| Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama | |
| Image Upright: | 0.7 |
| Awarded For: | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama |
| Presenter: | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | March 5, 1962 |
| Holder: | Sarah Snook, Succession (2023) |
| Website: | goldenglobes.org |
| Most Awards: | Angela Lansbury (4) |
| Most Nominations: | Angela Lansbury (10) |
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The award honors the best performance by an actress in a drama television series.
It was first awarded at the 19th Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962 under the title Best TV Star – Female, encompassing performances in comedy and drama television series, to Pauline Frederick. The nominees for the award announced annually starting in 1963. In 1969, the award was split into the drama and comedy categories, presented under the new title Best TV Actress – Drama and in 1980 under its current title.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 50 actresses. Angela Lansbury has won the most awards in this category, winning four times, and received ten nominations for the awards, the most in the category; all of her wins were for the series Murder, She Wrote, which therefore holds the record for series with the most wins in the category. The record for series with the most different actresses winning the award is held by The Crown, for which three actors each won the award once: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, and Emma Corrin.
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best TV Star – Female | |||||
| 1961 (19th) | |||||
| Pauline Frederick | [1] | ||||
| 1962 (20th) | |||||
| Donna Reed | Donna Stone | The Donna Reed Show | ABC | [2] | |
| 1963 (21st) | |||||
| Inger Stevens | Katrin "Katy" Holstrum | The Farmer's Daughter | ABC | [3] | |
| Hazel Burke | Hazel | ||||
| Various Characters | The Garry Moore Show | CBS | |||
| Carolyn Jones | Betsy / Meredith / Jane | Burke's Law | ABC | ||
| Venus Walsh | |||||
| 1964 (22nd) | |||||
| Mary Tyler Moore | Laura Petrie | The Dick Van Dyke Show | CBS | [4] | |
| Constance Carson | Peyton Place | ABC | |||
| Pat Holmes | Dr. Kildare | NBC | |||
| Samantha Stephens | Bewitched | ABC | |||
| Rhoda Miller | My Living Doll | CBS | |||
| 1965 (23rd) | |||||
| Anne Francis | Honey West | Honey West | ABC | [5] | |
| Patty Lane / Cathy Lane | The Patty Duke Show | ABC | |||
| Allison MacKenzie | Peyton Place | ||||
| Dorothy Malone | Constance Carson | ||||
| Victoria Barkley | The Big Valley | ||||
| 1966 (24th) | |||||
| Marlo Thomas | Ann Marie | That Girl | ABC | [6] | |
| Phyllis Pruitt | The Pruitts of Southampton | ABC | |||
| Jeannie | I Dream of Jeannie | NBC | |||
| Elizabeth Montgomery | Samantha Stephens | Bewitched | ABC | ||
| Barbara Stanwyck | Victoria Barkley | The Big Valley | |||
| 1967 (25th) | |||||
| Carol Burnett | Various Characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | [7] | |
| Cinnamon Carter | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |||
| Lucy Carmichael | The Lucy Show | ||||
| Various characters | Movin' with Nancy | NBC | |||
| Barbara Stanwyck | Victoria Barkley | The Big Valley | ABC | ||
| 1968 (26th) | |||||
| Diahann Carroll | Julia Baker | Julia | NBC | [8] | |
| Doris Martin | The Doris Day Show | CBS | |||
| Carolyn Muir | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | NBC | |||
| Elizabeth Montgomery | Samantha Stephens | Bewitched | ABC | ||
| Nancy Sinatra | Various characters | The Nancy Sinatra Show | NBC | ||
| Best TV Actress – Drama | |||||
| 1969 (27th) | |||||
| Linda Cristal | Victoria Montoya | The High Chaparral | NBC | [9] | |
| Miss Kitty Russell | Gunsmoke | CBS | |||
| Julie Barnes | The Mod Squad | ABC | |||
| Miss Liz McIntyre | Room 222 | ||||
| Sylvia Caldwell | Bracken's World | NBC | |||
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (28th) | |||||
| Peggy Lipton | Julie Barnes | The Mod Squad | ABC | [10] | |
| Miss Kitty Russell | Gunsmoke | CBS | |||
| Victoria Montoya | The High Chaparral | NBC | |||
| Vannessa Smith | The Most Deadly Game | ABC | |||
| Miss Liz McIntyre | Room 222 | ||||
| 1971 (29th) | |||||
| Patricia Neal | Olivia Walton | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | CBS | [11] | |
| Lisa Casey | Mission: Impossible | CBS | |||
| Peggy Lipton | Julie Barnes | The Mod Squad | ABC | ||
| Denise Nicholas | Miss Liz McIntyre | Room 222 | |||
| Sally McMillan | McMillan & Wife | NBC | |||
| 1972 (30th) | |||||
| Gail Fisher | Peggy Fair | Mannix | CBS | [12] | |
| Ellen Corby | Esther "Grandma" Walton | The Waltons | CBS | ||
| Michael Learned | Olivia Walton | ||||
| Peggy Lipton | Julie Barnes | The Mod Squad | ABC | ||
| Susan Saint James | Sally McMillan | McMillan & Wife | NBC | ||
| 1973 (31st) | |||||
| Lee Remick | Cassie Walters | The Blue Knight | NBC | [13] | |
| Michael Learned | Olivia Walton | The Waltons | CBS | ||
| Nurse Dixie McCall | Emergency! | NBC | |||
| Nurse Jessie Brewer | General Hospital | ABC | |||
| Susan Saint James | Sally McMillan | McMillan & Wife | NBC | ||
| 1974 (32nd) | |||||
| Angie Dickinson | Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson | Police Woman | NBC | [14] | |
| Christy Love | Get Christy Love! | ABC | |||
| Michael Learned | Olivia Walton | The Waltons | CBS | ||
| Rose Buck | Upstairs, Downstairs | PBS | |||
| Emily McLaughlin | Nurse Jessie Brewer | General Hospital | ABC | ||
| Betty Jones | Barnaby Jones | CBS | |||
| 1975 (33rd) | |||||
| Lee Remick | Jennie Randolph Churchill | PBS | [15] | ||
| Angie Dickinson | Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson | Police Woman | NBC | ||
| Notorious Woman | PBS | ||||
| Michael Learned | Olivia Walton | The Waltons | CBS | ||
| Lee Meriwether | Betty Jones | Barnaby Jones | |||
| 1976 (34th) | |||||
| Susan Blakely | Julie Prescott | Rich Man, Poor Man | ABC | [16] | |
| Angie Dickinson | Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson | Police Woman | NBC | ||
| Farrah Fawcett | Jill Munroe | Charlie's Angels | ABC | ||
| Sabrina Duncan | |||||
| Jean Marsh | Rose Buck | Upstairs, Downstairs | PBS | ||
| Kate Lawrence | Family | ABC | |||
| Jaime Sommers | The Bionic Woman | ||||
| 1977 (35th) | |||||
| Lesley Ann Warren | Marja Fludjicki / Marianne | 79 Park Avenue | NBC | [17] | |
| Angie Dickinson | Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson | Police Woman | NBC | ||
| Kate Jackson | Sabrina Duncan | Charlie's Angels | ABC | ||
| Kizzy | Roots | ||||
| Lindsay Wagner | Jaime Sommers | The Bionic Woman | |||
| 1978 (36th) | |||||
| Rosemary Harris | Berta Palitz Weiss | Holocaust | NBC | [18] | |
| Kate Jackson | Sabrina Duncan | Charlie's Angels | ABC | ||
| Leticia "Buddy" Lawrence | Family | ||||
| Lee Remick | Erica Trenton | Wheels | NBC | ||
| Sada Thompson | Kate Lawrence | Family | ABC | ||
| 1979 (37th) | |||||
| Natalie Wood | Karen Holmes | From Here to Eternity | NBC | [19] | |
| Dallas | CBS | ||||
| Kate Columbo | Mrs. Columbo | NBC | |||
| Jennifer Hart | Hart to Hart | ABC | |||
| Sada Thompson | Kate Lawrence | Family |
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (38th) | |||||
| Yoko Shimada | Lady Toda Buntaro | Shōgun | NBC | [20] | |
| Barbara Bel Geddes | Miss Ellie Ewing | Dallas | CBS | ||
| Sue Ellen Ewing | |||||
| Little House on the Prairie | NBC | ||||
| Jennifer Hart | Hart to Hart | ABC | |||
| 1981 (39th) | |||||
| Linda Evans | Krystle Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | [21] | |
| Barbara Bel Geddes | Miss Ellie Ewing | Dallas | CBS | ||
| Dynasty | ABC | ||||
| Constance Weldon Carlyle | Flamingo Road | NBC | |||
| Linda Gray | Sue Ellen Ewing | Dallas | CBS | ||
| Stefanie Powers | Jennifer Hart | Hart to Hart | ABC | ||
| 1982 (40th) | |||||
| Joan Collins | Alexis Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | [22] | |
| Linda Evans | Krystle Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | ||
| Stefanie Powers | Jennifer Hart | Hart to Hart | |||
| Dallas | CBS | ||||
| Falcon Crest | |||||
| 1983 (41st) | |||||
| Jane Wyman | Angela Channing | Falcon Crest | CBS | [23] | |
| Joan Collins | Alexis Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | ||
| Mary Beth Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | |||
| Linda Evans | Krystle Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | ||
| Stefanie Powers | Jennifer Hart | Hart to Hart | |||
| 1984 (42nd) | |||||
| Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | [24] | |
| Joan Collins | Alexis Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | ||
| Tyne Daly | Mary Beth Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | ||
| Linda Evans | Krystle Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | ||
| Christine Cagney | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | |||
| Amanda King | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | ||||
| 1985 (43rd) | |||||
| Sharon Gless | Christine Cagney | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | [25] | |
| Joan Collins | Alexis Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | ||
| Tyne Daly | Mary Beth Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | ||
| Linda Evans | Krystle Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | ||
| Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | ||
| 1986 (44th) | |||||
| Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | [26] | |
| Joan Collins | Alexis Carrington | Dynasty | ABC | ||
| Tyne Daly | Mary Beth Lacey | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | ||
| Sharon Gless | Christine Cagney | ||||
| Christine Francis | Hotel | ABC | |||
| 1987 (45th) | |||||
| Susan Dey | Grace Van Owen | L.A. Law | NBC | [27] | |
| Ann Kelsey | L.A. Law | NBC | |||
| Sharon Gless | Christine Cagney | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | ||
| Catherine Chandler | Beauty and the Beast | ||||
| Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | |||
| 1988 (46th) | |||||
| Jill Eikenberry | Ann Kelsey | L.A. Law | NBC | [28] | |
| Susan Dey | Grace Van Owen | L.A. Law | NBC | ||
| Sharon Gless | Christine Cagney | Cagney & Lacey | CBS | ||
| Linda Hamilton | Catherine Chandler | Beauty and the Beast | |||
| Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | |||
| 1989 (47th) | |||||
| Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | [29] | |
| Colleen McMurphy | China Beach | ABC | |||
| Susan Dey | Grace Van Owen | L.A. Law | NBC | ||
| Jill Eikenberry | Ann Kelsey | ||||
| Hope Murdoch Steadman | thirtysomething | ABC |
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (48th) | |||||
| Sharon Gless | Fiona Rose "Rosie" O'Neill | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | CBS | [30] | |
| Patricia Wettig | Nancy Weston | thirtysomething | ABC | ||
| Colleen Murphy | China Beach | ABC | |||
| Susan Dey | Grace Van Owen | L.A. Law | NBC | ||
| Ann Kelsey | |||||
| Murder, She Wrote | CBS | ||||
| 1991 (49th) | |||||
| Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | [31] | |
| Susan Dey | Grace Van Owen | L.A. Law | NBC | ||
| Sharon Gless | Fiona Rose "Rosie" O'Neill | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | CBS | ||
| Tess Kaufman | Reasonable Doubts | NBC | |||
| Maggie O'Connell | Northern Exposure | CBS | |||
| 1992 (50th) | |||||
| Regina Taylor | Lily Harper | I'll Fly Away | NBC | [32] | |
| Sydney Guilford | Civil Wars | ABC | |||
| Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | ||
| Marlee Matlin | Tess Kaufman | Reasonable Doubts | NBC | ||
| Janine Turner | Maggie O'Connell | Northern Exposure | CBS | ||
| 1993 (51st) | |||||
| Kathy Baker | Jill Brock | Picket Fences | CBS | [33] | |
| Amanda Woodward | Melrose Place | Fox | |||
| Dr. Michaela Quinn | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | CBS | |||
| Janine Turner | Maggie O'Connell | Northern Exposure | |||
| Theodora "Teddy" Reed | Sisters | NBC | |||
| 1994 (52nd) | |||||
| Claire Danes | Angela Chase | My So-Called Life | ABC | [34] | |
| Kathy Baker | Jill Brock | Picket Fences | CBS | ||
| Angela Lansbury | Jessica Fletcher | Murder, She Wrote | |||
| Heather Locklear | Amanda Woodward | Melrose Place | Fox | ||
| Jane Seymour | Dr. Michaela Quinn | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | CBS | ||
| 1995 (53rd) | |||||
| Jane Seymour | Dr. Michaela Quinn | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | CBS | [35] | |
| The X-Files | Fox | ||||
| Kathy Baker | Jill Brock | Picket Fences | CBS | ||
| Heather Locklear | Amanda Woodward | Melrose Place | Fox | ||
| ER | NBC | ||||
| 1996 (54th) | |||||
| Gillian Anderson | FBI Special Agent Dana Scully | The X-Files | Fox | [36] | |
| Dr. Kate Austen | Chicago Hope | CBS | |||
| Heather Locklear | Amanda Woodward | Melrose Place | Fox | ||
| Jane Seymour | Dr. Michaela Quinn | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | CBS | ||
| Sherry Stringfield | Dr. Susan Lewis | ER | NBC | ||
| 1997 (55th) | |||||
| Christine Lahti | Dr. Kate Austen | Chicago Hope | CBS | [37] | |
| Gillian Anderson | FBI Special Agent Dana Scully | The X-Files | Fox | ||
| Diane Russell | NYPD Blue | ABC | |||
| Monica | Touched by an Angel | CBS | |||
| ER | NBC | ||||
| 1998 (56th) | |||||
| Keri Russell | Felicity Porter | Felicity | The WB | [38] | |
| Gillian Anderson | FBI Special Agent Dana Scully | The X-Files | Fox | ||
| Kim Delaney | Diane Russell | NYPD Blue | ABC | ||
| Roma Downey | Monica | Touched by an Angel | CBS | ||
| Julianna Margulies | Carol Hathaway | ER | NBC | ||
| 1999 (57th) | |||||
| Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | [39] | |
| The Sopranos | HBO | ||||
| Amy Gray | Judging Amy | CBS | |||
| Julianna Margulies | Carol Hathaway | ER | NBC | ||
| Sela Ward | Lily Manning | Once and Again | ABC |
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (58th) | |||||
| Sela Ward | Lily Manning | Once and Again | ABC | [40] | |
| Dark Angel | Fox | ||||
| The Sopranos | HBO | ||||
| Amy Gray | Judging Amy | CBS | |||
| The Sopranos | HBO | ||||
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB | ||||
| 2001 (59th) | |||||
| Jennifer Garner | Sydney Bristow | Alias | ABC | [41] | |
| Lorraine Bracco | Dr. Jennifer Melfi | The Sopranos | HBO | ||
| Amy Brenneman | Amy Gray | Judging Amy | CBS | ||
| Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | ||
| Gilmore Girls | The WB | ||||
| CBS | |||||
| Sela Ward | Lily Manning | Once and Again | ABC | ||
| 2002 (60th) | |||||
| Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | [42] | |
| Jennifer Garner | Sydney Bristow | Alias | ABC | ||
| Six Feet Under | HBO | ||||
| Marg Helgenberger | Catherine Willows | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | CBS | ||
| The West Wing | NBC | ||||
| 2003 (61st) | |||||
| Frances Conroy | Ruth Fisher | Six Feet Under | HBO | [43] | |
| Jennifer Garner | Sydney Bristow | Alias | ABC | ||
| Allison Janney | C.J. Cregg | The West Wing | NBC | ||
| Julia McNamara | Nip/Tuck | FX | |||
| Joan Girardi | Joan of Arcadia | CBS | |||
| 2004 (62nd) | |||||
| Mariska Hargitay | Det. Olivia Benson | NBC | [44] | ||
| Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | ||
| Jennifer Garner | Sydney Bristow | Alias | ABC | ||
| Grace McAllister | Jack & Bobby | The WB | |||
| Joely Richardson | Julia McNamara | Nip/Tuck | FX | ||
| 2005 (63rd) | |||||
| Geena Davis | President Mackenzie Allen | Commander in Chief | ABC | [45] | |
| Medium | CBS | ||||
| The Shield | FX | ||||
| The Closer | TNT | ||||
| Rome | HBO | ||||
| 2006 (64th) | |||||
| Kyra Sedgwick | Brenda Leigh Johnson | The Closer | TNT | [46] | |
| Patricia Arquette | Allison DuBois | Medium | CBS | ||
| Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | ||
| Lost | ABC | ||||
| Grey's Anatomy | |||||
| 2007 (65th) | |||||
| Glenn Close | Patty Hewes | Damages | FX | [47] | |
| Patricia Arquette | Allison DuBois | Medium | CBS | ||
| Dahlia Malloy | The Riches | FX | |||
| Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | HBO | ||
| Brothers & Sisters | ABC | ||||
| Grace Hanadarko | Saving Grace | TNT | |||
| Kyra Sedgwick | Brenda Leigh Johnson | The Closer | |||
| 2008 (66th) | |||||
| Anna Paquin | Sookie Stackhouse | True Blood | HBO | [48] | |
| Sally Field | Nora Walker | Brothers & Sisters | ABC | ||
| Mariska Hargitay | Det. Olivia Benson | Law and Order: Special Victims Unit | NBC | ||
| Mad Men | AMC | ||||
| Kyra Sedgwick | Brenda Leigh Johnson | The Closer | TNT | ||
| 2009 (67th) | |||||
| Julianna Margulies | Alicia Florrick | The Good Wife | CBS | [49] | |
| Glenn Close | Patty Hewes | Damages | FX | ||
| January Jones | Betty Draper | Mad Men | AMC | ||
| Anna Paquin | Sookie Stackhouse | True Blood | HBO | ||
| Kyra Sedgwick | Brenda Leigh Johnson | The Closer | TNT |
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (68th) | |||||
| Katey Sagal | Gemma Teller Morrow | Sons of Anarchy | FX | [50] | |
| The Good Wife | CBS | ||||
| Mad Men | AMC | ||||
| Annie Walker | Covert Affairs | USA | |||
| The Closer | TNT | ||||
| 2011 (69th) | |||||
| Claire Danes | Carrie Mathison | Homeland | Showtime | [51] | |
| Sarah Linden | The Killing | AMC | |||
| Julianna Margulies | Alicia Florrick | The Good Wife | CBS | ||
| Revenge | ABC | ||||
| Danielle "Dani" Santino | Necessary Roughness | USA | |||
| 2012 (70th) | |||||
| Claire Danes | Carrie Mathison | Homeland | Showtime | [52] | |
| Nashville | ABC | ||||
| Damages | FX | ||||
| Downton Abbey | PBS | ||||
| Julianna Margulies | Alicia Florrick | The Good Wife | CBS | ||
| 2013 (71st) | |||||
| Robin Wright | Claire Underwood | House of Cards | Netflix | [53] | |
| Julianna Margulies | Alicia Florrick | The Good Wife | CBS | ||
| Various Characters | Orphan Black | BBC America | |||
| Orange Is the New Black | Netflix | ||||
| Scandal | ABC | ||||
| 2014 (72nd) | |||||
| Ruth Wilson | Alison Lockhart | The Affair | Showtime | [54] | |
| Claire Danes | Carrie Mathison | Homeland | Showtime | ||
| How to Get Away with Murder | ABC | ||||
| Julianna Margulies | Alicia Florrick | The Good Wife | CBS | ||
| Robin Wright | Claire Underwood | House of Cards | Netflix | ||
| 2015 (73rd) | |||||
| Taraji P. Henson | Cookie Lyon | Empire | Fox | [55] | |
| Outlander | Starz | ||||
| Viola Davis | Annalise Keating | How to Get Away with Murder | ABC | ||
| Penny Dreadful | Showtime | ||||
| Robin Wright | Claire Underwood | House of Cards | Netflix | ||
| 2016 (74th) | |||||
| Claire Foy | Queen Elizabeth II | The Crown | Netflix | [56] | |
| Caitríona Balfe | Claire Fraser | Outlander | Starz | ||
| The Americans | FX | ||||
| Joyce Byers | Stranger Things | Netflix | |||
| Dolores Abernathy | Westworld | HBO | |||
| 2017 (75th) | |||||
| Elisabeth Moss | June Osborne / Offred | The Handmaid's Tale | Hulu | [57] | |
| Caitríona Balfe | Claire Fraser | Outlander | Starz | ||
| Claire Foy | Queen Elizabeth II | The Crown | Netflix | ||
| Eileen "Candy" Merrell | The Deuce | HBO | |||
| 13 Reasons Why | Netflix | ||||
| 2018 (76th) | |||||
| Sandra Oh | Eve Polastri | Killing Eve | BBC America | [58] | |
| Caitríona Balfe | Claire Fraser | Outlander | Starz | ||
| Elisabeth Moss | June Osborne / Offred | The Handmaid's Tale | Hulu | ||
| Heidi Bergman | Homecoming | Amazon Prime Video | |||
| Keri Russell | Elizabeth Jennings | The Americans | FX | ||
| 2019 (77th) | |||||
| Olivia Colman | Queen Elizabeth II | The Crown | Netflix | [59] | |
| Alex Levy | The Morning Show | Apple TV+ | |||
| Killing Eve | BBC America | ||||
| Celeste Wright | Big Little Lies | HBO | |||
| Bradley Jackson | The Morning Show | Apple TV+ |
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (78th) | |||||
| Emma Corrin | Diana, Princess of Wales | The Crown | Netflix | [60] | |
| The Crown | Netflix | ||||
| Killing Eve | BBC America | ||||
| Wendy Byrde | Ozark | Netflix | |||
| Ratched | |||||
| 2021 (79th) | |||||
| Michaela Jaé Rodriguez | Blanca Evangelista | Pose | FX | [61] | |
| Dr. Brooke Taylor | In Treatment | HBO | |||
| Alex Levy | The Morning Show | Apple TV+ | |||
| The Good Fight | Paramount+ | ||||
| June Osborne / Offred | The Handmaid's Tale | Hulu | |||
| 2022 (80th) | |||||
| Zendaya | Rue Bennett | Euphoria | HBO | [62] | |
| Emma D'Arcy | Rhaenyra Targaryen | House of the Dragon | HBO | ||
| Laura Linney | Wendy Byrde | Ozark | Netflix | ||
| Imelda Staunton | Queen Elizabeth II | The Crown | |||
| Hilary Swank | Eileen Fitzgerald | Alaska Daily | ABC | ||
| 2023 (81st) | |||||
| Sarah Snook | Siobhan "Shiv" Roy | Succession | HBO | [63] | |
| Cara Dutton | 1923 | Paramount+ | |||
| Bella Ramsey | Ellie Williams | The Last of Us | HBO | ||
| Katherine "Kate" Wyler | The Diplomat | Netflix | |||
| Queen Elizabeth II | The Crown | Netflix | |||
| Whitney Siegel | The Curse | Showtime | |||
| Superlative | Best Actress – Television Series Drama | |
|---|---|---|
| Actress with most awards | Angela Lansbury (4) | |
| Actress with most nominations | Angela Lansbury (10) | |
| Actress with most nominations without ever winning | Stefanie Powers (5) |
| Wins | Name |
|---|---|
| 4 | Angela Lansbury |
| 3 | Claire Danes |
| 2 | Edie Falco |
| Sharon Gless | |
| Lee Remick |
| Nominations | Name |
|---|---|
| 10 | Angela Lansbury |
| 9 | Julianna Margulies |
| 7 | Edie Falco |
| Sharon Gless | |
| 6 | Joan Collins |
| Kyra Sedgwick | |
| 5 | Susan Dey |
| Linda Evans | |
| Stefanie Powers | |
| 4 | Gillian Anderson |
| Caitriona Balfe | |
| Glenn Close | |
| Tyne Daly | |
| Claire Danes | |
| Angie Dickinson | |
| Jill Eikenberry | |
| Jennifer Garner | |
| Kate Jackson | |
| Michael Learned | |
| Peggy Lipton | |
| Heather Locklear | |
| Elisabeth Moss | |
| Keri Russell | |
| Jane Seymour | |
| Sela Ward | |
| 3 | Patricia Arquette |
| Kathy Baker | |
| Barbara Bel Geddes | |
| Lorraine Bracco | |
| Amy Brenneman | |
| Christine Lahti | |
| Elizabeth Montgomery | |
| Denise Nicholas | |
| Lee Remick | |
| Susan Saint James | |
| Sada Thompson | |
| Janine Turner | |
| Robin Wright | |
| 2 | |
| Jennifer Aniston | |
| Amanda Blake | |
| Olivia Colman | |
| Jodie Comer | |
| Linda Cristal | |
| Viola Davis | |
| Kim Delaney | |
| Dana Delany | |
| Roma Downey | |
| Sally Field | |
| Claire Foy | |
| Linda Gray | |
| Linda Hamilton | |
| Mariska Hargitay | |
| Rosemary Harris | |
| Marg Helgenberger | |
| Allison Janney | |
| January Jones | |
| Laura Linney | |
| Jean Marsh | |
| Marlee Matlin | |
| Emily McLaughlin | |
| Lee Meriwether | |
| Anna Paquin | |
| Joely Richardson | |
| Imelda Staunton | |
| Sherry Stringfield | |
| Lindsay Wagner | |
| Jane Wyman |