# Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy

The Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 1996 | Jane Curtin | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Mary Albright | NBC |
| 1996 | Fran Drescher | The Nanny | Fran Fine | CBS |
| 1996 | Cybill Shepherd | Cybill | Cybill Sheridan | CBS |
| 1996 | Helen Hunt | Mad About You | Jamie Stemple Buchman | NBC |
| 1996 | Lea Thompson | Caroline in the City | Caroline Duffy | NBC |
| 1997 | Tracey Ullman | Tracey Takes On... | Various characters | HBO |
| 1997 | Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen | Ellen Morgan | ABC |
| 1997 | Jane Curtin | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Mary Albright | NBC |
| 1997 | Helen Hunt | Mad About You | Jamie Stemple Buchman | NBC |
| 1997 | Brooke Shields | Suddenly Susan | Susan Keane | NBC |
| 1998 | Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen | Ellen Morgan | ABC |
| 1998 | Calista Flockhart | Ally McBeal | Ally McBeal | Fox |
| 1998 | Helen Hunt | Mad About You | Jamie Stemple Buchman | NBC |
| 1998 | Brooke Shields | Suddenly Susan | Susan Keane | NBC |
| 1998 | Phylicia Rashad | Cosby | Ruth Lucas | CBS |
| 1999 | Illeana Douglas | Action | Wendy Ward | Fox |
| 1999 | Jennifer Aniston | Friends | Rachel Green | NBC |
| 1999 | Jane Leeves | Frasier | Daphne Moon | NBC |
| 1999 | Jenna Elfman | Dharma & Greg | Dharma Montgomery | ABC |
| 1999 | Calista Flockhart | Ally McBeal | Ally McBeal | Fox |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 2000 | Lisa Kudrow | Friends | Phoebe Buffay | NBC |
| 2000 | Jenna Elfman | Dharma & Greg | Dharma Montgomery | ABC |
| 2000 | Wendie Malick | Just Shoot Me! | Nina Van Horn | NBC |
| 2000 | Laura San Giacomo | Just Shoot Me! | Maya Gallo | NBC |
| 2000 | Jane Krakowski | Ally McBeal | Elaine Vassal | Fox |
| 2001 | Debra Messing | Will & Grace | Grace Adler | NBC |
| 2001 | Jenna Elfman | Dharma & Greg | Dharma Montgomery | ABC |
| 2001 | Lisa Kudrow | Friends | Phoebe Buffay | NBC |
| 2001 | Lauren Graham | Gilmore Girls | Lorelai Gilmore | The CW |
| 2001 | Jane Kaczmarek | Malcolm in the Middle | Lois | Fox |
| 2002 | Debra Messing | Will & Grace | Grace Adler | NBC |
| 2002 | Alexis Bledel | Gilmore Girls | Rory Gilmore | The CW |
| 2002 | Lauren Graham | Gilmore Girls | Lorelai Gilmore | The CW |
| 2002 | Jennifer Aniston | Friends | Rachel Green | NBC |
| 2002 | Bonnie Hunt | Life with Bonnie | Bonnie Molloy | ABC |
| 2003 | Jane Kaczmarek | Malcolm in the Middle | Lois | Fox |
| 2003 | Lauren Graham | Gilmore Girls | Lorelai Gilmore | The CW |
| 2003 | Bonnie Hunt | Life with Bonnie | Bonnie Molloy | ABC |
| 2003 | Wanda Sykes | Wanda at Large | Wanda Mildred Hawkins | Fox |
| 2003 | Debra Messing | Will & Grace | Grace Adler | NBC |
| 2003 | Alicia Silverstone | Miss Match | Kate Fox | NBC |
| 2004 | Portia de Rossi | Arrested Development | Lindsay Bluth Fünke | Fox |
| 2004 | Marcia Cross | Desperate Housewives | Bree Van de Kamp | ABC |
| 2004 | Teri Hatcher | Desperate Housewives | Susan Mayer | ABC |
| 2004 | Felicity Huffman | Desperate Housewives | Lynette Scavo | ABC |
| 2004 | Lauren Graham | Gilmore Girls | Lorelai Gilmore | The CW |
| 2004 | Maya Rudolph | Saturday Night Live | Various characters | NBC |
| 2005 | Felicity Huffman | Desperate Housewives | Lynette Scavo | ABC |
| 2005 | Mary-Louise Parker | Weeds | Nancy Botwin | Showtime |
| 2005 | Candice Bergen | Boston Legal | Shirley Schmidt | ABC |
| 2005 | Lauren Graham | Gilmore Girls | Lorelai Gilmore | The CW |
| 2005 | Elizabeth Perkins | Weeds | Celia Hodes | Showtime |
| 2006 | Marcia Cross | Desperate Housewives | Bree Van de Kamp | ABC |
| 2006 | Laura Kightlinger | The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman | Jackie Woodman | IFC |
| 2006 | Lisa Kudrow | The Comeback | Valerie Cherish | HBO |
| 2006 | America Ferrera | Ugly Betty | Betty Suarez | ABC |
| 2006 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Christine Campbell | CBS |
| 2006 | Mary-Louise Parker | Weeds | Nancy Botwin | Showtime |
| 2007 | America Ferrera | Ugly Betty | Betty Suarez | ABC |
| 2007 | Tina Fey | 30 Rock | Liz Lemon | NBC |
| 2007 | Felicity Huffman | Desperate Housewives | Lynette Scavo | ABC |
| 2007 | Anna Friel | Pushing Daisies | Charlotte Charles | ABC |
| 2007 | Patricia Heaton | Back to You | Kelly Carr | Fox |
| 2007 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Christine Campbell | CBS |
| 2008 | Tracey Ullman | State of the Union | Various characters | Showtime |
| 2008 | America Ferrera | Ugly Betty | Betty Suarez | ABC |
| 2008 | Christina Applegate | Samantha Who? | Samantha Newly | ABC |
| 2008 | Tina Fey | 30 Rock | Liz Lemon | NBC |
| 2008 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Christine Campbell | CBS |
| 2008 | Mary-Louise Parker | Weeds | Nancy Botwin | Showtime |
| 2009 | Lea Michele | Glee | Rachel Berry | Fox |
| 2009 | Julie Bowen | Modern Family | Claire Dunphy | ABC |
| 2009 | Toni Collette | United States of Tara | Tara Gregson/T/Buck/Alice | Showtime |
| 2009 | Edie Falco | Nurse Jackie | Jackie Payton, RN | Showtime |
| 2009 | Brooke Elliott | Drop Dead Diva | Jane Bingum/Deb Dobson | Lifetime |
| 2009 | Tina Fey | 30 Rock | Liz Lemon | NBC |
| 2009 | Mary-Louise Parker | Weeds | Nancy Botw | Showtime |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 2010 | Laura Linney | The Big C | Cathy Jamison | Showtime |
| 2010 | Jane Adams | Hung | Tanya Skagle | HBO |
| 2010 | Toni Collette | United States of Tara | Tara Gregson/T/Buck/Alice/Shoshana Schoenbaum/Chicken | Showtime |
| 2010 | Mary-Louise Parker | Weeds | Nancy Botwin | Showtime |
| 2010 | Edie Falco | Nurse Jackie | Jackie Payton, RN | Showtime |
| 2010 | Tina Fey | 30 Rock | Liz Lemon | NBC |
| 2010 | Lea Michele | Glee | Rachel Berry | Fox |
| 2011 | Martha Plimpton | Raising Hope | Virginia Chance | Fox |
| 2011 | Felicity Huffman | Desperate Housewives | Lynette Scavo | ABC |
| 2011 | Laura Linney | The Big C | Cathy Jamison | Showtime |
| 2011 | Zooey Deschanel | New Girl | Jessica Day | Fox |
| 2011 | Melissa McCarthy | Mike and Molly | Molly Flynn | CBS |
| 2011 | Amy Poehler | Parks and Recreation | Leslie Knope | NBC |
| 2012 | Kaley Cuoco | The Big Bang Theory | Penny | CBS |
| 2012 | Amy Poehler | Parks and Recreation | Leslie Knope | NBC |
| 2012 | Christina Applegate | Up All Night | Reagan Brinkley | NBC |
| 2012 | Laura Dern | Enlightened | Amy Jellicoe | HBO |
| 2012 | Lena Dunham | Girls | Hannah Horvath | HBO |
| 2012 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep | Selina Meyer | HBO |
| 2013 | Taylor Schilling | Orange Is the New Black | Piper Chapman | Netflix |
| 2013 | Laura Dern | Enlightened | Amy Jellicoe | HBO |
| 2013 | Lena Dunham | Girls | Hannah Horvath | HBO |
| 2013 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep | Selina Meyer | HBO |
| 2013 | Zooey Deschanel | New Girl | Jessica "Jess" Day | Fox |
| 2013 | Edie Falco | Nurse Jackie | Jackie Payton, RN | Showtime |
| 2013 | Amy Poehler | Parks and Recreation | Leslie Knope | NBC |
| 2013 | Jessica Walter | Arrested Development | Lucille Bluth | Netflix |
| 2014 | Mindy Kaling | The Mindy Project | Mindy Lahiri | Fox |
| 2014 | Edie Falco | Nurse Jackie | Jackie Payton, RN | Showtime |
| 2014 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep | Selina Meyer | HBO |
| 2014 | Taylor Schilling | Orange Is the New Black | Piper Chapman | Netflix |
| 2014 | Emmy Rossum | Shameless | Fiona Gallagher | Showtime |
| 2014 | Zooey Deschanel | New Girl | Jessica "Jess" Day | Fox |
| 2015 | Taylor Schilling | Orange Is the New Black | Piper Chapman | Netflix |
| 2015 | Jamie Lee Curtis | Scream Queens | Dean Cathy Munsch | Fox |
| 2015 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep | Selina Meyer | HBO |
| 2015 | Lily Tomlin | Grace and Frankie | Frankie Bergstein | Netflix |
| 2015 | Amy Poehler | Parks and Recreation | Leslie Knope | NBC |
| 2015 | Gina Rodriguez | Jane the Virgin | Jane Gloriana Villanueva | The CW |
| 2016 | Taylor Schilling | Orange Is the New Black | Piper Chapman | Netflix |
| 2016 | Pamela Adlon | Better Things | Sam Fox | FX |
| 2016 | Sharon Horgan | Catastrophe | Sharon Morris | Prime Video |
| 2016 | Ellie Kemper | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Kimmy Schmidt | HBO |
| 2016 | Tracee Ellis Ross | Black-ish | Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson | ABC |
| 2017 | Niecy Nash | Claws | Desna Simms | TNT |
| 2017 | Alison Brie | GLOW | Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder | Netflix |
| 2017 | Ellie Kemper | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix |
| 2017 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep | President Selina Meyer | HBO |
| 2017 | Issa Rae | Insecure | Issa Dee | HBO |
| 2017 | Kathryn Hahn | I Love Dick | Chris Kraus | Prime Video |
| 2018 | Issa Rae | Insecure | Issa Dee | HBO |
| 2018 | Alison Brie | GLOW | Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder | Netflix |
| 2018 | Ellie Kemper | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix |
| 2018 | Christina Hendricks | Good Girls | Beth Boland | NBC |
| 2018 | Niecy Nash | Claws | Desna Simms | TNT |
| 2018 | Tracee Ellis Ross | Black-ish | Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson | ABC |
| 2019 | Phoebe Waller-Bridge | Fleabag | Fleabag | Prime Video |
| 2019 | Pamela Adlon | Better Things | Sam Fox | FX |
| 2019 | Christina Applegate | Dead to Me | Jen Harding | Netflix |
| 2019 | Alison Brie | GLOW | Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder | Netflix |
| 2019 | Natasha Lyonne | Russian Doll | Nadia Vulvokov | Netflix |
| 2019 | Rachel Brosnahan | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | Prime Video |
| 2019 | Catherine O'Hara | Schitt's Creek | Moira Rose | Pop TV |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 2020 | Elle Fanning | The Great | Catherine the Great | Hulu |
| 2020 | Christina Applegate | Dead to Me | Jen Harding | Netflix |
| 2020 | Linda Cardellini | Dead to Me | Judy Hale | Netflix |
| 2020 | Zoe Kravitz | High Fidelity | Robyn "Rob" Brooks | Hulu |
| 2020 | Catherine O'Hara | Schitt's Creek | Moira Rose | Pop TV |
| 2020 | Issa Rae | Insecure | Issa Dee | HBO |
| 2021 | Jean Smart | Hacks | Deborah Vance | HBO Max |
| 2021 | Selena Gomez | Only Murders in the Building | Mabel Mora | Hulu |
| 2021 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Atypical | Elsa Gardner | Netflix |
| 2021 | Sandra Oh | The Chair | Ji-Yoon Kim | Netflix |
| 2021 | Hannah Waddingham | Ted Lasso | Rebecca Welton | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 | Lena Waithe | Master of None | Denise | Netflix |
| 2022 | Selena Gomez | Only Murders in the Building | Mabel Mora | Hulu |
| 2022 | Quinta Brunson | Abbott Elementary | Janine Teagues | ABC |
| 2022 | Kaley Cuoco | The Flight Attendant | Cassandra "Cassie" Bowden | HBO Max |
| 2022 | Ophelia Lovibond | Minx | Joyce Prigger | HBO Max |
| 2022 | Edi Patterson | The Righteous Gemstones | Judy Gemstone | HBO |
| 2022 | Jean Smart | Hacks | Deborah Vance | HBO Max |
| 2023 | Jennifer Coolidge | The White Lotus | Tanya McQuoid-Hunt | HBO |
| 2023 | Rachel Brosnahan | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | Prime Video |
| 2023 | Ayo Edebiri | The Bear | Sydney Adamu | FX on Hulu |
| 2023 | Elle Fanning | The Great | Catherine the Great | Hulu |
| 2023 | Selena Gomez | Only Murders in the Building | Mabel Mora | Hulu |
| 2024 | Emma Stone | The Cure | Whitney Siegel | Paramount+ |
| 2024 | Kristen Bell | Nobody Wants This | Joanne | Netflix |
| 2024 | Quinta Brunson | Abbott Elementary | Janine Teagues | ABC |
| 2024 | Ayo Edebiri | The Bear | Sydney Adamu | FX on Hulu |
| 2024 | Selena Gomez | Only Murders in the Building | Mabel Mora | Hulu |