Drama Dizilerinde En İyi Yardımcı Kadın Oyuncu Primetime Emmy Ödülü
Kazananlar ve adaylar > 1980'ler

| Yıl | Aktris | Rol | Program | Yayıncı |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1980 (32nd): 
| 1980 (32nd) | Nancy Marchand | Margaret Pynchon | Lou Grant | CBS |
| 1980 (32nd) | Nina Foch § | Mrs. Polk | Lou Grant | CBS |
| 1980 (32nd) | Linda Kelsey | Billie Newman | Lou Grant | CBS |
| 1980 (32nd) | Jessica Walter | Melanie McIntyre | Trapper John, M.D. | CBS |
1981 (33rd): 
| 1981 (33rd) | Nancy Marchand | Margaret Pynchon | Lou Grant | CBS |
| 1981 (33rd) | Barbara Barrie | Evelyn Stroller | Breaking Away | ABC |
| 1981 (33rd) | Barbara Bosson | Fay Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1981 (33rd) | Linda Kelsey | Billie Newman | Lou Grant | CBS |
| 1981 (33rd) | Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
1982 (34th): 
| 1982 (34th) | Nancy Marchand | Margaret Pynchon | Lou Grant | CBS |
| 1982 (34th) | Barbara Bosson | Fay Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1982 (34th) | Julie Harris | Lilimae Clements | Knots Landing | CBS |
| 1982 (34th) | Linda Kelsey | Billie Newman | Lou Grant | CBS |
| 1982 (34th) | Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
1983 (35th): 
| 1983 (35th) | Doris Roberts § | Cora | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1983 (35th) | Barbara Bosson | Fay Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1983 (35th) | Christina Pickles | Nurse Helen Rosenthal | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1983 (35th) | Madge Sinclair | Nurse Ernestine Shoop | Trapper John, M.D. | CBS |
| 1983 (35th) | Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
1984 (36th): 
| 1984 (36th) | Alfre Woodard § | Doris Robson | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1984 (36th) | Barbara Bosson | Fay Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1984 (36th) | Piper Laurie § | Fran Singleton | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1984 (36th) | Madge Sinclair | Nurse Ernestine Shoop | Trapper John, M.D. | CBS |
| 1984 (36th) | Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
1985 (37th): 
| 1985 (37th) | Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1985 (37th) | Barbara Bosson | Fay Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
| 1985 (37th) | Christina Pickles | Nurse Helen Rosenthal | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1985 (37th) | Doris Roberts | Mildred Krebs | Remington Steele | NBC |
| 1985 (37th) | Madge Sinclair | Nurse Ernestine Shoop | Trapper John, M.D. | CBS |
1986 (38th): 
| 1986 (38th) | Bonnie Bartlett | Ellen Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1986 (38th) | Allyce Beasley | Agnes DiPesto | Moonlighting | ABC |
| 1986 (38th) | Christina Pickles | Nurse Helen Rosenthal | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1986 (38th) | Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
1987 (39th): 
| 1987 (39th) | Bonnie Bartlett | Ellen Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1987 (39th) | Allyce Beasley | Agnes DiPesto | Moonlighting | ABC |
| 1987 (39th) | Christina Pickles | Nurse Helen Rosenthal | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1987 (39th) | Susan Ruttan | Roxanne Melman | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1987 (39th) | Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC |
1988 (40th): 
| 1988 (40th) | Patricia Wettig | Nancy Krieger Weston | thirtysomething | ABC |
| 1988 (40th) | Bonnie Bartlett | Ellen Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1988 (40th) | Polly Draper | Ellyn Warren | thirtysomething | ABC |
| 1988 (40th) | Christina Pickles | Nurse Helen Rosenthal | St. Elsewhere | NBC |
| 1988 (40th) | Susan Ruttan | Roxanne Melman | L.A. Law | NBC |
1989 (41st): 
| 1989 (41st) | Melanie Mayron | Melissa Steadman | thirtysomething | ABC |
| 1989 (41st) | Michele Greene | Abby Perkins | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1989 (41st) | Lois Nettleton | Joanne St. John | In the Heat of the Night | NBC |
| 1989 (41st) | Amanda Plummer | Alice Hackett | L.A. Law | NBC |
| 1989 (41st) | Susan Ruttan | Roxanne Melman | L.A. Law | NBC |