Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television

The Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television is presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, honoring the work of actresses in science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction on television.

Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
Awarded for	Best performance of the year by a female in a supporting role in a genre television series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
First award	1999
Currently held by	Jeri Ryan for Star Trek: Picard (2022/2023)
Website	www.saturnawards.org

Melissa McBride, the only consecutive two-time winner in the category and holds the record for most nominations for an actress with eight total.

The Walking Dead holds the record for the most wins in the category with six (from 18 total nominations), with four different actresses receiving the award, including Danai Gurira and Melissa McBride who, along with Star Trek actress Jeri Ryan, are the only people to have won the award twice. Laurie Holden was the first actress from the series to receive the award, and Lauren Cohan currently holds the network/cable version of the award. Emily Kinney and Tovah Feldshuh also received nominations.

As of the 47th Saturn Awards in 2022, the award is known as Best Supporting Actress in a Network or Cable Television Series and features a sister category: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Television Series.

(NOTE: Year refers to year of eligibility, the actual ceremonies are held the following year.).

The winners are listed in bold.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Actress	Television Program	Network	Character
1999 (26th)	Justina Vail	Seven Days	UPN	Dr. Olga Vukavitch
	Charisma Carpenter	Angel	The WB	Cordelia Chase
	Virginia Hey	Farscape	Sci-Fi	Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan
	Heather Matarazzo	Now and Again	CBS	Heather Wiseman
	Jeri Ryan	Star Trek: Voyager	UPN	Seven of Nine
	Amanda Tapping	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Samantha Carter

2000s

Year	Actress	Television Program	Network	Character
2000 (27th)	Jeri Ryan	Star Trek: Voyager	UPN	Seven of Nine
	Alyson Hannigan	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Willow Rosenberg
	Katherine Heigl	Roswell		Isabel Evans
	Juliet Landau	Angel		Drusilla
	Amanda Tapping	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Samantha Carter
	Michelle Trachtenberg	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Dawn Summers
2001 (28th)	Jolene Blalock	Enterprise	UPN	Sub-Commander T'Pol
	Gigi Edgley	Farscape	Sci-Fi	Chiana
	Annabeth Gish	The X-Files	Fox	Monica Reyes
	Alyson Hannigan	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Willow Rosenberg
	Amanda Tapping	Stargate SG-1	Showtime	Samantha Carter
	Michelle Trachtenberg	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The WB	Dawn Summers
2002 (29th)	Alyson Hannigan	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	UPN	Willow Rosenberg
	Amy Acker	Angel	The WB	Winifred "Fred" Burkle
	Jolene Blalock	Enterprise	UPN	Sub-Commander T'Pol
	Heather Donahue	Taken	Sci-Fi	Mary Crawford
	Dakota Fanning			Allie Keys
	Michelle Trachtenberg	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	UPN	Dawn Summers
2003 (30th)	Amy Acker	Angel	The WB	Winifred "Fred" Burkle
	Jolene Blalock	Star Trek: Enterprise	UPN	Sub-Commander T'Pol
	Charisma Carpenter	Angel	The WB	Cordelia Chase
	Victoria Pratt	Mutant X	Syndicated	Shalimar Fox
	Katee Sackhoff	Battlestar Galactica (miniseries)	Sci-Fi	Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
	Amanda Tapping	Stargate SG-1		Samantha Carter
2004 (31st)	Amanda Tapping	Stargate SG-1	Sci-Fi	Major/Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
	Amy Acker	Angel	The WB	Winifred "Fred" Burkle / Illyria
	Erica Durance	Smallville		Lois Lane
	Torri Higginson	Stargate Atlantis	Sci-Fi	Dr. Elizabeth Weir
	Samantha Mathis	Salem's Lot	TNT	Susan Norton
	Sonya Walger	The Librarian: Quest for the Spear		Nicole Noone
2005 (32nd)	Katee Sackhoff	Battlestar Galactica (TV series)	Sci-Fi	Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
	Catherine Bell	The Triangle	Sci-Fi	Emily Patterson
	Claudia Black	Stargate SG-1		Vala Mal Doran
	Erica Durance	Smallville	The WB	Lois Lane
	Allison Mack			Chloe Sullivan
	Michelle Rodriguez	Lost	ABC	Ana Lucia Cortez
2006 (33rd)	Hayden Panettiere	Heroes	NBC	Claire Bennet
	Gabrielle Anwar	The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines	TNT	Emily Davenport
	Jennifer Carpenter	Dexter	Showtime	Debra Morgan
	Ali Larter	Heroes	NBC	Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders
	Allison Mack	Smallville	The CW	Chloe Sullivan
	Elizabeth Mitchell	Lost	ABC	Juliet Burke
2007 (34th)	Summer Glau	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Fox	Cameron Phillips
	Elizabeth Mitchell	Lost	ABC	Juliet Burke
	Jaimie Alexander	Kyle XY	Freeform	Jessi
	Jennifer Carpenter	Dexter	Showtime	Debra Morgan
	Jaime Murray			Lila Tournay
	Hayden Panettiere	Heroes	NBC	Claire Bennet
2008 (35th)	Jennifer Carpenter	Dexter	Showtime	Debra Morgan
	Summer Glau	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Fox	Cameron Phillips
	Yunjin Kim	Lost	ABC	Sun Kwon
	Elizabeth Mitchell			Juliet Burke
	Hayden Panettiere	Heroes	NBC	Claire Bennet
	Katee Sackhoff	Battlestar Galactica (TV series)	Sci-Fi	Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
2009 (36th)	Julie Benz	Dexter	Showtime	Rita Morgan
	Morena Baccarin	V	ABC	Anna
	Gina Bellman	Leverage	TNT	Sophie Devereaux
	Jennifer Carpenter	Dexter	Showtime	Debra Morgan
	Elizabeth Mitchell	Lost	ABC	Juliet Burke
	Hayden Panettiere	Heroes	NBC	Claire Bennet

2010s

Year	Actress	Television Program	Network	Character
2010 (37th)	Lucy Lawless	Spartacus: Blood and Sand	Starz	Lucretia
	Morena Baccarin	V	ABC	Anna
	Gina Bellman	Leverage	TNT	Sophie Devereaux
	Jennifer Carpenter	Dexter	Showtime	Debra Morgan
	Laurie Holden	The Walking Dead	AMC	Andrea
	Beth Riesgraf	Leverage	TNT	Parker
2011 (38th)	Michelle Forbes	The Killing	AMC	Mitch Larsen
	Lauren Ambrose	Torchwood: Miracle Day	Starz	Jilly Kitzinger
	Jennifer Carpenter	Dexter	Showtime	Debra Morgan
	Frances Conroy	American Horror Story: Murder House	FX	Moira O'Hara
	Lana Parrilla	Once Upon a Time	ABC	Evil Queen / Regina Mills
	Beth Riesgraf	Leverage	TNT	Parker
2012 (39th)	Laurie Holden	The Walking Dead	AMC	Andrea
	Jennifer Carpenter	Dexter	Showtime	Debra Morgan
	Sarah Carter	Falling Skies	TNT	Margaret
	Anna Gunn	Breaking Bad	AMC	Skyler White
	Jessica Lange	American Horror Story: Asylum	FX	Sister Jude Martin
	Beth Riesgraf	Leverage	TNT	Parker
2013 (40th)	Melissa McBride	The Walking Dead	AMC	Carol Peletier
	Kathy Bates	American Horror Story: Coven	FX	Madame Delphine LaLaurie
	Sarah Carter	Falling Skies	TNT	Margaret
	Gwendoline Christie	Game of Thrones	HBO	Brienne of Tarth
	Michelle Fairley			Catelyn Stark
	Elizabeth Mitchell	Revolution	NBC	Rachel Matheson
2014 (41st)	Melissa McBride	The Walking Dead	AMC	Carol Peletier
	Emilia Clarke	Game of Thrones	HBO	Daenerys Targaryen
	Jenna Coleman	Doctor Who	BBC America	Clara Oswald
	Caroline Dhavernas	Hannibal	NBC	Dr. Alana Bloom
	Lexa Doig	Continuum	Syfy	Sonya Valentine
	Emily Kinney	The Walking Dead	AMC	Beth Greene
2015 (42nd)	Danai Gurira	The Walking Dead	AMC	Michonne
	Gillian Anderson	Hannibal	NBC	Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier
	Tovah Feldshuh	The Walking Dead	AMC	Deanna Monroe
	Calista Flockhart	Supergirl	CBS	Cat Grant
	Lena Headey	Game of Thrones	HBO	Cersei Lannister
	Melissa Leo	Wayward Pines	Fox	Pamela "Pam" Pilcher
	Melissa McBride	The Walking Dead	AMC	Carol Peletier
2016 (43rd)	Candice Patton	The Flash	The CW	Iris West
	Kathy Bates	American Horror Story: Roanoke	FX	Agnes Mary Winstead Thomasin 'The Butcher' White
	Danai Gurira	The Walking Dead	AMC	Michonne
	Melissa McBride			Carol Peletier
	Thandie Newton	Westworld	HBO	Maeve Millay
	Adina Porter	American Horror Story: Roanoke	FX	Lee Harris
	Evan Rachel Wood	Westworld	HBO	Dolores Abernathy
2017 (44th)	Rhea Seehorn	Better Call Saul	AMC	Kimberly "Kim" Wexler
	Odette Annable	Supergirl	The CW	Samantha Arias / Reign
	Dakota Fanning	The Alienist	TNT	Sara Howard
	Danai Gurira	The Walking Dead	AMC	Michonne
	Melissa McBride			Carol Peletier
	Candice Patton	The Flash	The CW	Iris West
	Adina Porter	American Horror Story: Cult	FX	Beverly Hope
	Krysten Ritter	The Defenders	Netflix	Jessica Jones
2018/2019 (45th)	Danai Gurira	The Walking Dead	AMC	Michonne
	Gwendoline Christie	Game of Thrones	HBO	Brienne of Tarth
	Lena Headey			Cersei Lannister
	Melissa McBride	The Walking Dead	AMC	Carol Peletier
	Rhea Seehorn	Better Call Saul		Kimberly "Kim" Wexler
	Sophie Skelton	Outlander	Starz	Brianna Randall
	Sophie Turner	Game of Thrones	HBO	Sansa Stark
2019/2020 (46th)	Danielle Panabaker	The Flash	The CW	Dr. Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost
	Natasia Demetriou	What We Do in the Shadows	FX	Nadja
	Cynthia Erivo	The Outsider	HBO	Holly Gibney
	Melissa McBride	The Walking Dead	AMC	Carol Peletier
	Colby Minifie	Fear The Walking Dead		Virginia
	Sophie Skelton	Outlander	Starz	Brianna Randall
	Tessa Thompson	Westworld	HBO	Charlotte Hale

2020s

Year	Actress	Television Program	Network	Character
2021/2022 (50th)
	Network/Cable
	Lauren Cohan	The Walking Dead	AMC	Maggie Greene
	Emmanuelle Chriqui	Superman & Lois	The CW	Lana Lang
	Janina Gavankar	Big Sky	ABC	Ren
	Julia Jones	Dexter: New Blood	Showtime	Angela Bishop
	Melissa McBride	The Walking Dead	AMC	Carol Peletier
	Danielle Panabaker	The Flash	The CW	Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost
	Sophie Skelton	Outlander	Starz	Brianna Fraser
	Streaming
	Moses Ingram	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Disney+	Reva Sevander / Third Sister
	Patricia Arquette	Severance	Apple TV+	Harmony Cobel
	Danielle Brooks	Peacemaker	HBO Max	Leota Adebayo
	Jess Bush	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Paramount+	Christine Chapel
	Nell Tiger Free	Servant	Apple TV+	Leanne Grayson
	Kathryn Hahn	WandaVision	Disney+	Agatha Harkness / Agnes
	Aleyse Shannon	Leverage: Redemption	Amazon Freevee	Breanna Casey
2022/2023 (51st)	Jeri Ryan	Star Trek: Picard	Paramount+	Seven of Nine
	Jess Bush	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Paramount+	Christine Chapel
	Celia Rose Gooding			Nyota Uhura
	Genevieve O'Reilly	Andor	Disney+	Mon Mothma
	Katee Sackhoff	The Mandalorian		Bo-Katan Kryze
	Sophie Skelton	Outlander	Starz	Brianna "Bree" Randall Fraser
	Rebecca Wisocky	Ghosts	CBS	Henrietta "Hetty" Woodstone
2023/2024 (52nd)	Cristin Milioti	The Penguin	Max	Sofia Falcone
	Jennifer Connelly	Dark Matter	Apple TV+	Daniela Dessen
	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Fargo	FX	Lorraine Lyon
	Pollyanna McIntosh	The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live	AMC	Jadis Stokes/Anne
	Elizabeth Saunders	From	MGM+	Donna Raines
	Anna Sawai	Monarch: Legacy of Monsters	Apple TV+	Cate Randa
	Rebecca Wisocky	Ghosts	CBS	Henrietta "Hetty Woodstone

Multiple nominations

8 nominations

• Melissa McBride

7 nominations

• Jennifer Carpenter

5 nominations

• Elizabeth Mitchell
• Amanda Tapping

4 nominations

• Danai Gurira
• Hayden Panettiere
• Katee Sackhoff
• Sophie Skelton

3 nominations

• Amy Acker
• Jolene Blalock
• Alyson Hannigan
• Candice Patton
• Beth Riesgraf
• Jeri Ryan
• Michelle Trachtenberg

2 nominations

• Morena Baccarin
• Kathy Bates
• Gina Bellman
• Charisma Carpenter
• Sarah Carter
• Gwendoline Christie
• Erica Durance
• Dakota Fanning
• Summer Glau
• Lena Headey
• Laurie Holden
• Allison Mack
• Danielle Panabaker
• Adina Porter
• Rhea Seehorn

Multiple wins

2 wins

• Danai Gurira
• Melissa McBride (consecutive)
• Jeri Ryan

See also

• Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Streaming Presentation

External links

• Official site
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