Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1986 |
Currently held by | Judith Light, Poker Face (2023) |
Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.
Winners and nominations
Indicates the winner
1970s
Year | Actress | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network |
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series | |||||
1975 (27th) [2] | |||||
Zohra Lampert | Kojak | Marina Sheldon | "Queen of the Gypsies" | CBS | |
Cloris Leachman | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Phyllis Lindstrom | "Phyllis Whips Inflation" | ||
Shelley Winters | McCloud | Thelma | "The Barefoot Girls of Bleaker Street" | NBC | |
1976 (28th) | |||||
Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series[3] | |||||
Kathryn Walker | The Adams Chronicles | Abigail Adams | "John Adams, Lawyer" | PBS | |
Helen Hayes | Hawaii Five-O | Aunt Clara | "Retire In Sunny Hawaii... Forever" | CBS | |
Sheree North | Marcus Welby, M.D. | June Monica | "How Do You Know What Hurts Me?" | ABC | |
Pamela Payton-Wright | The Adams Chronicles | Louisa Catherine Adams |
"John Quincy Adams, Diplomat" | PBS | |
Martha Raye | McMillan & Wife | Agatha | "Greed" | NBC | |
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series[4] | |||||
Fionnula Flanagan | Rich Man, Poor Man | Clothilde | "Part II" | ABC | |
Ruth Gordon | Rhoda | Carlton's Mother | "Kiss Your Epaulets Goodbye" | CBS | |
Eileen Heckart | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Flo Meredith | "Mary's Aunt" | ||
Kim Darby | Rich Man, Poor Man | Virginia Calderwood | "Part II" | ABC | |
Kay Lenz | Kate Jordache | "Part VIII" | |||
1977 (29th) | |||||
Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series[5] | |||||
Beulah Bondi | The Waltons | Aunt Martha Corinne Walton | "The Pony Cart" | CBS | |
Susan Blakely | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | Julie Prescott | "Chapter 1" | ABC | |
Madge Sinclair | Roots | Bell Reynolds | "Part IV" | ||
Leslie Uggams | Kizzy Reynolds | "Part VI" | |||
Jessica Walter | The Streets of San Francisco | Maggie Jarris / Mrs. Reston / Mrs. McCluskey | "Till Death Do Us Part" | ||
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series[6] | |||||
Olivia Cole | Roots | Mathilda | "Part VIII" | ABC | |
Eileen Heckart | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Flo Meredith | "Lou Proposes" | CBS | |
Sandy Duncan | Roots | Missy Anne Reynolds | "Part V" | ABC | |
Cicely Tyson | Binta | "Part I" | |||
Nancy Walker | Rhoda | Ida Morgenstern |
"The Separation" | CBS | |
1978 (30th) | |||||
Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series[7] | |||||
Rita Moreno | The Rockford Files | Rita Capkovic | "The Paper Palace" | NBC | |
Patty Duke | Having Babies III | Leslee Wexler | — | ABC | |
Kate Jackson | James at 15 | Robin | "Pilot" | NBC | |
Irene Tedrow | Miss Jordan | "Ducks" | |||
Jayne Meadows | Meeting of Minds | Florence Nightingale | "Luther, Voltaire, Plato, Nightingale" | PBS | |
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series[8] | |||||
Blanche Baker | Holocaust | Anna Weiss | "Part I" | NBC | |
Ellen Corby | The Waltons | Esther Walton | "Grandma Comes Home" | CBS | |
Jeanette Nolan | The Awakening Land | Granny McWhirter | "Part I" | NBC | |
Beulah Quo | Meeting of Minds | Empress Tz'u-hsi | "Douglass, Tz'u-Hsi, Beccaria, De Sade" | PBS | |
Beatrice Straight | The Dain Curse | Alice Dain Leggett | "Part 1" | CBS |
1980s
Year | Actor/Actress | Program | Role | Episode | Network |
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Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | |||||
1986 (38th) | |||||
Roscoe Lee Browne | The Cosby Show | Dr. Barnabus Foster | "The Card Game" | NBC | |
Earle Hyman | The Cosby Show | Russell Huxtable | "Happy Anniversary" | NBC | |
Danny Kaye | Dr. Burns | "The Dentist" | |||
Clarice Taylor | Anna Huxtable | "Happy Anniversary" | |||
Stevie Wonder | Himself | "A Touch of Wonder" | |||
1987 (39th) | |||||
John Cleese | Cheers | Dr. Simon Finch-Royce | "Simon Says" | NBC | |
Art Carney | The Cavanaughs | James "Weasel" Cavanaugh | "He Ain't Heavy, Father..." | CBS | |
Herb Edelman | The Golden Girls | Stanley Zbornak | "The Stan Who Came to Dinner" | NBC | |
Lois Nettleton | Jean | "Isn't It Romantic?" | |||
Nancy Walker | Angela | "Long Day's Journey into Marinara" | |||
1988 (40th) | |||||
Beah Richards | Frank's Place | Mrs. Varden | "The Bridge" | CBS | |
Herb Edelman | The Golden Girls | Stanley Zbornak | "The Audit" | NBC | |
Geraldine Fitzgerald | Anna | "Mother's Day" | |||
Eileen Heckart | The Cosby Show | Mrs. Hickson | "Autumn Gifts" | ||
Gilda Radner | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Herself | "Mr. Smith Goes to Nam" | Showtime | |
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | |||||
1989 (41st) | |||||
Colleen Dewhurst | Murphy Brown | Avery Brown | "Mama Said" | CBS | |
Eileen Brennan | Newhart | Corine Denby | CBS | ||
Diahann Carroll | A Different World | Marion Gilbert | NBC | ||
Doris Roberts | Perfect Strangers | Mrs. Bailey | ABC | ||
Maxine Stuart | The Wonder Years | Mrs. Carples |
1990s
- ^ Tyne Daly was nominated in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her guest appearance on Wings, but lost to Candice Bergen, who won for Murphy Brown.
- ^ Frances Sternhagen was nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her guest appearance on Cheers, but lost to Laurie Metcalf, who won for her role on Roseanne.
2000s
2010s
Year | Actress | Program | Role | Episode | Network |
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2010 (62nd) [9] | |||||
Betty White | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Betty White" | NBC | |
Christine Baranski | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
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"The Maternal Congruence" | CBS | |
Kristin Chenoweth | Glee | April Rhodes | "The Rhodes Not Taken" | Fox | |
Tina Fey | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Tina Fey" | NBC | |
Kathryn Joosten | Desperate Housewives | Karen McCluskey | "The Chase" | ABC | |
Jane Lynch | Two and a Half Men | Dr. Linda Freeman | "818-jklpuzo" | CBS | |
Elaine Stritch | 30 Rock | Colleen Donaghy | "The Moms" | NBC | |
2011 (63rd) [10] | |||||
Gwyneth Paltrow | Glee | Holly Holliday | "The Substitute" | Fox | |
Elizabeth Banks | 30 Rock | Avery Jessup-Donaghy | "Double-Edged Sword" | NBC | |
Kristin Chenoweth | Glee | April Rhodes | "Rumours" | Fox | |
Dot-Marie Jones | Coach Beiste | "Never Been Kissed" | |||
Cloris Leachman | Raising Hope | Barbara "Maw Maw" Thompson | "Don't Vote for This Episode" | ||
Tina Fey | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Tina Fey" | NBC | |
2012 (64th) [11] | |||||
Kathy Bates | Two and a Half Men | The Ghost of Charlie Harper | "Why We Gave Up Women" | CBS | |
Elizabeth Banks | 30 Rock | Avery Jessup-Donaghy | "The Return of Avery Jessup" | NBC | |
Margaret Cho | Kim Jong-il
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Dot-Marie Jones | Glee | Coach Beiste | "Choke" | Fox | |
Melissa McCarthy | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Melissa McCarthy" | NBC | |
Maya Rudolph | "Host: Maya Rudolph" | ||||
2013 (65th) [12] | |||||
Melissa Leo | Louie
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Laurie Burke | "Telling Jokes/Set Up" | FX | |
Dot-Marie Jones | Glee | Coach Beiste | "Shooting Star" | Fox | |
Melissa McCarthy | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Melissa McCarthy" | NBC | |
Molly Shannon | Enlightened | Eileen Foliente | "The Ghost Is Seen" | HBO | |
Elaine Stritch | 30 Rock | Colleen Donaghy | "My Whole Life Is Thunder" | NBC | |
Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Kristen Wiig" | NBC | |
2014 (66th) [13] | |||||
Uzo Aduba | Orange Is the New Black | Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren
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"Lesbian Request Denied" | Netflix | |
Laverne Cox | Orange Is the New Black | Sophia Burset | "Lesbian Request Denied" | Netflix | |
Joan Cusack | Shameless
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Sheila Jackson | "Liver, I Hardly Know Her" | Showtime | |
Tina Fey | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Tina Fey" | NBC | |
Natasha Lyonne | Orange Is the New Black | Nicole "Nicky" Nichols | "WAC Pack" | Netflix | |
Melissa McCarthy | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Melissa McCarthy" | NBC | |
2015 (67th) [14] | |||||
Joan Cusack | Shameless
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Sheila Jackson | "Milk of the Gods" | Showtime | |
Pamela Adlon | Louie
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Pamela | "Bobby's House" | FX | |
Elizabeth Banks | Modern Family | Sal | "Fight or Flight" | ABC | |
Christine Baranski | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
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"The Maternal Combustion" | CBS | |
Tina Fey | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Marcia | "Kimmy Goes to Court!" | Netflix | |
Gaby Hoffmann | Girls | Caroline Sackler | "Home Birth" | HBO | |
2016 (68th) [15] | |||||
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Tina Fey & Amy Poehler" | NBC | |
Christine Baranski | The Big Bang Theory | Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
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"The Convergence Convergence" | CBS | |
Melora Hardin | Transparent | Tammy Cashman | "Flicky-Flicky Thump-Thump" | Amazon | |
Laurie Metcalf | The Big Bang Theory | Mary Cooper
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"The Convergence Convergence" | CBS | |
Melissa McCarthy | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Melissa McCarthy" | NBC | |
Amy Schumer | "Host: Amy Schumer" | ||||
2017 (69th) [16] | |||||
Melissa McCarthy | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Melissa McCarthy" | NBC | |
Becky Ann Baker | Girls | Loreen Horvath | "Gummies" | HBO | |
Angela Bassett | Master of None | Catherine | "Thanksgiving" | Netflix | |
Carrie Fisher (post-humously) | Catastrophe | Mia Norris | "Episode 6" | Amazon | |
Wanda Sykes | Black-ish | Daphne Lido | "Lemons" | ABC | |
Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Kristen Wiig" | NBC | |
2018 (70th) | |||||
Tiffany Haddish | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Tiffany Haddish" | NBC | |
Tina Fey | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Tina Fey" | NBC | |
Jane Lynch | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Sophie Lennon | "Put That on Your Plate!" | Amazon | |
Maya Rudolph | The Good Place | Judge Gen | "The Burrito" | NBC | |
Molly Shannon | Will & Grace | Val Bassett | "There's Something About Larry" | ||
Wanda Sykes | Black-ish | Daphne Lido | "Juneteenth" | ABC | |
2019 (71st) | |||||
Jane Lynch | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Sophie Lennon | "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy" | Amazon | |
Sandra Oh | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Sandra Oh" | NBC | |
Maya Rudolph | The Good Place | Judge Gen | "Chidi Sees the Time-Knife" | ||
Kristin Scott Thomas | Fleabag | Belinda Friers | "Episode 3" | Amazon | |
Fiona Shaw | Counsellor | "Episode 2" | |||
Emma Thompson | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Emma Thompson | NBC |
2020s
Year | Actress | Program | Role | Episode | Network |
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2020 (72nd) [17] | |||||
Maya Rudolph | Saturday Night Live | Kamala Harris | "Host: Eddie Murphy" | NBC | |
Angela Bassett | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Mo | "Angela Bassett Is the Baddest Bitch" | HBO | |
Bette Midler | The Politician | Hadassah Gold | "Vienna" | Netflix | |
Maya Rudolph | The Good Place | Judge Gen | "You've Changed, Man" | NBC | |
Wanda Sykes | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Moms Mabley | "A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo…" | Amazon | |
Phoebe Waller-Bridge | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | "Host: Phoebe Waller-Bridge" | NBC | |
2021 (73rd) | |||||
Maya Rudolph | Saturday Night Live | Various characters | "Host: Maya Rudolph" | NBC | |
Jane Adams | Hacks | Nina Daniels | "I Think She Will" | HBO Max
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Yvette Nicole Brown | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Judge Anita Harper | "But the Tilapias Are Fine Though, Right?" | HBO | |
Bernadette Peters | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Deb | "Zoey's Extraordinary Girls' Night" | NBC | |
Issa Rae | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Jess | "My Booty Look Juicy, Don't It?" | HBO | |
Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live | Various characters | "Host: Kristen Wiig" | NBC | |
2022 (74th) | |||||
Laurie Metcalf | Hacks | Weed | "Trust the Process" | HBO Max
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Jane Adams | Hacks | Nina Daniels | "The Click" | HBO Max
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Harriet Sansom Harris | Susan | "Retired" | |||
Jane Lynch | Only Murders in the Building | Sazz Pataki | "Double Time" | Hulu | |
Kaitlin Olson | Hacks | Deborah "DJ" Vance Jr. | "There Will Be Blood" | HBO Max
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Harriet Walter | Ted Lasso | Deborah Welton | "The Signal" | Apple TV+ | |
2023 (75th) | |||||
Judith Light | Poker Face | Irene Smothers | "Time of the Monkey" | Peacock | |
Becky Ann Baker | Ted Lasso | Dottie Lasso | "Mom City" | Apple TV+ | |
Quinta Brunson | Saturday Night Live | Host | "Host: Quinta Brunson" | NBC | |
Taraji P. Henson | Abbott Elementary | Vanetta Teagues | "Mom" | ABC | |
Sarah Niles | Ted Lasso | Dr. Sharon Fieldstone | "Smells Like Mean Spirit" | Apple TV+ | |
Harriet Walter | Deborah Welton | "So Long, Farewell" |
Performers with multiple wins
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Programs with multiple awards
- 7 awards
- Saturday Night Live (3 consecutive; 2 consecutive)
- 3 awards
- Frasier (2 consecutive)
- 2 awards
Performers with multiple nominations
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Programs with multiple nominations
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References
- ^ Official Website. "OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES". emmys.com. Television Academy. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "27th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "28th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "28th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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