Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest female acting achievement in a comedy series. Actresses are eligible for the award whether they appear in leading or supporting roles in their respective programs.

SAG Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series
The 2024 recipient: Jean Smart
Awarded for	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Location	Los Angeles, California
Presented by	SAG-AFTRA
Currently held by	Jean Smart for Hacks (2024)
Website	sagawards.org

Julia Louis-Dreyfus holds the record for both the most wins (5) and nominations (12). She won twice for playing Elaine Benes in Seinfeld (1996, 1997) and thrice for playing Selina Meyer in Veep (2013, 2016, 2017). Tina Fey has earned four wins for her role as Liz Lemon in 30 Rock. Actresses who received seven nominations include Edie Falco, Tina Fey and Megan Mullally.

Winners and nominees

Helen Hunt won for Mad About You (1994)

Christine Baranski won for Cybill (1995)

Tracey Ullman won for Tracey Takes On... (1998)

Lisa Kudrow won playing Phoebe Buffay in Friends (1999)

Sarah Jessica Parker won for Sex and the City (2000)

Megan Mullally won thrice for Will & Grace (2001–2003)

Teri Hatcher won for Desperate Housewives (2004)

Felicity Huffman won for Desperate Housewives (2005)

America Ferrera won for Ugly Betty (2006)

Tina Fey won four times playing Liz Lemon in 30 Rock (2007–2009, 2012)

Betty White won twice for Hot in Cleveland (2010, 2011)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus won five times, twice for Elaine Benes in Seinfeld (1996, 1997), and thrice for Selina Meyer in Veep (2013, 2016–2017)

Uzo Aduba won twice for Orange is the New Black (2014–2015)

Rachel Brosnahan won for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge won for Fleabag (2019)

Catherine O'Hara won for Schitt's Creek (2020)

Jean Smart won thrice for Hacks (2021–2022)

Ayo Edebiri won for The Bear (2023)

1990s

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
1994 (1st)	Helen Hunt	Mad About You	Jamie Buchman
	Roseanne Barr	Roseanne	Roseanne Conner
	Candice Bergen	Murphy Brown	Murphy Brown
	Ellen DeGeneres	Ellen	Ellen Morgan
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Seinfeld	Elaine Benes
1995 (2nd)	Christine Baranski	Cybill	Maryann Thorpe
	Candice Bergen	Murphy Brown	Murphy Brown
	Helen Hunt	Mad About You	Jamie Buchman
	Lisa Kudrow	Friends	Phoebe Buffay
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Seinfeld	Elaine Benes
1996 (3rd)	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Seinfeld	Elaine Benes
	Christine Baranski	Cybill	Maryann Thorpe
	Ellen DeGeneres	Ellen	Ellen Morgan
	Helen Hunt	Mad About You	Jamie Buchman
	Kristen Johnston	3rd Rock from the Sun	Sally Solomon
1997 (4th)	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Seinfeld	Elaine Benes
	Kirstie Alley	Veronica's Closet	Veronica Chase
	Ellen DeGeneres	Ellen	Ellen Morgan
	Calista Flockhart	Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal
	Helen Hunt	Mad About You	Jamie Buchman
1998 (5th)	Tracey Ullman	Tracey Takes On...	Various Characters
	Calista Flockhart	Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal
	Lisa Kudrow	Friends	Phoebe Buffay
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Seinfeld	Elaine Benes
	Amy Pietz	Caroline in the City	Annie Spadaro
1999 (6th)	Lisa Kudrow	Friends	Phoebe Buffay
	Calista Flockhart	Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal
	Lucy Liu		Ling Woo
	Sarah Jessica Parker	Sex and the City	Carrie Bradshaw
	Tracey Ullman	Tracey Takes On...	Various Characters

2000s

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
2000 (7th)	Sarah Jessica Parker	Sex and the City	Carrie Bradshaw
	Calista Flockhart	Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal
	Jane Kaczmarek	Malcolm in the Middle	Lois
	Debra Messing	Will & Grace	Grace Adler
	Megan Mullally		Karen Walker
2001 (8th)	Megan Mullally	Will & Grace	Karen Walker
	Jennifer Aniston	Friends	Rachel Green
	Kim Cattrall	Sex and the City	Samantha Jones
	Patricia Heaton	Everybody Loves Raymond	Debra Barone
	Sarah Jessica Parker	Sex and the City	Carrie Bradshaw
2002 (9th)	Megan Mullally	Will & Grace	Karen Walker
	Jennifer Aniston	Friends	Rachel Green
	Kim Cattrall	Sex and the City	Samantha Jones
	Patricia Heaton	Everybody Loves Raymond	Debra Barone
	Jane Kaczmarek	Malcolm in the Middle	Lois
2003 (10th)	Megan Mullally	Will & Grace	Karen Walker
	Patricia Heaton	Everybody Loves Raymond	Debra Barone
	Lisa Kudrow	Friends	Phoebe Buffay
	Debra Messing	Will & Grace	Grace Adler
	Doris Roberts	Everybody Loves Raymond	Marie Barone
2004 (11th)	Teri Hatcher	Desperate Housewives	Susan Mayer
	Patricia Heaton	Everybody Loves Raymond	Debra Barone
	Megan Mullally	Will & Grace	Karen Walker
	Sarah Jessica Parker	Sex and the City	Carrie Bradshaw
	Doris Roberts	Everybody Loves Raymond	Marie Barone
2005 (12th)	Felicity Huffman	Desperate Housewives	Lynette Scavo
	Candice Bergen	Boston Legal	Shirley Schmidt
	Patricia Heaton	Everybody Loves Raymond	Debra Barone
	Megan Mullally	Will & Grace	Karen Walker
	Mary-Louise Parker	Weeds	Nancy Botwin
2006 (13th)	America Ferrera	Ugly Betty	Betty Suarez
	Felicity Huffman	Desperate Housewives	Lynette Scavo
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Christine Campbell
	Megan Mullally	Will & Grace	Karen Walker
	Mary-Louise Parker	Weeds	Nancy Botwin
	Jaime Pressly	My Name Is Earl	Joy Turner
2007 (14th)	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon
	Christina Applegate	Samantha Who?	Samantha Newly
	America Ferrera	Ugly Betty	Betty Suarez
	Mary-Louise Parker	Weeds	Nancy Botwin
	Vanessa Williams	Ugly Betty	Wilhelmina Slater
2008 (15th)	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon
	Christina Applegate	Samantha Who?	Samantha Newly
	America Ferrera	Ugly Betty	Betty Suarez
	Mary-Louise Parker	Weeds	Nancy Botwin
	Tracey Ullman	Tracey Ullman's State of the Union	Various Characters
2009 (16th)	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon
	Christina Applegate	Samantha Who?	Samantha Newly
	Toni Collette	The United States of Tara	Tara Gregson
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Peyton
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Christine Campbell

2010s

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
2010 (17th)	Betty White	Hot in Cleveland	Elka Ostrovsky
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Peyton
	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon
	Jane Lynch	Glee	Sue Sylvester
	Sofía Vergara	Modern Family	Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
2011 (18th)	Betty White	Hot in Cleveland	Elka Ostrovsky
	Julie Bowen	Modern Family	Claire Dunphy
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Peyton
	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon
	Sofía Vergara	Modern Family	Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
2012 (19th)	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Peyton
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope
	Sofía Vergara	Modern Family	Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
	Betty White	Hot in Cleveland	Elka Ostrovsky
2013 (20th)	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Mayim Bialik	The Big Bang Theory	Amy Farrah Fowler
	Julie Bowen	Modern Family	Claire Dunphy
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Peyton
	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon
2014 (21st)	Uzo Aduba	Orange Is the New Black	Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren
	Julie Bowen	Modern Family	Claire Dunphy
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Peyton
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope
2015 (22nd)	Uzo Aduba	Orange Is the New Black	Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Peyton
	Ellie Kemper	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Kimmy Schmidt
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope
2016 (23rd)	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Uzo Aduba	Orange Is the New Black	Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren
	Jane Fonda	Grace and Frankie	Grace Hanson
	Ellie Kemper	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Kimmy Schmidt
	Lily Tomlin	Grace and Frankie	Frankie Bergstein
2017 (24th)	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Uzo Aduba	Orange Is the New Black	Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren
	Alison Brie	GLOW	Ruth Wilder
	Jane Fonda	Grace and Frankie	Grace Hanson
	Lily Tomlin		Frankie Bergstein
2018 (25th)	Rachel Brosnahan	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Miriam "Midge" Maisel
	Alex Borstein	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Susie Myerson
	Alison Brie	GLOW	Ruth Wilder
	Jane Fonda	Grace and Frankie	Grace Hanson
	Lily Tomlin		Frankie Bergstein
2019 (26th)	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Fleabag	Fleabag
	Christina Applegate	Dead to Me	Jen Harding
	Alex Borstein	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Susie Myerson
	Rachel Brosnahan		Miriam "Midge" Maisel
	Catherine O'Hara	Schitt's Creek	Moira Rose

2020s

Year	Actress	Film	Role(s)	Ref.
2020 (27th)	Catherine O'Hara	Schitt's Creek	Moira Rose
	Christina Applegate	Dead to Me	Jen Harding
	Linda Cardellini		Judy Hale
	Kaley Cuoco	The Flight Attendant	Cassie Bowden
	Annie Murphy	Schitt's Creek	Alexis Rose
2021 (28th)	Jean Smart	Hacks	Deborah Vance
	Elle Fanning	The Great	Catherine the Great
	Sandra Oh	The Chair	Ji-Yoon Kim
	Juno Temple	Ted Lasso	Keeley Jones
	Hannah Waddingham		Rebecca Welton
2022 (29th)	Jean Smart	Hacks	Deborah Vance
	Christina Applegate	Dead to Me	Jen Harding
	Rachel Brosnahan	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Miriam "Midge" Maisel
	Quinta Brunson	Abbott Elementary	Janine Teagues
	Jenna Ortega	Wednesday	Wednesday Addams
2023 (30th)	Ayo Edebiri	The Bear	Sydney Adamu
	Alex Borstein	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Susie Myerson
	Rachel Brosnahan		Miriam "Midge" Maisel
	Quinta Brunson	Abbott Elementary	Janine Teagues
	Hannah Waddingham	Ted Lasso	Rebecca Welton
2024 (31st)	Jean Smart	Hacks	Deborah Vance
	Kristen Bell	Nobody Wants This	Joanne
	Quinta Brunson	Abbott Elementary	Janine Teagues
	Liza Colón-Zayas	The Bear	Tina Marrero
	Ayo Edebiri		Sydney Adamu

Superlatives

Superlative	Female Actor - Drama Series		Female Actor - Comedy Series		Overall
Actress with most awards	Julianna Margulies	4	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	5	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	5
Actress with most nominations	Julianna Margulies	9	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	12	Edie Falco	14
Actress with most nominations without ever winning	Kyra Sedgwick	7	Edie Falco	7	Kyra Sedgwick	7
Television program with most wins	The Crown	4	30 Rock	4	30 Rock / The Crown	4
Television program with most nominations	The Sopranos	12	Will & Grace	9	The Sopranos	12

Trivia

Multiple winners

5 wins

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus

4 wins

• Tina Fey

3 wins

• Megan Mullally
• Jean Smart

2 wins

• Uzo Aduba
• Betty White

Multiple nominees

12 nominations Julia Louis-Dreyfus 7 nominations Edie Falco Tina Fey Megan Mullally 6 nominations Christina Applegate 5 nominations Patricia Heaton 4 nominations Uzo Aduba Rachel Brosnahan Calista Flockhart Helen Hunt Lisa Kudrow Mary-Louise Parker Sarah Jessica Parker 3 nominations Candice Bergen Alex Borstein Julie Bowen Quinta Brunson Ellen DeGeneres America Ferrera Jane Fonda Amy Poehler Jean Smart Lily Tomlin Tracey Ullman Sofía Vergara Betty White

2 nominations Jennifer Aniston Christine Baranski Alison Brie Kim Cattrall Ayo Edebiri Felicity Huffman Jane Kaczmarek Ellie Kemper Debra Messing Catherine O'Hara Doris Roberts Hannah Waddingham

See also

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy

External links

• SAG Awards official site