Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

For the Daytime Emmy Award, see Daytime 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 1970, 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:

• # – Indicates a performance in a miniseries or television film, prior to the category's creation in 1975
• § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation in 1975

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The 2024 recipient: Elizabeth Debicki
Awarded for	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award	1954
Currently held by	Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown (2024)
Website	emmys.com

Winners and nominations

1950s

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year	Actress	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
2010 (62nd) [1]
	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) [2]
	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) [3]
	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) [6]
	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) [7]
	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) [8]
	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) [9]
	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

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+
	Jung Ho-yeon	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"
2025 (77th) [16]
	Patricia Arquette	Harmony Cobel	Severance	"Sweet Vitirol"	Apple TV+
	Carrie Coon	Laurie Duffy	The White Lotus	"Amor Fati"	HBO
	Katherine LaNasa	Dana Evans	The Pitt	"9:00 P.M."	HBO Max
	Julianne Nicholson	Samantha "Sinatra" Redmond	Paradise	"Sinatra"	Hulu
	Parker Posey	Victoria Ratliff	The White Lotus	"Full-Moon Party"	HBO
	Natasha Rothwell	Belinda Lindsey		"Amor Fati"
	Aimee Lou Wood	Chelsea

Programs with multiple wins

4 wins

• Lou Grant (3 consecutive)

3 wins

• Ozark (2 consecutive)
• St. Elsewhere (2 consecutive)
• The Waltons (2 consecutive)
• The West Wing (consecutive)

2 wins

• Breaking Bad (consecutive)
• Caesar's Hour
• The Crown
• Downton Abbey
• Family
• Hill Street Blues (consecutive)
• Huff (consecutive)
• The Practice (consecutive)
• thirtysomething (consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

13 nominations

• Hill Street Blues

12 nominations

• Game of Thrones

11 nominations

• Lou Grant
• The West Wing

10 nominations

• Grey's Anatomy
• The Handmaid's Tale
• L.A. Law
• NYPD Blue
• St. Elsewhere

9 nominations

• The Good Wife
• The White Lotus

8 nominations

• The Crown
• ER

7 nominations

• Downton Abbey
• Mad Men

6 nominations

• Judging Amy
• The Sopranos

5 nominations

• Family
• The Practice
• thirtysomething
• The Waltons

4 nominations

• I Love Lucy
• Mannix
• The Morning Show
• Northern Exposure
• Succession
• Trapper John, M.D.

3 nominations

• Ben Casey
• The Bob Cummings Show
• Breaking Bad
• Caesar's Hour
• China Beach
• In Treatment
• Ironside
• The Jackie Gleason Show
• McMillan & Wife
• The Name of the Game
• Ozark
• Six Feet Under
• Upstairs, Downstairs
• Westworld

2 nominations

• 24
• Arrest and Trial
• Better Call Saul
• Big Little Lies
• Boston Legal
• Brothers & Sisters
• Christy
• Damages
• The Dick Van Dyke Show
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
• Huff
• I'll Fly Away
• Killing Eve
• Make Room for Daddy
• Marcus Welby, M.D.
• Mister Peepers
• Moonlighting
• Orange Is the New Black
• Perry Mason
• Peter Gunn
• Peyton Place
• Reasonable Doubts
• Severance
• Stranger Things
• Touched by an Angel
• Twin Peaks

Performers with multiple wins

4 wins Nancy Marchand (3 consecutive) 3 wins Ellen Corby (2 consecutive) Julia Garner (2 consecutive) 2 wins Bonnie Bartlett (consecutive) Tyne Daly Blythe Danner (consecutive) Anna Gunn (consecutive) Allison Janney (consecutive) Kristy McNichol Maggie Smith

Performers with multiple nominations

8 nominations Tyne Daly 7 nominations Christine Baranski Nancy Marchand Betty Thomas 6 nominations Barbara Bosson Stockard Channing Christina Hendricks 5 nominations Ellen Corby Lena Headey Linda Kelsey Sandra Oh Christina Pickles 4 nominations Gail Fisher Susan Ruttan Madge Sinclair Maggie Smith Chandra Wilson 3 nominations Barbara Anderson Bonnie Bartlett Emilia Clarke Kim Delaney Ann Dowd Joanne Froggatt Julia Garner Rachel Griffiths Anna Gunn Marg Helgenberger Sharon Lawrence Melanie Mayron Kristy McNichol Thandiwe Newton Gail O'Grady Archie Panjabi Susan Saint James Holland Taylor Nancy Walker Samira Wiley 2 nominations Uzo Aduba Mary Alice Lauren Ambrose Patricia Arquette Angela Baddeley Barbara Barrie Meredith Baxter Allyce Beasley Candice Bergen Helena Bonham Carter Millie Bobby Brown Rose Byrne Blythe Danner Elizabeth Debicki Cynthia Geary Barbara Hale Laura Innes Allison Janney Piper Laurie Kay Lenz Camryn Manheim Julianna Margulies Janel Moloney Diana Muldaur CCH Pounder Della Reese Gloria Reuben Doris Roberts Rhea Seehorn Fiona Shaw J. Smith-Cameron Sarah Snook Yvonne Strahovski Maura Tierney Aida Turturro Elena Verdugo Dianne Wiest Maisie Williams

See also

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film

Notes

1. Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories