# Primetime Emmy Award voor beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol in een dramaserie

De Primetime Emmy Award voor beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol in een dramaserie (Engels: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series) is een televisieprijs die sinds 1954 elk jaar wordt uitgereikt door de Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Sinds 1966 is de prijs voor een vrouwelijke hoofdrol in een dramaserie, hiervoor werden ook actrices genomineerd die meespeelden in miniseries, televisiefilms en gastoptredens maakten. Ook was er in de begindagen geen onderscheid tussen komedie- of dramaseries, behalve in 1957 en 1959. In 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963 en 1964 werd de prijs gewonnen door een actrice uit een komedieserie. In 1955 en 1961 door een actrice uit een dramaserie.
Angela Lansbury kreeg twaalf nominaties voor haar rol van Jessica Fletcher in elk seizoen van de serie Murder, She Wrote, maar ze kon geen enkele nominatie verzilveren.

## Winnaars en genomineerden

| Legende | Betekenis |
| | Winnende actrice |
| # | Prijs voor een rol in miniserie of televisiefilm in een jaar dat deze categorie niet apart bestond. |
| § | Prijs voor een gastrol in een jaar dat deze categorie niet apart bestond. |

### Jaren 1950

| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programma | Zender |
| 1954 (6e) |
| 1954 (6e) | Eve Arden | Connie Brooks | Our Miss Brooks | CBS |
| 1954 (6e) | Lucille Ball | Lucy Ricardo | I Love Lucy | CBS |
| 1954 (6e) | Imogene Coca | Diverse personages | Your Show of Shows | NBC |
| 1954 (6e) | Dinah Shore | Herself | The Dinah Shore Show | NBC |
| 1954 (6e) | Loretta Young | Diverse personages | The Loretta Young Show | NBC |
| 1955 (7e) |
| 1955 (7e) | Loretta Young | Diverse personages | The Loretta Young Show | CBS |
| 1955 (7e) | Gracie Allen | Gracie Allen | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | CBS |
| 1955 (7e) | Eve Arden | Connie Brooks | Our Miss Brooks | CBS |
| 1955 (7e) | Lucille Ball | Lucy Ricardo | I Love Lucy | CBS |
| 1955 (7e) | Ann Sothern | Susie McNamara | Private Secretary | CBS |
| 1956 (8e) |
| 1956 (8e) | Lucille Ball | Lucy Ricardo | I Love Lucy | CBS |
| 1956 (8e) | Gracie Allen | Gracie Allen | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | CBS |
| 1956 (8e) | Eve Arden | Connie Brooks | Our Miss Brooks | CBS |
| 1956 (8e) | Jean Hagen | Margaret Williams | Make Room for Daddy | ABC |
| 1956 (8e) | Ann Sothern | Susie McNamara | Private Secretary | CBS |
| 1957 (9e) |
| 1957 (9e) | Loretta Young | Diverse personages | The Loretta Young Show | NBC |
| 1957 (9e) | Jan Clayton | Ellen Miller | Lassie | CBS |
| 1957 (9e) | Ida Lupino | Diverse personages | Four Star Playhouse | CBS |
| 1957 (9e) | Peggy Wood | Mama | Mama | CBS |
| 1957 (9e) | Jane Wyman | Diverse personages | Fireside Theatre | NBC |
| 1958 (10e) |
| 1958 (10e) | Jane Wyatt | Margaret Anderson | Father Knows Best | NBC |
| 1958 (10e) | Eve Arden | Liza Hammond | The Eve Arden Show | CBS |
| 1958 (10e) | Spring Byington | Lily Ruskin | December Bride | CBS |
| 1958 (10e) | Jan Clayton | Ellen Miller | Lassie | CBS |
| 1958 (10e) | Ida Lupino | Eve Drake | Mr. Adams and Eve | CBS |
| 1959 (11e) |
| 1959 (11e) | Loretta Young | Diverse personages | The Loretta Young Show | NBC |
| 1959 (11e) | Jan Clayton | Ellen Miller | Lassie | CBS |
| 1959 (11e) | Phyllis Kirk | Nora Charles | The Thin Man | NBC |
| 1959 (11e) | Jane Wyman | Diverse personages | Fireside Theatre | NBC |

### Jaren 1960

| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programma | Zender |
| 1960 (12e) |
| 1960 (12e) | Jane Wyatt | Margaret Anderson | Father Knows Best | CBS |
| 1960 (12e) | Donna Reed | Donna Stone | The Donna Reed Show | ABC |
| 1960 (12e) | Loretta Young | Diverse personages | The Loretta Young Show | NBC |
| 1961 (13e) |
| 1961 (13e) | Barbara Stanwyck | Diverse personages | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | NBC |
| 1961 (13e) | Donna Reed | Donna Stone | The Donna Reed Show | ABC |
| 1961 (13e) | Loretta Young | Diverse personages | The Loretta Young Show | NBC |
| 1962 (14e) |
| 1962 (14e) | Shirley Booth | Hazel Burke | Hazel | NBC |
| 1962 (14e) | Gertrude Berg | Sarah Green | The Gertrude Berg Show | CBS |
| 1962 (14e) | Donna Reed | Donna Stone | The Donna Reed Show | ABC |
| 1962 (14e) | Mary Stuart | Joanne Gardner | Search for Tomorrow | CBS |
| 1962 (14e) | Cara Williams | Gladys Porter | Pete and Gladys | CBS |
| 1963 (15e) |
| 1963 (15e) | Shirley Booth | Hazel Burke | Hazel | NBC |
| 1963 (15e) | Lucille Ball | Lucy Carmichael | The Lucy Show | CBS |
| 1963 (15e) | Shirl Conway | Liz Thorpe | The Nurses | CBS |
| 1963 (15e) | Mary Tyler Moore | Laura Petrie | The Dick Van Dyke Show | CBS |
| 1963 (15e) | Irene Ryan | Granny | The Beverly Hillbillies | CBS |
| 1964 (16e) |
| 1964 (16e) | Mary Tyler Moore | Laura Petrie | The Dick Van Dyke Show | CBS |
| 1964 (16e) | Shirley Booth | Hazel Burke | Hazel | NBC |
| 1964 (16e) | Patty Duke | Cathy Lane | The Patty Duke Show | ABC |
| 1964 (16e) | Irene Ryan | Granny | The Beverly Hillbillies | CBS |
| 1964 (16e) | Inger Stevens | Katy Holstrum | The Farmer's Daughter | ABC |
| 1965 (17e) |
| Geen prijs ||||
| 1966 (18e) |
| 1966 (18e) | Barbara Stanwyck | Victoria Barkley | The Big Valley | ABC |
| 1966 (18e) | Anne Francis | Honey West | Honey West | ABC |
| 1966 (18e) | Barbara Parkins | Betty Anderson Cord | Peyton Place | ABC |
| 1967 (19e) |
| 1967 (19e) | Barbara Bain | Cinnamon Carter | Mission: Impossible | CBS |
| 1967 (19e) | Diana Rigg | Emma Peel | The Avengers | ABC |
| 1967 (19e) | Barbara Stanwyck | Victoria Barkley | The Big Valley | ABC |
| 1968 (20e) |
| 1968 (20e) | Barbara Bain | Cinnamon Carter | Mission: Impossible | CBS |
| 1968 (20e) | Diana Rigg | Emma Peel | The Avengers | ABC |
| 1968 (20e) | Barbara Stanwyck | Victoria Barkley | The Big Valley | ABC |
| 1969 (21e) |
| 1969 (21e) | Barbara Bain | Cinnamon Carter | Mission: Impossible | CBS |
| 1969 (21e) | Joan Blondell | Lottie Hatfield | Here Come the Brides | ABC |
| 1969 (21e) | Peggy Lipton | Julie Barnes | The Mod Squad | ABC |

### Jaren 1970

| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programmama | Zender |
| 1970 (22e) |
| 1970 (22e) | Susan Hampshire # | Fleur Mont | The Forsyte Saga | NET |
| 1970 (22e) | Joan Blondell | Lottie Hatfield | Here Come the Brides | ABC |
| 1970 (22e) | Peggy Lipton | Julie Barnes | The Mod Squad | ABC |
| 1971 (23e) |
| 1971 (23e) | Susan Hampshire # | Sarah Churchill | The First Churchills | PBS |
| 1971 (23e) | Linda Cristal | Victoria Montoya | The High Chaparral | NBC |
| 1971 (23e) | Peggy Lipton | Julie Barnes | The Mod Squad | ABC |
| 1972 (24e) |
| 1972 (24e) | Glenda Jackson # | Queen Elizabeth I | Elizabeth R | PBS |
| 1972 (24e) | Peggy Lipton | Julie Barnes | The Mod Squad | ABC |
| 1972 (24e) | Susan Saint James | Sally McMillian | McMillan & Wife | NBC |
| 1973 (25e) |
| 1973 (25e) | Michael Learned | Olivia Walton | The Waltons | CBS |
| 1973 (25e) | Lynda Day George | Lisa Casey | Mission: Impossible | CBS |
| 1973 (25e) | Susan Saint James | Sally McMillian | McMillan & Wife | NBC |
| 1974 (26e) |
| 1974 (26e) | Michael Learned | Olivia Walton | The Waltons | CBS |
| 1974 (26e) | Jean Marsh | Rose Buck | Upstairs, Downstairs | PBS |
| 1974 (26e) | Jeanette Nolan | Sally Fergus | Dirty Sally | CBS |
| 1975 (27e) |
| 1975 (27e) | Jean Marsh | Rose Buck | Upstairs, Downstairs | PBS |
| 1975 (27e) | Angie Dickinson | Sgt. Leann Anderson | Police Woman | NBC |
| 1975 (27e) | Michael Learned | Olivia Walton | The Waltons | CBS |
| 1976 (28e) |
| 1976 (28e) | Michael Learned | Olivia Walton | The Waltons | CBS |
| 1976 (28e) | Angie Dickinson | Sgt. Leann Anderson | Police Woman | NBC |
| 1976 (28e) | Anne Meara | Kate McShane | Kate McShane | CBS |
| 1976 (28e) | Brenda Vaccaro | Sara Yarnell | Sara | CBS |
| 1977 (29e) |
| 1977 (29e) | Lindsay Wagner | Jaime Sommers | The Bionic Woman | ABC |
| 1977 (29e) | Angie Dickinson | Sgt. Leann Anderson | Police Woman | NBC |
| 1977 (29e) | Kate Jackson | Sabrina Duncan | Charlie's Angels | ABC |
| 1977 (29e) | Michael Learned | Olivia Walton | The Waltons | CBS |
| 1977 (29e) | Sada Thompson | Kate Lawrence | Family | ABC |
| 1978 (30e) |
| 1978 (30e) | Sada Thompson | Kate Lawrence | Family | ABC |
| 1978 (30e) | Melissa Sue Anderson | Mary Ingalls | Little House on the Prairie | NBC |
| 1978 (30e) | Fionnula Flanagan | Aunt Molly Culhane | How the West Was Won | ABC |
| 1978 (30e) | Kate Jackson | Sabrina Duncan | Charlie's Angels | ABC |
| 1978 (30e) | Michael Learned | Olivia Walton | The Waltons | CBS |
| 1978 (30e) | Susan Sullivan | Julie Farr | Having Babies | ABC |
| 1979 (31e) |
| 1979 (31e) | Mariette Hartley § | Caroline Fields | The Incredible Hulk | CBS |
| 1979 (31e) | Barbara Bel Geddes | Miss Ellie Ewing | Dallas | CBS |
| 1979 (31e) | Rita Moreno § | Rita Capkovick | The Rockford Files | NBC |
| 1979 (31e) | Sada Thompson | Kate Lawrence | Family | ABC |

### Jaren 1980

| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programmama | Zender |
| 1980 (32e) |
| 1980 (32e) | Barbara Bel Geddes | Miss Ellie Ewing | Dallas | CBS |
| 1980 (32e) | Lauren Bacall § | Kendall Warren | The Rockford Files | NBC |
| 1980 (32e) | Mariette Hartley § | Althea Morgan | The Rockford Files | NBC |
| 1980 (32e) | Kristy McNichol | Buddy Lawrence | Family | ABC |
| 1980 (32e) | Sada Thompson | Kate Lawrence | Family | ABC |
| 1981 (33e) |
| 1981 (33e) | Barbara Babcock § | Grace Gardner | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1981 (33e) | Barbara Bel Geddes | Miss Ellie Ewing | Dallas | CBS |
| 1981 (33e) | Linda Gray | Sue Ellen Ewing | Dallas | CBS |
| 1981 (33e) | Veronica Hamel | Joyce Davenport | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1981 (33e) | Michael Learned | Mary Benjamin | Nurse | CBS |
| 1981 (33e) | Stefanie Powers | Jennifer Hart | Hart to Hart | ABC |
| 1982 (34e) |
| 1982 (34e) | Michael Learned | Mary Benjamin | Nurse | CBS |
| 1982 (34e) | Debbie Allen | Lydia Grant | Fame | NBC |
| 1982 (34e) | Veronica Hamel | Joyce Davenport | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1982 (34e) | Michele Lee | Karen Fairgate | Knots Landing | CBS |
| 1982 (34e) | Stefanie Powers | Jennifer Hart | Hart to Hart | ABC |
| 1983 (35e) |
| 1983 (35e) | Tyne Daly | Mary Beth Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1983 (35e) | Debbie Allen | Lydia Grant | Fame | NBC |
| 1983 (35e) | Linda Evans | Krystle Carrington | Dynasty | ABC |
| 1983 (35e) | Sharon Gless | Chris Cagney | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1983 (35e) | Veronica Hamel | Joyce Davenport | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1984 (36e) |
| 1984 (36e) | Tyne Daly | Mary Beth Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1984 (36e) | Debbie Allen | Lydia Grant | Fame | Syndicatie |
| 1984 (36e) | Joan Collins | Alexis Colby | Dynasty | ABC |
| 1984 (36e) | Sharon Gless | Chris Cagney | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1984 (36e) | Veronica Hamel | Joyce Davenport | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1985 (37e) |
| 1985 (37e) | Tyne Daly | Mary Beth Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1985 (37e) | Debbie Allen | Lydia Grant | Fame | Syndicatie |
| 1985 (37e) | Sharon Gless | Chris Cagney | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1985 (37e) | Veronica Hamel | Joyce Davenport | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1985 (37e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS |
| 1986 (38e) |
| 1986 (38e) | Sharon Gless | Chris Cagney | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1986 (38e) | Tyne Daly | Mary Beth Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1986 (38e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS |
| 1986 (38e) | Cybill Shepherd | Maddie Hayes | Moonlighting | ABC |
| 1986 (38e) | Alfre Woodard | Roxanne Turner | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1987 (39e) |
| 1987 (39e) | Sharon Gless | Chris Cagney | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1987 (39e) | Tyne Daly | Mary Beth Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1987 (39e) | Susan Dey | Grace Van Owen | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1987 (39e) | Jill Eikenberry | Ann Kelsey | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1987 (39e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS |
| 1988 (40e) |
| 1988 (40e) | Tyne Daly | Mary Beth Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1988 (40e) | Susan Dey | Grace Van Owen | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1988 (40e) | Jill Eikenberry | Ann Kelsey | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1988 (40e) | Sharon Gless | Chris Cagney | Cagney & Lacey | CBS |
| 1988 (40e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS |
| 1989 (41e) |
| 1989 (41e) | Dana Delany | Colleen McMurphy | China Beach | ABC |
| 1989 (41e) | Susan Dey | Grace Van Owen | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1989 (41e) | Jill Eikenberry | Ann Kelsey | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1989 (41e) | Linda Hamilton | Catherine Chandler | Beauty and the Beast | CBS |
| 1989 (41e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS |

### Jaren 1990

| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programma | Aflevering | Zender |
| 1990 (42e) |
| 1990 (42e) | Patricia Wettig | Nancy Krieger-Weston | thirtysomething | "The Other Shoe" | ABC |
| 1990 (42e) | Dana Delany | Colleen McMurphy | China Beach | | ABC |
| 1990 (42e) | Jill Eikenberry | Ann Kelsey | L.A. Law | | NBC |
| 1990 (42e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | | CBS |
| 1990 (42e) | Piper Laurie | Catherine Martell | Twin Peaks | | ABC |
| 1991 (43e) |
| 1991 (43e) | Patricia Wettig | Nancy Krieger-Weston | thirtysomething | "Guns and Roses" | ABC |
| 1991 (43e) | Dana Delany | Colleen McMurphy | China Beach | "Fever" | ABC |
| 1991 (43e) | Sharon Gless | Rosie O'Neill | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | "When I'm 44" | CBS |
| 1991 (43e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | "Thursday's Child" | CBS |
| 1992 (44e) |
| 1992 (44e) | Dana Delany | Colleen McMurphy | China Beach | "Through and Through" | ABC |
| 1992 (44e) | Sharon Gless | Rosie O'Neill | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | "Heartbreak Hotel" | CBS |
| 1992 (44e) | Shirley Knight § | Melanie Currants | Law & Order | "The Wages of Love" | NBC |
| 1992 (44e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | "Night Fears" | CBS |
| 1992 (44e) | Kate Nelligan § | Sydney Carver | Road to Avonlea | "After the Honeymoon" | Disney |
| 1992 (44e) | Regina Taylor | Lilly Harper | I'll Fly Away | "Coming Home" | NBC |
| 1993 (45e) |
| 1993 (45e) | Kathy Baker | Jill Brock | Picket Fences | "Thanksgiving" | CBS |
| 1993 (45e) | Swoosie Kurtz | Alex Reed | Sisters | "Mirror, Mirror" | NBC |
| 1993 (45e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | "Night of the Coyote" | CBS |
| 1993 (45e) | Regina Taylor | Lilly Harper | I'll Fly Away | "Comfort and Joy" | NBC |
| 1993 (45e) | Janine Turner | Maggie O'Connell | Northern Exposure | "Love's Labour Mislaid" | CBS |
| 1994 (46e) |
| 1994 (46e) | Sela Ward | Teddy Reed | Sisters | "Land of the Lost Children" | NBC |
| 1994 (46e) | Kathy Baker | Jill Brock | Picket Fences | "Guns 'R' Us" | CBS |
| 1994 (46e) | Swoosie Kurtz | Alex Reed | Sisters | "Protective Measures" | NBC |
| 1994 (46e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | "A Killing in Cork" | CBS |
| 1994 (46e) | Jane Seymour | Michaela Quinn | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | "Best Friends" | CBS |
| 1995 (47e) |
| 1995 (47e) | Kathy Baker | Jill Brock | Picket Fences | "Frogman Returns" | CBS |
| 1995 (47e) | Claire Danes | Angela Chase | My So-Called Life | "Pilot" | ABC |
| 1995 (47e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | "Dear Deadly" | CBS |
| 1995 (47e) | Sherry Stringfield | Susan Lewis | ER | "Motherhood" | NBC |
| 1995 (47e) | Cicely Tyson | Carrie Grace Battle | Sweet Justice | "In the Name of the Sun" | NBC |
| 1996 (48e) |
| 1996 (48e) | Kathy Baker | Jill Brock | Picket Fences | "Bottled" | CBS |
| 1996 (48e) | Gillian Anderson | Dana Scully | The X-Files | "Piper Maru" | Fox |
| 1996 (48e) | Christine Lahti | Kate Austin | Chicago Hope | "Transplanted Affection" | CBS |
| 1996 (48e) | Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | "Death by Demographics" | CBS |
| 1996 (48e) | Sherry Stringfield | Susan Lewis | ER | "Take These Broken Wings" | NBC |
| 1997 (49e) |
| 1997 (49e) | Gillian Anderson | Dana Scully | The X-Files | "Memento Mori" | Fox |
| 1997 (49e) | Roma Downey | Monica | Touched by an Angel | "Missing in Action" | CBS |
| 1997 (49e) | Christine Lahti | Kate Austin | Chicago Hope | "Back to the Future" | CBS |
| 1997 (49e) | Julianna Margulies | Carol Hathaway | ER | "The Long Way Around" | NBC |
| 1997 (49e) | Sherry Stringfield | Susan Lewis | ER | "Fear of Flying" | NBC |
| 1998 (50e) |
| 1998 (50e) | Christine Lahti | Kate Austin | Chicago Hope | "Cabin Fever" | CBS |
| 1998 (50e) | Gillian Anderson | Dana Scully | The X-Files | "All Souls" | Fox |
| 1998 (50e) | Roma Downey | Monica | Touched by an Angel | "The Spirit of Liberty Moon" | CBS |
| 1998 (50e) | Julianna Margulies | Carol Hathaway | ER | "Carter's Choice" | NBC |
| 1998 (50e) | Jane Seymour | Michaela Quinn | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | "Point Blank" | CBS |
| 1999 (51e) |
| 1999 (51e) | Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | "College" | HBO |
| 1999 (51e) | Gillian Anderson | Dana Scully | The X-Files | "Milagro" | Fox |
| 1999 (51e) | Lorraine Bracco | Jennifer Melfi | The Sopranos | "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" | HBO |
| 1999 (51e) | Christine Lahti | Kate Austin | Chicago Hope | "Karmic Relief" | CBS |
| 1999 (51e) | Julianna Margulies | Carol Hathaway | ER | "The Storm (Part II)" | NBC |

### Jaren 2000

| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programma | Aflevering | Zender |
| 2000 (52e) |
| 2000 (52e) | Sela Ward | Lily Manning | Once and Again | "Pilot" | ABC |
| 2000 (52e) | Lorraine Bracco | Jennifer Melfi | The Sopranos | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | HBO |
| 2000 (52e) | Amy Brenneman | Amy Gray | Judging Amy | "The Wee Hours" | CBS |
| 2000 (52e) | Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | "Full Leather Jacket" | HBO |
| 2000 (52e) | Julianna Margulies | Carol Hathaway | ER | "Great Expectations" | NBC |
| 2001 (53e) |
| 2001 (53e) | Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | "Second Opinion" | HBO |
| 2001 (53e) | Lorraine Bracco | Jennifer Melfi | The Sopranos | "Employee of the Month" | HBO |
| 2001 (53e) | Amy Brenneman | Amy Gray | Judging Amy | "The Undertow" | CBS |
| 2001 (53e) | Marg Helgenberger | Catherine Willows | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Justice Is Served" | CBS |
| 2001 (53e) | Sela Ward | Lily Manning | Once and Again | "Second Time Around" | ABC |
| 2002 (54e) |
| 2002 (54e) | Allison Janney | C.J. Cregg | The West Wing | "The Women of Qumar" | NBC |
| 2002 (54e) | Amy Brenneman | Amy Gray | Judging Amy | "Tidal Wave" | CBS |
| 2002 (54e) | Frances Conroy | Ruth Fisher | Six Feet Under | "Pilot" | HBO |
| 2002 (54e) | Jennifer Garner | Sydney Bristow | Alias | "Truth Be Told" | ABC |
| 2002 (54e) | Rachel Griffiths | Brenda Chenowith | Six Feet Under | "The Secret" | HBO |
| 2003 (55e) |
| 2003 (55e) | Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | "Whitecaps" | HBO |
| 2003 (55e) | Frances Conroy | Ruth Fisher | Six Feet Under | "Nobody Sleeps" | HBO |
| 2003 (55e) | Jennifer Garner | Sydney Bristow | Alias | "Phase One" | ABC |
| 2003 (55e) | Marg Helgenberger | Catherine Willows | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | "Lady Heather's Box" | CBS |
| 2003 (55e) | Allison Janney | C.J. Cregg | The West Wing | "The Long Goodbye" | NBC |
| 2004 (56e) |
| 2004 (56e) | Allison Janney | C.J. Cregg | The West Wing | "Access" | NBC |
| 2004 (56e) | Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | "All Happy Families..." | HBO |
| 2004 (56e) | Jennifer Garner | Sydney Bristow | Alias | "The Two" | ABC |
| 2004 (56e) | Mariska Hargitay | Olivia Benson | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "Control" | NBC |
| 2004 (56e) | Amber Tamblyn | Joan Girardi | Joan of Arcadia | "Pilot" | CBS |
| 2005 (57e) |
| 2005 (57e) | Patricia Arquette | Allison DuBois | Medium | "In Sickness and Adultery" | NBC |
| 2005 (57e) | Glenn Close | Monica Rawling | The Shield | "Hurt" | FX |
| 2005 (57e) | Frances Conroy | Ruth Fisher | Six Feet Under | "Coming and Going" | HBO |
| 2005 (57e) | Jennifer Garner | Sydney Bristow | Alias | "Before the Flood" | ABC |
| 2005 (57e) | Mariska Hargitay | Olivia Benson | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "Charisma" | NBC |
| 2006 (58e) |
| 2006 (58e) | Mariska Hargitay | Olivia Benson | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "911" | NBC |
| 2006 (58e) | Frances Conroy | Ruth Fisher | Six Feet Under | "Everyone's Waiting" | HBO |
| 2006 (58e) | Geena Davis | Mackenzie Allen | Commander in Chief | "Pilot" | ABC |
| 2006 (58e) | Allison Janney | C.J. Cregg | The West Wing | "Institutional Memory" | NBC |
| 2006 (58e) | Kyra Sedgwick | Brenda Leigh Johnson | The Closer | "Fantasy Date" | TNT |
| 2007 (59e) |
| 2007 (59e) | Sally Field | Nora Walker | Brothers & Sisters | "Mistakes Were Made (Part 2)" | ABC |
| 2007 (59e) | Patricia Arquette | Allison DuBois | Medium | "Be Kind, Rewind" | NBC |
| 2007 (59e) | Minnie Driver | Dahlia Malloy | The Riches | "Pilot" | FX |
| 2007 (59e) | Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | "The Second Coming" | HBO |
| 2007 (59e) | Mariska Hargitay | Olivia Benson | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "Florida" | NBC |
| 2007 (59e) | Kyra Sedgwick | Brenda Leigh Johnson | The Closer | "Slippin'" | TNT |
| 2008 (60e) |
| 2008 (60e) | Glenn Close | Patty Hewes | Damages | "Get Me a Lawyer" | FX |
| 2008 (60e) | Sally Field | Nora Walker | Brothers & Sisters | "History Repeating" | ABC |
| 2008 (60e) | Mariska Hargitay | Olivia Benson | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "Undercover" | NBC |
| 2008 (60e) | Holly Hunter | Grace Hanadarko | Saving Grace | "Tacos, Tulips, Duck, and Spices" | TNT |
| 2008 (60e) | Kyra Sedgwick | Brenda Leigh Johnson | The Closer | "Manhunt" | TNT |
| 2009 (61e) |
| 2009 (61e) | Glenn Close | Patty Hewes | Damages | "Trust Me" | FX |
| 2009 (61e) | Sally Field | Nora Walker | Brothers & Sisters | "A Father Dreams" | ABC |
| 2009 (61e) | Mariska Hargitay | Olivia Benson | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "PTSD" | NBC |
| 2009 (61e) | Holly Hunter | Grace Hanadarko | Saving Grace | "Have a Seat, Earl" | TNT |
| 2009 (61e) | Elisabeth Moss | Peggy Olson | Mad Men | "Meditations in an Emergency" | AMC |
| 2009 (61e) | Kyra Sedgwick | Brenda Leigh Johnson | The Closer | "Cherry Bomb" | TNT |

### Jaren 2010

| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programma | Aflevering | Zender |
| 2010 (62e) |
| 2010 (62e) | Kyra Sedgwick | Brenda Leigh Johnson | The Closer | "Maternal Instincts" | TNT |
| 2010 (62e) | Connie Britton | Tami Taylor | Friday Night Lights | "After the Fall" | DirecTV |
| 2010 (62e) | Glenn Close | Patty Hewes | Damages | "Your Secrets Are Safe" | FX |
| 2010 (62e) | Mariska Hargitay | Olivia Benson | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "Perverted" | NBC |
| 2010 (62e) | January Jones | Betty Draper | Mad Men | "The Gypsy and the Hobo" | AMC |
| 2010 (62e) | Julianna Margulies | Alicia Florrick | The Good Wife | "Threesome" | CBS |
| 2011 (63e) |
| 2011 (63e) | Julianna Margulies | Alicia Florrick | The Good Wife | "In Sickness" | CBS |
| 2011 (63e) | Kathy Bates | Harriet Korn | Harry's Law | "Innocent Man" | NBC |
| 2011 (63e) | Connie Britton | Tami Taylor | Friday Night Lights | "Always" | DirecTV |
| 2011 (63e) | Mireille Enos | Sarah Linden | The Killing | "Missing" | AMC |
| 2011 (63e) | Mariska Hargitay | Olivia Benson | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | "Rescue" | NBC |
| 2011 (63e) | Elisabeth Moss | Peggy Olson | Mad Men | "The Suitcase" | AMC |
| 2012 (64e) |
| 2012 (64e) | Claire Danes | Carrie Mathison | Homeland | "The Vest" | Showtime |
| 2012 (64e) | Kathy Bates | Harriet Korn | Harry's Law | "Onward and Upward" | NBC |
| 2012 (64e) | Glenn Close | Patty Hewes | Damages | "I've Done Way Too Much for This Girl" | DirecTV |
| 2012 (64e) | Michelle Dockery | Lady Mary Crawley | Downton Abbey | "Episode Seven" | PBS |
| 2012 (64e) | Julianna Margulies | Alicia Florrick | The Good Wife | "Parenting Made Easy" | CBS |
| 2012 (64e) | Elisabeth Moss | Peggy Olson | Mad Men | "The Other Woman" | AMC |
| 2013 (65e) |
| 2013 (65e) | Claire Danes | Carrie Mathison | Homeland | "Q&A" | Showtime |
| 2013 (65e) | Connie Britton | Rayna Jaymes | Nashville | "Pilot" | ABC |
| 2013 (65e) | Michelle Dockery | Lady Mary Crawley | Downton Abbey | "Episode One" | PBS |
| 2013 (65e) | Vera Farmiga | Norma Bates | Bates Motel | "First You Dream, Then You Die" | A&E |
| 2013 (65e) | Elisabeth Moss | Peggy Olson | Mad Men | "The Better Half" | AMC |
| 2013 (65e) | Kerry Washington | Olivia Pope | Scandal | "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" | ABC |
| 2013 (65e) | Robin Wright | Claire Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 10" | Netflix |
| 2014 (66e) |
| 2014 (66e) | Julianna Margulies | Alicia Florrick | The Good Wife | "The Last Call" | CBS |
| 2014 (66e) | Lizzy Caplan | Virginia Johnson | Masters of Sex | "Pilot" | Showtime |
| 2014 (66e) | Claire Danes | Carrie Mathison | Homeland | "The Star" | Showtime |
| 2014 (66e) | Michelle Dockery | Lady Mary Crawley | Downton Abbey | "Episode One" | PBS |
| 2014 (66e) | Kerry Washington | Olivia Pope | Scandal | "The Fluffer" | ABC |
| 2014 (66e) | Robin Wright | Claire Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 26" | Netflix |
| 2015 (67e) |
| 2015 (67e) | Viola Davis | Annalise Keating | How to Get Away with Murder | "Freakin' Whack-a-Mole" | ABC |
| 2015 (67e) | Claire Danes | Carrie Mathison | Homeland | "From A to B and Back Again" | Showtime |
| 2015 (67e) | Taraji P. Henson | Cookie Lyon | Empire | "Pilot" | Fox |
| 2015 (67e) | Tatiana Maslany | Diverse personages | Orphan Black | "Certain Agony of the Battlefield" | BBC America |
| 2015 (67e) | Elisabeth Moss | Peggy Olson | Mad Men | "Person to Person" | AMC |
| 2015 (67e) | Robin Wright | Claire Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 32" | Netflix |
| 2016 (68e) |
| 2016 (68e) | Tatiana Maslany | Diverse personages | Orphan Black | "The Antisocialism of Sex" | BBC America |
| 2016 (68e) | Claire Danes | Carrie Mathison | Homeland | "Super Powers" | Showtime |
| 2016 (68e) | Viola Davis | Annalise Keating | How to Get Away with Murder | "There's My Baby" | ABC |
| 2016 (68e) | Taraji P. Henson | Cookie Lyon | Empire | "Rise by Sin" | Fox |
| 2016 (68e) | Keri Russell | Elizabeth Jennings | The Americans | "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears" | FX |
| 2016 (68e) | Robin Wright | Claire Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 49" | Netflix |
| 2017 (69e) |
| 2017 (69e) | Elisabeth Moss | June Osborne / Offred | The Handmaid's Tale | "Night" | Hulu |
| 2017 (69e) | Viola Davis | Annalise Keating | How to Get Away with Murder | "Wes" | ABC |
| 2017 (69e) | Claire Foy | Queen Elizabeth II | The Crown | "Assassins" | Netflix |
| 2017 (69e) | Keri Russell | Elizabeth Jennings | The Americans | "Dyatkovo" | FX |
| 2017 (69e) | Evan Rachel Wood | Dolores Abernathy | Westworld | "The Bicameral Mind" | HBO |
| 2017 (69e) | Robin Wright | Claire Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 65" | Netflix |
| 2018 (70e) |
| 2018 (70e) | Claire Foy | Queen Elizabeth II | The Crown | "Dear Mrs. Kennedy" | Netflix |
| 2018 (70e) | Tatiana Maslany | Diverse personages | Orphan Black | "To Right the Wrongs of Many" | BBC America |
| 2018 (70e) | Elisabeth Moss | June Osborne / Offred | The Handmaid's Tale | "The Last Ceremony" | Hulu |
| 2018 (70e) | Sandra Oh | Eve Polastri | Killing Eve | "I Have a Thing About Bathrooms" | BBC America |
| 2018 (70e) | Keri Russell | Elizabeth Jennings | The Americans | "The Summit" | FX |
| 2018 (70e) | Evan Rachel Wood | Dolores Abernathy | Westworld | "Reunion" | HBO |
| 2019 (71e) |
| 2019 (71e) | Jodie Comer | Villanelle | Killing Eve | "I Hope You Like Missionary!" | BBC America |
| 2019 (71e) | Emilia Clarke | Daenerys Targaryen | Game of Thrones | "The Last of the Starks" | HBO |
| 2019 (71e) | Viola Davis | Annalise Keating | How to Get Away with Murder | "He Betrayed Us Both" | ABC |
| 2019 (71e) | Laura Linney | Wendy Byrde | Ozark | "One Way Out" | Netflix |
| 2019 (71e) | Mandy Moore | Rebecca Pearson | This Is Us | "The Graduates" | NBC |
| 2019 (71e) | Sandra Oh | Eve Polastri | Killing Eve | "You're Mine" | BBC America |
| 2019 (71e) | Robin Wright | Claire Underwood | House of Cards | "Chapter 70" | Netflix |

### Jaren 2020

| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programma | Aflevering | Zender |
| 2020 (72e) |
| 2020 (72e) | Zendaya | Rue Bennett | Euphoria | "Made You Look" | HBO |
| 2020 (72e) | Jennifer Aniston | Alex Levy | The Morning Show | "In the Dark Night of the Soul It's Always 3:30 in the Morning" | Apple TV+ |
| 2020 (72e) | Olivia Colman | Queen Elizabeth II | The Crown | "Cri de Coeur" | Netflix |
| 2020 (72e) | Jodie Comer | Villanelle | Killing Eve | "Are You From Pinner?" | BBC America |
| 2020 (72e) | Laura Linney | Wendy Byrde | Ozark | "Fire Pink" | Netflix |
| 2020 (72e) | Sandra Oh | Eve Polastri | Killing Eve | "Are You Leading or Am I?" | BBC America |
| 2021 (73e) |
| 2021 (73e) | Uzo Aduba | Dr. Brooke Taylor | In Treatment | "Brooke - Week 5" | HBO |
| 2021 (73e) | Olivia Colman | Queen Elizabeth II | The Crown | "48:1" | Netflix |
| 2021 (73e) | Emma Corrin | Princess Diana | The Crown | "Fairytale" | Netflix |
| 2021 (73e) | Elisabeth Moss | June Osborne | The Handmaid's Tale | "Home" | Hulu |
| 2021 (73e) | Mj Rodriguez | Blanca Rodriguez | Pose | "Series Finale" | FX |
| 2021 (73e) | Jurnee Smollett | Letitia "Leti" Lewis | Lovecraft Country | "Holy Ghost" | HBO |

## Externe link

* Officiële website