| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | |
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| Awarded For: | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| Presenter: | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 1954 |
| Holder: | Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown (2024) |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). 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:
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support) | ||||
| 1960 | Jane Wyatt | Margaret Anderson | Father Knows Best | CBS |
| Donna Stone | The Donna Reed Show | ABC | ||
| NBC Sunday Showcase | NBC | |||
| Various Characters | The Loretta Young Show | |||
| Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series | ||||
| 1961 [6] | ||||
| Don Knotts | Barney Fife | The Andy Griffith Show | CBS | |
| Abby Dalton | Lt. Martha Hale | Hennesey | CBS | |
| Barbara Hale | Della Street | Perry Mason | ||
| Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress | ||||
| 1962 [7] | ||||
| Pamela Brown # | Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | Hallmark Hall of Fame | NBC | |
| Jeanne Cooper § | Anna Medalle | Ben Casey | ABC | |
| Colleen Dewhurst # | Gertrude Hart | Focus | NBC | |
| Joan Hackett § | Ellen Parker | Ben Casey | ABC | |
| Mary Wickes | Maxfield | The Gertrude Berg Show | CBS | |
| 1963 [8] | ||||
| Glenda Farrell § | Martha Morrison | Ben Casey | ABC | |
| Davey Davison § | Laura Hunter | The Eleventh Hour | NBC | |
| Nancy Malone | Libby Kingston | Naked City | ABC | |
| Rose Marie | Sally Rogers | The Dick Van Dyke Show | CBS | |
| Kate Reid # | Queen Victoria | Hallmark Hall of Fame | NBC | |
| 1964 [9] | ||||
| Ruth White # | Shelagh Mangan | Hallmark Hall of Fame | NBC | |
| Martine Bartlett § | Miranda Ledoux Porter | Arrest and Trial | ABC | |
| Anjanette Comer § | Annabelle Selinsky | |||
| Rose Marie | Sally Rogers | The Dick Van Dyke Show | CBS | |
| Claudia McNeil § | Mrs. Hill | The Nurses | ||
| Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers | ||||
| 1965 [10] | ||||
| Leonard Bernstein | Conductor | New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein | CBS | |
| Lynn Fontanne | Fanny Bowditch Holmes | Hallmark Hall of Fame | NBC | |
| Alfred Lunt | Oliver Wendell Holmes | |||
| Barbra Streisand | Herself | My Name Is Barbra | CBS | |
| Dick Van Dyke | Rob Petrie | The Dick Van Dyke Show | ||
| Julie Andrews | Herself | The Andy Williams Show | NBC | |
| Johnny Carson | Himself | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | ||
| Gladys Cooper | Margaret St. Clair | The Rogues | ||
| Robert Coote | Timmy St. Clair | |||
| Richard Crenna | James Slattery | Slattery's People | CBS | |
| Julie Harris | Florence Nightingale | Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Holy Terror" | NBC | |
| Bob Hope | Himself | Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special | ||
| Dean Jagger | Principal Albert Vane | Mr. Novak | ||
| Danny Kaye | Himself | The Danny Kaye Show | CBS | |
| David McCallum | Illya Kuryakin | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | NBC | |
| Red Skelton | Himself | The Red Skelton Hour | CBS | |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series | ||||
| 1966 (18th) | ||||
| Lee Grant | Stella Chernak | Peyton Place | ABC | |
| Diane Baker # | Rachel Brown | Hallmark Hall of Fame | NBC | |
| Pamela Franklin # | Betsy Balcombe | |||
| Jeanette Nolan § | Helen Robinson | I Spy | ||
| 1967 (19th) | ||||
| Agnes Moorehead § | Emma Valentine | The Wild Wild West | CBS | |
| Tina Chen # | Vietnamese Girl | CBS Playhouse | CBS | |
| Ruth Warrick | Hannah Cord | Peyton Place | ABC | |
| 1968 (20th) | ||||
| Barbara Anderson | Officer Eve Whitfield | Ironside | NBC | |
| Linda Cristal | Victoria Cannon | The High Chaparral | NBC | |
| Tessie O'Shea # | Tessie O'Toole | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | ABC | |
| Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series | ||||
| 1969 [11] | ||||
| Susan Saint James | Peggy Maxwell | The Name of the Game | NBC | |
| Barbara Anderson | Officer Eve Whitfield | Ironside | NBC | |
| Agnes Moorehead | Endora | Bewitched | ABC | |
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama | ||||
| 1970 (22nd) | ||||
| Gail Fisher | Peggy Fair | Mannix | CBS | |
| Barbara Anderson | Officer Eve Whitfield | Ironside | NBC | |
| Susan Saint James | Peggy Maxwell | The Name of the Game | ||
| 1971 (23rd) | ||||
| Margaret Leighton # | Gertrude | Hamlet: Hallmark Hall of Fame | NBC | |
| Gail Fisher | Peggy Fair | Mannix | CBS | |
| Susan Saint James | Peggy Maxwell | The Name of the Game | NBC | |
| Elena Verdugo | Consuelo Lopez | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |
| 1972 (24th) | ||||
| Jenny Agutter # | Frith | The Snow Goose | NBC | |
| Gail Fisher | Peggy Fair | Mannix | CBS | |
| Elena Verdugo | Consuelo Lopez | Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | |
| 1973 (25th) | ||||
| Ellen Corby | Esther Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| Gail Fisher | Peggy Fair | Mannix | CBS | |
| Nancy Walker | Mildred | McMillan & Wife | NBC | |
| Best Supporting Actress in Drama | ||||
| 1974 (26th) | ||||
| Joanna Miles # | Laura Wingfield | The Glass Menagerie | ABC | |
| Ellen Corby | Esther Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| Nancy Walker | Mildred | McMillan & Wife | NBC | |
| Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | ||||
| 1975 (27th) | ||||
| Ellen Corby | Esther Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| Angela Baddeley | Mrs. Bridges | Upstairs, Downstairs | PBS | |
| Nancy Walker | Mildred | McMillan & Wife | NBC | |
| 1976 (28th) | ||||
| Ellen Corby | Esther Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| Angela Baddeley | Mrs. Bridges | Upstairs, Downstairs | PBS | |
| Susan Howard | Maggie Petrocelli | Petrocelli | NBC | |
| Dorothy McGuire # | Mary Jordache | Rich Man, Poor Man | ABC | |
| Sada Thompson # | Mary Todd Lincoln | Sandburg's Lincoln | NBC | |
| 1977 (29th) | ||||
| Kristy McNichol | Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence | Family | ABC | |
| Meredith Baxter | Nancy Lawrence Maitland | Family | ABC | |
| Ellen Corby | Esther Walton | The Waltons | CBS | |
| Lee Meriwether | Betty Jones | Barnaby Jones | ||
| Jacqueline Tong | Daisy Peel | Upstairs, Downstairs | PBS | |
| 1978 (30th) | ||||
| Nancy Marchand | Margaret Pynchon | Lou Grant | CBS | |
| Meredith Baxter | Nancy Lawrence Maitland | Family | ABC | |
| Tovah Feldshuh # | Helena Slomova | Holocaust | NBC | |
| Linda Kelsey | Billie Newman | Lou Grant | CBS | |
| Kristy McNichol | Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence | Family | ABC | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | ||||
| 1979 (31st) | ||||
| Kristy McNichol | Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence | Family | ABC | |
| Linda Kelsey | Billie Newman | Lou Grant | CBS | |
| Nancy Marchand | Margaret Pynchon | |||
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (52nd) | |||||
| Allison Janney | C. J. Cregg | The West Wing | "Celestial Navigation" + "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics" | NBC | |
| Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet | 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 | 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 | 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 | "Timing & Space" + "The Opening" | |||
| Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet | 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 | 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 | 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 | In Treatment | "Week 6: Gina" | HBO | |
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (72nd) [22] | |||||
| Julia Garner | Ruth Langmore | Ozark | "In Case of Emergency" | Netflix | |
| Helena Bonham Carter | Princess Margaret | The Crown | "Cri de Coeur" | Netflix | |
| Laura Dern | Renata Klein | Big Little Lies | "Tell-Tale Hearts" | HBO | |
| Thandiwe Newton | Maeve Millay | Westworld | "The Winter Line" | ||
| Fiona Shaw | Carolyn Martens | Killing Eve | "Management Sucks" | BBC America | |
| Sarah Snook | Siobhan "Shiv" Roy | Succession | "The Summer Palace" | HBO | |
| Meryl Streep | Mary Louise Wright | Big Little Lies | "I Want to Know" | ||
| Samira Wiley | Moira Strand | The Handmaid's Tale | "Sacrifice" | Hulu | |
| 2021 (73rd) [23] | |||||
| Gillian Anderson | Margaret Thatcher | The Crown | "Favourites" | Netflix | |
| Helena Bonham Carter | Princess Margaret | The Crown | "The Hereditary Principle" | Netflix | |
| Madeline Brewer | Janine Lindo | The Handmaid's Tale | "Testimony" | Hulu | |
| Ann Dowd | Aunt Lydia | "Progress" | |||
| Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor | Hippolyta Freeman | Lovecraft Country | "I Am." | HBO | |
| Emerald Fennell | Camilla Parker Bowles | The Crown | "Fairytale" | Netflix | |
| Yvonne Strahovski | Serena Joy Waterford | The Handmaid's Tale | "Home" | Hulu | |
| Samira Wiley | Moira Strand | "Vows" | |||
| 2022 (74th) [24] | |||||
| Julia Garner | Ruth Langmore | Ozark | "Sanctified" | Netflix | |
| Patricia Arquette | Harmony Cobel | Severance | "What's for Dinner?" | Apple TV+ | |
| HoYeon Jung | Kang Sae-byeok | Squid Game | "Gganbu" | Netflix | |
| Christina Ricci | Misty Quigley | Yellowjackets | "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" | Showtime | |
| Rhea Seehorn | Kim Wexler | Better Call Saul | "Hit and Run" | AMC | |
| J. Smith-Cameron | Gerri Kellman | Succession | "The Disruption" | HBO | |
| Sarah Snook | Siobhan "Shiv" Roy | "Chiantishire" | |||
| Sydney Sweeney | Cassandra "Cassie" Howard | Euphoria | "Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys" | ||
| 2023 (75th) [25] | |||||
| Jennifer Coolidge | Tanya McQuoid-Hunt | The White Lotus | "Arrivederci" | HBO | |
| Elizabeth Debicki | Princess Diana | The Crown | "Couple 31" | Netflix | |
| Meghann Fahy | Daphne Sullivan | The White Lotus | "Arrivederci" | HBO | |
| Sabrina Impacciatore | Valentina | "Abductions" | |||
| Aubrey Plaza | Harper Spiller | "That's Amore" | |||
| Rhea Seehorn | Kim Wexler | Better Call Saul | "Waterworks" | AMC | |
| J. Smith-Cameron | Gerri Kellman | Succession | "Living+" | HBO | |
| Simona Tabasco | Lucia Greco | The White Lotus | "That's Amore" | ||
| 2024 (76th) [26] | |||||
| Elizabeth Debicki | Princess Diana | The Crown | "Dis-Moi Oui" | Netflix | |
| Christine Baranski | Agnes van Rhijn | The Gilded Age | "In Terms of Winning and Losing" | HBO | |
| Nicole Beharie | Christine Hunter | The Morning Show | "White Noise" | Apple TV+ | |
| Greta Lee | Stella Bak | "The Green Light" | |||
| Lesley Manville | Princess Margaret | The Crown | "Ritz" | Netflix | |
| Karen Pittman | Mia Jordan | The Morning Show | "Love Island" | Apple TV+ | |
| Holland Taylor | Cybil Reynolds | "White Noise" |