# Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries

The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA) to recognize the work done by television actors. It was introduced in 2012. The winners are selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.

## Winners and nominees
### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Series | Character | Network |
| 2012 | Julianne Moore | Game Change | Sarah Palin | HBO |
| 2012 | Gillian Anderson | Great Expectations | Miss Havisham | PBS |
| 2012 | Lara Pulver | Sherlock | Irene Adler | PBS |
| 2012 | Patricia Clarkson | Five | Mia Knowles | Lifetime |
| 2012 | Jessica Lange | American Horror Story | Constance Langdon | FX |
| 2012 | Emily Watson | Appropriate Adult | Janet Leach | Sundance Channel |
| 2013 | Elisabeth Moss | Top of the Lake | Det. Robin Griffin | Sundance Channel |
| 2013 | Angela Bassett | Betty & Coretta | Coretta Scott King | Lifetime |
| 2013 | Romola Garai | The Hour | Bel Rowley | BBC America |
| 2013 | Rebecca Hall | Parade's End | Sylvia Tietjens | HBO |
| 2013 | Jessica Lange | American Horror Story: Asylum | Sister Jude Martin | FX |
| 2013 | Sigourney Weaver | Political Animals | Elaine Barrish Hammond | USA |
| 2014 | Jessica Lange | American Horror Story: Coven | Fiona Goode | FX |
| 2014 | Holliday Grainger | Bonnie & Clyde | Bonnie Parker | A&E, History and Lifetime |
| 2014 | Helena Bonham Carter | Burton & Taylor | Elizabeth Taylor | BBC America |
| 2014 | Minnie Driver | Return to Zero | Maggie Royal | Lifetime |
| 2014 | Whoopi Goldberg | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Viola | Lifetime |
| 2014 | Cicely Tyson | The Trip to Bountiful | Mrs. Carrie Watts | Lifetime |
| 2015 | Frances McDormand | Olive Kitteridge | Olive Kitteridge | HBO |
| 2015 | Aunjanue Ellis | The Book of Negroes | Aminata Diallo | BET |
| 2015 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | The Honourable Woman | Nessa Stein | SundanceTV |
| 2015 | Felicity Huffman | American Crime | Barbara Hanlon | ABC |
| 2015 | Jessica Lange | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Elsa Mars | FX |
| 2015 | Queen Latifah | Bessie | Bessie Smith | HBO |
| 2016 (1) | Kirsten Dunst | Fargo | Peggy Blumquist | FX |
| 2016 (1) | Rachel McAdams | True Detective | Det. Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides | HBO |
| 2016 (1) | Kathy Bates | American Horror Story: Hotel | Iris | FX |
| 2016 (1) | Sarah Hay | Flesh and Bone | Claire Robbins | Starz |
| 2016 (1) | Shanice Williams | The Wiz Live! | Dorothy Gale | NBC |
| 2016 (1) | Alyvia Alyn Lind | Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors | Dolly Parton | NBC |
| 2016 (2) | Sarah Paulson | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Marcia Clark | FX |
| 2016 (2) | Olivia Colman | The Night Manager | Angela Burr | AMC |
| 2016 (2) | Felicity Huffman | American Crime | Leslie Graham | ABC |
| 2016 (2) | Lili Taylor | American Crime | Anne Blaine | ABC |
| 2016 (2) | Cynthia Nixon | Killing Reagan | Nancy Reagan | Nat Geo |
| 2016 (2) | Kerry Washington | Confirmation | Anita Hill | HBO |
| 2018 | Nicole Kidman | Big Little Lies | Celeste Wright | HBO |
| 2018 | Jessica Biel | The Sinner | Cora Tannetti | USA |
| 2018 | Alana Boden | I Am Elizabeth Smart | Elizabeth Smart | Lifetine |
| 2018 | Carrie Coon | Fargo | Gloria Burgle | FX |
| 2018 | Jessica Lange | Feud: Bette and Joan | Joan Crawford | FX |
| 2018 | Reese Witherspoon | Big Little Lies | Madeline Martha Mackenzie | HBO |
| 2019 | Amy Adams | Sharp Objects | Camille Preaker | HBO |
| 2019 | Patricia Arquette | Escape at Dannemora | Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell | Showtime |
| 2019 | Connie Britton | Dirty John | Debra Newell | Bravo |
| 2019 | Carrie Coon | The Sinner | Vera Walker | USA |
| 2019 | Laura Dern | The Tale | Jennifer Fox | HBO |
| 2019 | Anna Deavere Smith | Notes from the Field | Various Characters | HBO |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Series | Character | Network |
| 2020 | Michelle Williams | Fosse/Verdon | Gwen Verdon | FX |
| 2020 | Kaitlyn Dever | Unbelievable | Marie Adler | Netflix |
| 2020 | Merritt Wever | Unbelievable | Det. Karen Duvall | Netflix |
| 2020 | Anne Hathaway | Modern Love | Lexi | Prime Video |
| 2020 | Megan Hilty | Patsy & Loretta | Patsy Cline | Lifetime |
| 2020 | Jessie Mueller | Patsy & Loretta | Loretta Lynn | Lifetime |
| 2020 | Joey King | The Act | Gypsy Blanchard | Hulu |
| 2021 | Anya Taylor-Joy | The Queen's Gambit | Beth Harmon | Netflix |
| 2021 | Cate Blanchett | Mrs. America | Phyllis Schlafly | FX on Hulu |
| 2021 | Michaela Coel | I May Destroy You | Arabella Essiedu | HBO |
| 2021 | Daisy Edgar-Jones | Normal People | Marianne Sheridan | Hulu |
| 2021 | Shira Haas | Unorthodox | Esther "Esty" Shapiro | Netflix |
| 2021 | Tessa Thompson | Sylvie's Love | Sylvie Parker | Prime Video |
| 2022 | Kate Winslet | Mare of Easttown | Mare Sheehan | HBO |
| 2022 | Danielle Brooks | Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia | Mahalia Jackson | Lifetime |
| 2022 | Cynthia Erivo | Genius: Aretha | Aretha Franklin | NatGeo |
| 2022 | Thuso Mbedu | The Underground Railroad | Cora Randall | Prime Video |
| 2022 | Elizabeth Olsen | WandaVision | Wanda Maximoff | Disney+ |
| 2022 | Margaret Qualley | Maid | Alex Russell | Netflix |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | Amanda Seyfried | The Dropout | Elizabeth Holmes | Hulu |
| 2023 | Julia Garner | Inventing Anna | Anna Delvey / Anna Sorokin | Netflix |
| 2023 | Lily James | Pam & Tommy | Pamela Anderson | Hulu |
| 2023 | Amber Midthunder | Prey | Naru | Hulu |
| 2023 | Julia Roberts | Gaslit | Martha Mitchell | Starz |
| 2023 | Michelle Pfeiffer | The First Lady | Betty Ford | Showtime |
| 2024 |
| 2024 | Ali Wong | Beef | Amy Lau | Netflix |
| 2024 | Kaitlyn Dever | No One Will Save You | Brynn | Hulu |
| 2024 | Carla Gugino | The Fall of the House of Usher | Verna | Netflix |
| 2024 | Brie Larson | Lessons in Chemistry | Elizabeth Zott | Apple TV+ |
| 2024 | Bel Powley | A Small Light | Miep Gies | National Geographic |
| 2024 | Sydney Sweeney | Reality | Reality Winner | HBO Max |
| 2024 | Juno Temple | Fargo | Dorothy "Dot" Lyon | FX |
| 2025 |
| 2025 | Cristin Milioti | The Penguin | Sofia Falcone / Sofia Gigante / The Hangman | HBO |
| 2025 | Cate Blanchett | Disclaimer | Catherine Ravenscroft | Apple TV+ |
| 2025 | Jodie Foster | True Detective: Night Country | Detective Liz Danvers | HBO |
| 2025 | Phoebe Rae-Taylor | Out of My Mind | Melody Brooks | Disney+ |
| 2025 | Jessica Lange | The Great Lillian Hall | Lillian Hall | HBO |
| 2025 | Naomi Watts | Feud: Capote vs. the Swans | Barbara "Babe" Paley | FX |

## Multiple nominations

6 nominations
* Jessica Lange
2 nominations
* Carrie Coon
* Kaitlyn Dever
* Felicity Huffman