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

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.
In January 2024, the Television Academy announced several rule changes for the 76th Emmy Awards, including adjustments to the short form categories. Due to a decline in submissions over the past five years, the Academy combined the separate awards for Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series into a single, gender-neutral category: Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. This consolidation aimed to streamline the awards process and better reflect the current state of short form content.

## Winners and nominations
### 2010s

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

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Program | Role | Network |
| 2020 (72nd) |
| 2020 (72nd) | Jasmine Cephas Jones | #FreeRayshawn | Tyisha | Quibi |
| 2020 (72nd) | Anna Kendrick | Dummy | Cody Heller | Quibi |
| 2020 (72nd) | Kerri Kenney-Silver | Reno 911! | Deputy Trudy Wiegel | Quibi |
| 2020 (72nd) | Kaitlin Olson | Flipped | Cricket Melfi | Quibi |
| 2020 (72nd) | Rain Valdez | Razor Tongue | Belle Jonas | YouTube |
| 2021 (73rd) |
| 2021 (73rd) | Keke Palmer | Keke Palmer's Turnt Up with the Taylors | Barbie / Gammy Tay / Lil Thad / Miranda / Rick | Facebook Watch |
| 2021 (73rd) | Nathalie Emmanuel | Die Hart | Jordan King | Quibi |
| 2021 (73rd) | Kerri Kenney-Silver | Reno 911! | Deputy Trudy Wiegel | Quibi |
| 2021 (73rd) | Paula Pell | Mapleworth Murders | Mrs. Abigail Mapleworth | Quibi |
| 2022 (74th) |
| 2022 (74th) | Patricia Clarkson | State of the Union | Ellen | Sundance TV |
| 2022 (74th) | Jacinte Blankenship | Intersection | Jenaya | YouTube |
| 2022 (74th) | Desi Lydic | Desi Lydic Foxsplains | Desi Lydic | YouTube |
| 2022 (74th) | Rhea Seehorn | Cooper's Bar | Kris Latimer | YouTube |
| 2022 (74th) | Sydnee Washington | Bridesman | Judith | YouTube |
| 2023 (75th) |
| 2023 (75th) | Jasmine Guy | Chronicles of Jessica Wu | Barbara Baldwin | Prime Video |
| 2023 (75th) | Nathalie Emmanuel | Die Hart 2: Die Harter | Jordan King | The Roku Channel |
| 2023 (75th) | Paula Pell | Die Hart 2: Die Harter | Cynthia | The Roku Channel |

## Multiple nominations
### 2 nominations

* Nathalie Emmanuel
* Kerri Kenney-Silver
* Paula Pell
* Mindy Sterling