| Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series | |
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| Presenter: | Critics Choice Association |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Holder: | Ayo Edebiri – The Bear (2024) |
| Website: | criticschoice.com |
The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA) to recognize the work done by television actresses. It was introduced in 2011, when the event was first initiated. The winners are selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.
| Year | Actress | Series | Character | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 [1] [2] | Tina Fey | 30 Rock | Liz Lemon | NBC |
| Cougar Town | Jules Cobb | ABC | ||
| Nurse Jackie | Jackie Peyton | Showtime | ||
| The Middle | Frankie Heck | ABC | ||
| Raising Hope | Virginia Chance | Fox | ||
| Parks and Recreation | NBC | |||
| 2012 [3] [4] | Zooey Deschanel | New Girl | Jessica Day | Fox |
| Amy Poehler | Parks and Recreation | Leslie Knope | NBC | |
| Girls | Hannah Horvath | HBO | ||
| Veep | Selina Meyer | |||
| Martha Plimpton | Raising Hope | Virginia Chance | Fox | |
| Awkward | MTV | |||
| 2013 [5] | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep | Selina Meyer | HBO |
| Enlightened | Amy Jellicoe | HBO | ||
| Zooey Deschanel | New Girl | Jessica Day | Fox | |
| Girls | Hannah Horvath | HBO | ||
| Bunheads | Michelle Simms Flowers | ABC Family | ||
| Amy Poehler | Parks and Recreation | Leslie Knope | NBC | |
| 2014 [6] | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep | Selina Meyer | HBO |
| Broad City | Ilana Wexler | Comedy Central | ||
| The Goldbergs | Beverly Goldberg | ABC | ||
| Amy Poehler | Parks and Recreation | Leslie Knope | NBC | |
| Shameless | Showtime | |||
| Inside Amy Schumer | Various Characters | Comedy Central | ||
| 2015 [7] | Amy Schumer | Inside Amy Schumer | Various Characters | Comedy Central |
| Ilana Glazer | Broad City | Ilana Wexler | Comedy Central | |
| The Comeback | HBO | |||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep | Selina Meyer | ||
| Jane the Virgin | The CW | |||
| Fresh Off the Boat | Jessica Huang | ABC | ||
| 2016 (1) [8] | Rachel Bloom | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Rebecca Nora Bunch | The CW |
| You're the Worst | Gretchen Cutler | FXX | ||
| Wendi McLendon-Covey | The Goldbergs | Beverly Goldberg | ABC | |
| Gina Rodriguez | Jane the Virgin | Jane Gloriana Villanueva | The CW | |
| Black-ish | Rainbow "Bow" Johnson | ABC | ||
| Constance Wu | Fresh Off the Boat | Jessica Huang | ||
| 2016 (2) [9] | Kate McKinnon | Saturday Night Live | Various Characters | NBC |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix | |||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep | Selina Meyer | HBO | |
| Black-ish | Rainbow "Bow" Johnson | ABC | ||
| Fleabag | Fleabag | Amazon Prime Video | ||
| Constance Wu | Fresh Off the Boat | Jessica Huang | ABC | |
| 2018 [10] | Rachel Brosnahan | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | Amazon Prime Video |
| Kristen Bell | The Good Place | Eleanor Shellstrop | NBC | |
| Alison Brie | GLOW | Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder | Netflix | |
| Sutton Foster | Younger | Liza Miller | TV Land | |
| Ellie Kemper | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix | |
| Constance Wu | Fresh Off the Boat | Jessica Huang | ABC | |
| 2019 [11] | Rachel Brosnahan | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | Amazon Prime Video |
| Rachel Bloom | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Rebecca Bunch | The CW | |
| Mom | Bonnie Plunkett | CBS | ||
| One Day at a Time | Penelope Alvarez | Netflix | ||
| Will & Grace | NBC | |||
| Insecure | Issa Dee | HBO |
| Year | Actress | Series | Character | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [12] | Phoebe Waller-Bridge | Fleabag | Fleabag | Amazon Prime Video |
| Dead to Me | Jen Harding | Netflix | ||
| Alison Brie | GLOW | Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder | ||
| Rachel Brosnahan | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | Amazon Prime Video | |
| Kirsten Dunst | On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Krystal Stubbs | Showtime | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Veep | Selina Meyer | HBO | |
| Catherine O'Hara | Schitt's Creek | Moira Rose | Pop | |
| 2021 [13] | Catherine O'Hara | Schitt's Creek | Moira Rose | Pop |
| Pamela Adlon | Better Things | Sam Fox | FX | |
| Christina Applegate | Dead to Me | Jen Harding | Netflix | |
| Kaley Cuoco | The Flight Attendant | Cassie Bowden | HBO Max | |
| Natasia Demetriou | What We Do in the Shadows | Nadja | FX | |
| Issa Rae | Insecure | Issa Dee | HBO | |
| 2022 [14] | Jean Smart | Hacks | Deborah Vance | HBO Max |
| Elle Fanning | The Great | Catherine the Great | Hulu | |
| Renée Elise Goldsberry | Girls5eva | Wickie | Peacock | |
| Selena Gomez | Only Murders in the Building | Mabel Mora | Hulu | |
| Sandra Oh | The Chair | Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim | Netflix | |
| Issa Rae | Insecure | Issa Dee | HBO | |
| 2023 [15] | Jean Smart | Hacks | Deborah Vance | HBO Max |
| Christina Applegate | Dead to Me | Jen Harding | Netflix | |
| Quinta Brunson | Abbott Elementary | Janine Teagues | ABC | |
| Kaley Cuoco | The Flight Attendant | Cassie Bowden | HBO Max | |
| Renée Elise Goldsberry | Girls5eva | Wickie | Peacock | |
| Devery Jacobs | Reservation Dogs | Elora Danan Postoak | FX | |
| 2024 [16] | Ayo Edebiri | The Bear | Sydney Adamu | FX |
| Rachel Brosnahan | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | Prime Video | |
| Quinta Brunson | Abbott Elementary | Janine Teagues | ABC | |
| Bridget Everett | Somebody Somewhere | Sam | HBO Max | |
| Devery Jacobs | Reservation Dogs | Elora Danan Postoak | FX | |
| Natasha Lyonne | Poker Face | Charlie Cale | Peacock |