Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
The 2021 recipient: Keke Palmer
Awarded for	Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2016
Currently held by	Keke Palmer, Keke Palmer's Turnt Up with the Taylors (2021)
Website	emmys.com

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. These awards, like the guest acting awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Awards show, but, rather, at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.

Winners and nominations[]

Indicates the winner

2010s[]

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
2016 (68th) ^[1]
	Patrika Darbo	Acting Dead	Margot Mullen	ActingDead.com
	Michelle Ang	Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462	Alex	AMC
	Erinn Hayes	Childrens Hospital	Lola Spratt	Adult Swim
	Tracie Thoms	Send Me: an original web series	Gwen	BET.com
	Janet Varney	Everyone's Crazy But Us	Denie Silverman	funnyordie.com
2017 (69th) ^[2]
	Jane Lynch	Dropping the Soap	Olivia Vanderstein	Amazon
	Lauren Lapkus	The Earliest Show	Samantha Newman	Funny or Die
	Kelsey Scott	Fear the Walking Dead: Passage	Sierra	AMC.com
	Mindy Sterling	Con Man	Bobbie	Comic-Con HQ
	Mindy Sterling	secs & EXECS	Shirla	tellofilms.com
2018 (70th) ^[3]
	Christina Pickles	Break a Hip	Biz	Vimeo
	Megan Amram	An Emmy for Megan	Megan Amram	anemmyformegan.com
	Lee Garlington	Broken	Darlene	Vimeo
	Naomi Grossman	Ctrl Alt Delete	Lorna	Facebook.com
	Diarra Kilpatrick	American Koko	Akosua Millard	abc.go.com
	Kelli O'Hara	The Accidental Wolf	Katie Bonner	theaccidentalwolf.com
2019 (71st) ^[4]
	Rosamund Pike	State of the Union	Louise	Sundance
	Ilana Glazer	Hack Into Broad City	Ilana Wexler	Comedy Central
	Jessica Hecht	Special	Mom	Netflix
	Abbi Jacobson	Hack Into Broad City	Abbi Abrams	Comedy Central
	Punam Patel	Special	Kim Laghari	Netflix

2020s[]

Year	Actor	Program	Role	Network
2020 (72nd) ^[5]
	Jasmine Cephas Jones	#FreeRayshawn	Tyisha	Quibi
	Anna Kendrick	Dummy	Cody Heller	Quibi
	Kerri Kenney-Silver	Reno 911!	Deputy Trudy Wiegel
	Kaitlin Olson	Flipped	Cricket Melfi
	Rain Valdez	Razor Tongue	Belle Jonas	YouTube
2021 (73rd) ^[6]
	Keke Palmer	Keke Palmer's Turnt Up with the Taylors	Barbie / Gammy Tay / Lil Thad / Miranda / Rick	Facebook Watch
	Nathalie Emmanuel	Die Hart	Jordan King	Quibi
	Kerri Kenney-Silver	Reno 911!	Deputy Trudy Wiegel
	Paula Pell	Mapleworth Murders	Mrs. Abigail Mapleworth

Multiple nominations[]

2 nominations

References[]

^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

v t Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Patrika Darbo (2016) Jane Lynch (2017) Christina Pickles (2018) Rosamund Pike (2019) Jasmine Cephas Jones (2020) Keke Palmer (2021)

v t Primetime Emmy Award categories
Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited or Anthology Series Television Movie Competition Program Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Animated Program Short Form Animated Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special (Live) Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Reality or Competition Program Narrator
Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Directing for a Reality Program
Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for a Nonfiction Programming
Animation	Individual Achievement in Animation
Casting	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Casting for a Reality Program
Choreography	Choreography for Scripted Programming Choreography for Variety and Reality Programming
Cinematography	Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Cinematography for a Reality Program Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Commercials	Commercial
Costume Design	Contemporary Costumes Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes Period Costumes Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming
Hairstyling	Contemporary Hairstyling Contemporary Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Period and/or Character Hairstyling
Interactive Media	Interactive Program Original Interactive Program Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within an Unscripted Program
Lighting	Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
Makeup	Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Contemporary Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program (Non-Prosthetic) Period and/or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Prosthetic Makeup
Music	Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Music Composition for a Series Music Direction Music Supervision Original Main Title Theme Music Original Music and Lyrics
Picture Editing	Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Picture Editing for Variety Programming Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Production Design	Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Competition Series Production Design for a Variety Special
Sound Editing	Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)
Sound Mixing	Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Special Effects	Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie / Special and Visual Effects in a Single Episode
Stunts	Stunt Coordination Stunt Performance
Technical Direction	Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special
Title Design	Main Title Design
Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award
Retired	Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series Children's Program Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) New Series Program of the Year Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Variety Series Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance