# Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in Miniseries or Television Movie.
In this category four actors have received two awards each: Helen Mirren (Elizabeth I, Phil Spector), Queen Latifah (Life Support, Bessie), Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce, Mare of Easttown), and Alfre Woodard (The Piano Lesson, Miss Evers' Boys)
The actress with the most nominations in this category is Helen Mirren with five for her roles in The Passion of Ayn Rand, Door to Door, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Elizabeth I, and Phil Spector).

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Actress | Film | Role(s) |
| 1994 (1st) | Joanne Woodward | Breathing Lessons | Maggie Moran |
| 1994 (1st) | Katharine Hepburn | One Christmas | Cornelia Beaumont |
| 1994 (1st) | Diane Keaton | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Amelia Earhart |
| 1994 (1st) | Sissy Spacek | A Place for Annie | Susan Lansing |
| 1994 (1st) | Cicely Tyson | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Castralia, Marsden Family House Slave / Maid |
| 1995 (2nd) | Alfre Woodard | The Piano Lesson | Berniece Charles |
| 1995 (2nd) | Glenn Close | Serving in Silence | Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer |
| 1995 (2nd) | Sally Field | A Woman of Independent Means | Bess Alcott Steed Garner |
| 1995 (2nd) | Anjelica Huston | Buffalo Girls | Calamity Jane |
| 1995 (2nd) | Sela Ward | Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story | Jessica Savitch |
| 1996 (3rd) | Kathy Bates | The Late Shift | Helen Kushnick |
| 1996 (3rd) | Anne Bancroft | Homecoming | Abigail Tillerman |
| 1996 (3rd) | Stockard Channing | An Unexpected Family | Barbara Whitney |
| 1996 (3rd) | Jena Malone | Bastard Out of Carolina | Ruth “Bone” Boatwright |
| 1996 (3rd) | Cicely Tyson | The Road to Galveston | Jordan Roosevelt |
| 1997 (4th) | Alfre Woodard | Miss Evers' Boys | Eunice Evers, R.N. |
| 1997 (4th) | Glenn Close | In the Gloaming | Janet |
| 1997 (4th) | Faye Dunaway | The Twilight of the Golds | Phyllis Gold |
| 1997 (4th) | Sigourney Weaver | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lady Claudia Hoffman |
| 1997 (4th) | Mare Winningham | George Wallace | Lurleen Wallace |
| 1998 (5th) | Angelina Jolie | Gia | Gia Carangi |
| 1998 (5th) | Ann-Margret | Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story | Pamela Harriman |
| 1998 (5th) | Stockard Channing | The Baby Dance | Rachel Luckman |
| 1998 (5th) | Olympia Dukakis | More Tales of the City | Mrs. Anna Madrigal |
| 1998 (5th) | Mary Steenburgen | About Sarah | Sarah Elizabeth McCaffrey |
| 1999 (6th) | Halle Berry | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Dorothy Dandridge |
| 1999 (6th) | Judy Davis | A Cooler Climate | Paula |
| 1999 (6th) | Sally Field | A Cooler Climate | Iris |
| 1999 (6th) | Kathy Bates | Annie | Miss Agatha Hannigan |
| 1999 (6th) | Helen Mirren | The Passion of Ayn Rand | Ayn Rand |

### 2000s

| Year | Actress | Film | Role(s) |
| 2000 (7th) | Vanessa Redgrave | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Edith Tree |
| 2000 (7th) | Stockard Channing | The Truth About Jane | Janice Williams |
| 2000 (7th) | Judi Dench | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Elizabeth Harman |
| 2000 (7th) | Sally Field | David Copperfield | Aunt Betsey Trotwood |
| 2000 (7th) | Elizabeth Franz | Death of a Salesman | Linda Loman |
| 2001 (8th) | Judy Davis | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Judy Garland |
| 2001 (8th) | Angela Bassett | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Ruby Delacroix |
| 2001 (8th) | Anjelica Huston | The Mists of Avalon | Vivianne, Lady of the Lake |
| 2001 (8th) | Sissy Spacek | Midwives | Sibyl Danforth |
| 2001 (8th) | Emma Thompson | Wit | Vivian Bearing |
| 2002 (9th) | Stockard Channing | The Matthew Shepard Story | Judy Shephard |
| 2002 (9th) | Kathy Bates | My Sister's Keeper | Christine Chapman |
| 2002 (9th) | Helen Mirren | Door to Door | Mrs. Porter |
| 2002 (9th) | Vanessa Redgrave | The Gathering Storm | Clementine Churchill |
| 2002 (9th) | Uma Thurman | Hysterical Blindness | Debbie Miller |
| 2003 (10th) | Meryl Streep | Angels in America | Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg Rabbi Chemelwitz / The Angel Australia |
| 2003 (10th) | Anne Bancroft | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Contessa |
| 2003 (10th) | Helen Mirren | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Karen Stone |
| 2003 (10th) | Mary-Louise Parker | Angels in America | Harper Pitt |
| 2003 (10th) | Emma Thompson | Angels in America | Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel America |
| 2004 (11th) | Glenn Close | The Lion in Winter | Queen Eleanor |
| 2004 (11th) | Patricia Heaton | The Goodbye Girl | Paula McFadden |
| 2004 (11th) | Keke Palmer | The Wool Cap | Lou |
| 2004 (11th) | Hilary Swank | Iron Jawed Angels | Alice Paul |
| 2004 (11th) | Charlize Theron | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Britt Ekland |
| 2005 (12th) | S. Epatha Merkerson | Lackawanna Blues | Rachel "Nanny" Crosby |
| 2005 (12th) | Tonantzin Carmelo | Into the West | Thunder Heart Woman |
| 2005 (12th) | Cynthia Nixon | Warm Springs | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 2005 (12th) | Joanne Woodward | Empire Falls | Francine Whiting |
| 2005 (12th) | Robin Wright | Empire Falls | Grace Roby |
| 2006 (13th) | Helen Mirren | Elizabeth I | Queen Elizabeth I |
| 2006 (13th) | Annette Bening | Mrs. Harris | Jean Harris |
| 2006 (13th) | Shirley Jones | Hidden Places | Aunt Batty |
| 2006 (13th) | Cloris Leachman | Mrs. Harris | Pearl “Billie” Schwartz |
| 2006 (13th) | Greta Scacchi | Broken Trail | Nola Johns |
| 2007 (14th) | Queen Latifah | Life Support | Ana Walace |
| 2007 (14th) | Ellen Burstyn | Mitch Albom's For One More Day | Posey |
| 2007 (14th) | Debra Messing | The Starter Wife | Molly Kagan |
| 2007 (14th) | Anna Paquin | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Elaine Goodale |
| 2007 (14th) | Vanessa Redgrave | The Fever | Woman |
| 2007 (14th) | Gena Rowlands | What If God Were the Sun? | Melissa Eisenbloom |
| 2008 (15th) | Laura Linney | John Adams | Abigail Adams |
| 2008 (15th) | Laura Dern | Recount | Katherine Harris |
| 2008 (15th) | Shirley MacLaine | Coco Chanel | Coco Chanel |
| 2008 (15th) | Phylicia Rashad | A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger |
| 2008 (15th) | Susan Sarandon | Bernard and Doris | Doris Duke |
| 2009 (16th) | Drew Barrymore | Grey Gardens | Edith “Little Edie” Beale |
| 2009 (16th) | Joan Allen | Georgia O'Keeffe | Georgia O‘Keeffe |
| 2009 (16th) | Ruby Dee | America | Mrs. Harper |
| 2009 (16th) | Jessica Lange | Grey Gardens | Edith “Big Edie” Bouvier-Beale |
| 2009 (16th) | Sigourney Weaver | Prayers for Bobby | Mary Griffith |

### 2010s

| Year | Actress | Film | Role(s) |
| 2010 (17th) | Claire Danes | Temple Grandin | Temple Grandin |
| 2010 (17th) | Catherine O'Hara | Temple Grandin | Aunt Ann |
| 2010 (17th) | Julia Ormond | Temple Grandin | Eustacia Grandin |
| 2010 (17th) | Winona Ryder | When Love Is Not Enough | Lois Wilson |
| 2010 (17th) | Susan Sarandon | You Don't Know Jack | Janet Good |
| 2011 (18th) | Kate Winslet | Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce |
| 2011 (18th) | Diane Lane | Cinema Verite | Pat Loud |
| 2011 (18th) | Maggie Smith | Downton Abbey | Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham |
| 2011 (18th) | Emily Watson | Appropriate Adult | Janet Leach |
| 2011 (18th) | Betty White | The Lost Valentine | Caroline Thomas |
| 2012 (19th) | Julianne Moore | Game Change | Sarah Palin |
| 2012 (19th) | Nicole Kidman | Hemingway & Gellhorn | Martha Gellhorn |
| 2012 (19th) | Charlotte Rampling | Restless | Eva Delectorskaya |
| 2012 (19th) | Sigourney Weaver | Political Animals | Elaine Barrish Hammond |
| 2012 (19th) | Alfre Woodard | Steel Magnolias | Louisa "Ouiser" Boudreaux |
| 2013 (20th) | Helen Mirren | Phil Spector | Linda Kenney Baden |
| 2013 (20th) | Angela Bassett | Betty & Coretta | Coretta Scott King |
| 2013 (20th) | Helena Bonham Carter | Burton & Taylor | Elizabeth Taylor |
| 2013 (20th) | Holly Hunter | Top of the Lake | GJ |
| 2013 (20th) | Elisabeth Moss | Top of the Lake | Det. Robin Griffin |
| 2014 (21st) | Frances McDormand | Olive Kitteridge | Olive Kitteridge |
| 2014 (21st) | Ellen Burstyn | Flowers in the Attic | Olivia Foxworth |
| 2014 (21st) | Maggie Gyllenhaal | The Honourable Woman | Nessa Stein, Baroness Stein of Tilbury |
| 2014 (21st) | Julia Roberts | The Normal Heart | Dr. Emma Brookner |
| 2014 (21st) | Cicely Tyson | The Trip to Bountiful | Mrs. Carrie Watts |
| 2015 (22nd) | Queen Latifah | Bessie | Bessie Smith |
| 2015 (22nd) | Nicole Kidman | Grace of Monaco | Grace Kelly |
| 2015 (22nd) | Christina Ricci | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles | Lizzie Borden |
| 2015 (22nd) | Susan Sarandon | The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe | Gladys Monroe Mortenson |
| 2015 (22nd) | Kristen Wiig | The Spoils Before Dying | Delores O’Dell |
| 2016 (23rd) | Sarah Paulson | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Marcia Clark |
| 2016 (23rd) | Bryce Dallas Howard | Black Mirror | Lacie Pound |
| 2016 (23rd) | Felicity Huffman | American Crime | Leslie Graham |
| 2016 (23rd) | Audra McDonald | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill | Billie Holiday |
| 2016 (23rd) | Kerry Washington | Confirmation | Anita Hill |
| 2017 (24th) | Nicole Kidman | Big Little Lies | Celeste Wright |
| 2017 (24th) | Laura Dern | Big Little Lies | Renata Klein |
| 2017 (24th) | Jessica Lange | Feud: Bette and Joan | Joan Crawford |
| 2017 (24th) | Susan Sarandon | Feud: Bette and Joan | Bette Davis |
| 2017 (24th) | Reese Witherspoon | Big Little Lies | Madeline Martha Mackenzie |
| 2018 (25th) | Patricia Arquette | Escape at Dannemora | Tilly Mitchell |
| 2018 (25th) | Amy Adams | Sharp Objects | Camille Preaker |
| 2018 (25th) | Patricia Clarkson | Sharp Objects | Adora Crellin |
| 2018 (25th) | Penélope Cruz | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | Donatella Versace |
| 2018 (25th) | Emma Stone | Maniac | Annie Landsberg |
| 2019 (26th) | Michelle Williams | Fosse/Verdon | Gwen Verdon |
| 2019 (26th) | Patricia Arquette | The Act | Dee Dee Blanchard |
| 2019 (26th) | Toni Collette | Unbelievable | Det. Grace Rasmussen |
| 2019 (26th) | Joey King | The Act | Gypsy Rose Blanchard |
| 2019 (26th) | Emily Watson | Chernobyl | Ulana Khomyuk |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Film | Role(s) |
| 2020 (27th) | Anya Taylor-Joy | The Queen's Gambit | Beth Harmon |
| 2020 (27th) | Cate Blanchett | Mrs. America | Phyllis Schlafly |
| 2020 (27th) | Michaela Coel | I May Destroy You | Arabella Essiedu |
| 2020 (27th) | Nicole Kidman | The Undoing | Grace Fraser |
| 2020 (27th) | Kerry Washington | Little Fires Everywhere | Mia Warren |
| 2021 (28th) | Kate Winslet | Mare of Easttown | Marianne Sheehan |
| 2021 (28th) | Jennifer Coolidge | The White Lotus | Tanya McQuoid |
| 2021 (28th) | Cynthia Erivo | Genius: Aretha | Aretha Franklin |
| 2021 (28th) | Margaret Qualley | Maid | Alexandra "Alex" Russell |
| 2021 (28th) | Jean Smart | Mare of Easttown | Helen Fahey |
| 2022 (29th) | Jessica Chastain | George & Tammy | Tammy Wynette |
| 2022 (29th) | Emily Blunt | The English | Cornelia Locke |
| 2022 (29th) | Julia Garner | Inventing Anna | Anna Sorokin / Anna Delvey |
| 2022 (29th) | Niecy Nash-Betts | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Glenda Cleveland |
| 2022 (29th) | Amanda Seyfried | The Dropout | Elizabeth Holmes |
| 2023 (30th) | Ali Wong | Beef | Amy Lau |
| 2023 (30th) | Uzo Aduba | Painkiller | Edie Flowers |
| 2023 (30th) | Kathryn Hahn | Tiny Beautiful Things | Clare Pierce |
| 2023 (30th) | Brie Larson | Lessons in Chemistry | Elizabeth Zott |
| 2023 (30th) | Bel Powley | A Small Light | Miep Gies |
| 2024 (31st) | Jessica Gunning | Baby Reindeer | Martha Scott |
| 2024 (31st) | Kathy Bates | The Great Lillian Hall | Edith Wilson |
| 2024 (31st) | Cate Blanchett | Disclaimer | Catherine Ravenscroft |
| 2024 (31st) | Jodie Foster | True Detective: Night Country | Det. Elizabeth Danvers |
| 2024 (31st) | Lily Gladstone | Under the Bridge | Cam Bentland |
| 2024 (31st) | Cristin Milioti | The Penguin | Sofia Falcone |

## Multiples
### Multiple winners
#### 2 wins

* Helen Mirren (Elizabeth I, Phil Spector)
* Queen Latifah (Life Support, Bessie)
* Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce, Mare of Easttown)
* Alfre Woodard (The Piano Lesson, Miss Evers' Boys)

### Multiple nominees

Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.

#### 2 nominations

* Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora, The Act)
* Anne Bancroft (Homecoming, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone)
* Angela Bassett (Ruby's Bucket of Blood, Betty & Coretta)
* Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America, Disclaimer)
* Ellen Burstyn (Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day, Flowers in the Attic)
* Judy Davis (A Cooler Climate, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows)
* Laura Dern (Recount, Big Little Lies)
* Anjelica Huston (Buffalo Girls, The Mists of Avalon)
* Jessica Lange (Grey Gardens, Feud: Bette and Joan)
* Queen Latifah (Life Support, Bessie)
* Sissy Spacek (Midwives, A Place for Annie)
* Emma Thompson (Wit, Angels in America)
* Kerry Washington (Confirmation, Little Fires Everywhere)
* Emily Watson (Appropriate Adult, Chernobyl)
* Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce, Mare of Easttown)
* Joanne Woodward (Breathing Lessons, Empire Falls)

#### 3 nominations

* Glenn Close (Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, In the Gloaming, The Lion in Winter)
* Sally Field (A Woman of Independent Means, A Cooler Climate, David Copperfield)
* Vanessa Redgrave (If These Walls Could Talk 2, The Gathering Storm, The Fever)
* Cicely Tyson (Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, The Road to Galveston, The Trip to Bountiful)
* Sigourney Weaver (Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Prayers for Bobby, Political Animals)
* Alfre Woodard (The Piano Lesson, Miss Evers' Boys, Steel Magnolias)

#### 4 nominations

* Kathy Bates (The Late Shift, Annie, My Sister's Keeper, The Great Lillian Hall)
* Stockard Channing (A Unexpected Family, The Baby Dance, The Truth About Jane, The Matthew Shepard Story)
* Nicole Kidman (Hemingway & Gellhorn, Grace of Monaco, Big Little Lies, The Undoing)
* Susan Sarandon (Bernard and Doris, You Don't Know Jack, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Feud: Bette and Joan)

#### 5 nominations

* Helen Mirren (The Passion of Ayn Rand, Door to Door, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Elizabeth I, Phil Spector)