stark Game of Thrones "No One" HBO
Constance Zimmer Quinn King UnREAL "Mother" Lifetime
2017
(69th)
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Ann Dowd Aunt Lydia The Handmaid's Tale "Offred" Hulu
Uzo Aduba Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren Orange Is the New Black "People Persons" Netflix
Millie Bobby Brown Eleven Stranger Things "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub"
Chrissy Metz Kate Pearson This Is Us "Pilot" NBC
Thandiwe Newton Maeve Millay Westworld "Trace Decay" HBO
Samira Wiley Moira The Handmaid's Tale "Night" Hulu
2018
(70th)
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Thandiwe Newton Maeve Millay Westworld "Akane no Mai" HBO
Millie Bobby Brown Eleven Stranger Things "Chapter Three: The Pollywog" Netflix
Alexis Bledel Emily / Ofsteven The Handmaid's Tale "Unwomen" Hulu
Ann Dowd Aunt Lydia "June"
Lena Headey Cersei Lannister Game of Thrones "The Dragon and the Wolf" HBO
Vanessa Kirby Princess Margaret The Crown "Beryl" Netflix
Yvonne Strahovski Serena Joy Waterford The Handmaid's Tale "Women's Work" Hulu
2019
(71st)
[10]
Julia Garner Ruth Langmore Ozark "The Gold Coast" Netflix
Gwendoline Christie Brienne of Tarth Game of Thrones "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" HBO
Lena Headey Cersei Lannister "The Bells"
Fiona Shaw Carolyn Martens Killing Eve "Nice and Neat" BBC America
Sophie Turner Sansa Stark Game of Thrones "Winterfell" HBO
Maisie Williams Arya Stark "The Long Night"

2020s

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Year Actress Role Program Episode Submissions Network
2020
(72nd)
[11]
Julia Garner Ruth Langmore Ozark "In Case of Emergency" Netflix
Helena Bonham Carter Princess Margaret The Crown "Cri de Coeur" Netflix
Laura Dern Renata Klein Big Little Lies "Tell-Tale Hearts" HBO
Thandiwe Newton Maeve Millay Westworld "The Winter Line"
Fiona Shaw Carolyn Martens Killing Eve "Management Sucks" BBC America
Sarah Snook Siobhan "Shiv" Roy Succession "The Summer Palace" HBO
Meryl Streep Mary Louise Wright Big Little Lies "I Want to Know"
Samira Wiley Moira Strand The Handmaid's Tale "Sacrifice" Hulu
2021
(73rd)
[12]
Gillian Anderson Margaret Thatcher The Crown "Favourites" Netflix
Helena Bonham Carter Princess Margaret The Crown "The Hereditary Principle" Netflix
Madeline Brewer Janine Lindo The Handmaid's Tale "Testimony" Hulu
Ann Dowd Aunt Lydia "Progress"
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Hippolyta Freeman Lovecraft Country "I Am." HBO
Emerald Fennell Camilla Parker Bowles The Crown "Fairytale" Netflix
Yvonne Strahovski Serena Joy Waterford The Handmaid's Tale "Home" Hulu
Samira Wiley Moira Strand "Vows"
2022
(74th)
[13]
Julia Garner Ruth Langmore Ozark "Sanctified" Netflix
Patricia Arquette Harmony Cobel Severance "What's for Dinner?" Apple TV+
HoYeon Jung Kang Sae-byeok Squid Game "Gganbu" Netflix
Christina Ricci Misty Quigley Yellowjackets "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" Showtime
Rhea Seehorn Kim Wexler Better Call Saul "Hit and Run" AMC
J. Smith-Cameron Gerri Kellman Succession "The Disruption" HBO
Sarah Snook Siobhan "Shiv" Roy "Chiantishire"
Sydney Sweeney Cassandra "Cassie" Howard Euphoria "Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys"
2023
(75th)
[14]
Jennifer Coolidge Tanya McQuoid-Hunt The White Lotus "Arrivederci" HBO
Elizabeth Debicki Princess Diana The Crown "Couple 31" Netflix
Meghann Fahy Daphne Sullivan The White Lotus "Arrivederci" HBO
Sabrina Impacciatore Valentina "Abductions"
Aubrey Plaza Harper Spiller "That's Amore"
Rhea Seehorn Kim Wexler Better Call Saul "Waterworks" AMC
J. Smith-Cameron Gerri Kellman Succession "Living+" HBO
Simona Tabasco Lucia Greco The White Lotus "That's Amore"
2024
(76th)
[15]
Elizabeth Debicki Princess Diana The Crown "Dis-Moi Oui" Netflix
Christine Baranski Agnes van Rhijn The Gilded Age "In Terms of Winning and Losing" HBO
Nicole Beharie Christine Hunter The Morning Show "White Noise" Apple TV+
Greta Lee Stella Bak "The Green Light"
Lesley Manville Princess Margaret The Crown "Ritz" Netflix
Karen Pittman Mia Jordan The Morning Show "Love Island" Apple TV+
Holland Taylor Cybil Reynolds "White Noise"

Programs with multiple wins

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Programs with multiple nominations

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Performers with multiple wins

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Performers with multiple nominations

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
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