Line #1 MediaNotes/PrimetimeEmmyAwardForOutstandingLeadActressInADramaSeries


1	A list of actresses and television series that won and were nominated for the Primetime MediaNotes/EmmyAward for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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7	* 1954[[note]]as Best Female Star of a Regular Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/EveArden''' for ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' as Constance "Connie" Brooks
8	** Creator/LucilleBall for ''Series/ILoveLucy'' as Lucy Ricardo
9	** Imogene Coca for ''Your Show of Shows'' as various characters
10	** Creator/DinahShore for ''The Dinah Shore Show'' as herself
11	** Creator/LorettaYoung for ''The Loretta Young Show'' as various characters
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13	* 1955[[note]]as Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/LorettaYoung''' for ''The Loretta Young Show'' as various characters
14	** Creator/GracieAllen for ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'' as Gracie Allen
15	** Creator/EveArden for ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' as Constance "Connie" Brooks
16	** Creator/LucilleBall for ''Series/ILoveLucy'' as Lucy Ricardo
17	** Ann Sothern for ''Private Secretary'' as Susan "Susie" [=McNamara=]
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19	* 1956[[note]]as Best Actor - Continuing Performance[[/note]]: '''Creator/LucilleBall''' for ''Series/ILoveLucy'' as Lucy Ricardo
20	** Creator/GracieAllen for ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'' as Gracie Allen
21	** Creator/EveArden for ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' as Constance "Connie" Brooks
22	** Jean Hagen for ''Make Room for Daddy'' as Margaret Williams
23	** Ann Sothern for ''Private Secretary'' as Susan "Susie" [=McNamara=]
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25	* 1957[[note]]as Best Continuing Performance by an Actress[[/note]]: '''Creator/LorettaYoung''' for ''The Loretta Young Show'' as various characters
26	** Jan Clayton for ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' as Ellen Miller
27	** Creator/IdaLupino for ''Four Star Playhouse'' as various characters
28	** Peggy Wood for ''Mama'' as Marta Hansen
29	** Creator/JaneWyman for ''Fireside Theater'' as various characters
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31	* 1958[[note]]as Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/JaneWyatt''' for ''Series/FatherKnowsBest'' as Margaret Anderson
32	** Creator/EveArden for ''The Eve Arden Show'' as Liza Hammond
33	** Spring Byington for ''December Bride'' as Lily Ruskin
34	** Jan Clayton for ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' as Ellen Miller
35	** Creator/IdaLupino for ''Mr. Adams and Eve'' as Eve Adams / Eve Drake
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37	* 1959[[note]]as Best Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/LorettaYoung''' for ''The Loretta Young Show'' as various characters
38	** Phyllis Kirk for ''Film/TheThinMan'' as Nora Charles
39	** Creator/JuneLockhart for ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' as Ruth Martin
40	** Creator/JaneWyman for ''Fireside Theater'' as various characters
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43	[[folder:1960s]]
44	* 1960[[note]]as Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support)[[/note]]: '''Creator/JaneWyatt''' for ''Series/FatherKnowsBest'' as Margaret Anderson
45	** Creator/DonnaReed for ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow'' as Donna Stone
46	** Creator/TeresaWright as ''NBC Sunday Showcase'' as Margaret Bourke-White
47	** Creator/LorettaYoung for ''The Loretta Young Show'' as various characters
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49	* 1961[[note]]as Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)[[/note]]: '''Creator/BarbaraStanwyck''' for ''Series/TheBarbaraStanwyckShow'' as various characters
50	** Creator/DonnaReed for ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow'' as Donna Stone
51	** Creator/LorettaYoung for ''Series/TheLorettaYoungShow'' as various characters
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53	* 1962[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)[[/note]]: '''Shirley Booth''' for ''Series/{{Hazel}}'' as Hazel Burke
54	** Gertrude Berg for ''The Gertrude Berg Show'' as Sarah Green
55	** Creator/DonnaReed for ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow'' as Donna Stone
56	** Mary Stuart for ''Series/SearchForTomorrow'' as Joanne "Jo" Gardner
57	** Cara Williams for ''Pete and Gladys'' as Gladys Porter
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59	* 1963[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)[[/note]]: '''Shirley Booth''' for ''Series/{{Hazel}}'' as Hazel Burke
60	** Creator/LucilleBall for ''Series/TheLucyShow'' as Lucy Carmichael
61	** Shirl Conway for ''Nurses'' as Liz Thorpe
62	** Creator/MaryTylerMoore for ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' as Laura Petrie
63	** Irene Ryan for ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' as Daisy May Moses / Granny Clampett
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65	* 1964[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)[[/note]]: '''Creator/MaryTylerMoore''' for ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' as Laura Petrie
66	** Shirley Booth for ''Series/{{Hazel}}'' as Hazel Burke
67	** Creator/PattyDuke for ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'' as Patty Duke / Cathy Duke
68	** Irene Ryan for ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' as Daisy May Moses / Granny Clampett
69	** Inger Stevens for ''The Farmer's Daughter'' as Katrin "Katy" Holstrum
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71	* 1965[[note]]as Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers; four-way tie[[/note]]:
72	** '''Music/LeonardBernstein''' for ''New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein'' as himself
73	** '''Lynne Fontanne''' for ''Series/HallmarkHallOfFame'' as Fanny Bowditch Holmes
74	** '''Alfred Lunt''' for ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' as Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
75	** '''Music/BarbraStreisand''' for ''My Name Is Barbra'' as herself
76	** '''Creator/DickVanDyke''' for ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' as Robert "Rob" Petrie
77	** Creator/JulieAndrews for ''The Andy Williams Show'' as herself
78	** Creator/JohnnyCarson for ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson'' as himself
79	** Gladys Cooper for ''The Rogues'' as Margaret St. Clair
80	** Robert Coote for ''The Rogues'' as Timmy St. Clair
81	** Creator/RichardCrenna for ''Slattery's People'' as James Slattery
82	** Creator/JulieHarris for ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' as Florence Nightingale
83	** Creator/BobHope for ''Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special'' as himself
84	** Dean Jagger for ''Mr. Novak'' as Albert Vane
85	** Creator/DannyKaye for ''The Danny Kaye Show'' as himself
86	** Creator/DavidMcCallum for ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' as Illya Kuryakin
87	** Creator/RedSkelton for ''Series/TheRedSkeltonShow'' as himself
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89	* 1966[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/BarbaraStanwyck''' for ''Series/TheBigValley'' as Victoria Barkley
90	** Anne Francis for ''Series/HoneyWest'' as Honey West
91	** Barbara Parkins for ''Literature/PeytonPlace'' as Betty Anderson
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93	* 1967[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/BarbaraBain''' for ''Series/MissionImpossible'' as Cinnamon Carter
94	** Creator/DianaRigg for ''{{Series/The Avengers\|1960s}}'' as Emma Peel
95	** Creator/BarbaraStanwyck for ''Series/TheBigValley'' as Victoria Barkley
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97	* 1968[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/BarbaraBain''' for ''Series/MissionImpossible'' as Cinnamon Carter
98	** Creator/DianaRigg for ''{{Series/The Avengers\|1960s}}'' as Emma Peel
99	** Creator/BarbaraStanwyck for ''Series/TheBigValley'' as Victoria Barkley
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101	* 1969[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/BarbaraBain''' for ''Series/MissionImpossible'' as Cinnamon Carter
102	** Creator/JoanBlondell for ''Series/HereComeTheBrides'' as Lottie Hatfield
103	** Peggy Lipton for ''Series/TheModSquad'' as Julie Barnes
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106	[[folder:1970s]]
107	* 1970[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/SusanHampshire''' for ''Literature/TheForsyteSaga'' as Fleur Mont
108	** Creator/JoanBlondell for ''Series/HereComeTheBrides'' as Lottie Hatfield
109	** Peggy Lipton for ''Series/TheModSquad'' as Julie Barnes
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111	* 1971[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series)[[/note]]: '''Susan Hampshire''' for ''The First Churchills'' as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
112	** Linda Cristal for ''The High Chaparral'' as Victoria Montoya-Cannon
113	** Peggy Lipton for ''Series/TheModSquad'' as Julie Barnes
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115	* 1972[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/GlendaJackson''' for ''Series/ElizabethR'' as [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Queen Elizabeth I of England]]
116	** Peggy Lipton for ''Series/TheModSquad'' as Julie Barnes
117	** Creator/SusanSaintJames for ''Series/McMillanAndWife'' as Sally [=McMillan=]
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119	* 1973[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series[[/note]]: '''Creator/MichaelLearned''' for ''Series/TheWaltons'' as Olivia Walton
120	** Lynda Day George for ''Series/MissionImpossible'' as Lisa Casey
121	** Creator/SusanSaintJames for ''Series/McMillanAndWife'' as Sally [=McMillan=]
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123	* 1974[[note]]as Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)[[/note]]: '''Creator/MichaelLearned''' for ''Series/TheWaltons'' as Olivia Walton
124	** Creator/JeanMarsh for ''Series/UpstairsDownstairs'' as Rose Buck
125	** Jeanette Morton for ''Dirty Sally'' as Sally Fergus
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127	* 1975[[note]]as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series onwards[[/note]]: '''Creator/JeanMarsh''' for ''Series/UpstairsDownstairs'' as Rose Buck
128	** Creator/AngieDickinson for ''Series/PoliceWoman'' as Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
129	** Creator/MichaelLearned for ''Series/TheWaltons'' as Olivia Walton
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131	* 1976: '''Creator/MichaelLearned''' for ''Series/TheWaltons'' as Olivia Walton
132	** Creator/AngieDickinson for ''Series/PoliceWoman'' as Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
133	** Creator/AnneMeara for ''Kate [=McShane=]'' as Kate [=McShane=]
134	** Creator/BrendaVaccaro for ''Sara'' as Sara Yarnell
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136	* 1977: '''Creator/LindsayWagner''' for ''Series/TheBionicWoman'' as Jamie Sommers
137	** Creator/AngieDickinson for ''Series/PoliceWoman'' as Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
138	** Creator/KateJackson for ''Series/CharliesAngels'' as Sabrina Duncan
139	** Creator/MichaelLearned for ''Series/TheWaltons'' as Olivia Walton
140	** Sada Thompson for ''Series/{{Family}}'' as Kate Lawrence
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142	* 1978: '''Sada Thompson''' for ''Series/{{Family}}'' as Kate Lawrence
143	** Melissa Sue Anderson for ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' as Mary Ingalls
144	** Creator/FionnulaFlanagan for ''Film/HowTheWestWasWon'' as Molly Culhane
145	** Creator/KateJackson for ''Series/CharliesAngels'' as Sabrina Duncan
146	** Creator/MichaelLearned for ''Series/TheWaltons'' as Olivia Walton
147	** Creator/SusanSullivan for ''Having Babies'' as Dr. Julie Farr
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149	* 1979: '''Creator/MarietteHartley''' for ''{{Series/The Incredible Hulk\|1977}}'' as Dr. Caroline Fields
150	** Creator/BarbaraBelGeddes for ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' as Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing
151	** Creator/RitaMoreno for ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' as Rita Capkovick
152	** Sada Thompson for ''Series/{{Family}}'' as Kate Lawrence
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155	[[folder:1980s]]
156	* 1980: '''Creator/BarbaraBelGeddes''' for ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' as Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing
157	** Creator/LaurenBacall for ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' as Kendall Warren
158	** Creator/MarietteHartley for ''The Rockford Files'' as Althea Morgan
159	** Creator/KristyMcNichol for ''Series/{{Family}}'' as Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence
160	** Sada Thompson for ''Family'' as Kate Lawrence
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162	* 1981: '''Creator/BarbaraBabcock''' for ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Grace Gardner
163	** Creator/BarbaraBelGeddes for ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' as Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing
164	** Linda Gray for ''Dallas'' as Sue Ellen Ewing
165	** Veronica Hamel for ''Hill Street Blues'' as Joyce Davenport
166	** Creator/MichaelLearned for ''Nurse'' as Mary Benjamin
167	** Creator/StefaniePowers for ''Series/HartToHart'' as Jennifer Hart
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169	* 1982: '''Creator/MichaelLearned''' for ''Nurse'' as Mary Benjamin
170	** Creator/DebbieAllen for ''Series/{{Fame}}'' as Lydia Grant
171	** Veronica Hamel for ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Joyce Davenport
172	** Michele Lee for ''Series/KnotsLanding'' as Karen Fairgate-[=MacKenzie=]
173	** Creator/StefaniePowers for ''Series/HartToHart'' as Jennifer Hart
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175	* 1983: '''Creator/TyneDaly''' for ''Series/CagneyAndLacey'' as Mary Beth Lacey
176	** Creator/DebbieAllen for ''Series/{{Fame}}'' as Lydia Grant
177	** Creator/LindaEvans for ''Series/{{Dynasty\|1981}}'' as Krystle Carrington
178	** Creator/SharonGless for ''Cagney & Lacey'' as Christine Cagney
179	** Veronica Hamel for ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Joyce Davenport
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181	* 1984: '''Creator/TyneDaly''' for ''Series/CagneyAndLacey'' as Mary Beth Lacey
182	** Creator/DebbieAllen for ''Series/{{Fame}}'' as Lydia Grant
183	** Creator/JoanCollins for ''Series/{{Dynasty\|1981}}'' as Alexis Colby
184	** Creator/SharonGless for ''Cagney & Lacey'' as Christine Cagney
185	** Veronica Hamel for ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Joyce Davenport
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187	* 1985: '''Creator/TyneDaly''' for ''Series/CagneyAndLacey'' as Mary Beth Lacey
188	** Creator/DebbieAllen for ''Series/{{Fame}}'' as Lydia Grant
189	** Creator/SharonGless for ''Cagney & Lacey'' as Christine Cagney
190	** Veronica Hamel for ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' as Joyce Davenport
191	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
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193	* 1986: '''Creator/SharonGless''' for ''Series/CagneyAndLacey'' as Christine Cagney
194	** Creator/TyneDaly for ''Cagney & Lacey'' as Mary Beth Lacey
195	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
196	** Creator/CybillShepherd for ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' as Madolyn "Maddie" Hayes
197	** Creator/AlfreWoodard for ''Series/StElsewhere'' as Dr. Roxanne Turner
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199	* 1987: '''Creator/SharonGless''' for ''Series/CagneyAndLacey'' as Christine Cagney
200	** Creator/TyneDaly for ''Cagney & Lacey'' as Mary Beth Lacey
201	** Creator/SusanDey for ''Series/LALaw'' as Grace Van Owen
202	** Jill Eikenberry for ''L.A. Law'' as Ann Kelsey
203	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
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205	* 1988: '''Creator/TyneDaly''' for ''Series/CagneyAndLacey'' as Mary Beth Lacey
206	** Creator/SusanDey for ''Series/LALaw'' as Grace Van Owen
207	** Jill Eikenberry for ''L.A. Law'' as Ann Kelsey
208	** Creator/SharonGless for ''Cagney & Lacey'' as Christine Cagney
209	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
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211	* 1989: '''Creator/DanaDelany''' for ''Series/ChinaBeach'' as Colleen [=McMurphy=]
212	** Creator/SusanDey for ''Series/LALaw'' as Grace Van Owen
213	** Jill Eikenberry for ''L.A. Law'' as Ann Kelsey
214	** Creator/LindaHamilton for ''Series/{{Beauty and the Beast\|1987}}'' as Christine Cagney
215	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
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218	[[folder:1990s]]
219	* 1990: '''Patricia Wetting''' for ''Series/{{thirtysomething}}'' as Nancy Krieger-Weston
220	** Jill Eikenberry for ''Series/LALaw'' as Ann Kelsey
221	** Creator/DanaDelany for ''Series/ChinaBeach'' as Colleen [=McMurphy=]
222	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
223	** Creator/PiperLaurie for ''Series/TwinPeaks'' as Catherine Martell
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225	* 1991: '''Patricia Wetting''' for ''Series/{{thirtysomething}}'' as Nancy Krieger-Weston
226	** Creator/DanaDelany for ''Series/ChinaBeach'' as Colleen [=McMurphy=]
227	** Creator/SharonGless for ''The Trials of Rosie O'Neill'' as Fiona "Rosie" O'Neill
228	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
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230	* 1992: '''Creator/DanaDelany''' for ''Series/ChinaBeach'' as Colleen [=McMurphy=]
231	** Creator/SharonGless for ''The Trials of Rosie O'Neill'' as Fiona "Rosie" O'Neill
232	** Creator/ShirleyKnight for ''Series/LALaw'' as Melanie Cullen
233	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
234	** Creator/ReginaTaylor for ''I'll Fly Away'' as Lilly Harper
235	** Creator/KateNelligan for ''Series/RoadToAvonlea'' as Sydney Carver
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237	* 1993: '''Creator/KathyBaker''' for ''Series/PicketFences'' as Jill Brock
238	** Creator/SwoosieKurtz for ''Series/{{Sisters}}'' as Alexandra "Alex" Reed
239	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
240	** Creator/ReginaTaylor for ''I'll Fly Away'' as Lilly Harper
241	** Creator/JanineTurner for ''Series/NorthernExposure'' as Maggie O'Connell
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243	* 1994: '''Creator/SelaWard''' for ''Series/{{Sisters}}'' as Theodora "Teddy" Reed
244	** Creator/KathyBaker for ''Series/PicketFences'' as Jill Brock
245	** Creator/SwoosieKurtz for ''Sisters'' as Alexandra "Alex" Reed
246	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
247	** Creator/{{Jane Seymour\|Actress}} for ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn
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249	* 1995: '''Creator/KathyBaker''' for ''Series/PicketFences'' as Jill Brock
250	** Creator/ClaireDanes for ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' as Angela Chase
251	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
252	** Creator/SherryStringfield for ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Dr. Susan Lewis
253	** Creator/CicelyTyson for ''Sweet Justice'' as Carrie Grace Battle
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255	* 1996: '''Creator/KathyBaker''' for ''Series/PicketFences'' as Jill Brock
256	** Creator/GillianAnderson for ''Series/TheXFiles'' as Special Agent Dana Scully
257	** Creator/ChristineLahti for ''Series/ChicagoHope'' as Dr. Kate Austin
258	** Creator/AngelaLansbury for ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Jessica Fletcher
259	** Creator/SherryStringfield for ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Dr. Susan Lewis
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261	* 1997: '''Creator/GillianAnderson''' for ''Series/TheXFiles'' as Special Agent Dana Scully
262	** Creator/RomaDowney for ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' as Monica
263	** Creator/ChristineLahti for ''Series/ChicagoHope'' as Dr. Kate Austin
264	** Creator/JuliannaMargulies for ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Dr. Carol Hathaway
265	** Creator/SherryStringfield for ''ER'' as Dr. Susan Lewis
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267	* 1998: '''Creator/ChristineLahti''' for ''Series/ChicagoHope'' as Dr. Kate Austin
268	** Creator/GillianAnderson for ''Series/TheXFiles'' as Special Agent Dana Scully
269	** Creator/RomaDowney for ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' as Monica
270	** Creator/JuliannaMargulies for ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Dr. Carol Hathaway
271	** Creator/{{Jane Seymour\|Actress}} for ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn
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273	* 1999: '''Creator/EdieFalco''' for ''Series/TheSopranos'' as Carmela Soprano
274	** Creator/GillianAnderson for ''Series/TheXFiles'' as Special Agent Dana Scully
275	** Creator/LorraineBracco for ''The Sopranos'' as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
276	** Creator/ChristineLahti for ''Series/ChicagoHope'' as Dr. Kate Austin
277	** Creator/JuliannaMargulies for ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Dr. Carol Hathaway
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279
280	[[folder:2000s]]
281	* 2000: '''Creator/SelaWard''' for ''Series/OnceAndAgain'' as Lily Manning
282	** Creator/LorraineBracco for ''Series/TheSopranos'' as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
283	** Creator/AmyBrenneman for ''Series/JudgingAmy'' as Amy Gray
284	** Creator/EdieFalco for ''The Sopranos'' as Carmela Soprano
285	** Creator/JuliannaMargulies for ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Dr. Carol Hathaway
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287	* 2001: '''Creator/EdieFalco''' for ''Series/TheSopranos'' as Carmela Soprano
288	** Creator/LorraineBracco for ''The Sopranos'' as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
289	** Creator/AmyBrenneman for ''Series/JudgingAmy'' as Amy Gray
290	** Creator/MargHelgenberger for ''Series/{{CSI}}'' as Catherine Willows
291	** Creator/SelaWard for ''Series/OnceAndAgain'' as Lily Manning
292
293	* 2002: '''Creator/AllisonJanney''' for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg
294	** Creator/AmyBrenneman for ''Series/JudgingAmy'' as Amy Gray
295	** Creator/FrancesConroy for ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' as Ruth Fisher
296	** Creator/JenniferGarner for ''Series/{{Alias}}'' as Sydney Bristow
297	** Creator/RachelGriffiths for ''Six Feet Under'' as Brenda Chenowith
298
299	* 2003: '''Creator/EdieFalco''' for ''Series/TheSopranos'' as Carmela Soprano
300	** Creator/FrancesConroy for ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' as Ruth Fisher
301	** Creator/JenniferGarner for ''Series/{{Alias}}'' as Sydney Bristow
302	** Creator/MargHelgenberger for ''Series/{{CSI}}'' as Catherine Willows
303	** Creator/AllisonJanney for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg
304
305	* 2004: '''Creator/AllisonJanney''' for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg
306	** Creator/EdieFalco for ''Series/TheSopranos'' as Carmela Soprano
307	** Creator/JenniferGarner for ''Series/{{Alias}}'' as Sydney Bristow
308	** Creator/MariskaHargitay for ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Detective Olivia Benson
309	** Creator/AmberTamblyn for ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'' as Joan Girardi
310
311	* 2005: '''Creator/PatriciaArquette''' for ''Series/{{Medium}}'' as Allison [=DuBois=]
312	** Creator/GlennClose for ''Series/TheShield'' as Captain Monica Rawling
313	** Creator/FrancesConroy for ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' as Ruth Fisher
314	** Creator/JenniferGarner for ''Series/{{Alias}}'' as Sydney Bristow
315	** Creator/MariskaHargitay for ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Detective Olivia Benson
316
317	* 2006: '''Creator/MariskaHargitay''' for ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Detective Olivia Benson
318	** Creator/FrancesConroy for ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' as Ruth Fisher
319	** Creator/GeenaDavis for ''Series/CommanderInChief'' as President Mackenzie "Mac" Allen
320	** Creator/AllisonJanney for ''Series/TheWestWing'' as Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg
321	** Creator/KyraSedgwick for ''Series/TheCloser'' as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
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323	* 2007: '''Creator/SallyField''' for ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' as Nora Walker
324	** Creator/PatriciaArquette for ''Series/{{Medium}}'' as Allison [=DuBois=]
325	** Creator/MinnieDriver for ''Series/TheRiches'' as Dahlia Malloy
326	** Creator/EdieFalco for ''Series/TheSopranos'' as Carmela Soprano
327	** Creator/MariskaHargitay for ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Detective Olivia Benson
328	** Creator/KyraSedgwick for ''Series/TheCloser'' as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
329
330	* 2008: '''Creator/GlennClose''' for ''Series/{{Damages}}'' as Patricia "Patty" Hewes
331	** Creator/SallyField for ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' as Nora Walker
332	** Creator/MariskaHargitay for ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Detective Olivia Benson
333	** Creator/HollyHunter for ''Series/SavingGrace'' as Grace Hanadarko
334	** Creator/KyraSedgwick for ''Series/TheCloser'' as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
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336	* 2009: '''Creator/GlennClose''' for ''Series/{{Damages}}'' as Patricia "Patty" Hewes
337	** Creator/SallyField for ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' as Nora Walker
338	** Creator/MariskaHargitay for ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Detective Olivia Benson
339	** Creator/HollyHunter for ''Series/SavingGrace'' as Grace Hanadarko
340	** Creator/KyraSedgwick for ''Series/TheCloser'' as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
341	** Creator/ElisabethMoss for ''Series/MadMen'' as Margaret "Peggy" Olson
342	[[/folder]]
343
344	[[folder:2010s]]
345	* 2010: '''Creator/KyraSedgwick''' for ''Series/TheCloser'' as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
346	** Creator/ConnieBritton for ''Series/FridayNightLights'' as Tami Taylor
347	** Creator/GlennClose for ''Series/{{Damages}}'' as Patricia "Patty" Hewes
348	** Creator/MariskaHargitay for ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Detective Olivia Benson
349	** Creator/JanuaryJones for ''Series/MadMen'' as Elizabeth "Betty" Draper
350	** Creator/JuliannaMargulies for ''Series/TheGoodWife'' as Alicia Florrick
351
352	* 2011: '''Creator/JuliannaMargulies''' for ''Series/TheGoodWife'' as Alicia Florrick
353	** Creator/KathyBates for ''Series/HarrysLaw'' as Harriet "Harry" Korn
354	** Creator/ConnieBritton for ''Series/FridayNightLights'' as Tami Taylor
355	** Creator/MireilleEnos for ''Series/TheKilling'' as Detective Sarah Linden
356	** Creator/MariskaHargitay for ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as Detective Olivia Benson
357	** Creator/ElisabethMoss for ''Series/MadMen'' as Margaret "Peggy" Olson
358
359	* 2012: '''Creator/ClaireDanes''' for ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' as Carrie Mathison
360	** Creator/KathyBates for ''Series/HarrysLaw'' as Harriet "Harry" Korn
361	** Creator/GlennClose for ''Series/{{Damages}}'' as Patricia "Patty" Hewes
362	** Creator/MichelleDockery for ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' as Lady Mary Crawley
363	** Creator/JuliannaMargulies for ''Series/TheGoodWife'' as Alicia Florrick
364	** Creator/ElisabethMoss for ''Series/MadMen'' as Margaret "Peggy" Olson
365
366	* 2013: '''Creator/ClaireDanes''' for ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' as Carrie Mathison
367	** Creator/ConnieBritton for ''Series/{{Nashville}}'' as Rayna Jaymes
368	** Creator/MichelleDockery for ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' as Lady Mary Crawley
369	** Creator/VeraFarmiga for ''Series/BatesMotel'' as Norma Bates
370	** Creator/ElisabethMoss for ''Series/MadMen'' as Margaret "Peggy" Olson
371	** Creator/KerryWashington for ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' as Olivia Pope
372	** Creator/RobinWright for ''Series/{{House of Cards\|US}}'' as Claire Underwood
373
374	* 2014: '''Creator/JuliannaMargulies''' for ''Series/TheGoodWife'' as Alicia Florrick
375	** Creator/LizzyCaplan for ''Series/MastersOfSex'' as Virginia Johnson
376	** Creator/ClaireDanes for ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' as Carrie Mathison
377	** Creator/MichelleDockery for ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' as Lady Mary Crawley
378	** Creator/KerryWashington for ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' as Olivia Pope
379	** Creator/RobinWright for ''Series/{{House of Cards\|US}}'' as Claire Underwood
380
381	* 2015: '''Creator/ViolaDavis''' for ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'' as Annalise Keating
382	** Creator/ClaireDanes for ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' as Carrie Mathison
383	** Creator/TarajiPHenson for ''Series/{{Empire}}'' as Loretha "Cookie" Lyon
384	** Creator/TatianaMaslany for ''Series/OrphanBlack'' as various characters
385	** Creator/ElisabethMoss for ''Series/MadMen'' as Margaret "Peggy" Olson
386	** Creator/RobinWright for ''Series/{{House of Cards\|US}}'' as Claire Underwood
387
388	* 2016: '''Creator/TatianaMaslany''' for ''Series/OrphanBlack'' as various characters
389	** Creator/ClaireDanes for ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' as Carrie Mathison
390	** Creator/ViolaDavis for ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'' as Annalise Keating
391	** Creator/TarajiPHenson for ''Series/{{Empire}}'' as Loretha "Cookie" Lyon
392	** Creator/KeriRussell for ''Series/TheAmericans'' as Elizabeth Jennings
393	** Creator/RobinWright for ''Series/{{House of Cards\|US}}'' as Claire Underwood
394
395	* 2017: '''Creator/ElisabethMoss''' for ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' as June Osborne / Offred
396	** Creator/ViolaDavis for ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'' as Annalise Keating
397	** Creator/ClaireFoy for ''Series/{{The Crown\|2016}}'' as [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II of England]]
398	** Creator/KeriRussell for ''Series/TheAmericans'' as Elizabeth Jennings
399	** Creator/EvanRachelWood for ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' as [[Characters/WestworldDoloresAbernathy Dolores Abernathy]]
400	** Creator/RobinWright for ''Series/{{House of Cards\|US}}'' as Claire Underwood
401
402	* 2018: '''Creator/ClaireFoy''' for ''Series/{{The Crown\|2016}}'' as [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II of England]]
403	** Creator/TatianaMaslany for ''Series/OrphanBlack'' as various characters
404	** Creator/ElisabethMoss for ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' as June Osborne / Offred
405	** Creator/SandraOh for ''Series/KillingEve'' as Eve Polastri
406	** Creator/KeriRussell for ''Series/TheAmericans'' as Elizabeth Jennings
407	** Creator/EvanRachelWood for ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' as [[Characters/WestworldDoloresAbernathy Dolores Abernathy]]
408
409	* 2019: '''Creator/JodieComer''' for ''Series/KillingEve'' as Villanelle / Oksana Astankova
410	** Creator/EmiliaClarke for ''Series/GameOfThrones'' as [[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]]
411	** Creator/ViolaDavis for ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'' as Annalise Keating
412	** Creator/LauraLinney for ''Series/{{Ozark}}'' as Wendy Byrde
413	** Creator/MandyMoore for ''Series/ThisIsUs'' as Rebecca Pearson
414	** Creator/SandraOh for ''Killing Eve'' as Eve Polastri
415	** Creator/EvanRachelWood for ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' as [[Characters/WestworldDoloresAbernathy Dolores Abernathy]]
416	[[/folder]]
417
418	[[folder:2020s]]
419	* 2020: '''Creator/{{Zendaya}}''' for ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'' as Ruby "Rue" Bennett
420	** Creator/JenniferAniston for ''Series/TheMorningShow'' as Alexandra "Alex" Levy
421	** Creator/OliviaColman for ''Series/{{The Crown\|2016}}'' as [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II of England]]
422	** Creator/JodieComer for ''Series/KillingEve'' as Villanelle / Oksana Astankova
423	** Creator/LauraLinney for ''Series/{{Ozark}}'' as Wendy Byrde
424	** Creator/SandraOh for ''Killing Eve'' as Eve Polastri
425
426	* 2021: '''Creator/OliviaColman''' for ''Series/{{The Crown\|2016}}'' as [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II of England]]
427	** Creator/UzoAduba for ''Series/InTreatment'' as Dr. Brooke Taylor
428	** Creator/EmmaCorrin for ''The Crown'' as [[UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales Diana, Princess of Wales]]
429	** Creator/ElisabethMoss for ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' as June Osborne / Offred
430	** Creator/MJRodriguez for ''Series/{{Pose}}'' as Blanca Rodriguez
431	** Creator/JurneeSmollett for ''Series/LovecraftCountry'' as Letitia "Leti" Lewis
432
433	* 2022: '''Creator/{{Zendaya}}''' for ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'' as Ruby "Rue" Bennett
434	** Creator/JodieComer for ''Series/KillingEve'' as Villanelle / Oksana Astankova
435	** Creator/LauraLinney for ''Series/{{Ozark}}'' as Wendy Byrde
436	** Creator/MelanieLynskey for ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'' as Shauna Sadecki
437	** Creator/SandraOh for ''Killing Eve'' as Eve Polastri
438	** Creator/ReeseWitherspoon for ''Series/TheMorningShow'' as Bradley Jackson
439
440	* 2023: '''Creator/SarahSnook''' for ''Series/{{Succession}}'' as [[Characters/SuccessionShivRoy Siobhan "Shiv" Roy]]
441	** Creator/SharonHorgan for ''Series/BadSisters'' as Eva Garvey
442	** Creator/MelanieLynskey for ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'' as Shauna Sadecki
443	** Creator/ElisabethMoss for ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' as June Osborne / Offred
444	** Creator/BellaRamsey for ''Series/{{The Last of Us\|2023}}'' as Ellie Williams
445	** Creator/KeriRussell for ''The Diplomat'' as Kate Wyler
446	[[/folder]]

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