# Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television

The Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television is presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, honoring the work of actresses in science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction on television.
The Walking Dead holds the record for the most wins in the category with six (from 18 total nominations), with four different actresses receiving the award, including Danai Gurira and Melissa McBride who, along with Star Trek actress Jeri Ryan, are the only people to have won the award twice. Laurie Holden was the first actress from the series to receive the award, and Lauren Cohan currently holds the network/cable version of the award. Emily Kinney and Tovah Feldshuh also received nominations.
As of the 47th Saturn Awards in 2022, the award is known as Best Supporting Actress in a Network or Cable Television Series and features a sister category: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Television Series.
(NOTE: Year refers to year of eligibility, the actual ceremonies are held the following year.).
The winners are listed in bold.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Actress | Television Program | Network | Character |
| 1999 (26th) | Justina Vail | Seven Days | UPN | Dr. Olga Vukavitch |
| 1999 (26th) | Charisma Carpenter | Angel | The WB | Cordelia Chase |
| 1999 (26th) | Virginia Hey | Farscape | Sci-Fi | Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan |
| 1999 (26th) | Heather Matarazzo | Now and Again | CBS | Heather Wiseman |
| 1999 (26th) | Jeri Ryan | Star Trek: Voyager | UPN | Seven of Nine |
| 1999 (26th) | Amanda Tapping | Stargate SG-1 | Showtime | Samantha Carter |

### 2000s

| Year | Actress | Television Program | Network | Character |
| 2000 (27th) | Jeri Ryan | Star Trek: Voyager | UPN | Seven of Nine |
| 2000 (27th) | Alyson Hannigan | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Willow Rosenberg |
| 2000 (27th) | Katherine Heigl | Roswell | The WB | Isabel Evans |
| 2000 (27th) | Juliet Landau | Angel | The WB | Drusilla |
| 2000 (27th) | Amanda Tapping | Stargate SG-1 | Showtime | Samantha Carter |
| 2000 (27th) | Michelle Trachtenberg | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Dawn Summers |
| 2001 (28th) | Jolene Blalock | Enterprise | UPN | Sub-Commander T'Pol |
| 2001 (28th) | Gigi Edgley | Farscape | Sci-Fi | Chiana |
| 2001 (28th) | Annabeth Gish | The X-Files | Fox | Monica Reyes |
| 2001 (28th) | Alyson Hannigan | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Willow Rosenberg |
| 2001 (28th) | Amanda Tapping | Stargate SG-1 | Showtime | Samantha Carter |
| 2001 (28th) | Michelle Trachtenberg | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | Dawn Summers |
| 2002 (29th) | Alyson Hannigan | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | UPN | Willow Rosenberg |
| 2002 (29th) | Amy Acker | Angel | The WB | Winifred "Fred" Burkle |
| 2002 (29th) | Jolene Blalock | Enterprise | UPN | Sub-Commander T'Pol |
| 2002 (29th) | Heather Donahue | Taken | Sci-Fi | Mary Crawford |
| 2002 (29th) | Dakota Fanning | Taken | Sci-Fi | Allie Keys |
| 2002 (29th) | Michelle Trachtenberg | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | UPN | Dawn Summers |
| 2003 (30th) | Amy Acker | Angel | The WB | Winifred "Fred" Burkle |
| 2003 (30th) | Jolene Blalock | Star Trek: Enterprise | UPN | Sub-Commander T'Pol |
| 2003 (30th) | Charisma Carpenter | Angel | The WB | Cordelia Chase |
| 2003 (30th) | Victoria Pratt | Mutant X | Syndicated | Shalimar Fox |
| 2003 (30th) | Katee Sackhoff | Battlestar Galactica (miniseries) | Sci-Fi | Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace |
| 2003 (30th) | Amanda Tapping | Stargate SG-1 | Sci-Fi | Samantha Carter |
| 2004 (31st) | Amanda Tapping | Stargate SG-1 | Sci-Fi | Major/Lt. Col. Samantha Carter |
| 2004 (31st) | Amy Acker | Angel | The WB | Winifred "Fred" Burkle / Illyria |
| 2004 (31st) | Erica Durance | Smallville | The WB | Lois Lane |
| 2004 (31st) | Torri Higginson | Stargate Atlantis | Sci-Fi | Dr. Elizabeth Weir |
| 2004 (31st) | Samantha Mathis | Salem's Lot | TNT | Susan Norton |
| 2004 (31st) | Sonya Walger | The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | TNT | Nicole Noone |
| 2005 (32nd) | Katee Sackhoff | Battlestar Galactica (TV series) | Sci-Fi | Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace |
| 2005 (32nd) | Catherine Bell | The Triangle | Sci-Fi | Emily Patterson |
| 2005 (32nd) | Claudia Black | Stargate SG-1 | Sci-Fi | Vala Mal Doran |
| 2005 (32nd) | Erica Durance | Smallville | The WB | Lois Lane |
| 2005 (32nd) | Allison Mack | Smallville | The WB | Chloe Sullivan |
| 2005 (32nd) | Michelle Rodriguez | Lost | ABC | Ana Lucia Cortez |
| 2006 (33rd) | Hayden Panettiere | Heroes | NBC | Claire Bennet |
| 2006 (33rd) | Gabrielle Anwar | The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | TNT | Emily Davenport |
| 2006 (33rd) | Jennifer Carpenter | Dexter | Showtime | Debra Morgan |
| 2006 (33rd) | Ali Larter | Heroes | NBC | Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders |
| 2006 (33rd) | Allison Mack | Smallville | The CW | Chloe Sullivan |
| 2006 (33rd) | Elizabeth Mitchell | Lost | ABC | Juliet Burke |
| 2007 (34th) | Summer Glau | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Fox | Cameron Phillips |
| 2007 (34th) | Elizabeth Mitchell | Lost | ABC | Juliet Burke |
| 2007 (34th) | Jaimie Alexander | Kyle XY | Freeform | Jessi |
| 2007 (34th) | Jennifer Carpenter | Dexter | Showtime | Debra Morgan |
| 2007 (34th) | Jaime Murray | Dexter | Showtime | Lila Tournay |
| 2007 (34th) | Hayden Panettiere | Heroes | NBC | Claire Bennet |
| 2008 (35th) | Jennifer Carpenter | Dexter | Showtime | Debra Morgan |
| 2008 (35th) | Summer Glau | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Fox | Cameron Phillips |
| 2008 (35th) | Yunjin Kim | Lost | ABC | Sun Kwon |
| 2008 (35th) | Elizabeth Mitchell | Lost | ABC | Juliet Burke |
| 2008 (35th) | Hayden Panettiere | Heroes | NBC | Claire Bennet |
| 2008 (35th) | Katee Sackhoff | Battlestar Galactica (TV series) | Sci-Fi | Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace |
| 2009 (36th) | Julie Benz | Dexter | Showtime | Rita Morgan |
| 2009 (36th) | Morena Baccarin | V | ABC | Anna |
| 2009 (36th) | Gina Bellman | Leverage | TNT | Sophie Devereaux |
| 2009 (36th) | Jennifer Carpenter | Dexter | Showtime | Debra Morgan |
| 2009 (36th) | Elizabeth Mitchell | Lost | ABC | Juliet Burke |
| 2009 (36th) | Hayden Panettiere | Heroes | NBC | Claire Bennet |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Television Program | Network | Character |
| 2010 (37th) | Lucy Lawless | Spartacus: Blood and Sand | Starz | Lucretia |
| 2010 (37th) | Morena Baccarin | V | ABC | Anna |
| 2010 (37th) | Gina Bellman | Leverage | TNT | Sophie Devereaux |
| 2010 (37th) | Jennifer Carpenter | Dexter | Showtime | Debra Morgan |
| 2010 (37th) | Laurie Holden | The Walking Dead | AMC | Andrea |
| 2010 (37th) | Beth Riesgraf | Leverage | TNT | Parker |
| 2011 (38th) | Michelle Forbes | The Killing | AMC | Mitch Larsen |
| 2011 (38th) | Lauren Ambrose | Torchwood: Miracle Day | Starz | Jilly Kitzinger |
| 2011 (38th) | Jennifer Carpenter | Dexter | Showtime | Debra Morgan |
| 2011 (38th) | Frances Conroy | American Horror Story: Murder House | FX | Moira O'Hara |
| 2011 (38th) | Lana Parrilla | Once Upon a Time | ABC | Evil Queen / Regina Mills |
| 2011 (38th) | Beth Riesgraf | Leverage | TNT | Parker |
| 2012 (39th) | Laurie Holden | The Walking Dead | AMC | Andrea |
| 2012 (39th) | Jennifer Carpenter | Dexter | Showtime | Debra Morgan |
| 2012 (39th) | Sarah Carter | Falling Skies | TNT | Margaret |
| 2012 (39th) | Anna Gunn | Breaking Bad | AMC | Skyler White |
| 2012 (39th) | Jessica Lange | American Horror Story: Asylum | FX | Sister Jude Martin |
| 2012 (39th) | Beth Riesgraf | Leverage | TNT | Parker |
| 2013 (40th) | Melissa McBride | The Walking Dead | AMC | Carol Peletier |
| 2013 (40th) | Kathy Bates | American Horror Story: Coven | FX | Madame Delphine LaLaurie |
| 2013 (40th) | Sarah Carter | Falling Skies | TNT | Margaret |
| 2013 (40th) | Gwendoline Christie | Game of Thrones | HBO | Brienne of Tarth |
| 2013 (40th) | Michelle Fairley | Game of Thrones | HBO | Catelyn Stark |
| 2013 (40th) | Elizabeth Mitchell | Revolution | NBC | Rachel Matheson |
| 2014 (41st) | Melissa McBride | The Walking Dead | AMC | Carol Peletier |
| 2014 (41st) | Emilia Clarke | Game of Thrones | HBO | Daenerys Targaryen |
| 2014 (41st) | Jenna Coleman | Doctor Who | BBC America | Clara Oswald |
| 2014 (41st) | Caroline Dhavernas | Hannibal | NBC | Dr. Alana Bloom |
| 2014 (41st) | Lexa Doig | Continuum | Syfy | Sonya Valentine |
| 2014 (41st) | Emily Kinney | The Walking Dead | AMC | Beth Greene |
| 2015 (42nd) | Danai Gurira | The Walking Dead | AMC | Michonne |
| 2015 (42nd) | Gillian Anderson | Hannibal | NBC | Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier |
| 2015 (42nd) | Tovah Feldshuh | The Walking Dead | AMC | Deanna Monroe |
| 2015 (42nd) | Calista Flockhart | Supergirl | CBS | Cat Grant |
| 2015 (42nd) | Lena Headey | Game of Thrones | HBO | Cersei Lannister |
| 2015 (42nd) | Melissa Leo | Wayward Pines | Fox | Pamela "Pam" Pilcher |
| 2015 (42nd) | Melissa McBride | The Walking Dead | AMC | Carol Peletier |
| 2016 (43rd) | Candice Patton | The Flash | The CW | Iris West |
| 2016 (43rd) | Kathy Bates | American Horror Story: Roanoke | FX | Agnes Mary Winstead Thomasin 'The Butcher' White |
| 2016 (43rd) | Danai Gurira | The Walking Dead | AMC | Michonne |
| 2016 (43rd) | Melissa McBride | The Walking Dead | AMC | Carol Peletier |
| 2016 (43rd) | Thandie Newton | Westworld | HBO | Maeve Millay |
| 2016 (43rd) | Adina Porter | American Horror Story: Roanoke | FX | Lee Harris |
| 2016 (43rd) | Evan Rachel Wood | Westworld | HBO | Dolores Abernathy |
| 2017 (44th) | Rhea Seehorn | Better Call Saul | AMC | Kimberly "Kim" Wexler |
| 2017 (44th) | Odette Annable | Supergirl | The CW | Samantha Arias / Reign |
| 2017 (44th) | Dakota Fanning | The Alienist | TNT | Sara Howard |
| 2017 (44th) | Danai Gurira | The Walking Dead | AMC | Michonne |
| 2017 (44th) | Melissa McBride | The Walking Dead | AMC | Carol Peletier |
| 2017 (44th) | Candice Patton | The Flash | The CW | Iris West |
| 2017 (44th) | Adina Porter | American Horror Story: Cult | FX | Beverly Hope |
| 2017 (44th) | Krysten Ritter | The Defenders | Netflix | Jessica Jones |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Danai Gurira | The Walking Dead | AMC | Michonne |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Gwendoline Christie | Game of Thrones | HBO | Brienne of Tarth |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Lena Headey | Game of Thrones | HBO | Cersei Lannister |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Melissa McBride | The Walking Dead | AMC | Carol Peletier |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Rhea Seehorn | Better Call Saul | AMC | Kimberly "Kim" Wexler |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Sophie Skelton | Outlander | Starz | Brianna Randall |
| 2018/2019 (45th) | Sophie Turner | Game of Thrones | HBO | Sansa Stark |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Danielle Panabaker | The Flash | The CW | Dr. Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Natasia Demetriou | What We Do in the Shadows | FX | Nadja |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Cynthia Erivo | The Outsider | HBO | Holly Gibney |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Melissa McBride | The Walking Dead | AMC | Carol Peletier |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Colby Minifie | Fear The Walking Dead | AMC | Virginia |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Sophie Skelton | Outlander | Starz | Brianna Randall |
| 2019/2020 (46th) | Tessa Thompson | Westworld | HBO | Charlotte Hale |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Television Program | Network | Character |
| 2021/2022 (50th) |
| Network/Cable ||||
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Lauren Cohan | The Walking Dead | AMC | Maggie Greene |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Emmanuelle Chriqui | Superman & Lois | The CW | Lana Lang |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Janina Gavankar | Big Sky | ABC | Ren |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Julia Jones | Dexter: New Blood | Showtime | Angela Bishop |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Melissa McBride | The Walking Dead | AMC | Carol Peletier |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Danielle Panabaker | The Flash | The CW | Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Sophie Skelton | Outlander | Starz | Brianna Fraser |
| Streaming ||||
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Moses Ingram | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Disney+ | Reva Sevander / Third Sister |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Patricia Arquette | Severance | Apple TV+ | Harmony Cobel |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Danielle Brooks | Peacemaker | HBO Max | Leota Adebayo |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Jess Bush | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Paramount+ | Christine Chapel |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Nell Tiger Free | Servant | Apple TV+ | Leanne Grayson |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Kathryn Hahn | WandaVision | Disney+ | Agatha Harkness / Agnes |
| 2021/2022 (50th) | Aleyse Shannon | Leverage: Redemption | Amazon Freevee | Breanna Casey |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Jeri Ryan | Star Trek: Picard | Paramount+ | Seven of Nine |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Jess Bush | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Paramount+ | Christine Chapel |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Celia Rose Gooding | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Paramount+ | Nyota Uhura |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Genevieve O'Reilly | Andor | Disney+ | Mon Mothma |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Katee Sackhoff | The Mandalorian | Disney+ | Bo-Katan Kryze |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Sophie Skelton | Outlander | Starz | Brianna "Bree" Randall Fraser |
| 2022/2023 (51st) | Rebecca Wisocky | Ghosts | CBS | Henrietta "Hetty" Woodstone |

## Multiple nominations
### 8 nominations

* Melissa McBride

### 7 nominations

* Jennifer Carpenter

### 5 nominations

* Elizabeth Mitchell
* Amanda Tapping

### 4 nominations

* Danai Gurira
* Hayden Panettiere
* Katee Sackhoff
* Sophie Skelton

### 3 nominations

* Amy Acker
* Jolene Blalock
* Alyson Hannigan
* Candice Patton
* Beth Riesgraf
* Jeri Ryan
* Michelle Trachtenberg

### 2 nominations

* Morena Baccarin
* Kathy Bates
* Gina Bellman
* Charisma Carpenter
* Sarah Carter
* Gwendoline Christie
* Erica Durance
* Dakota Fanning
* Summer Glau
* Lena Headey
* Laurie Holden
* Allison Mack
* Danielle Panabaker
* Adina Porter
* Rhea Seehorn

## Multiple wins
### 2 wins

* Danai Gurira
* Melissa McBride (consecutive)
* Jeri Ryan