page_title: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series
section_title: Winners and nominees
hierarchical_section_title: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series / Winners and nominees
caption_attribution_description: English: Donna Mills in Police Story (1975)
context_page_description: The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It was first awarded at the 7th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1980, and is given to honor an actor/actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a guest role while working within the daytime drama industry.
  Originally referred to as the Outstanding Cameo Appearance in a Drama Series category, it was changed to Outstanding Guest Star in a Drama Series in 1987, when the category was re-introduced. It was reintroduced in 2015 when the category was called Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series and marked its return after 28 years. It included a criterion that "the performer’s character must have premiered in the current eligibility year and have made a limited number of appearances in a significant role". The category then began using its current title in 2018. The eligibility criteria also was modified, permitting actors who "are playing characters they either played before, or are newly cast" as able to submit in the category.
context_section_description: Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
caption: Donna Mills won in 2015 for her role on  General Hospital and was one of three recipients of the award that year.
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