Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie - wikipedia Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Awarded for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Country United States Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences First awarded 1955 Currently held by Regina King, Seven Seconds ( 2018 ) Website emmys.com The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie 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 leading role on a television limited series or television movie for the primetime network season. The award was first presented at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards on March 7, 1955 to Judith Anderson for her performance as Lady Macbeth on the Hallmark Hall of Fame episode `` Macbeth ''. It has undergone several name changes, with the category split into two categories at the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards -- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program -- Drama or Comedy and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. By the 31st Primetime Emmy Awards, the categories were merged into one, and has since undergone several name changes, leading to its current title. Since its inception, the award has been given to 54 actresses. Regina King is the current recipient of the award for her portrayal of Latrice Butler on Seven Seconds. Helen Mirren has won the most awards in this category, with four, and has received the most nominated for the award on ten occasions, the most within the category. Contents 1 Winners and nominations 1.1 1950s 1.2 1960s 1.3 1970s 1.4 1980s 1.5 1990s 1.6 2000s 1.7 2010s 2 Superlatives 2.1 Multiple awards 2.2 Multiple nominations 3 See also 4 References Winners and nominations Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees. Table key Indicates the winner Judith Anderson was the first recipient of the award, winning for her single performance in the Hallmark Hall of Fame episode `` Macbeth '' as Lady Macbeth. She would win again in this category for the same role in the television film adaptation of Macbeth. Claire Trevor won in this category for her performance in Producers ' Showcase episode `` Dodsworth ''. Mary Martin won the award for her role as Peter Pan in the Producers ' Showcase episode `` Peter Pan ''. Julie Harris won twice for her performances in the Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes `` Little Moon of Alban '' and `` Victoria Regina ''. Kim Stanley won in 1963 for her role as Faith Parsons in the Ben Casey episode `` A Cardinal Act of Mercy ''. Shelley Winters won one out of two nominations for her performance in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre. Geraldine Page won the award in 1967 and 1969 for her role as Sook in the ABC Stage 67 episode `` Truman Capote 's A Christmas Memory '' and The Thanksgiving Visitor. Glenda Jackson received two nominations for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth R, winning for the episode `` The Shadow in the Sun ''. Cloris Leachman won in 1973 for her performance as Victoria Douglas in A Brand New Life ( 1973 ). Cicely Tyson won once out of four nominations for her portrayal of Jane Pittman in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ( 1974 ). Katharine Hepburn received four nominations, winning in the Special Program -- Drama or Comedy category for her role in Love Among the Ruins ( 1975 ). Joanne Woodward won in 1978 and 1985 for her performances in See How She Runs and Do You Remember Love. Bette Davis won in 1979 for her portrayal of Lucy Mason in Strangers : The Story of a Mother and Daughter ( 1979 ). Patty Duke won in this category three times in the 1970s for her roles in My Sweet Charlie ( 1970 ), Captains and the Kings ( 1976 ), and The Miracle Worker ( 1979 ). Maggie Smith won the award in 2003 for her performance in My House in Umbria. Meryl Streep won twice in this category for her roles in the 1978 miniseries Holocaust and the 2003 miniseries Angels in America. Helen Mirren won the award four times, the most in this category, as well as receiving the most nominations at ten. Jessica Lange won the award twice for her performances in Grey Gardens ( 2009 ) and American Horror Story : Coven ( 2014 ). Claire Danes won in 2010 for her portrayal of Temple Grandin in the eponymous film. Laura Linney won the award three times for her roles in Wild Iris ( 2001 ), the 2008 miniseries John Adams, and The Big C : Hereafter ( 2013 ). Sarah Paulson won in 2016 for her portrayal of Marcia Clark in the limited miniseries The People v. O.J. Simpson : American Crime Story. Regina King in 2018 became the first actress to win this category for a web series, for her miniseries Seven Seconds. Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1950s Year Actress Role Program Episode Network 1955 ( 7th ) Judith Anderson Lady Macbeth Hallmark Hall of Fame `` Macbeth '' NBC Ethel Barrymore Mme. Rosalie La Grange Climax ! `` The Thirteenth Chair '' CBS Beverly Garland Estelle Collins Medic `` White Is the Color '' NBC Ruth Hussey Harriet Craig Lux Video Theater `` Craig 's Wife '' CBS Dorothy McGuire Janet Spence Climax ! `` The Gioconda Smile '' Eve Marie Saint Betty The Philco Television Playhouse `` Middle of the Night '' NBC Claire Trevor Ellen Creed Lux Video Theater `` Ladies in Retirement '' CBS 1956 ( 8th ) Mary Martin Peter Pan Producers ' Showcase `` Peter Pan '' NBC Julie Harris Shevawn The United States Steel Hour `` A Wind from the South '' CBS Eva Marie Saint Emily Producers ' Showcase `` Our Town '' NBC Jessica Tandy The Wife `` The Fourposter '' Loretta Young Sadie The Loretta Young Show `` Christmas Stopover '' 1957 ( 9th ) Claire Trevor Fran Dodsworth Producers ' Showcase `` Dodsworth '' NBC Edna Best Ethel Gibbons Ford Star Jubilee `` This Happy Breed '' CBS Gracie Fields Sarah Dowey The United States Steel Hour `` The Old Lady Shows Her Medals '' Nancy Kelly Sister M. Aquinas Studio One `` The Pilot '' Evelyn Rudie Eloise Playhouse 90 `` Eloise '' 1958 ( 10th ) Polly Bergen Helen Morgan Playhouse 90 `` The Helen Morgan Story '' CBS Julie Andrews Cinderella Cinderella CBS Helen Hayes Mrs. Gilling The Alcoa Hour `` Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper '' NBC Piper Laurie Ruth Cornelius Studio One `` The Deaf Heart '' CBS Teresa Wright Annie Sullivan Playhouse 90 `` The Miracle Worker '' 1959 ( 11th ) Julie Harris Bridgid Mary Hallmark Hall of Fame `` Little Moon of Alban '' CBS Judith Anderson Marquesa de Montemayor The DuPont Show of the Month `` The Bridge of San Luis Rey '' CBS Helen Hayes Mother Seraphim The United States Steel Hour `` One Red Rose for Christmas '' Piper Laurie Kirsten Clay Playhouse 90 `` Days of Wine and Roses '' Geraldine Page The Young Woman `` The Old Man '' Maureen Stapleton Sadie Burke Kraft Television Theatre `` All the Kings Men '' NBC 1960s Year Actress Role Program Episode Network 1960 ( 12th ) No Award 1961 ( 16th ) Judith Anderson Lady Macbeth Hallmark Hall of Fame `` Macbeth '' NBC Ingrid Bergman Clare Lester Twenty - Four Hours in a Woman 's Life CBS Elizabeth Montgomery Rusty Heller The Untouchables `` The Rusty Heller Story '' NBC 1962 ( 14th ) Julie Harris Queen Victoria Hallmark Hall of Fame `` Victoria Regina '' NBC Geraldine Brooks Katherine Barnes Bus Stop `` Call Back Yesterday '' ABC Suzanne Pleshette Julie Lawler Dr. Kildare `` Shining Image '' NBC Inger Stevens Anna Beza The Dick Powell Theatre `` The Price of Tomatoes '' Ethel Waters Jenny Henderson Route 66 `` Goodnight, Sweet Blues '' CBS 1963 ( 15th ) Kim Stanley Faith Parsons Ben Casey `` A Cardinal Act of Mercy '' ABC Diahann Carroll Ruby Jay Naked City `` A Horse Has a Big Head, Let Him Worry '' ABC Diana Hyland Liza Laurents Alcoa Premiere `` The Voice of Charlie Point '' Eleanor Parker Connie Folson The Eleventh Hour `` Why Am I Grown So Cold ? '' NBC Sylvia Sidney Adela The Defenders `` The Madman '' CBS 1964 ( 16th ) Shelley Winters Jenny Dworak Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre `` Two is the Number '' NBC Ruby Dee Jenny Bishop The Doctors and the Nurses `` Express Stop from Lennox Avenue '' CBS Bethel Leslie Ellen Dudley The Richard Boone Show `` Statement of Fact '' NBC Jeanette Nolan Jessie McCoony `` Vote No on 11 ! '' Diana Sands Ruth East Side / West Side `` Who Do You Kill ? '' CBS 1965 ( 17th ) Lynn Fontanne Fanny Bowditch Holmes Hallmark Hall of Fame `` The Magnificent Yankee '' NBC 1966 ( 18th ) Simone Signoret Sara Lescault Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre `` A Small Rebellion '' NBC Eartha Kitt Angel I Spy `` The Loser '' NBC Margaret Leighton Chris Becker Dr. Kildare `` A Life for a Life '' Shelley Winters Edith Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre `` Back to Back '' 1967 ( 19th ) Geraldine Page Sook ABC Stage 67 `` Truman Capote 's A Christmas Memory '' ABC Shirley Booth Amanda Wingfield CBS Playhouse `` The Glass Menagerie '' CBS Mildred Dunnock Linda Loman Death of a Salesman Lynn Fontanne Grand Duchess Marie Hallmark Hall of Fame `` Anastasia '' NBC Julie Harris Anastasia 1968 ( 20th ) Maureen Stapleton Mary O'Meaghan Among the Paths to Eden ABC Judith Anderson Queen Elizabeth I Hallmark Hall of Fame `` Elizabeth the Queen '' NBC Geneviève Bujold Joan of Arc `` Saint Joan '' Colleen Dewhurst Elizabeth Proctor The Crucible CBS Anne Jackson Vivian Spears CBS Playhouse `` Dear Friends '' 1969 ( 21st ) Geraldine Page Sook The Thanksgiving Visitor ABC Anne Baxter Betty - Jean Currier The Name of the Game `` The Bobby Currier Story '' NBC Lee Grant Kay Gould Judd, for the Defense `` The Gates of Cerberus '' ABC 1970s Year Actress Role Program Network 1970 ( 22nd ) Patty Duke Marlene Chambers My Sweet Charlie NBC Edith Evans Aunt Betsy Trotwood David Copperfield NBC Shirley Jones Katherine Johnson Silent Night, Lonely Night 1971 ( 23rd ) Lee Grant Carrie Miller The Neon Ceiling NBC Colleen Dewhurst Mrs. Franz The Price NBC Lee Grant Leslie Williams Columbo 1972 ( 24th ) Glenda Jackson Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth R ( `` The Shadow in the Sun '' ) PBS Helen Hayes Sophie Tate Curtis Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate ABC Glenda Jackson Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth R ( `` The Lion 's Cub '' ) PBS Patricia Neal Olivia Walton The Homecoming : A Christmas Story CBS Susannah York Jane Eyre Jane Eyre NBC 1973 ( 25th ) Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role ( Drama / Comedy - Limited Episodes ) Susan Hampshire Becky Sharp Vanity Fair PBS Vivien Heilbron Rachel Verinder The Moonstone PBS Margaret Tyzack Bette Cousin Bette Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Cloris Leachman Victoria Douglas A Brand New Life ABC Lauren Bacall Margo Channing Applause CBS Hope Lange Janet Salter That Certain Summer ABC ( 26th ) Best Lead Actress in a Drama Cicely Tyson Jane Pittman The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman CBS Carol Burnett Anne Miller 6 Rms Riv Vu CBS Katharine Hepburn Amanda Wingfield The Glass Menagerie ABC Cloris Leachman Viola Barlow The Migrants CBS Elizabeth Montgomery Ellen Harrod A Case of Rape PBS Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series Mildred Natwick Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson The Snoop Sisters NBC Helen Hayes Ernesta Snoop The Snoop Sisters NBC Lee Remick Cassie Walters The Blue Knight ( 27th ) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program -- Drama or Comedy Katharine Hepburn Jessica Medlicott Love Among the Ruins ABC Jill Clayburgh Wanda Hustling ABC Elizabeth Montgomery Lizzie Borden The Legend of Lizzie Borden Diana Rigg Philippa In This House of Brede CBS Maureen Stapleton Bea Asher Queen of the Stardust Ballroom Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series Jessica Walter Amy Prentiss Amy Prentiss NBC Susan Saint James Sally McMillan McMillan & Wife NBC 1976 ( 28th ) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program -- Drama or Comedy Susan Clark Babe Didrikson Zaharias Babe CBS Jane Alexander Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor and Franklin ABC Colleen Dewhurst Josie Hogan A Moon for the Misbegotten Sada Thompson Phoebe Rice The Entertainer NBC Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series Rosemary Harris George Sand Notorious Woman PBS Susan Blakely Julie Prescott Rich Man, Poor Man ABC Jean Marsh Rose Upstairs, Downstairs PBS Lee Remick Lady Randolph Churchill Jennie : Lady Randolph Churchill 1977 ( 29th ) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program -- Drama or Comedy Sally Field Sybil Sybil NBC Jane Alexander Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor and Franklin : The White House Years ABC Susan Clark Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart NBC Julie Harris Mary Todd Lincoln The Last of Mrs. Lincoln PBS Joanne Woodward Dr. Cornelia Wilbur Sybil NBC Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series Patty Duke Bernadette Hennessy Armagh Captains and the Kings NBC Dori Brenner Rhoda Gold Blackman Seventh Avenue NBC Susan Flannery Margot Bracken The Moneychangers PBS Eva Marie Saint Katherine Macaran How the West Was Won ABC Jane Seymour Marjorie Chisolm Captains and the Kings NBC 1978 ( 30th ) Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special Joanne Woodward Betty Quinn See How She Runs CBS Helen Hayes Emma Long A Family Upside Down NBC Eva Marie Saint Passenger Taxi ! ! ! Maureen Stapleton Kate The Gathering ABC Sada Thompson Mrs. Gibbs Our Town NBC Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series Meryl Streep Inga Helms - Weiss Holocaust NBC Rosemary Harris Berta Palitz Weiss Holocaust NBC Elizabeth Montgomery Sayward Luckett Wheeler The Awakening Land Lee Remick Erica Trenton Wheels Cicely Tyson Coretta Scott King King 1979 ( 31st ) Bette Davis Lucy Mason Strangers : The Story of a Mother and Daughter CBS Carol Burnett Peg Mullen Friendly Fire ABC Olivia Cole Maggie Rogers Backstairs at the White House NBC Katharine Hepburn Miss Lily Moffat The Corn Is Green CBS Mary Tyler Moore Betty Rollin First, You Cry 1980s Year Actress Role Program Network 1980 ( 32nd ) Patty Duke Annie Sullivan The Miracle Worker NBC Bette Davis Estelle Malone White Mama CBS Melissa Gilbert Helen Keller The Miracle Worker NBC Lee Remick Margaret Sullivan Haywire CBS 1981 ( 33rd ) Vanessa Redgrave Fania Fénelon Playing for Time CBS Ellen Burstyn Jean Harris The People vs. Jean Harris NBC Catherine Hicks Marilyn Monroe Marilyn : The Untold Story ABC Yoko Shimada Lady Toda Buntaro Shōgun NBC Joanne Woodward Elizabeth Huckaby Crisis at Central High CBS 1982 ( 34th ) Ingrid Bergman ( posthumously ) Golda Meir A Woman Called Golda Syndicated Glenda Jackson Patricia Neal The Patricia Neal Story CBS Ann Jillian Mae West Mae West ABC Jean Stapleton Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor, First Lady of the World CBS Cicely Tyson Marva Collins The Marva Collins Story ( 35th ) Barbara Stanwyck Mary Carson The Thorn Birds ABC Ann - Margret Lucile Fray Who Will Love My Children ? ABC Rosanna Arquette Nicole Baker The Executioner 's Song NBC Mariette Hartley Candy Lightner M.A.D.D. : Mothers Against Drunk Drivers Angela Lansbury Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Little Gloria... Happy at Last 1984 ( 36th ) Jane Fonda Gertie Nevels The Dollmaker ABC Jane Alexander Calamity Jane Calamity Jane CBS Ann - Margret Blanche DuBois A Streetcar Named Desire ABC Glenn Close Gail Bennett Something About Amelia JoBeth Williams Reve Walsh Adam NBC 1985 ( 37th ) Joanne Woodward Barbara Wyatt - Hollis Do You Remember Love CBS Jane Alexander Hedda Hopper Malice in Wonderland CBS Peggy Ashcroft Barbie Batchelor The Jewel in the Crown PBS Farrah Fawcett Francine Hughes The Burning Bed NBC Mary Tyler Moore Martha Weinman Lear Heartsounds ABC 1986 ( 38th ) Marlo Thomas Marie Balter Nobody 's Child CBS Katharine Hepburn Margaret Delafield Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry CBS Vanessa Redgrave Richard Radley and Renée Richards Second Serve Gena Rowlands Katherine Pierson An Early Frost NBC Mare Winningham Margaret Ryder Love Is Never Silent ( 39th ) Gena Rowlands Betty Ford The Betty Ford Story ABC Ann - Margret Ann Arden Grenville The Two Mrs. Grenvilles NBC Ellen Burstyn Barbara Jackson Pack of Lies CBS Lee Remick Frances Schrueder Nutcracker : Money, Madness and Murder NBC Alfre Woodard Maude DeVictor Unnatural Causes ( 40th ) Jessica Tandy Annie Nations Foxfire CBS Ann Jillian Herself The Ann Jillian Story NBC Mary Tyler Moore Mary Todd Lincoln Lincoln Mary Steenburgen Miep Gies The Attic : The Hiding of Anne Frank CBS JoBeth Williams Marybeth Whitehead Baby M ABC ( 41st ) Holly Hunter Ellen Russell Roe vs. Wade NBC Anjelica Huston Clara Allen Lonesome Dove CBS Diane Lane Lorena Wood Amy Madigan Sarah Weddington Roe vs. Wade NBC Jane Seymour Natalie Henry War and Remembrance ABC 1990s Year Actress Role Program Network ( 42nd ) Barbara Hershey Candy Morrison A Killing in a Small Town CBS Farrah Fawcett Diane Downs Small Sacrifices ABC Christine Lahti Zan Cooper No Place Like Home CBS Annette O'Toole Rose Kennedy The Kennedys of Massachusetts ABC Lesley Ann Warren Barbara Walker Family of Spies CBS Alfre Woodard Mary Thomas A Mother 's Courage : The Mary Thomas Story NBC 1991 ( 43rd ) Lynn Whitfield Josephine Baker The Josephine Baker Story HBO Glenn Close Sarah Wheaton Sarah, Plain and Tall CBS Barbara Hershey Hanna Trout Paris Trout Showtime Suzanne Pleshette Leona Helmsley Leona Helmsley : The Queen of Mean CBS Lee Purcell Bessie Robertson Long Road Home NBC ( 44th ) Gena Rowlands Pat Face of a Stranger CBS Anne Bancroft Mrs. Cage Mrs. Cage PBS Meredith Baxter Betty Broderick A Woman Scorned : The Betty Broderick Story CBS Judy Davis Mary Lindell One Against the Wind Laura Dern Janet Harduvel Afterburn HBO ( 45th ) Holly Hunter Wanda Holloway The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader - Murdering Mom HBO Glenn Close Sarah Wheaton Skylark CBS Helen Mirren DCI Jane Tennison Prime Suspect 2 PBS Maggie Smith Mrs. Venable Suddenly, Last Summer Joanne Woodward Nell Harrington Blind Spot CBS ( 46th ) Kirstie Alley Sally Goodson David 's Mother CBS Bette Midler Mama Rose Gypsy CBS Helen Mirren DCI Jane Tennison Prime Suspect 3 PBS Jessica Tandy Cora Peek To Dance with the White Dog CBS Joanne Woodward Maggie Moran Breathing Lessons 1995 ( 47th ) Glenn Close Margarethe Cammermeyer Serving in Silence : The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story NBC Sally Field Bess Garner Steed A Woman of Independent Means NBC Anjelica Huston Calamity Jane Buffalo Girls CBS Diane Keaton Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart : The Final Flight TNT Alfre Woodard Berniece Charles The Piano Lesson CBS ( 48th ) Helen Mirren DCI Jane Tennison Prime Suspect : Scent of Darkness PBS Ashley Judd Norma Jean Dougherty Norma Jean & Marilyn HBO Jessica Lange Blanche DuBois A Streetcar Named Desire CBS Mira Sorvino Marilyn Monroe Norma Jean & Marilyn HBO Sela Ward Jessica Savitch Almost Golden : The Jessica Savitch Story Lifetime ( 49th ) Alfre Woodard Nurse Eunice Evers Miss Evers ' Boys HBO Stockard Channing Barbara Whitney An Unexpected Family USA Glenn Close Janet In the Gloaming HBO Helen Mirren DCI Jane Tennison Prime Suspect 5 : Errors of Judgement PBS Meryl Streep Lori Reimuller... First Do No Harm ABC 1998 ( 50th ) Ellen Barkin Glory Marie Before Women Had Wings ABC Jamie Lee Curtis Maggie Green Nicholas ' Gift CBS Judy Davis Gladwyn The Echo of Thunder Olympia Dukakis Anna Madrigal More Tales of the City Showtime Angelina Jolie Gia Carangi Gia HBO Sigourney Weaver Claudia Hoffman Snow White : A Tale of Terror Showtime 1999 ( 51st ) Helen Mirren Ayn Rand The Passion of Ayn Rand Showtime Ann - Margret Pamela Harriman Life of the Party : The Pamela Harriman Story Lifetime Stockard Channing Rachel Luckman The Baby Dance Showtime Judy Davis Lillian Hellman Dash and Lilly A&E Leelee Sobieski Joan of Arc Joan of Arc CBS 2000s Year Actress Role Program Network 2000 ( 52nd ) Halle Berry Dorothy Dandridge Introducing Dorothy Dandridge HBO Judy Davis Paula Tanner A Cooler Climate Showtime Sally Field Iris Prue Holly Hunter Ruby Kincaid Harlan County War Gena Rowlands Georgia Porter The Color of Love : Jacey 's Story CBS ( 53rd ) Judy Davis Judy Garland Life with Judy Garland : Me and My Shadows ABC Judi Dench Elizabeth Harman The Last of the Blonde Bombshells HBO Holly Hunter Billie Jean King When Billie Beat Bobby ABC Hannah Taylor - Gordon Anne Frank Anne Frank : The Whole Story Emma Thompson Vivian Bearing Wit HBO 2002 ( 54th ) Laura Linney Iris Bravard Wild Iris Showtime Angela Bassett Rosa Parks The Rosa Parks Story CBS Blythe Danner Corinne Mulvaney We Were the Mulvaneys Lifetime Vanessa Redgrave Clementine Churchill The Gathering Storm HBO Gena Rowlands Minnie Brinn Wild Iris Showtime 2003 ( 55th ) Maggie Smith Emily Delahunty My House in Umbria HBO Thora Birch Liz Murray Homeless to Harvard : The Liz Murray Story Lifetime Helena Bonham Carter Ingrid Formanek Live from Baghdad HBO Jessica Lange Irma Applewood Normal Helen Mirren Karen Stone The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Showtime ( 56th ) Meryl Streep Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia Angels in America HBO Glenn Close Eleanor of Aquitaine The Lion in Winter Showtime Judy Davis Nancy Reagan The Reagans Helen Mirren DCI Jane Tennison Prime Suspect 6 : The Last Witness PBS Emma Thompson Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel America Angels in America HBO 2005 ( 57th ) S. Epatha Merkerson Rachel `` Nanny '' Crosby Lackawanna Blues HBO Halle Berry Janie Crawford Their Eyes Were Watching God ABC Blythe Danner Rebecca Davitch Back When We Were Grownups CBS Cynthia Nixon Eleanor Roosevelt Warm Springs HBO Debra Winger Dawn Anna Dawn Anna Lifetime 2006 ( 58th ) Helen Mirren Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth I HBO Gillian Anderson Lady Dedlock Bleak House PBS Kathy Bates Jane Stern Ambulance Girl Lifetime Annette Bening Jean Harris Mrs. Harris HBO Judy Davis Sante Kimes A Little Thing Called Murder Lifetime 2007 ( 59th ) Helen Mirren DCI Jane Tennison Prime Suspect : The Final Act PBS Queen Latifah Ana Wallace Life Support HBO Debra Messing Molly Kagan The Starter Wife USA Mary - Louise Parker Zenia Arden The Robber Bride Oxygen Gena Rowlands Melissa Eisenbloom What If God Were the Sun ? Lifetime 2008 ( 60th ) Laura Linney Abigail Adams John Adams HBO Judi Dench Miss Matty Jenkyns Cranford PBS Catherine Keener Gertrude Baniszewski An American Crime Showtime Phylicia Rashad Lena Younger A Raisin in the Sun ABC Susan Sarandon Doris Duke Bernard and Doris HBO 2009 ( 61st ) Jessica Lange Edith `` Big Edie '' Beale Grey Gardens HBO Drew Barrymore Edith `` Little Edie '' Beale Grey Gardens HBO Shirley MacLaine Coco Chanel Coco Chanel Lifetime Sigourney Weaver Mary Griffith Prayers for Bobby Chandra Wilson Yvonne Caldwell Accidental Friendship Hallmark 2010s Year Actress Role Program Network ( 62nd ) Claire Danes Temple Grandin Temple Grandin HBO Joan Allen Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe Lifetime Hope Davis Hillary Clinton The Special Relationship HBO Judi Dench Matty Jenkyns Return to Cranford PBS Maggie Smith Mary Gilbert Capturing Mary HBO 2011 ( 63rd ) Kate Winslet Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce HBO Taraji P. Henson Tiffany Rubin Taken from Me : The Tiffany Rubin Story Lifetime Diane Lane Pat Loud Cinema Verite HBO Jean Marsh Rose Buck Upstairs, Downstairs PBS Elizabeth McGovern Cora, Countess of Grantham Downton Abbey 2012 ( 64th ) Julianne Moore Sarah Palin Game Change HBO Connie Britton Vivien Harmon American Horror Story FX Ashley Judd Rebecca Winstone Missing ABC Nicole Kidman Martha Gellhorn Hemingway & Gellhorn HBO Emma Thompson She The Song of Lunch PBS 2013 ( 65th ) Laura Linney Cathy Jamison The Big C : Hereafter Showtime Jessica Lange Sister Jude Martin American Horror Story : Asylum FX Helen Mirren Linda Kenney Baden Phil Spector HBO Elisabeth Moss Det. Robin Griffin Top of the Lake Sundance Sigourney Weaver Elaine Barrish Political Animals USA 2014 ( 66th ) Jessica Lange Fiona Goode American Horror Story : Coven FX Helena Bonham Carter Elizabeth Taylor Burton & Taylor BBC America Minnie Driver Maggie Royal Return to Zero Lifetime Sarah Paulson Cordelia Foxx American Horror Story : Coven FX Cicely Tyson Carrie Watts The Trip to Bountiful Lifetime Kristen Wiig Cynthia Morehouse The Spoils of Babylon IFC 2015 ( 67th ) Frances McDormand Olive Kitteridge Olive Kitteridge HBO Maggie Gyllenhaal Nessa Stein The Honourable Woman Sundance Felicity Huffman Barbara Hanlon American Crime ABC Jessica Lange Elsa Mars American Horror Story : Freak Show FX Queen Latifah Bessie Smith Bessie HBO Emma Thompson Mrs. Lovett Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ( Live from Lincoln Center ) PBS 2016 ( 68th ) Sarah Paulson Marcia Clark The People v. O.J. Simpson : American Crime Story FX Kirsten Dunst Peggy Blumquist Fargo FX Felicity Huffman Leslie Graham American Crime ABC Audra McDonald Billie Holiday Lady Day at Emerson 's Bar and Grill HBO Lili Taylor Anne Blaine American Crime ABC Kerry Washington Anita Hill Confirmation HBO 2017 ( 69th ) Nicole Kidman Celeste Wright Big Little Lies HBO Carrie Coon Gloria Burgle Fargo FX Felicity Huffman Jeanette Hesby American Crime ABC Jessica Lange Joan Crawford Feud : Bette and Joan FX Susan Sarandon Bette Davis Reese Witherspoon Madeline McKenzie Big Little Lies HBO 2018 ( 70th ) Regina King Latrice Butler Seven Seconds Netflix Jessica Biel Cora Tannetti The Sinner USA Laura Dern Jennifer Fox The Tale HBO Michelle Dockery Alice Fletcher Godless Netflix Edie Falco Leslie Abramson Law & Order True Crime : The Menendez Murders NBC Sarah Paulson Ally Mayfair - Richards American Horror Story : Cult FX Superlatives Multiple awards 4 awards Helen Mirren ( 2 consecutive ) 3 awards Patty Duke Laura Linney 2 awards Judith Anderson Ingrid Bergman Julie Harris Holly Hunter Jessica Lange Geraldine Page Gena Rowlands Meryl Streep Joanne Woodward Multiple nominations 10 nominations Helen Mirren 7 nominations Judy Davis Jessica Lange 6 nominations Julie Harris Glenn Close Gena Rowlands Joanne Woodward 5 nominations Helen Hayes Lee Remick 4 nominations Jane Alexander Judith Anderson Katharine Hepburn Holly Hunter Ann - Margret Elizabeth Montgomery Eva Marie Saint Maureen Stapleton Emma Thompson Cicely Tyson Alfre Woodard 3 nominations Ingrid Bergman Judi Dench Colleen Dewhurst Patty Duke Sally Field Lee Grant Felicity Huffman Glenda Jackson Laura Linney Mary Tyler Moore Geraldine Page Sarah Paulson Vanessa Redgrave Maggie Smith Meryl Streep Jessica Tandy Sigourney Weaver 2 nominations Halle Berry Carol Burnett Ellen Burstyn Helena Bonham Carter Stockard Channing Susan Clark Laura Dern Bette Davis Blythe Danner Farrah Fawcett Lynn Fontanne Rosemary Harris Barbara Hershey Anjelica Huston Ann Jillian Ashley Judd Nicole Kidman Diane Lane Queen Latifah Piper Laurie Cloris Leachman Jean Marsh Suzanne Pleshette Susan Sarandon Jane Seymour Sada Thompson Claire Trevor JoBeth Williams Shelley Winters Teresa Wright See also TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Miniseries or Television Film Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie / Miniseries Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie References Jump up ^ `` 7th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners -- Best Actress in a Single Performance ''. 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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Judith Anderson ( 1954 ) Mary Martin ( 1955 ) Claire Trevor ( 1956 ) Polly Bergen ( 1957 ) Julie Harris ( 1959 ) Ingrid Bergman ( 1960 ) Judith Anderson ( 1961 ) Julie Harris ( 1962 ) Kim Stanley ( 1963 ) Shelley Winters ( 1964 ) Lynn Fontanne ( 1965 ) Simone Signoret ( 1966 ) Geraldine Page ( 1967 ) Maureen Stapleton ( 1968 ) Geraldine Page ( 1969 ) Patty Duke ( 1970 ) Lee Grant ( 1971 ) Glenda Jackson ( 1972 ) Susan Hampshire / Cloris Leachman ( 1973 ) Cicely Tyson / Mildred Natwick ( 1974 ) Katharine Hepburn / Jessica Walter ( 1975 ) Susan Clark / Rosemary Harris ( 1976 ) Sally Field / Patty Duke ( 1977 ) Joanne Woodward / Meryl Streep ( 1978 ) Bette Davis ( 1979 ) Patty Duke ( 1980 ) Vanessa Redgrave ( 1981 ) Ingrid Bergman ( 1982 ) Barbara Stanwyck ( 1983 ) Jane Fonda ( 1984 ) Joanne Woodward ( 1985 ) Marlo Thomas ( 1986 ) Gena Rowlands ( 1987 ) Jessica Tandy ( 1988 ) Holly Hunter ( 1989 ) Barbara Hershey ( 1990 ) Lynn Whitfield ( 1991 ) Gena Rowlands ( 1992 ) Holly Hunter ( 1993 ) Kirstie Alley ( 1994 ) Glenn Close ( 1995 ) Helen Mirren ( 1996 ) Alfre Woodard ( 1997 ) Ellen Barkin ( 1998 ) Helen Mirren ( 1999 ) Halle Berry ( 2000 ) Judy Davis ( 2001 ) Laura Linney ( 2002 ) Maggie Smith ( 2003 ) Meryl Streep ( 2004 ) S. Epatha Merkerson ( 2005 ) Helen Mirren ( 2006 ) Helen Mirren ( 2007 ) Laura Linney ( 2008 ) Jessica Lange ( 2009 ) Claire Danes ( 2010 ) Kate Winslet ( 2011 ) Julianne Moore ( 2012 ) Laura Linney ( 2013 ) Jessica Lange ( 2014 ) Frances McDormand ( 2015 ) Sarah Paulson ( 2016 ) Nicole Kidman ( 2017 ) Regina King ( 2018 ) Primetime Emmy Award categories Programs Comedy Series Drama Series Limited Series Television Movie Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Animated Program Short Form Animated Program Reality - Competition Program Children 's Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Informational Series or Special Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Short Form Variety 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 Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited 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 Reality - Competition Program Narrator Directing Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special 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 Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for Nonfiction Programming Animation Individual Achievement in Animation Casting Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Casting for a Reality Program Choreography Choreography Cinematography Cinematography for a Limited 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 Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Hairstyling for a Single - Camera Series 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 Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie ( Non-Prosthetic ) Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special ( Non-Prosthetic ) Makeup for a Single - Camera Series ( Non-Prosthetic ) Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie, or Special Music Music Composition for a Limited 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 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 Reality - 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 Series, Movie, or Special Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming ( 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 Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program ( Single or Multi-Camera ) Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special Special Effects Special and Visual Effects / Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role Stunts Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie Technical Direction Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Title Design Main Title Design Engineering Engineering Philo T. 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Question: who won outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie
Answer: Regina King