Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | |
|---|---|
 The 2021 recipient: Claire Foy | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by a Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1975 |
| Currently held by | Claire Foy, The Crown (2021) |
| Website | http://www.emmys.com |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a guest starring role on a television drama series for the primetime network season.
The award was first presented at the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards on May 19, 1975, to Zohra Lampert, for her performance on Kojak, and to Cloris Leachman, for her role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It has undergone several name changes, originally honoring single leading and supporting appearances in drama and comedy series through 1978. The award was re-introduced at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards under the name Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series, honoring actors and actresses in guest starring roles on television drama series. In 1989, the category was split into categories for each gender, resulting in the name change to its current title.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 35 actresses. Patricia Clarkson, Cherry Jones, Shirley Knight, Margo Martindale, Amanda Plummer, and Alfre Woodard have won the most awards in this category, with two each. Cicely Tyson has been nominated for the award on five occasions, the most within the category. Meanwhile, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit holds the most awardees, with 5 winners coming from the show.
Winners and nominations[]
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
Zohra Lampert was the first recipient in the category, winning for her performance in Kojak.
Beulah Bondi won in 1977 for her lead guest-starring role in The Waltons.
Olivia Cole won for her portrayal of Mathilda in Roots.
Rita Moreno won the award for her leading guest appearance in The Rockford Files.
Blanche Baker won in this category for her role in the miniseries Holocaust.
Shirley Knight won the award twice for her guest appearances in thirtysomething and NYPD Blue.
Faye Dunaway won in 1994 for her role in Columbo: It's All in the Game.
Dianne Wiest won the award for her performance in the Road to Avonlea episode "Woman of Importance".
Veronica Cartwright received three consecutive nominations in this category for her appearances on ER and The X-Files.
Debra Monk won the award in 1999 for her guest performance on NYPD Blue as Katie Sipowicz.
Sally Field won an award from two nominations for her performance in ER.
Out of four nominations, Alfre Woodard won two awards for her guest-starring roles in L.A. Law and The Practice.
Sharon Stone won in 2004 for her role as Sheila Carlisle in The Practice.
Patricia Clarkson received two awards for her portrayal of Sarah O'Connor in Six Feet Under.
Leslie Caron won for her guest appearance on the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Recall".
Out of three nominations, Ellen Burstyn won in 2009 for her guest role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Lily Tomlin received two nominations in the category for her appearances in Homicide: Life on the Streets and Damages.
Carrie Preston won for her guest performance on The Good Wife.
Allison Janney won the award for her role as Margaret Scully in Masters of Sex.
Margo Martindale received two consecutive awards in the category for her performance in The Americans.
1970s[]
| Year | Actress | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 (27th) [1] | |||||
| Zohra Lampert | Kojak | Marina Sheldon | "Queen of the Gypsies" | CBS | |
| Cloris Leachman | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Phyllis Lindstrom | "Phyllis Whips Inflation" | ||
| Shelley Winters | McCloud | Thelma | "The Barefoot Girls of Bleaker Street" | NBC | |
| 1976 (28th) | |||||
| Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series[2] | |||||
| Kathryn Walker | The Adams Chronicles | Abigail Adams | "John Adams, Lawyer" | PBS | |
| Helen Hayes | Hawaii Five-O | Aunt Clara | "Retire In Sunny Hawaii... Forever" | CBS | |
| Sheree North | Marcus Welby, M.D. | June Monica | "How Do You Know What Hurts Me?" | ABC | |
| Pamela Payton-Wright | The Adams Chronicles | Louisa Catherine Adams | "John Quincy Adams, Diplomat" | PBS | |
| Martha Raye | McMillan & Wife | Agatha | "Greed" | NBC | |
| Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series[3] | |||||
| Fionnula Flanagan | Rich Man, Poor Man | Clothilde | "Part II" | ABC | |
| Ruth Gordon | Rhoda | Carlton's Mother | "Kiss Your Epaulets Goodbye" | CBS | |
| Eileen Heckart | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Flo Meredith | "Mary's Aunt" | ||
| Kim Darby | Rich Man, Poor Man | Virginia Calderwood | "Part II" | ABC | |
| Kay Lenz | Kate Jordache | "Part VIII" | |||
| 1977 (29th) | |||||
| Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series[4] | |||||
| Beulah Bondi | The Waltons | Aunt Martha Corinne Walton | "The Pony Cart" | CBS | |
| Susan Blakely | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | Julie Prescott | "Chapter 1" | ABC | |
| Madge Sinclair | Roots | Bell Reynolds | "Part IV" | ||
| Leslie Uggams | Kizzy Reynolds | "Part VI" | |||
| Jessica Walter | The Streets of San Francisco | Maggie Jarris / Mrs. Reston / Mrs. McCluskey | "Till Death Do Us Part" | ||
| Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series[5] | |||||
| Olivia Cole | Roots | Mathilda | "Part VIII" | ABC | |
| Eileen Heckart | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Flo Meredith | "Lou Proposes" | CBS | |
| Sandy Duncan | Roots | Missy Anne Reynolds | "Part V" | ABC | |
| Cicely Tyson | Binta | "Part I" | |||
| Nancy Walker | Rhoda | Ida Morgenstern | "The Separation" | CBS | |
| 1978 (30th) | |||||
| Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series[6] | |||||
| Rita Moreno | The Rockford Files | Rita Capkovic | "The Paper Palace" | NBC | |
| Patty Duke | Having Babies III | Leslee Wexler | N/A | ABC | |
| Kate Jackson | Jamie at 16 | Robin | "Pilot" | NBC | |
| Irene Tedrow | Miss Jordan | "Ducks" | |||
| Jayne Meadows | Meeting of Minds | Florence Nightingale | "Luther, Voltaire, Plato, Nightingale" | PBS | |
| Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series[7] | |||||
| Blanche Baker | Holocaust | Anna Weiss | "Part I" | NBC | |
| Ellen Corby | The Waltons | Esther Walton | "Grandma Comes Home" | CBS | |
| Jeanette Nolan | The Awakening Land | Granny McWhirter | "Part I" | NBC | |
| Beulah Quo | Meeting of Minds | Empress Tz'u-hsi | "Douglass, Tz'u-Hsi, Beccaria, De Sade" | PBS | |
| Beatrice Straight | The Dain Curse | Alice Dain Leggett | "Part 1" | CBS | |
1980s[]
| Year | Actress | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series | ||||||
| 1986 (38th) [8] | ||||||
| John Lithgow | Amazing Stories | John Walters | "The Doll" | NBC | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | Moonlighting | Camille | "Camille" | ABC | ||
| Edward Herrmann | St. Elsewhere | Father Joseph McCabe | "Time Heals" | NBC | ||
| Peggy McCay | Cagney & Lacey | Mrs. Carruthers | "Mothers and Sons" | CBS | ||
| James Stacy | Ted Peters | "The Gimp" | ||||
| 1987 (39th) [9] | ||||||
| Alfre Woodard | L.A. Law | Adrianne Moore | "Pilot" | NBC | ||
| Steve Allen | St. Elsewhere | Lech Osoranski | "Visiting Daze" | NBC | ||
| Edward Herrmann | Father Joseph McCabe | "Where There's Hope, There's Crosby" | ||||
| Jayne Meadows | Olga Osoranski | "Visiting Daze" | ||||
| Jeanne Cooper | L.A. Law | Gladys Becker | "Fry Me to the Moon" | |||
| 1988 (40th) [10] | ||||||
| Shirley Knight | Thirtysomething | Ruth Murdock | "The Parents Are Coming" | ABC | ||
| Imogene Coca | Moonlighting | Clara DiPesto | "Los Dos DiPietos" | ABC | ||
| Lainie Kazan | St. Elsewhere | Frieda Fiscus | "The Abby Singer Show" | NBC | ||
| Alfre Woodard | Dr. Roxanne Turner | "The Abby Singer Show" | ||||
| Gwen Verdon | Magnum, P.I. | Catherine Peters | "Infinity And Jelly Doughnuts" | CBS | ||
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | ||||||
| 1989 (41st) [11] | ||||||
| Kay Lenz | Midnight Caller | Tina Cassidy | "After It Happened" | NBC | ||
| Shirley Knight | The Equalizer | Kay | "Time Present, Time Past" | CBS | ||
| Jean Simmons | Murder, She Wrote | Eudora McVeigh | "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Part 1" | |||
| Maureen Stapleton | B.L. Stryker | Auntie Sue | "Auntie Sue" | ABC | ||
| Chloe Webb | China Beach | Laurette Barber | "Chao Ong" | |||
| Teresa Wright | Dolphin Cove | Nina Rothman | "The Elders" | CBS | ||
1990s[]
| Year | Actress | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (42nd) [12] | ||||||
| Viveca Lindfors | Life Goes On | Mrs. Doubcha | "Save the Last Dance for Me" | ABC | ||
| Ruby Dee | China Beach | Ruby | "Skylark" | ABC | ||
| Colleen Dewhurst | Road to Avonlea | Marilla Cuthbert | "The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's" | Disney | ||
| Shirley Knight | Thirtysomething | Ruth Murdoch | "Arizona" | ABC | ||
| Kay Lenz | Midnight Caller | Tina Cassidy | "Someone to Love" | NBC | ||
| 1991 (43rd) [13] | ||||||
| Peggy McCay | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Irene Hayes | "State of Mind" | CBS | ||
| Eileen Brennan | Thirtysomething | Margaret Weston | "Sifting The Ashes" | ABC | ||
| Colleen Dewhurst | Road to Avonlea | Marilla Cuthbert | "The Materializing of Duncan McTavish" | Disney | ||
| Penny Fuller | China Beach | Margaret Mary McMurphy | "Fever" | ABC | ||
| 1992 (44th) |
No award | |||||
| 1993 (45th) [14] | ||||||
| Elaine Stritch | Law & Order | Lanie Stieglitz | "Point of View" | NBC | ||
| Bibi Besch | Northern Exposure | Jane O'Connell | "Grosse Pointe 48230" | CBS | ||
| Rosanna Carter | I'll Fly Away | Eulalia Jefferson | "What's in a Name" | NBC | ||
| Diane Ladd | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Charlotte Cooper | "Pilot" | CBS | ||
| Gwen Verdon | Homicide: Life on the Street | Jessie Doohen | "A Ghost of a Chance" | NBC | ||
| 1994 (46th) [15] | ||||||
| Faye Dunaway | Columbo: It's All in the Game | Lauren Staton | "It's All in the Game" | ABC | ||
| Bonnie Bedelia | Fallen Angels | Sally Creighton | "The Quiet Room" | Showtime | ||
| Laura Dern | Annie Ainsley | "Murder, Obliquely" | ||||
| Stockard Channing | Road to Avonlea | Viola Elliott | "The Minister's Wife" | Disney | ||
| Penny Fuller | NYPD Blue | Roberta Taub | "Serge the Consierge" | ABC | ||
| Marlee Matlin | Picket Fences | Laurie Bey | "Dancing Bandit" | CBS | ||
| 1995 (47th) [16] | ||||||
| Shirley Knight | NYPD Blue | Agnes Cantwell | "Large Mouth Bass" | ABC | ||
| Amy Brenneman | NYPD Blue | Janice Licalsi | "For Whom the Skell Tolls" | ABC | ||
| Rosemary Clooney | ER | Madame X / Mary Cavanaugh | "Going Home" | NBC | ||
| Colleen Flynn | Jodi O'Brien | "Love's Labor Lost" | ||||
| CCH Pounder | The X-Files | Agent Lucy Kazdin | "Duane Barry" | Fox | ||
| 1996 (48th) [17] | ||||||
| Amanda Plummer | The Outer Limits | Dr. Theresa Givens | "A Stitch in Time" | Showtime | ||
| Louise Fletcher | Picket Fences | Christine Bey | "Bye Bye, Bey Bey" | CBS | ||
| Penny Fuller | ER | Mrs. Constantine | "Welcome Back Carter" | NBC | ||
| Carol Kane | Chicago Hope | Marguerite Birch | "Stand" | CBS | ||
| Maureen Stapleton | Road to Avonlea | Maggie MacPhee | "What a Tangled Web We Weave" | Disney | ||
| Lily Tomlin | Homicide: Life on the Street | Rose Halligan | "The Hat" | NBC | ||
| 1997 (49th) [18] | ||||||
| Dianne Wiest | Road to Avonlea | Lillian Hepworth | "Woman of Importance" | Disney | ||
| Veronica Cartwright | ER | Norma Houston | "Who's Appy Now? Faith" | NBC | ||
| Diane Ladd | Touched by an Angel | Carolyn Sellers | "An Angel By Any Other Name" | CBS | ||
| Anne Meara | Homicide: Life on the Street | Donna DiGrazi | "Hostage, Part 2" | NBC | ||
| Isabella Rossellini | Chicago Hope | Prof. Marina Giannini | "Mother, May I" | CBS | ||
| 1998 (50th) [19] | ||||||
| Cloris Leachman | Promised Land | Aunt Mooster | "Mooster's Revenge" | CBS | ||
| Veronica Cartwright | The X-Files | Cassandra Spender | "Patient X" | Fox | ||
| Lili Taylor | Marty Glenn | "Mind's Eye" | ||||
| Swoosie Kurtz | ER | Tina Marie Chambliss | "Suffer the Little Children" | NBC | ||
| Alfre Woodard | Homicide: Life on the Street | Dr. Roxanne Turner | "Mercy" | NBC | ||
| 1999 (51st) [20] | ||||||
| Debra Monk | NYPD Blue | Katie Sipowicz | "Hearts and Souls" | ABC | ||
| Veronica Cartwright | The X-Files | Cassandra Spender | "Two Fathers" | Fox | ||
| Patty Duke | Touched by an Angel | Nancy Williams | "I Do" | CBS | ||
| Marion Ross | Emma | "The Wind Beneath My Wings" | ||||
| Julia Roberts | Law & Order | Katrina Ludlow | "Empire" | NBC | ||
2000s[]
| Year | Actress | Program | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (52nd) [21] | ||||
| Beah Richards | The Practice | Gertrude Turner | ABC | |
| Jane Alexander | Law & Order | Regina Mulroney | NBC | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | ||||
| Tracy Pollan | Harper Anderson | |||
| Kathy Baker | Touched by an Angel | Ellen | CBS | |
| Marlee Matlin | The Practice | Sally Berg | ABC | |
| 2001 (53rd) [22] | ||||
| Sally Field | ER | Maggie Wyczenski | NBC | |
| Kathy Baker | Boston Public | Meredith Peters | Fox | |
| Dana Delany | Family Law | Mary Sullivan | CBS | |
| Annabella Sciorra | The Sopranos | Gloria Trillo | HBO | |
| Jean Smart | The District | Sherry Regan | CBS | |
| 2002 (54th) [23] | ||||
| Patricia Clarkson | Six Feet Under | Sarah O'Connor | HBO | |
| Mary McDonnell | ER | Eleanor Carter | NBC | |
| Martha Plimpton | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Claire Rinato | ||
| Illeana Douglas | Six Feet Under | Angela | HBO | |
| Lili Taylor | Lisa Kimmel Fisher | |||
| 2003 (55th) [24] | ||||
| Alfre Woodard | The Practice | Denise Freeman | ABC | |
| Barbara Barrie | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Paula Haggerty | NBC | |
| Kathy Bates | Six Feet Under | Bettina | HBO | |
| Farrah Fawcett | The Guardian | Mary Gressler | CBS | |
| Tovah Feldshuh | Law & Order | Danielle Melnick | NBC | |
| Sally Field | ER | Maggie Wyczenski | ||
| 2004 (56th) [25] | ||||
| Sharon Stone | The Practice | Sheila Carlisle | ABC | |
| Louise Fletcher | Joan of Arcadia | Eva | CBS | |
| Marlee Matlin | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Amy Solwey | NBC | |
| Mare Winningham | Sandra Blaine | |||
| Betty White | The Practice | Catherine Piper | ABC | |
| 2005 (57th) [26] | ||||
| Amanda Plummer | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Miranda Cole | NBC | |
| Jill Clayburgh | Nip/Tuck | Bobbi Broderick | FX | |
| Swoosie Kurtz | Huff | Madeleine Sullivan | Showtime | |
| Angela Lansbury | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Eleanor Duvall | NBC | |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | ||||
| Cloris Leachman | Joan of Arcadia | Aunt Olive | CBS | |
| 2006 (58th) [27] | ||||
| Patricia Clarkson | Six Feet Under | Sarah O'Connor | HBO | |
| Kate Burton | Grey's Anatomy | Ellis Grey | ABC | |
| Christina Ricci | Hannah Davies | |||
| Joanna Cassidy | Six Feet Under | Margaret Chenowith | HBO | |
| Swoosie Kurtz | Huff | Madeleine Sullivan | Showtime | |
| 2007 (59th) [28] | ||||
| Leslie Caron | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lorraine Delmas | NBC | |
| Kate Burton | Grey's Anatomy | Ellis Grey | ABC | |
| Elizabeth Reaser | Rebecca Pope / Ava | |||
| Marcia Gay Harden | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dana Lewis | NBC | |
| Jean Smart | 24 | Martha Logan | Fox | |
| 2008 (60th) [29] | ||||
| Cynthia Nixon | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Janis Donovan | NBC | |
| Ellen Burstyn | Big Love | Nancy Davis Dutton | HBO | |
| Diahann Carroll | Grey's Anatomy | Jane Burke | ABC | |
| Sharon Gless | Nip/Tuck | Colleen Rose | FX | |
| Anjelica Huston | Medium | Cynthia Keener | NBC | |
| 2009 (61st) [30] | ||||
| Ellen Burstyn | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Bernie Stabler | NBC | |
| Sharon Lawrence | Grey's Anatomy | Robbie Stevens | ABC | |
| Brenda Blethyn | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Linnie Malcolm / Caroline Cantwell | NBC | |
| Carol Burnett | Bridget "Birdie" Sulloway | |||
| CCH Pounder | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Andrea Curtin | HBO |
2010s[]
| Year | Actress | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (62nd) [31] | |||||
| Ann-Margret | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rita Wills | "Bedtime" | NBC | |
| Shirley Jones | The Cleaner | Lola Zellman | "Does Everybody Have a Drink?" | A&E | |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | Lost | Dr. Juliet Burke | "The End" | ABC | |
| Mary Kay Place | Big Love | Adaleen Grant | "The Mighty and Strong" | HBO | |
| Sissy Spacek | Marilyn Densham | "End of Days" | |||
| Lily Tomlin | Damages | Marilyn Tobin | "Your Secrets Are Safe" | FX | |
| 2011 (63rd) [32] | |||||
| Loretta Devine | Grey's Anatomy | Adele Webber | "This Is How We Do It" | ABC | |
| Cara Buono | Mad Men | Dr. Faye Miller | "Chinese Wall" | AMC | |
| Randee Heller | Ida Blankenship | "The Beautiful Girls" | |||
| Joan Cusack | Shameless | Sheila Jackson | "Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father" | Showtime | |
| Mary McDonnell | The Closer | Sharon Raydor | "Help Wanted" | TNT | |
| Julia Stiles | Dexter | Lumen Pierce | "In the Beginning" | Showtime | |
| Alfre Woodard | True Blood | Ruby Jean Reynolds | "Night of the Sun" | HBO | |
| 2012 (64th) [33] | |||||
| Martha Plimpton | The Good Wife | Patti Nyholm | "The Dream Team" | CBS | |
| Joan Cusack | Shameless | Sheila Jackson | "Can I Have a Mother?" | Showtime | |
| Loretta Devine | Grey's Anatomy | Adele Webber | "If Only You Were Lonely" | ABC | |
| Julia Ormond | Mad Men | Marie Calvet | "The Phantom" | AMC | |
| Jean Smart | Harry's Law | Roseanna Remmick | "The Rematch" | NBC | |
| Uma Thurman | Smash | Rebecca Duvall | "Tech" | ||
| 2013 (65th) [34] | |||||
| Carrie Preston | The Good Wife | Elsbeth Tascioni | "Je Ne Sais What?" | CBS | |
| Linda Cardellini | Mad Men | Sylvia Rosen | "Man with a Plan" | AMC | |
| Joan Cusack | Shameless | Sheila Jackson | "A Long Way From Home" | Showtime | |
| Jane Fonda | The Newsroom | Leona Lansing | "The 112th Congress" | HBO | |
| Margo Martindale | The Americans | Claudia | "The Colonel" | FX | |
| Diana Rigg | Game of Thrones | Lady Olenna Tyrell | "And Now His Watch Is Ended" | HBO | |
| 2014 (66th) [35] | |||||
| Allison Janney | Masters of Sex | Margaret Scully | "Brave New World" | Showtime | |
| Kate Burton | Scandal | Vice President Sally Langston | "A Door Marked Exit" | ABC | |
| Jane Fonda | The Newsroom | Leona Lansing | "Red Team III" | HBO | |
| Diana Rigg | Game of Thrones | Lady Olenna Tyrell | "The Lion and the Rose" | ||
| Kate Mara | House of Cards | Zoe Barnes | "Chapter 14" | Netflix | |
| Margo Martindale | The Americans | Claudia | "Behind the Red Door" | FX | |
| 2015 (67th) [36] | |||||
| Margo Martindale | The Americans | Claudia | "I Am Abassin Zadran" | FX | |
| Khandi Alexander | Scandal | Maya Pope | "Where the Sun Don't Shine" | ABC | |
| Rachel Brosnahan | House of Cards | Rachel Posner | "Chapter 39" | Netflix | |
| Allison Janney | Masters of Sex | Margaret Scully | "Parallax" | Showtime | |
| Diana Rigg | Game of Thrones | Lady Olenna Tyrell | "The Gift" | HBO | |
| Cicely Tyson | How to Get Away with Murder | Ophelia Harkness | "Mama's Here Now" | ABC | |
| 2016 (68th) [37] | |||||
| Margo Martindale | The Americans | Claudia | "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears" | FX | |
| Ellen Burstyn | House of Cards | Elizabeth Hale | "Chapter 41" | Netflix | |
| Molly Parker | Jackie Sharp | "Chapter 45" | |||
| Allison Janney | Masters of Sex | Margaret Scully | "Matters of Gravity" | Showtime | |
| Laurie Metcalf | Horace and Pete | Sarah Marsh | "Episode 3" | louisck.net | |
| Carrie Preston | The Good Wife | Elsbeth Tascioni | "Targets" | CBS | |
| 2017 (69th) [38] |
Alexis Bledel | The Handmaid's Tale | Emily Malek / Ofglen | "Late" | Hulu |
| Laverne Cox | Orange Is the New Black | Sophia Burset | "Doctor Psycho" | Netflix | |
| Shannon Purser | Stranger Things | Barb Holland | "Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly" | ||
| Ann Dowd | The Leftovers | Patti Levin | "The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother)" | HBO | |
| Cicely Tyson | How to Get Away with Murder | Ophelia Harkness | "Go Cry Somewhere Else" | ABC | |
| Alison Wright | The Americans | Martha Hanson | "The Soviet Division" | FX | |
| 2018 (70th) [39] |
Samira Wiley | The Handmaid's Tale | Moira Strand | "After" | Hulu |
| Viola Davis | Scandal | Annalise Keating | "Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself" | ABC | |
| Kelly Jenrette | The Handmaid's Tale | Annie | "Other Women" | Hulu | |
| Cherry Jones | Holly Maddox | "Baggage" | |||
| Diana Rigg | Game of Thrones | Lady Olenna Tyrell | "The Queen's Justice" | HBO | |
| Cicely Tyson | How to Get Away with Murder | Ophelia Harkness | "I'm Going Away" | ABC | |
| 2019 (71st) [40] | |||||
| Cherry Jones | The Handmaid's Tale | Holly Maddox | "Holly" | Hulu | |
| Laverne Cox | Orange Is the New Black | Sophia Burset | "Well This Took a Dark Turn" | Netflix | |
| Jessica Lange | American Horror Story: Apocalypse | Constance Langdon | "Return to Murder House" | FX | |
| Phylicia Rashad | This Is Us | Carol Clarke | "Our Little Island Girl" | NBC | |
| Cicely Tyson | How to Get Away with Murder | Ophelia Harkness | "Where Are Your Parents?" | ABC | |
| Carice van Houten | Game of Thrones | Melisandre of Asshai | "The Long Night" | HBO |
2020s[]
| Year | Actress | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (72nd) | |||||
| Cherry Jones | Succession | Nan Pierce | "Tern Haven" | HBO | |
| Alexis Bledel | The Handmaid's Tale | Emily Malek / Ofglen | "God Bless the Child" | Hulu | |
| Laverne Cox | Orange Is the New Black | Sophia Burset | "God Bless America" | Netflix | |
| Phylicia Rashad | This Is Us | Carol Clarke | "Flip a Coin" | NBC | |
| Cicely Tyson | How to Get Away with Murder | Ophelia Harkness | "Stay" | ABC | |
| Harriet Walter | Succession | Caroline Collingwood | "Return" | HBO | |
| 2021 (73rd) | |||||
| Claire Foy | The Crown | Princess Elizabeth | "48:1" | Netflix | |
| Alexis Bledel | The Handmaid's Tale | Emily Malek / Ofglen | "Testimony" | Hulu | |
| Mckenna Grace | Esther Keyes | "Pigs" | |||
| Sophie Okonedo | Ratched | Charlotte Wells | "The Dance" | Netflix | |
| Phylicia Rashad | This Is Us | Carol Clarke | "I've Got This" | NBC |
Performers with multiple wins[]
- 2 wins
- Patricia Clarkson
- Cherry Jones (consecutive)
- Shirley Knight
- Margo Martindale (consecutive)
- Amanda Plummer
- Alfre Woodard
Programs with multiple wins[]
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Performers with multiple nominations[]
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See also[]
- TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
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