| Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series | |
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| Presenter: | Critics Choice Association |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Holder: | Sarah Snook – Succession (2024) |
| Website: | criticschoice.com |
The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards to recognize the work of television actresses in the drama genre. It was introduced in 2011, when the awards ceremony was first initiated. The winners are voted for by television critics who are members of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.
| Year | Actor | Series | Character | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 [1] | Julianna Margulies | The Good Wife | Alicia Florrick | CBS |
| Friday Night Lights | DirecTV NBC | |||
| The Killing | Det. Sarah Linden | AMC | ||
| Mad Men | Peggy Olson | |||
| Sons of Anarchy | FX | |||
| Fringe | Fox | |||
| 2012 [2] [3] | Claire Danes | Homeland | Carrie Mathison | Showtime |
| Downton Abbey | PBS | |||
| Julianna Margulies | The Good Wife | Alicia Florrick | CBS | |
| Elisabeth Moss | Mad Men | Peggy Olson | AMC | |
| Shameless | Showtime | |||
| Katey Sagal | Sons of Anarchy | Gemma Teller Morrow | FX | |
| 2013 [4] | Tatiana Maslany | Orphan Black | Various Characters | BBC America |
| Claire Danes | Homeland | Carrie Mathison | Showtime | |
| Bates Motel | Norma Bates | |||
| Julianna Margulies | The Good Wife | Alicia Florrick | CBS | |
| Elisabeth Moss | Mad Men | Peggy Olson | AMC | |
| The Americans | Elizabeth Jennings | FX | ||
| 2014 [5] | Tatiana Maslany | Orphan Black | Various Characters | BBC America |
| Masters of Sex | Showtime | |||
| Vera Farmiga | Bates Motel | Norma Bates | A&E | |
| Julianna Margulies | The Good Wife | Alicia Florrick | CBS | |
| Keri Russell | The Americans | Elizabeth Jennings | FX | |
| House of Cards | Netflix | |||
| 2015 [6] [7] | Taraji P. Henson | Empire | Cookie Lyon | Fox |
| How to Get Away with Murder | ABC | |||
| Vera Farmiga | Bates Motel | Norma Bates | A&E | |
| Penny Dreadful | Showtime | |||
| Julianna Margulies | The Good Wife | Alicia Florrick | CBS | |
| Keri Russell | The Americans | Elizabeth Jennings | FX | |
| 2016 (1) [8] [9] | Carrie Coon | The Leftovers | Nora Durst | HBO |
| UnREAL | Rachel Goldberg | Lifetime | ||
| Viola Davis | How to Get Away with Murder | Annalise Keating | ABC | |
| Eva Green | Penny Dreadful | Vanessa Ives | Showtime | |
| Taraji P. Henson | Empire | Cookie Lyon | Fox | |
| Jessica Jones | Netflix | |||
| 2016 (2) [10] [11] | Evan Rachel Wood | Westworld | Dolores Abernathy | HBO |
| Outlander | Starz | |||
| Viola Davis | How to Get Away with Murder | Annalise Keating | ABC | |
| Tatiana Maslany | Orphan Black | Various Characters | BBC America | |
| Keri Russell | The Americans | Elizabeth Jennings | FX | |
| Robin Wright | House of Cards | Claire Underwood | Netflix | |
| 2018 [12] [13] | Elisabeth Moss | The Handmaid's Tale | June Osborne/Offred | Hulu |
| Caitriona Balfe | Outlander | Claire Fraser | Starz | |
| The Good Fight | CBS All Access | |||
| The Crown | Netflix | |||
| Tatiana Maslany | Orphan Black | Various Characters | BBC America | |
| Robin Wright | House of Cards | Claire Underwood | Netflix | |
| 2019 [14] [15] | Sandra Oh | Killing Eve | Eve Polastri | BBC America |
| Killing Eve | BBC America | |||
| The Deuce | Eileen Merrell / Candy | HBO | ||
| Elisabeth Moss | The Handmaid's Tale | June Osborne / Offred | Hulu | |
| Sorry for Your Loss | Leigh Shaw | Facebook Watch | ||
| Homecoming | Heidi Bergman | Amazon Prime Video | ||
| Keri Russell | The Americans | Elizabeth Jennings | FX |
| Year | Actor | Series | Character | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [16] | Regina King | Watchmen | Angela Abar / Sister Night | HBO |
| The Good Fight | CBS All Access | |||
| The Crown | Netflix | |||
| Killing Eve | BBC America | |||
| Big Little Lies | Celeste Wright | HBO | ||
| Pose | Blanca Evangelista | FX | ||
| Succession | Siobhan "Shiv" Roy | HBO | ||
| Euphoria | Rue Bennett | |||
| 2021 [17] | Emma Corrin | The Crown | Diana, Princess of Wales | Netflix |
| Christine Baranski | The Good Fight | Diane Lockhart | CBS All Access | |
| Olivia Colman | The Crown | Queen Elizabeth II | Netflix | |
| Homeland | Showtime | |||
| Ozark | Wendy Byrde | Netflix | ||
| Lovecraft Country | Letitia "Leti" Lewis | HBO | ||
| 2022 [18] | Melanie Lynskey | Yellowjackets | Adult Shauna Shipman | Showtime |
| In Treatment | Dr. Brooke Taylor | HBO | ||
| Cruel Summer | Jeanette Turner | Freeform | ||
| Christine Baranski | The Good Fight | Diane Lockhart | Paramount+ | |
| Evil | Dr. Kristen Bouchard | |||
| Michaela Jaé Rodriguez | Pose | Blanca Evangelista | FX | |
| 2023 [19] | Zendaya | Euphoria | Rue Bennett | HBO |
| Christine Baranski | The Good Fight | Diane Lockhart | Paramount+ | |
| Bad Sisters | Eva Garvey | Apple TV+ | ||
| Laura Linney | Ozark | Wendy Byrde | Netflix | |
| This Is Us | Rebecca Pearson | NBC | ||
| Yellowstone | Beth Dutton | Paramount Network | ||
| 2024 [20] | Sarah Snook | Succession | Siobhan "Shiv" Roy | HBO |
| The Morning Show | Alex Levy | Apple TV+ | ||
| Carolyn Wilder | FX on Hulu | |||
| The Last of Us | Ellie Williams | HBO | ||
| Keri Russell | The Diplomat | Ambassador Kate Wyler | Netflix | |
| Reese Witherspoon | The Morning Show | Bradley Jackson | Apple TV+ |