Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama of Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1954 |
Currently held by | Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (2023) |
Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre-, or even gender-, specific. Beginning with the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, supporting actresses in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic performances often included actresses from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:
- # – Indicates a performance in a the category'screation
- § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation
Winners and nominations
1950s
Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network |
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Best Series Supporting Actress | ||||
1954 (6th) [note 1] | ||||
Vivian Vance | Ethel Mertz | I Love Lucy | CBS | |
Bea Benaderet | Blanche Morton | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | CBS | |
Ruth Gilbert | Various Characters | The Milton Berle Show | NBC | |
Marion Lorne | Mrs. Gurney | Mister Peepers | ||
Audrey Meadows | Alice Kramden | The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS | |
Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series | ||||
1955 (7th) [note 1] | ||||
Audrey Meadows | Alice Kramden | The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS | |
Bea Benaderet | Blanche Morton | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | CBS | |
Jean Hagen | Margaret Williams | Make Room for Daddy | ABC | |
Marion Lorne | Mrs. Gurney | Mister Peepers | NBC | |
Vivian Vance | Ethel Mertz | I Love Lucy | CBS | |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | ||||
1956 (8th) [note 1] | ||||
Nanette Fabray | Various Characters | Caesar's Hour | NBC | |
Ann B. Davis | Charmaine Schultz | The Bob Cummings Show | CBS | |
Jean Hagen | Margaret Williams | Make Room for Daddy
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ABC | |
Audrey Meadows | Alice Kramden | The Honeymooners | CBS | |
Thelma Ritter # | Aggie Hurley | Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse | NBC | |
Best Supporting Performance by an Actress | ||||
1957 (9th) [note 1] | ||||
Pat Carroll
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Various Characters | Caesar's Hour | NBC | |
Ann B. Davis | Charmaine Schultz | The Bob Cummings Show | CBS | |
Audrey Meadows | Various Characters | The Jackie Gleason Show | ||
Mildred Natwick # | Madame Arcati | Ford Star Jubilee | ||
Vivian Vance | Ethel Mertz | I Love Lucy | ||
Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series | ||||
1958 (10th) [note 1] | ||||
Ann B. Davis | Charmaine Schultz | The Bob Cummings Show | CBS & NBC | |
Pat Carroll | Various Characters | Caesar's Hour | NBC | |
Marion Lorne | Myrtle Banford | Sally | ||
Verna Felton | Hilda Crocker | December Bride | CBS | |
Vivian Vance | Ethel Mertz | I Love Lucy | ||
Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series | ||||
1959 (11th) | ||||
Barbara Hale | Della Street | Perry Mason | CBS | |
Lola Albright | Edie Hart | Peter Gunn | NBC | |
Amanda Blake | Kitty | Gunsmoke | CBS | |
Hope Emerson | Mother | Peter Gunn | NBC |
1960s
1970s
1980s
Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network |
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1980 (32nd) | ||||
Nancy Marchand | Margaret Pynchon | Lou Grant | CBS | |
Nina Foch § | Mrs. Polk | Lou Grant | CBS | |
Linda Kelsey | Billie Newman | |||
Jessica Walter | Melanie McIntyre | Trapper John, M.D. | ||
1981 (33rd) | ||||
Nancy Marchand | Margaret Pynchon | Lou Grant | CBS | |
Barbara Barrie | Evelyn Stroller | Breaking Away | ABC | |
Barbara Bosson | Fay Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
Linda Kelsey | Billie Newman | Lou Grant | CBS | |
Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
1982 (34th) | ||||
Nancy Marchand | Margaret Pynchon | Lou Grant | CBS | |
Barbara Bosson | Fay Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
Julie Harris
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Lilimae Clements | Knots Landing | CBS | |
Linda Kelsey | Billie Newman | Lou Grant | ||
Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
1983 (35th) | ||||
Doris Roberts § | Cora | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Barbara Bosson | Fay Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
Christina Pickles | Nurse Helen Rosenthal | St. Elsewhere | ||
Madge Sinclair | Nurse Ernestine Shoop | Trapper John, M.D. | CBS | |
Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
1984 (36th) | ||||
Alfre Woodard § | Doris Robson | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
Barbara Bosson | Fay Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
Piper Laurie § | Fran Singleton | St. Elsewhere | ||
Madge Sinclair | Nurse Ernestine Shoop | Trapper John, M.D. | CBS | |
Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
1985 (37th) | ||||
Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
Barbara Bosson | Fay Furillo | Hill Street Blues | NBC | |
Christina Pickles | Nurse Helen Rosenthal | St. Elsewhere | ||
Doris Roberts | Mildred Krebs | Remington Steele | ||
Madge Sinclair | Nurse Ernestine Shoop | Trapper John, M.D. | CBS | |
1986 (38th) | ||||
Bonnie Bartlett | Ellen Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Allyce Beasley | Agnes DiPesto | Moonlighting | ABC | |
Christina Pickles | Nurse Helen Rosenthal | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | ||
1987 (39th) | ||||
Bonnie Bartlett | Ellen Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Allyce Beasley | Agnes DiPesto | Moonlighting | ABC | |
Christina Pickles | Nurse Helen Rosenthal | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Susan Ruttan | Roxanne Melman | L.A. Law | ||
Betty Thomas | Sgt. Lucille Bates | Hill Street Blues | ||
1988 (40th) | ||||
Patricia Wettig | Nancy Krieger Weston | Thirtysomething | ABC | |
Bonnie Bartlett | Ellen Craig | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Polly Draper | Ellyn Warren | Thirtysomething | ABC | |
Christina Pickles | Nurse Helen Rosenthal | St. Elsewhere | NBC | |
Susan Ruttan | Roxanne Melman | L.A. Law | NBC | |
1989 (41st) | ||||
Melanie Mayron | Melissa Steadman | Thirtysomething | ABC | |
Michele Greene | Abby Perkins | L.A. Law | NBC | |
Lois Nettleton | Joanne St. John | In the Heat of the Night | ||
Amanda Plummer | Alice Hackett | L.A. Law | ||
Susan Ruttan | Roxanne Melman |
1990s
2000s
Year | Actress | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
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2000 (52nd) | |||||
Allison Janney | C. J. Cregg | The West Wing | "Celestial Navigation" + "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics" | NBC | |
Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet
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The West Wing | "The State Dinner" + "He Shall, from Time to Time..." | NBC | |
Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Shaken, Not Stirred" + "Gray vs. Gray" | CBS | |
Nancy Marchand | Livia Soprano | The Sopranos | "Do Not Resuscitate" + "Funhouse" | HBO | |
Holland Taylor | Roberta Kittleson | The Practice | "Legacy" + "Oz" | ABC | |
2001 (53rd) | |||||
Allison Janney | C. J. Cregg | The West Wing | "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" (Part 2) + "Galileo" | NBC | |
Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet
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The West Wing | "Bartlet's Third State of the Union" + "The War at Home" | NBC | |
Maura Tierney | Abby Lockhart | ER | "Fear of Commitment" + "Where the Heart Is" | ||
Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Unnecessary Roughness" + "Water World" | CBS | |
Aida Turturro | Janice Soprano | The Sopranos | "Proshai, Livushka" + "Employee of the Month" | HBO | |
2002 (54th) | |||||
Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet
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The West Wing | "Dead Irish Writers" + "Gone Quiet" | NBC | |
Janel Moloney | Donna Moss | The West Wing | "On the Day Before" + "War Crimes" | NBC | |
Mary-Louise Parker | Amy Gardner | "The Women of Qumar" + "H. Con-172" | |||
Lauren Ambrose | Claire Fisher | Six Feet Under | "The Trip" + "The Plan" | HBO | |
Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Come Back Soon" | CBS | |
2003 (55th) | |||||
Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Maxine, Interrupted" + "Requiem" | CBS | |
Lauren Ambrose | Claire Fisher | Six Feet Under | "Nobody Sleeps" + "Twilight" | HBO | |
Rachel Griffiths | Brenda Chenowith
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"Timing & Space" + "The Opening" | |||
Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet
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The West Wing | "Privateers" + "Twenty Five" | NBC | |
Lena Olin | Irina Derevko | Alias | "Passage (Part 2)" + "A Dark Turn" | ABC | |
2004 (56th) | |||||
Drea de Matteo | Adriana La Cerva | The Sopranos | "Irregular Around the Margins" + "Long Term Parking" | HBO | |
Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet
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The West Wing | "7A WF 83429" + "No Exit" | NBC | |
Janel Moloney | Donna Moss | "No Exit" + "Gaza" | |||
Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Ex Parte of Five" + "Roadhouse Blues" | CBS | |
Robin Weigert | Calamity Jane | Deadwood | "Deep Water" + "No Other Sons or Daughters" | HBO | |
2005 (57th) | |||||
Blythe Danner | Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt | Huff | "Is She Dead?" + "Christmas Is Ruined" | Showtime | |
Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet
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The West Wing | "Third-Day Story" + "The Wake Up Call" | NBC | |
Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Early Winter" + "Too Little, Too Late" | CBS | |
Sandra Oh | Cristina Yang | Grey's Anatomy | "No Man's Land" + "Save Me" | ABC | |
CCH Pounder | Claudette Wyms | The Shield | "Doghouse" + "Tar Baby" | FX | |
2006 (58th) | |||||
Blythe Danner | Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt | Huff | "Maps Don't Talk (Part 2)" + "So... What Brings You to Armageddon?" | Showtime | |
Sandra Oh | Cristina Yang | Grey's Anatomy | "Deny, Deny, Deny" + "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" | ABC | |
Chandra Wilson | Miranda Bailey | "Deny, Deny, Deny" + "As We Know It" | |||
Candice Bergen | Shirley Schmidt | Boston Legal | "The Ass Fat Jungle" + "Live Big" | ||
Jean Smart | Martha Logan | 24 | "Day 5: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m." + "Day 5: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m." | Fox | |
2007 (59th) | |||||
Katherine Heigl | Izzie Stevens | Grey's Anatomy | "Time After Time" | ABC | |
Sandra Oh | Cristina Yang | Grey's Anatomy | "From a Whisper to a Scream" | ABC | |
Chandra Wilson | Miranda Bailey | "Oh, the Guilt" | |||
Lorraine Bracco | Jennifer Melfi | The Sopranos | "The Blue Comet" | HBO | |
Aida Turturro | Janice Soprano | "Soprano Home Movies" | |||
Rachel Griffiths | Sarah Walker | Brothers & Sisters | "Bad News" | ABC | |
2008 (60th) | |||||
Dianne Wiest | Dr. Gina Toll | In Treatment | "Week 6: Paul and Gina" | HBO | |
Candice Bergen | Shirley Schmidt | Boston Legal | "The Mighty Rogues" | ABC | |
Rachel Griffiths | Sarah Walker | Brothers & Sisters | "Domestic Issues" | ||
Sandra Oh | Cristina Yang | Grey's Anatomy | "The Becoming" | ||
Chandra Wilson | Miranda Bailey | "Lay Your Hands on Me" | |||
2009 (61st) | |||||
Cherry Jones | Allison Taylor | 24 | "Day 7: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | Fox | |
Rose Byrne | Ellen Parsons | Damages | "Trust Me" | FX | |
Hope Davis | Mia Nesky | In Treatment | "Week 6: Mia" | HBO | |
Sandra Oh | Cristina Yang | Grey's Anatomy | "Elevator Love Letter" | ABC | |
Chandra Wilson | Miranda Bailey | "Stairway to Heaven" | |||
Dianne Wiest | Dr. Gina Toll
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In Treatment | "Week 6: Gina" | HBO |
2010s
2020s
Programs with multiple wins
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Programs with multiple nominations
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Performers with multiple wins
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Performers with multiple nominations
Notes
See also
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
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