Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | |
Awarded For: | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Series Musical or Comedy |
Presenter: | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Country: | United States |
Year: | March 5, 1962 |
Holder: | Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (2023) |
Website: | goldenglobes.org |
Most Awards: | Carol Burnett, (5) |
Most Nominations: | Carol Burnett, (12) |
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a musical or comedy television series for the calendar year.
It was first awarded at the 19th Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962, under the title Best TV Star – Female, grouping all genres of television series, to Pauline Fredericks. The nominees for the award announced annually starting in 1963. The award initially honored actresses in both comedy and drama genres until 1969, when the award was split into categories that honored comedic and dramatic performances separately. It was presented under the new title Best TV Actress – Musical or Comedy and in 1980 under its current title.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 43 actresses. Ayo Edebiri is the current recipient of the award for her role as Sydney Adamu on The Bear. Carol Burnett has won the most awards in this category with five wins and received the most nominations at 12.
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
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Best TV Star – Female | |||||
1961 (19th) | |||||
Pauline Fredericks | [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 – Musical or Comedy | |||||
1969 (27th) | |||||
Carol Burnett | Various characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | [9] | |
Julie Sommars | Jennifer Jo Drinkwater | The Governor & J.J. | |||
Lucille Ball | Lucy Carter | Here's Lucy | CBS | ||
Diahann Carroll | Julia Baker | Julia | NBC | ||
Barbara Eden | Jeannie | I Dream of Jeannie | |||
Debbie Thompson | The Debbie Reynolds Show |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 (28th) | |||||
Mary Tyler Moore | Mary Richards | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | [10] | |
Various characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | |||
Shirley Partridge | The Partridge Family | ||||
Nanny Phoebe Figgalily | Nanny and the Professor | ||||
Samantha Stephens | Bewitched | ||||
1971 (29th) | |||||
Carol Burnett | Various characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | [11] | |
Lucy Carter | Here's Lucy | CBS | |||
Shirley Jones | Shirley Partridge | The Partridge Family | ABC | ||
Mary Tyler Moore | Mary Richards | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | CBS | ||
All in the Family | |||||
1972 (30th) | |||||
Jean Stapleton | Edith Bunker | All in the Family | CBS | [12] | |
Various characters | The Julie Andrews Hour | ABC | |||
Maude Findlay | Maude | CBS | |||
Carol Burnett | Various characters | The Carol Burnett Show | |||
Mary Tyler Moore | Mary Richards | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | |||
1973 (31st) | |||||
Cher | Various characters | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | CBS | [13] | |
Jean Stapleton | Edith Bunker | All in the Family | |||
Bea Arthur | Maude Findlay | Maude | CBS | ||
Carol Burnett | Various characters | The Carol Burnett Show | |||
Mary Tyler Moore | Mary Richards | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | |||
1974 (32nd) | |||||
Valerie Harper | Rhoda Morgenstern | Rhoda | CBS | [14] | |
Carol Burnett | Various characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | ||
Mary Tyler Moore | Mary Richards | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | |||
Florida Evans | Good Times | ||||
Jean Stapleton | Edith Bunker | All in the Family | |||
1975 (33rd) | |||||
Cloris Leachman | Phyllis Lindstrom | Phyllis | CBS | [15] | |
Bea Arthur | Maude Findlay | Maude | CBS | ||
Carol Burnett | Various characters | The Carol Burnett Show | |||
Valerie Harper | Rhoda Morgenstern | Rhoda | |||
Mary Tyler Moore | Mary Richards | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | |||
1976 (34th) | |||||
Carol Burnett | Various characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | [16] | |
Charlotte "Charley" Drake | All's Fair | CBS | |||
Mary Tyler Moore | Mary Richards | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | |||
The Jeffersons | |||||
Dinah | Dinah! | NBC | |||
1977 (35th) | |||||
Carol Burnett | Various characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | [17] | |
Bea Arthur | Maude Findlay | Maude | CBS | ||
Laverne DeFazio | Laverne & Shirley | ABC | |||
Isabel Sanford | Louise Jefferson | The Jeffersons | CBS | ||
Jean Stapleton | Edith Bunker | All in the Family | |||
Shirley Feeney | Laverne & Shirley | ABC | |||
1978 (36th) | |||||
Linda Lavin | Alice Hyatt | Alice | CBS | [18] | |
Carol Burnett | Various characters | The Carol Burnett Show | CBS | ||
Penny Marshall | Laverne DeFazio | Laverne & Shirley | ABC | ||
Three's Company | |||||
Jean Stapleton | Edith Bunker | All in the Family | CBS | ||
1979 (37th) | |||||
Linda Lavin | Alice Hyatt | Alice | CBS | [19] | |
Penny Marshall | Laverne DeFazio | Laverne & Shirley | ABC | ||
Angie Falco | Angie | ||||
Jean Stapleton | Edith Bunker | All in the Family | CBS | ||
Maj. Margaret Houlihan | M*A*S*H |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980 (38th) | |||||
Katherine Helmond | Jessica Tate | Soap | ABC | [20] | |
Jennifer Marlowe | WKRP in Cincinnati | ||||
Flo | |||||
Alice Hyatt | Alice | ||||
Ann Atkinson | House Calls | ||||
1981 (39th) | |||||
Eileen Brennan | Capt. Doreen Lewis | Private Benjamin | CBS | [21] | |
Loni Anderson | Jennifer Marlowe | WKRP in Cincinnati | CBS | ||
Ann Romano | One Day at a Time | ||||
Herself | Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters | NBC | |||
Maj. Margaret Houlihan | M*A*S*H | CBS | |||
1982 (40th) | |||||
Debbie Allen | Lydia Grant | Fame | NBC | [22] | |
Eileen Brennan | Capt. Doreen Lewis | Private Benjamin | CBS | ||
Nell Harper | Gimme a Break! | NBC | |||
Bonnie Franklin | Ann Romano | One Day at a Time | CBS | ||
Violet Newstead | 9 to 5 | ABC | |||
The Jeffersons | CBS | ||||
1983 (41st) | |||||
Joanna Cassidy | Jojo White | Buffalo Bill | NBC | [23] | |
Debbie Allen | Lydia Grant | Fame | NBC | ||
Madeline Wayne | Oh Madeline | ABC | |||
Cheers | NBC | ||||
Isabel Sanford | Louise Jefferson | The Jeffersons | CBS | ||
1984 (42nd) | |||||
Shelley Long | Diane Chambers | Cheers | NBC | [24] | |
Debbie Allen | Lydia Grant | Fame | NBC | ||
Nell Carter | Nell Harper | Gimme a Break! | |||
Katherine Papadopalis | Webster | ABC | |||
Allie Lowell | Kate & Allie | CBS | |||
Isabel Sanford | Louise Jefferson | The Jeffersons | |||
1985 (43rd) | |||||
Estelle Getty | Sophia Petrillo | The Golden Girls | NBC | [25] | |
Cybill Shepherd | Maddie Hayes | Moonlighting | ABC | ||
The Golden Girls | NBC | ||||
1986 (44th) | |||||
Cybill Shepherd | Maddie Hayes | Moonlighting | ABC | [26] | |
Bea Arthur | Dorothy Zbornak | The Golden Girls | NBC | ||
Estelle Getty | Sophia Petrillo | ||||
Rue McClanahan | Blanche Devereaux | ||||
Betty White | Rose Nylund | ||||
1987 (45th) | |||||
Tracey Ullman | Various characters | The Tracey Ullman Show | Fox | [27] | |
Bea Arthur | Dorothy Zbornak | The Golden Girls | NBC | ||
Rue McClanahan | Blanche Devereaux | ||||
Cybill Shepherd | Maddie Hayes | Moonlighting | ABC | ||
Betty White | Rose Nylund | The Golden Girls | NBC | ||
1988 (46th) | |||||
Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | CBS | [28] | |
Bea Arthur | Dorothy Zbornak | The Golden Girls | NBC | ||
Roseanne | ABC | ||||
Tracey Ullman | Various characters | The Tracey Ullman Show | Fox | ||
Betty White | Rose Nylund | The Golden Girls | NBC | ||
1989 (47th) | |||||
Jamie Lee Curtis | Hannah Miller | Anything but Love | ABC | [29] | |
Cheers | NBC | ||||
Sister Kate Lambert | Sister Kate | ||||
Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | CBS | ||
Tracey Ullman | Various characters | The Tracey Ullman Show | Fox |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 (48th) | |||||
Kirstie Alley | Rebecca Howe | Cheers | NBC | [30] | |
Roseanne | |||||
Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | ||||
Various Characters | Carol & Company | NBC | |||
Married... with Children | |||||
1991 (49th) | |||||
Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | CBS | [31] | |
Kirstie Alley | Rebecca Howe | Cheers | NBC | ||
Roseanne Barr | Roseanne Conner | Roseanne | ABC | ||
Hannah Miller | Anything but Love | ||||
Katey Sagal | Peggy Bundy | Married... with Children | Fox | ||
1992 (50th) | |||||
Roseanne Barr | Roseanne Conner | Roseanne | ABC | [32] | |
Kirstie Alley | Rebecca Howe | Cheers | NBC | ||
Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | CBS | ||
Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | NBC | |||
Katey Sagal | Peggy Bundy | Married... with Children | Fox | ||
1993 (51st) | |||||
Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | NBC | [33] | |
Roseanne Barr | Roseanne Conner | Roseanne | ABC | ||
Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | CBS | ||
Home Improvement | ABC | ||||
Katey Sagal | Peggy Bundy | Married... with Children | Fox | ||
1994 (52nd) | |||||
Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | NBC | [34] | |
Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | CBS | ||
Grace Kelly | Grace Under Fire | ABC | |||
Ellen Morgan | Ellen | ||||
Patricia Richardson | Jill Taylor | Home Improvement | |||
1995 (53rd) | |||||
Cybill Shepherd | Cybill Sheridan | Cybill | CBS | [35] | |
Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | CBS | ||
Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen Morgan | Ellen | ABC | ||
Fran Fine | The Nanny | CBS | |||
Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | NBC | ||
1996 (54th) | |||||
Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | NBC | [36] | |
Brett Butler | Grace Kelly | Grace Under Fire | ABC | ||
Fran Drescher | Fran Fine | The Nanny | CBS | ||
Cybill Shepherd | Cybill Sheridan | Cybill | |||
Susan Keane | Suddenly Susan | NBC | |||
Various Characters | Tracey Takes On... | ||||
1997 (55th) | |||||
Calista Flockhart | Ally McBeal | Fox | [37] | ||
Veronica Chase | Veronica's Closet | NBC | |||
Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen Morgan | Ellen | ABC | ||
Dharma Montgomery | Dharma & Greg | ||||
Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | NBC | ||
Brooke Shields | Susan Keane | Suddenly Susan | |||
1998 (56th) | |||||
Jenna Elfman | Dharma Montgomery | Dharma & Greg | ABC | [38] | |
Jesse Warner | Jesse | NBC | |||
Calista Flockhart | Ally McBeal | Ally McBeal | Fox | ||
Maya Gallo | Just Shoot Me! | NBC | |||
Sex and the City | HBO | ||||
1999 (57th) | |||||
Sarah Jessica Parker | Carrie Bradshaw | Sex and the City | HBO | [39] | |
Jenna Elfman | Dharma Montgomery | Dharma & Greg | ABC | ||
Calista Flockhart | Ally McBeal | Ally McBeal | Fox | ||
Dana Whitaker | Sports Night | ABC | |||
Caitlin Moore | Spin City | ||||
Will & Grace | NBC |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 (58th) | |||||
Sarah Jessica Parker | Carrie Bradshaw | Sex and the City | HBO | [40] | |
Ally McBeal | |||||
Lois Wilkerson | Malcolm in the Middle | ||||
Will & Grace | |||||
Bette | Bette | ||||
2001 (59th) | |||||
Sarah Jessica Parker | Carrie Bradshaw | Sex and the City | HBO | [41] | |
Calista Flockhart | Ally McBeal | Ally McBeal | Fox | ||
Jane Kaczmarek | Lois Wilkerson | Malcolm in the Middle | |||
Caitlin Moore | Spin City | ||||
Debra Messing | Grace Adler | Will & Grace | NBC | ||
2002 (60th) | |||||
Jennifer Aniston | Rachel Green | Friends | NBC | [42] | |
Bonnie Molloy | Life with Bonnie | ABC | |||
Jane Kaczmarek | Lois Wilkerson | Malcolm in the Middle | Fox | ||
Debra Messing | Grace Adler | Will & Grace | NBC | ||
Sarah Jessica Parker | Carrie Bradshaw | Sex and the City | HBO | ||
2003 (61st) | |||||
Sarah Jessica Parker | Carrie Bradshaw | Sex and the City | HBO | [43] | |
Bonnie Hunt | Bonnie Molloy | Life with Bonnie | ABC | ||
Reba Hart | Reba | ||||
Debra Messing | Grace Adler | Will & Grace | NBC | ||
Sharona Fleming | Monk | ||||
Kate Fox | Miss Match | NBC | |||
2004 (62nd) | |||||
Teri Hatcher | Susan Mayer | Desperate Housewives | ABC | [44] | |
Desperate Housewives | ABC | ||||
Debra Messing | Grace Adler | Will & Grace | NBC | ||
Sarah Jessica Parker | Carrie Bradshaw | Sex and the City | HBO | ||
2005 (63rd) | |||||
Mary-Louise Parker | Nancy Botwin | Weeds | Showtime | [45] | |
Marcia Cross | Bree Van de Kamp | Desperate Housewives | ABC | ||
Teri Hatcher | Susan Mayer | ||||
Felicity Huffman | Lynette Scavo | ||||
2006 (64th) | |||||
America Ferrera | Betty Suarez | Ugly Betty | ABC | [46] | |
Marcia Cross | Bree Van de Kamp | Desperate Housewives | ABC | ||
Felicity Huffman | Lynette Scavo | ||||
The New Adventures of Old Christine | CBS | ||||
Mary-Louise Parker | Nancy Botwin | Weeds | Showtime | ||
2007 (65th) | |||||
Tina Fey | Liz Lemon | 30 Rock | NBC | [47] | |
Samantha "Sam" Newly | Samantha Who? | ABC | |||
America Ferrera | Betty Suarez | Ugly Betty | |||
Charlotte "Chuck" Charles | Pushing Daisies | ||||
Mary-Louise Parker | Nancy Botwin | Weeds | Showtime | ||
2008 (66th) | |||||
Tina Fey | Liz Lemon | 30 Rock | NBC | [48] | |
Christina Applegate | Samantha "Sam" Newly | Samantha Who? | ABC | ||
America Ferrera | Betty Suarez | Ugly Betty | |||
Debra Messing | Molly Kagan | The Starter Wife | USA | ||
Mary-Louise Parker | Nancy Botwin | Weeds | Showtime | ||
2009 (67th) | |||||
Toni Collette | Tara Gregson | United States of Tara | Showtime | [49] | |
Jules Cobb | Cougar Town | ABC | |||
Jackie Peyton | Nurse Jackie | Showtime | |||
Tina Fey | Liz Lemon | 30 Rock | NBC | ||
Glee | Fox |
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 (68th) | |||||
Laura Linney | Cathy Jamison | The Big C | Showtime | [50] | |
Tara Gregson | United States of Tara | Showtime | |||
Jackie Peyton | Nurse Jackie | ||||
30 Rock | |||||
Glee | |||||
2011 (69th) | |||||
Laura Dern | Amy Jellicoe | Enlightened | HBO | [51] | |
Jessica Day | New Girl | Fox | |||
Tina Fey | Liz Lemon | 30 Rock | NBC | ||
Laura Linney | Cathy Jamison | The Big C | Showtime | ||
Parks and Recreation | NBC | ||||
2012 (70th) | |||||
Lena Dunham | Hannah Horvath | Girls | HBO | [52] | |
Zooey Deschanel | Jessica Day | New Girl | Fox | ||
Tina Fey | Liz Lemon | 30 Rock | NBC | ||
Veep | HBO | ||||
Amy Poehler | Leslie Knope | Parks and Recreation | NBC | ||
2013 (71st) | |||||
Amy Poehler | Leslie Knope | Parks and Recreation | NBC | [53] | |
Zooey Deschanel | Jessica Day | New Girl | Fox | ||
Lena Dunham | Hanna Horvath | Girls | HBO | ||
Edie Falco | Jackie Peyton | Nurse Jackie | Showtime | ||
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | HBO | ||
2014 (72nd) | |||||
Gina Rodriguez | Jane Villanueva | Jane the Virgin | The CW | [54] | |
Lena Dunham | Hannah Horvath | Girls | HBO | ||
Edie Falco | Jackie Peyton | Nurse Jackie | Showtime | ||
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | HBO | ||
Piper Chapman | Orange is the New Black | ||||
2015 (73rd) | |||||
Rachel Bloom | Rebecca Bunch | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | The CW | [55] | |
Dean Cathy Munsch | Scream Queens | Fox | |||
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | HBO | ||
Gina Rodriguez | Jane Villanueva | Jane the Virgin | The CW | ||
Frankie Bergstein | Grace and Frankie | Netflix | |||
2016 (74th) | |||||
Tracee Ellis Ross | Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson | Black-ish | ABC | [56] | |
Rachel Bloom | Rebecca Bunch | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | The CW | ||
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | HBO | ||
Frances Dufresne | Divorce | ||||
Issa Dee | Insecure | ||||
Gina Rodriguez | Jane Villanueva | Jane the Virgin | The CW | ||
2017 (75th) | |||||
Rachel Brosnahan | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Prime Video | [57] | |
Sam Fox | Better Things | ||||
Ruth Wilder | GLOW | Netflix | |||
Issa Rae | Issa Dee | Insecure | HBO | ||
Bridgette Bird | SMILF | Showtime | |||
2018 (76th) | |||||
Rachel Brosnahan | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Prime Video | [58] | |
Eleanor Shellstrop | The Good Place | NBC | |||
Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | CBS | |||
Alison Brie | Ruth Wilder | GLOW | Netflix | ||
Will & Grace | NBC | ||||
2019 (77th) | |||||
Phoebe Waller-Bridge | Fleabag | Fleabag | Prime Video | [59] | |
Jen Harding | Dead to Me | Netflix | |||
Rachel Brosnahan | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Prime Video | ||
Krystal Stubbs | On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Showtime | |||
Nadia Vulvokov | Russian Doll | Netflix |
Superlative | Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy | |
---|---|---|
Actress with most awards | Carol Burnett (5) | |
Actress with most nominations | Carol Burnett (12) | |
Actress with most nominations without ever winning | Bea Arthur (8) Debra Messing (8) |
Wins | Name |
---|---|
5 | Carol Burnett |
4 | Sarah Jessica Parker |
3 | Helen Hunt |
Cybill Shepherd | |
2 | Candice Bergen |
Rachel Brosnahan | |
Tina Fey | |
Linda Lavin | |
Mary Tyler Moore | |
Jean Stapleton |