Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

For the Primetime Emmy Awards, see Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given to honor an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the daytime drama industry.

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series: Actress
Country	United States
Presented by	NATAS ATAS
First award	1979
Currently held by	Courtney Hope, The Young and the Restless, (2024)
Most awards	Two (2) wins each: Julia Barr Tamara Braun Nancy Lee Grahn Amelia Heinle Gina Tognoni
Most nominations	Five (5) nominations each: Melissa Claire Egan Nancy Lee Grahn Heather Tom
Website	theemmys.tv/daytime

At the 6th Daytime Emmy Awards held in 1979, Suzanne Rogers was the first winner of this award, for her role as Maggie Horton on Days of Our Lives.^[1][2] The awards ceremony was not aired on television in 1983 and 1984, having been criticized for voting integrity.^[3][4] Following the introduction of a new category in 1985, Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series, one criterion for this category was altered, requiring all actresses to be aged 26 or above.^[5]

Since its inception, the award has been given to 37 actresses. General Hospital is the soap opera with the most awarded actresses, with a total of nine. In 1989, Nancy Lee Grahn and Debbi Morgan made Daytime Emmy Award history when they tied in this category. Morgan also became the first African-American woman to have garnered the award. Julia Barr, Tamara Braun, Grahn, Amelia Heinle, and Gina Tognoni are the only actresses to have won the award twice. Heinle is the only one to have won it, consecutively. Grahn, Heather Tom and Melissa Claire Egan have the most nominations in this category, with a total of five. Following Sonya Eddy's passing in December 2022, she became the first posthumous winner in the category when she received the award in 2023. As of the 2024 ceremony, Courtney Hope is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Sally Spectra on The Young and the Restless.

Winners and nominees

Suzanne Rogers was the first winner, for her role as Maggie Horton on Days of Our Lives.

Jane Elliot won in 1981, and was nominated three times, for her work on General Hospital. She was also nominated in 1989 for her work on Days of Our Lives.

Jacklyn Zeman was nominated three times for her role as Bobbie Spencer on General Hospital.

Susan Haskell won in 1994 for her role as Marty Saybrooke on One Life to Live.

Rena Sofer won in 1995 for her role as Lois Cerullo on General Hospital.

Michelle Stafford was nominated once, before winning in 1997, for her role as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless.

Victoria Rowell was nominated three times for her role as Drucilla Winters on The Young and the Restless.

Tonya Lee Williams was nominated twice for her role as Olivia Barber Winters on The Young and the Restless.

Crystal Chappell won in 2002 for her role as Olivia Spencer on Guiding Light.

Kelly Ripa was nominated twice for her role as Hayley Vaughan on All My Children.

Sharon Case won in 1999 for her role as Sharon Newman on The Young and the Restless, having been nominated on two other occasions.

Maura West (left) was nominated twice for her role as Carly Tenney on As the World Turns.

Cady McClain was nominated once for he work All My Children, before winning in 2004 for her role as Rosanna Cabot on As the World Turns.

Renée Elise Goldsberry was nominated twice for her role as Evangeline Williamson on One Life to Live.

Genie Francis won in 2007 for her role as Laura Spencer on General Hospital. She was nominated once more, in 2012, for her role as Genevieve Atkinson on The Young and the Restless.

Arianne Zucker was nominated twice for her role as Nicole Walker on Days of Our Lives.

Nancy Lee Grahn won in 1989 for her role as Julia Wainwright Capwell on Santa Barbara. She was later nominated twice more, in 2000 and 2011, later winning in 2012 for her role as Alexis Davis on General Hospital.

After 26 years on the series, Katherine Kelly Lang was nominated in 2013 for her role as Brooke Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Jessica Collins was nominated in 2013, and won in 2016, for her role as Avery Bailey Clark on The Young and the Restless.

Amelia Heinle won in 2014 and 2015 for her role as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless

Kate Mansi won in 2017 for her role as Abigail Deveraux on Days of Our Lives.

Camryn Grimes won in 2018 for her role as Mariah Copeland on The Young and the Restless

Tamara Braun won the award twice: first in 2009, for her role as Ava Vitali on Days of Our Lives; and in 2020, for her role as Dr. Kim Nero on General Hospital.

Marla Adams won in 2021 (receiving a previous nomination in 2018) for her role as Dina Mergeron for on The Young and the Restless.

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner
†	Indicates a posthumous winner
*	Indicates a posthumous nominee

1970s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
1979 (6th)
	Suzanne Rogers ‡	Days of Our Lives	Maggie Horton	NBC	[6]
	Rachel Ames	General Hospital	Audrey March Hardy	ABC	[1]
	Susan Brown	General Hospital	Gail Adamson Baldwin	ABC
	Lois Kibbee	The Edge of Night	Geraldine Whitney Saxon	ABC
	Frances Reid	Days of Our Lives	Alice Horton	NBC

1980s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
1980 (7th)
	Francesca James ‡	All My Children	Kelly Cole Tyler	ABC	[7]
	Deidre Hall	Days of Our Lives	Marlena Evans	NBC	[8]
	Lois Kibbee	The Edge of Night	Geraldine Whitney Saxon	ABC
	Elaine Lee	The Doctors	Mildred Trumble	NBC
	Valerie Mahaffey	The Doctors	Ashley Bennett	NBC
1981 (8th)
	Jane Elliot ‡	General Hospital	Tracy Quartermaine	ABC	[9]
	Randall Edwards	Ryan's Hope	Delia Coleridge	ABC	[10]
	Lois Kibbee	The Edge of Night	Geraldine Saxon	ABC
	Elizabeth Lawrence	All My Children	Myra Murdoch	ABC
	Jacklyn Zeman	General Hospital	Bobbie Spencer	ABC
1982 (9th)
	Dorothy Lyman ‡	All My Children	Opal Gardner	ABC	[11]
	Elizabeth Lawrence	All My Children	Myra Murdoch	ABC	[12]
	Meg Mundy	The Doctors	Mona Aldrich Croft	NBC
	Louise Shaffer	Ryan's Hope	Rae Woodard	ABC
1983 (10th)
	Louise Shaffer ‡	Ryan's Hope	Rae Woodard	ABC	[13]
	Kim Delaney	All My Children	Jenny Gardner	ABC	[14]
	Eileen Herlie	All My Children	Myrtle Fargate	ABC
	Robin Mattson	General Hospital	Heather Webber	ABC
	Brynn Thayer	One Life to Live	Jenny Wolek	ABC
	Marcy Walker	All My Children	Liza Colby	ABC
1984 (11th)
	Judi Evans ‡	Guiding Light	Beth Raines	CBS	[15]
	Loanne Bishop	General Hospital	Rose Kelly	ABC	[16]
	Christine Ebersole	One Life to Live	Maxie McDermont	ABC
	Eileen Herlie	All My Children	Myrtle Fargate	ABC
	Lois Kibbee	The Edge of Night	Geraldine Whitney Saxon	ABC
	Marcy Walker	All My Children	Liza Colby	ABC
1985 (12th)
	Beth Maitland ‡	The Young and the Restless	Traci Abbott	CBS	[4]
	Norma Connolly	General Hospital	Ruby Anderson	ABC	[17]
	Eileen Herlie	All My Children	Myrtle Fargate	ABC
	Maeve Kinkead	Guiding Light	Vanessa Chamberlain	CBS
	Elizabeth Lawrence	All My Children	Myra Murdoch	ABC
1986 (13th)
	Leann Hunley ‡	Days of Our Lives	Anna DiMera	NBC	[18]
	Judith Anderson	Santa Barbara	Minx Lockridge	NBC	[19]
	Uta Hagen	One Life to Live	Hortense	ABC
	Eileen Herlie	All My Children	Myrtle Fargate	ABC
	Kathleen Widdoes	As the World Turns	Emma Snyder	CBS
1987 (14th)
	Kathleen Noone ‡	All My Children	Ellen Dalton	ABC	[20]
	Lisa Brown	As the World Turns	Iva Snyder	CBS	[21]
	Robin Mattson	Santa Barbara	Gina Blake Lockridge	NBC
	Peggy McCay	Days of Our Lives	Caroline Brady	NBC
	Kathleen Widdoes	As the World Turns	Emma Snyder	CBS
1988 (15th)
	Ellen Wheeler ‡	All My Children	Cindy Parker	ABC	[22]
	Lisa Brown	As the World Turns	Iva Snyder	CBS	[23]
	Eileen Fulton	As the World Turns	Lisa McColl	CBS
	Maeve Kinkead	Guiding Light	Vanessa Chamberlain	CBS
	Robin Mattson	Santa Barbara	Gina Blake Lockridge	NBC
	Arleen Sorkin	Days of Our Lives	Calliope Jones	NBC
1989 (16th)
	Nancy Lee Grahn ‡	Santa Barbara	Julia Wainwright Capwell	NBC	[24]
	Debbi Morgan ‡	All My Children	Angie Hubbard	ABC
	Jane Elliot	Days of Our Lives	Anjelica Deveraux	NBC	[25]
	Robin Mattson	Santa Barbara	Gina Blake Lockridge	NBC
	Arleen Sorkin	Days of Our Lives	Calliope Jones	NBC

1990s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
1990 (17th)
	Julia Barr ‡	All My Children	Brooke English	ABC	[26]
	Mary Jo Catlett	General Hospital	Mary Finnegan	ABC	[27]
	Michelle Forbes	Guiding Light	Sonni Carrera	CBS
	Lynn Herring	General Hospital	Lucy Coe	ABC
	Jess Walton	The Young and the Restless	Jill Abbott	CBS
1991 (18th)
	Jess Walton ‡	The Young and the Restless	Jill Abbott	CBS	[28]
	Darlene Conley	The Bold and the Beautiful	Sally Spectra	CBS	[29]
	Maureen Garrett	Guiding Light	Holly Lindsey	CBS
	Jill Larson	All My Children	Opal Cortlandt	ABC
	Kathleen Widdoes	As the World Turns	Emma Snyder	CBS
1992 (19th)
	Maeve Kinkead ‡	Guiding Light	Vanessa Chamberlain	CBS	[30]
	Darlene Conley	The Bold and the Beautiful	Sally Spectra	CBS	[31]
	Linda Dano	Another World	Felicia Gallant	NBC
	Maureen Garrett	Guiding Light	Holly Lindsey	CBS
	Lynn Herring	General Hospital	Lucy Coe	ABC
1993 (20th)
	Ellen Parker ‡	Guiding Light	Maureen Bauer	CBS	[32]
	Kimberlin Brown	The Young and the Restless	Sheila Carter	CBS	[33]
	Jane Elliot	General Hospital	Tracy Quartermaine	ABC
	Jill Larson	All My Children	Opal Cortlandt	ABC
	Tonja Walker	One Life to Live	Alex Olanov	ABC
1994 (21st)
	Susan Haskell ‡	One Life to Live	Marty Saybrooke	ABC	[34]
	Signy Coleman	The Young and the Restless	Hope Adams Wilson	CBS	[35]
	Hilary Edson	Guiding Light	Eve Guthrie	CBS
	Maureen Garrett	Guiding Light	Holly Lindsey	CBS
	Sharon Wyatt	General Hospital	Tiffany Donely	ABC
1995 (22nd)
	Rena Sofer ‡	General Hospital	Lois Cerullo	ABC	[36]
	Jean Carol	Guiding Light	Nadine Cooper	CBS	[37]
	Melina Kanakaredes	Guiding Light	Eleni Andros Cooper	CBS
	Sydney Penny	All My Children	Julia Santos	ABC
	Jacklyn Zeman	General Hospital	Bobbie Spencer	ABC
1996 (23rd)
	Anna Holbrook ‡	Another World	Sharlene Frame	NBC	[38]
	Rosalind Cash *	General Hospital	Mary Mae Ward	ABC	[39]
	Victoria Rowell	The Young and the Restless	Drucilla Winters	CBS
	Michelle Stafford	The Young and the Restless	Phyllis Summers Romalotti	CBS
	Tonya Lee Williams	The Young and the Restless	Olivia Barber Hastings	CBS
1997 (24th)
	Michelle Stafford ‡	The Young and the Restless	Phyllis Summers Romalotti	CBS	[40]
	Eva LaRue	All My Children	Maria Santos Grey	ABC	[41]
	Vanessa Marcil	General Hospital	Brenda Barrett	ABC
	Victoria Rowell	The Young and the Restless	Drucilla Winters	CBS
	Jacklyn Zeman	General Hospital	Bobbie Spencer	ABC
1998 (25th)
	Julia Barr ‡	All My Children	Brooke English	ABC	[42]
	Amy Carlson	Another World	Josie Watts	NBC	[43]
	Amy Ecklund	Guiding Light	Abigail Blume	CBS
	Vanessa Marcil	General Hospital	Brenda Barrett	ABC
	Victoria Rowell	The Young and the Restless	Drucilla Winters	CBS
1999 (26th)
	Sharon Case ‡	The Young and the Restless	Sharon Newman	CBS	[44]
	Jennifer Bassey	All My Children	Marian Colby	ABC	[45]
	Beth Ehlers	Guiding Light	Harley Cooper	CBS
	Kathleen Noone	Sunset Beach	Bette Katzenkazrahi	NBC
	Kelly Ripa	All My Children	Hayley Vaughan	ABC

2000s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
2000 (27th)
	Sarah Joy Brown ‡	General Hospital	Carly Benson	ABC	[46]
	Sharon Case	The Young and the Restless	Sharon Newman	CBS	[47]
	Patrika Darbo	Days of Our Lives	Nancy Wesley	NBC
	Nancy Lee Grahn	General Hospital	Alexis Davis	ABC
	Tonya Lee Williams	The Young and the Restless	Olivia Barber Hastings	CBS
2001 (28th)
	Lesli Kay ‡	As the World Turns	Molly Conlan	CBS	[48]
	Rebecca Budig	All My Children	Greenlee Smythe	ABC	[49]
	Cady McClain	All My Children	Dixie Cooney	ABC
	Maura West	As the World Turns	Carly Tenney	CBS
	Colleen Zenk Pinter	As the World Turns	Barbara Ryan	CBS
2002 (29th)
	Crystal Chappell ‡	Guiding Light	Olivia Spencer	CBS	[50]
	Beth Ehlers	Guiding Light	Harley Cooper	CBS	[51]
	Kelley Menighan Hensley	As the World Turns	Emily Stewart	CBS
	Kelly Ripa	All My Children	Hayley Vaughan	ABC
	Maura West	As the World Turns	Carly Tenney	CBS
2003 (30th)
	Vanessa Marcil ‡	General Hospital	Brenda Barrett	ABC	[52]
	Rebecca Budig	All My Children	Greenlee Smythe	ABC	[53]
	Robin Christopher	General Hospital	Skye Chandler	ABC
	Linda Dano	One Life to Live	Rae Cummings	ABC
	Cady McClain	As the World Turns	Rosanna Cabot	CBS
	Kelly Monaco	Port Charles	Livvie Locke/Tess Ramsey	ABC
2004 (31st)
	Cady McClain ‡	As the World Turns	Rosanna Cabot	CBS	[54]
	Kathy Brier	One Life to Live	Marcie Walsh	ABC	[55]
	Sharon Case	The Young and the Restless	Sharon Newman	CBS
	Ilene Kristen	One Life to Live	Roxy Balsom	ABC
	Heather Tom	The Young and the Restless	Victoria Newman	CBS
2005 (32nd)
	Natalia Livingston ‡	General Hospital	Emily Quartermaine	ABC	[56]
	Crystal Chappell	Guiding Light	Olivia Spencer	CBS	[57]
	Robin Christopher	General Hospital	Skye Chandler	ABC
	Jeanne Cooper	The Young and the Restless	Katherine Chancellor	CBS
	Ilene Kristen	One Life to Live	Roxy Balsom	ABC
	Heather Tom	One Life to Live	Kelly Cramer	ABC
2006 (33rd)
	Gina Tognoni ‡	Guiding Light	Dinah Marler	CBS	[58]
	Tracey E. Bregman	The Young and the Restless	Lauren Fenmore	CBS	[59]
	Crystal Chappell	Guiding Light	Olivia Spencer	CBS
	Jennifer Ferrin	As the World Turns	Jennifer Munson	CBS
	Renée Elise Goldsberry	One Life to Live	Evangeline Williamson	ABC
2007 (34th)
	Genie Francis ‡	General Hospital	Laura Spencer	ABC	[60]
	Renée Elise Goldsberry	One Life to Live	Evangeline Williamson	ABC	[61]
	Rebecca Herbst	General Hospital	Elizabeth Webber	ABC
	Lesli Kay	The Bold and the Beautiful	Felicia Forrester	CBS
	Gina Tognoni	Guiding Light	Dinah Marler	CBS
	Heather Tom	One Life to Live	Kelly Cramer	ABC
2008 (35th)
	Gina Tognoni ‡	Guiding Light	Dinah Marler	CBS	[62]
	Tracey E. Bregman	The Young and the Restless	Lauren Fenmore Baldwin	CBS	[63]
	Judi Evans	Days of Our Lives	Bonnie Lockhart/Adrienne Johnson	NBC
	Kelley Menighan Hensley	As the World Turns	Emily Stewart	CBS
	Heather Tom	The Bold and the Beautiful	Katie Logan	CBS
2009 (36th)
	Tamara Braun ‡	Days of Our Lives	Ava Vitali	NBC	[64]
	Melissa Claire Egan	All My Children	Annie Lavery	ABC	[65]
	Alicia Minshew	All My Children	Kendall Hart	ABC
	Julie Pinson	As the World Turns	Janet Ciccone Snyder	CBS
	Bree Williamson	One Life to Live	Jessica Buchanan	ABC

2010s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
2010 (37th)
	Julie Pinson ‡	As the World Turns	Janet Ciccone Snyder	CBS	[66]
	Beth Chamberlin	Guiding Light	Beth Raines	CBS	[67]
	Carolyn Hennesy	General Hospital	Diane Miller	ABC
	Bree Williamson	One Life to Live	Jessica Buchanan	ABC
	Arianne Zucker	Days of Our Lives	Nicole Walker	NBC
2011 (38th)
	Heather Tom ‡	The Bold and the Beautiful	Katie Logan Spencer	CBS	[68]
	Tricia Cast	The Young and the Restless	Nina Webster	CBS	[69]
	Melissa Claire Egan	All My Children	Annie Chandler	ABC
	Nancy Lee Grahn	General Hospital	Alexis Davis	ABC
	Julie Pinson	As the World Turns	Janet Ciccone	CBS
	Bree Williamson	One Life to Live	Jessica Buchanan	ABC
2012 (39th)
	Nancy Lee Grahn ‡	General Hospital	Alexis Davis	ABC	[70]
	Melissa Claire Egan	All My Children	Annie Chandler	ABC	[71]
	Genie Francis	The Young and the Restless	Genevieve Atkinson	CBS
	Elizabeth Hendrickson	The Young and the Restless	Chloe Mitchell	CBS
	Rebecca Herbst	General Hospital	Elizabeth Webber	ABC
2013 (40th)
	Julie Marie Berman ‡	General Hospital	Lulu Spencer	ABC	[72]
	Melissa Claire Egan	The Young and the Restless	Chelsea Newman	CBS	[73]
	Jessica Collins	The Young and the Restless	Avery Bailey Clark	CBS
	Katherine Kelly Lang	The Bold and the Beautiful	Brooke Logan	CBS
	Arianne Zucker	Days of Our Lives	Nicole Walker	NBC
2014 (41st)
	Amelia Heinle ‡	The Young and the Restless	Victoria Newman	CBS	[74]
	Melissa Claire Egan	The Young and the Restless	Chelsea Newman	CBS	[75]
	Jane Elliot	General Hospital	Tracy Quartermaine	ABC
	Elizabeth Hendrickson	The Young and the Restless	Chloe Fisher	CBS
	Kelly Sullivan	General Hospital	Connie Falconeri	ABC
2015 (42nd)
	Amelia Heinle ‡	The Young and the Restless	Victoria Newman	CBS	[76]
	Linsey Godfrey	The Bold and the Beautiful	Caroline Spencer	CBS	[77]
	Elizabeth Hendrickson	The Young and the Restless	Chloe Fisher	CBS
	Finola Hughes	General Hospital	Anna Devane	ABC
	Lisa LoCicero	General Hospital	Olivia Falconeri	ABC
2016 (43rd)
	Jessica Collins ‡	The Young and the Restless	Avery Bailey Clark	CBS	[78]
	Lauralee Bell	The Young and the Restless	Christine Williams	CBS	[79]
	Linsey Godfrey	The Bold and the Beautiful	Caroline Spencer	CBS
	Peggy McCay	Days of Our Lives	Caroline Brady	NBC
	Melissa Reeves	Days of Our Lives	Jennifer Horton	NBC
2017 (44th)
	Kate Mansi ‡	Days of Our Lives	Abigail Deveraux	NBC	[80]
	Stacy Haiduk	The Young and the Restless	Patty Williams	CBS	[81]
	Anna Maria Horsford	The Bold and the Beautiful	Vivienne Avant	CBS
	Finola Hughes	General Hospital	Anna Devane	ABC
	Kelly Sullivan	The Young and the Restless	Sage Warner	CBS
2018 (45th)
	Camryn Grimes ‡	The Young and the Restless	Mariah Copeland	CBS	[82]
	Marla Adams	The Young and the Restless	Dina Abbott Mergeron	CBS	[83]
	Susan Seaforth Hayes	Days of Our Lives	Julie Olson Williams	NBC
	Elizabeth Hendrickson	The Young and the Restless	Chloe Fisher	CBS
	Jacqueline MacInnes Wood	The Bold and the Beautiful	Steffy Forrester	CBS
	Mishael Morgan	The Young and the Restless	Hilary Curtis	CBS
2019 (46th)
	Vernee Watson ‡	General Hospital	Stella Henry	ABC	[84]
	Kassie DePaiva	Days of Our Lives	Eve Donovan	NBC	[85]
	Linsey Godfrey	Days of Our Lives	Sarah Horton	NBC
	Martha Madison	Days of Our Lives	Belle Black	NBC
	Beth Maitland	The Young and the Restless	Traci Abbott	CBS
	Mishael Morgan	The Young and the Restless	Hilary Curtis	CBS

2020s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network	Ref.
2020 (47th)
	Tamara Braun ‡	General Hospital	Dr. Kim Nero	ABC	[86]
	Rebecca Budig	General Hospital	Hayden Barnes	ABC	[87]
	Susan Seaforth Hayes	Days of Our Lives	Julie Olson Williams	NBC
	Christel Khalil	The Young and the Restless	Lily Winters	CBS
	Annika Noelle	The Bold and the Beautiful	Hope Logan	CBS
2021 (48th)
	Marla Adams ‡	The Young and the Restless	Dina Mergeron	CBS	[88]
	Tamara Braun	Days of Our Lives	Ava Vitali	NBC	[89]
	Carolyn Hennesy	General Hospital	Diane Miller	ABC
	Briana Nicole Henry	General Hospital	Jordan Ashford	ABC
	Courtney Hope	The Bold and the Beautiful	Sally Spectra	CBS
2022 (49th)
	Kelly Thiebaud ‡	General Hospital	Dr. Britt Westbourne	ABC	[90]
	Kimberlin Brown	The Bold and the Beautiful	Sheila Carter	CBS	[91]
	Nancy Lee Grahn	General Hospital	Alexis Davis	ABC
	Stacy Haiduk	Days of Our Lives	Kristen DiMera	NBC
	Melissa Ordway	The Young and the Restless	Abby Newman	CBS
2023 (50th)
	Sonya Eddy †	General Hospital	Epiphany Johnson	ABC	[92]
	Krista Allen	The Bold and the Beautiful	Dr. Taylor Hayes	CBS	[93]
	Stacy Haiduk	Days of Our Lives	Kristen DiMera	NBC/Peacock
	Brook Kerr	General Hospital	Dr. Portia Robinson	ABC
	Kelly Thiebaud	General Hospital	Dr. Britt Westbourne	ABC
2024 (51st)
	Courtney Hope ‡	The Young and the Restless	Sally Spectra	CBS	[94]
	Jennifer Gareis	The Bold and the Beautiful	Donna Logan	CBS	[95]
	Linsey Godfrey	Days of Our Lives	Sarah Horton	Peacock
	Allison Lanier	The Young and the Restless	Summer Newman Abbott	CBS
	Emily O'Brien	Days of Our Lives	Gwen Rizczech	Peacock
2025 (52nd)	*Winner will be announced on October 17, 2025				[96]
	Linsey Godfrey	Days of Our Lives	Sarah Horton	Peacock
	Courtney Hope	The Young and the Restless	Sally Spectra	CBS
	Kate Mansi	General Hospital	Kristina Corinthos Davis	ABC
	Emily O'Brien	Days of Our Lives	Theresa Donovan	Peacock
	Susan Walters	The Young and the Restless	Diane Jenkins Abbott	CBS

Performers with multiple wins

Julia Barr is one of the actresses who has received the award more than once, winning twice for her role as Brooke English on All My Children. The following individuals received two or more wins in this category: 2 wins Julia Barr Tamara Braun Nancy Lee Grahn Amelia Heinle Gina Tognoni

Performers with multiple nominations

Heather Tom is one of the actresses with the most nominations in this category. She was nominated for her roles on The Young and the Restless and One Life to Live, before receiving a nomination in 2008 and winning in 2011 for her role as Katie Logan Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Melissa Claire Egan is one of the actress with the most nominations in this category. She was nominated three times for her role as Annie Lavery on All My Children and twice for her role as Chelsea Newman on The Young and the Restless

The following individuals received two or more nominations in this category:

5 nominations

• Melissa Claire Egan
• Linsey Godfrey
• Nancy Lee Grahn
• Heather Tom

4 nominations

• Jane Elliot
• Elizabeth Hendrickson
• Lois Kibbee
• Robin Mattson

3 nominations

• Tamara Braun
• Rebecca Budig
• Sharon Case
• Crystal Chappell
• Robin Christopher
• Maureen Garrett
• Stacy Haiduk
• Eileen Herlie
• Courtney Hope
• Maeve Kinkead
• Elizabeth Lawrence
• Vanessa Marcil
• Cady McClain
• Julie Pinson
• Victoria Rowell
• Gina Tognoni
• Kathleen Widdoes
• Bree Williamson
• Jacklyn Zeman

2 nominations

• Marla Adams
• Julia Barr
• Kimberlin Brown
• Lisa Brown
• Tracey E. Bregman
• Jessica Collins
• Darlene Conley
• Linda Dano
• Beth Ehlers
• Judi Evans
• Genie Francis
• Renée Elise Goldsberry
• Amelia Heinle
• Carolyn Hennesy
• Kate Mansi
• Kelley Menighan Hensley
• Rebecca Herbst
• Lynn Herring
• Finola Hughes
• Melina Kanakaredes
• Lesli Kay
• Ilene Kristen
• Jill Larson
• Beth Maitland
• Peggy McCay
• Mishael Morgan
• Emily O'Brien
• Kelly Ripa
• Melissa Reeves
• Louise Shaffer
• Arleen Sorkin
• Kelly Sullivan
• Kelly Thiebaud
• Jess Walton
• Maura West
• Tonya Lee Williams
• Arianne Zucker

Series with most awards

12 nomintations

• General Hospital

10 nomintations

• The Young & the Restless

7 nomintations

• All My Children

6 nominations

• Guiding Light

4 nominations

• Days of our Lives

3 nominations

• As the World Turns