The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film or Best Actress – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television 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 miniseries or motion picture made for television for the calendar year. The award was first presented at the 39th Golden Globe Awards on January 30, 1982, to Jane Seymour, for her performance in East of Eden (1981). Performances by actresses in a miniseries or television film were originally awarded in the Best Actress – Television Series Drama category, before the creation of this category.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 34 actresses. Michelle Williams is the current recipient of the award, for her performance in Dying for Sex (2025). Ann-Margret, Judy Davis, Helen Mirren, Michelle Williams, and Kate Winslet have won the most awards in the category, winning two times. Jessica Lange and Mirren have been nominated for the award on eight occasions, the most for the category.
Winners and nominees
thumb|120px|[[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour was the first recipient of the award, for East of Eden (1981)]]
thumb|120px|[[Ingrid Bergman won for A Woman Called Golda (1982).]]
thumb|120px|[[Ann-Margret won two consecutive times, for her roles in Who Will Love My Children? (1983) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)]]
thumb|120px|[[Liza Minnelli won for A Time to Live (1985)]]
thumb|120px|[[Judy Davis won for One Against the Wind (1991) and Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001).]]
thumb|120px|[[Jessica Lange won for A Streetcar Named Desire (1995).]]
thumb|120px|[[Alfre Woodard won for Miss Evers' Boys (1997)]]
thumb|120px|[[Helen Mirren won twice for Losing Chase (1996) and Elizabeth I (2005).]]
thumb|120px|[[Angelina Jolie won for Gia (1998).]]
thumb|120px|[[Halle Berry won for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999).]]
thumb|120px|[[Judi Dench won for The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)]]
thumb|120px|[[Meryl Streep won for Angels in America (2003).]]
thumb|120px|[[Glenn Close won for The Lion in Winter (2003).]]
thumb|120px|[[Laura Linney won for John Adams (2008).]]
thumb|120px|[[Drew Barrymore won for Grey Gardens (2009)]]
thumb|120px|[[Claire Danes won for Temple Grandin (2010).]]
thumb|120px|[[Kate Winslet won this award twice for her roles in Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown (2021).]]
thumb|120px|[[Julianne Moore won for playing Sarah Palin Game Change (2012).]]
thumb|120px|[[Elisabeth Moss won for Top of the Lake (2013).]]
thumb|120px|[[Lady Gaga won for American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016).]]
thumb|120px|[[Sarah Paulson won playing Marcia Clark The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016).]]
thumb|120px|[[Nicole Kidman won for Big Little Lies (2017).]]
thumb|120px|[[Patricia Arquette won for Escape at Dannemora (2018).]]
thumb|120px|[[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams won playing Gwen Verdon Fosse/Verdon (2019)]]
thumb|120px|[[Anya Taylor-Joy won for The Queen's Gambit (2020).]]
thumb|120px|[[Amanda Seyfried won playing Elizabeth Holmes The Dropout (2022)]]
thumb|120px|[[Ali Wong won for Beef (2023)]]
thumb|120px|[[Jodie Foster won for True Detective: Night Country (2024)]]
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
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1980s
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1981 <br /><small>(39th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Jane Seymour || Cathy Ames / Kate Albey || East of Eden || ABC
| rowspan="5"|
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| Ellen Burstyn || Jean Harris || The People vs. Jean Harris || NBC
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| Glenda Jackson || Patricia Neal || The Patricia Neal Story || CBS
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| Jaclyn Smith || Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis || Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy || ABC
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| Joanne Woodward || Elizabeth Huckaby || Crisis at Central High || CBS
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| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 1982 <br /><small>(40th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Ingrid Bergman || Golda Meir || A Woman Called Golda || CBS
| rowspan="6"|
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| Carol Burnett || Beatrice O'Reilly || Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice || CBS
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| Lucy Gutteridge || Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt || Little Gloria... Happy at Last || NBC
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| Ann Jillian || Mae West || Mae West
| rowspan="2"| ABC
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| Lee Remick || Leslie Crosbie || The Letter
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| Jean Stapleton || Eleanor Roosevelt || Eleanor, First Lady of the World || CBS
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1983 <br /><small>(41st)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Ann-Margret || Lucile Fray || Who Will Love My Children? || ABC
| rowspan="5"|
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| Susan Blakely || Frances Farmer || Will There Really Be a Morning? || CBS
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| Blair Brown || Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis || Kennedy || NBC
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| Gena Rowlands || Victoria Alden || Thursday's Child || CBS
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| Rachel Ward || Meggie Cleary || The Thorn Birds || ABC
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1984 <br /><small>(42nd)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Ann-Margret || Blanche DuBois || A Streetcar Named Desire || ABC
| rowspan="5"|
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| Glenn Close || Gail Bennett || Something About Amelia || ABC
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| Farrah Fawcett || Francine Hughes || The Burning Bed || NBC
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| Jane Fonda || Gertie Nevels || The Dollmaker || ABC
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| Glenda Jackson || Yelena Bonner || Sakharov || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1985 <br /><small>(43rd)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Liza Minnelli || Mary-Lou Weisman || A Time to Live || NBC
| rowspan="5"|
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| Peggy Ashcroft || Barbara Batchelor || The Jewel in the Crown || PBS
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| Gena Rowlands || Katherine Pierson || An Early Frost || NBC
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| Marlo Thomas || Tess Lynd || Consenting Adult || ABC
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| Joanne Woodward || Barbara Wyatt-Hollis || Do You Remember Love || CBS
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1986 <br /><small>(44th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Loretta Young || Amanda Kingsley || Christmas Eve || NBC
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Farrah Fawcett || Beate Klarsfeld || Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story || ABC
|-
| Amy Irving || Anastasia "Anna" Anderson || Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna || NBC
|-
| Vanessa Redgrave || Renée Richards || Second Serve
| rowspan="2"| CBS
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| Marlo Thomas || Marie Balter || Nobody's Child
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1987 <br /><small>(45th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Gena Rowlands || Betty Ford || The Betty Ford Story || ABC
| rowspan="5"|
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| Ann-Margret || Ann Arden Grenville || The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
| rowspan="2"| NBC
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| Farrah Fawcett || Barbara Hutton || Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
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| Shirley MacLaine || Herself || Out on a Limb || ABC
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| Raquel Welch || Emily Bauer || Right to Die || NBC
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1988 <br /><small>(46th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Ann Jillian || Herself || The Ann Jillian Story || NBC
| rowspan="5"|
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| Vanessa Redgrave || Alice More || A Man for All Seasons || TNT
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| rowspan="2"| Jane Seymour || Natalie Henry || War and Remembrance <br /> (Parts I – VII) || ABC
|-
| Wallis Simpson
| The Woman He Loved || CBS
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| JoBeth Williams || Mary Beth Whitehead || Baby M || ABC
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1989 <br /><small>(47th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Christine Lahti || Zan Cooper || No Place Like Home || CBS
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Farrah Fawcett || Diane Downs || Small Sacrifices || ABC
|-
| Holly Hunter || Ellen Russell / Jane Doe || Roe vs. Wade || NBC
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| Jane Seymour || Natalie Henry || War and Remembrance <br /> (Parts VIII – XII) || ABC
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| Loretta Young || Grace Guthrie || Lady in the Corner || NBC
|}
1990s
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1990 <br /><small>(48th)</small>
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| Barbara Hershey || Candy Morrison || A Killing in a Small Town || CBS
| rowspan="5"|
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| Annette O'Toole || Rose Kennedy || The Kennedys of Massachusetts || ABC
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| Suzanne Pleshette || Leona Helmsley || Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean
| rowspan="3"| CBS
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| Lesley Ann Warren || Barbara Walker || Family of Spies
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| Stephanie Zimbalist || Caroline || Caroline?
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1991 <br /><small>(49th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Judy Davis || Mary Lindell || One Against the Wind || CBS
| rowspan="5"|
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| Glenn Close || Sarah Whedon || Sarah, Plain and Tall || CBS
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| Sally Kirkland || Janet Smurl || The Haunted || Fox
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| Jessica Tandy || Grace || The Story Lady || NBC
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| Lynn Whitfield || Josephine Baker || The Josephine Baker Story || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1992 <br /><small>(50th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Laura Dern || Janet Harduvel || Afterburn || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Drew Barrymore || Anita Minteer || Guncrazy || Showtime
|-
| Katharine Hepburn || Victoria Brown || The Man Upstairs
| rowspan="2"| CBS
|-
| Jessica Lange || Alexandra Bergson || O Pioneers!
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| Kyra Sedgwick || Reyzel Weiss / Rose White || Miss Rose White || NBC
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1993 <br /><small>(51st)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Bette Midler || Rose Hovick || Gypsy || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Helena Bonham Carter || Marina Oswald Porter || Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald || NBC
|-
| Faye Dunaway || Lauren Staton || Columbo || ABC
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| Holly Hunter || Wanda Holloway || The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom || HBO
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| Anjelica Huston || Lainey Eberlin || Family Pictures || ABC
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1994 <br /><small>(52nd)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Joanne Woodward || Maggie Moran || Breathing Lessons || CBS
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Kirstie Alley || Sally Goodson || David's Mother || CBS
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| Irene Bedard || Mary Crow Dog || Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
| rowspan="2"| TNT
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| Diane Keaton || Amelia Earhart || Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
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| Diana Ross || Pauline "Paulie" Cooper || Out of Darkness || ABC
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1995 <br /><small>(53rd)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Jessica Lange || Blanche DuBois || A Streetcar Named Desire || CBS
| rowspan="5"|
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| Glenn Close || Margarethe Cammermeyer || Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story || NBC
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| Jamie Lee Curtis || Heidi Holland || The Heidi Chronicles || TNT
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| Sally Field || Bess Garner Steed || A Woman of Independent Means || NBC
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| Linda Hamilton || Rosemary Holmstrom || A Mother's Prayer || USA
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1996 <br /><small>(54th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Helen Mirren || Chase Phillips || Losing Chase || Showtime
| rowspan="5"|
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| Ashley Judd || Norma Jean Dougherty || Norma Jean & Marilyn
| rowspan="4"| HBO
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| Demi Moore || Claire Donnelly || If These Walls Could Talk
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| Isabella Rossellini || Anna Hauptmann || Crime of the Century
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| Mira Sorvino || Marilyn Monroe || Norma Jean & Marilyn
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1997 <br /><small>(55th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Alfre Woodard || Eunice Evers || Miss Evers' Boys || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
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| Ellen Barkin || Glory Marie Jackson || Before Women Had Wings || ABC
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| Jena Malone || Lily Kate Burns || Hope || TNT
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| Vanessa Redgrave || Graziella Luciano || Bella Mafia || CBS
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| Meryl Streep || Lori Reimuller || ...First Do No Harm || ABC
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1998 <br /><small>(56th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Angelina Jolie || Gia Carangi || Gia || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Stockard Channing
| Rachel Luchman
| rowspan="2"| The Baby Dance
| rowspan="2"| Showtime
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| Laura Dern || Wanda LeFauve
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| Ann-Margret || Pamela Harriman || Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story || Lifetime
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| Miranda Richardson || Queen Mab || Merlin || NBC
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 1999 <br /><small>(57th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Halle Berry || Dorothy Dandridge || Introducing Dorothy Dandridge || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
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| Judy Davis || Lillian Hellman || Dash and Lilly || A&E
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| Mia Farrow || Diana McGowin || Forget Me Never || CBS
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| Helen Mirren || Ayn Rand || The Passion of Ayn Rand || Showtime
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| Leelee Sobieski || Joan of Arc || Joan of Arc || CBS
|}
2000s
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! style="width:30%;"| Program
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| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2000 <br /><small>(58th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Judi Dench || Elizabeth Harman || The Last of the Blonde Bombshells || HBO
| rowspan="6"|
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| Holly Hunter || Ruby Kincaid || Harlan County War || Showtime
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| Christine Lahti || Lyssa Dent Hughes || An American Daughter || Lifetime
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| Frances O'Connor || Emma Bovary || Madame Bovary || PBS
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| Rachel Ward || Moira Davidson || On the Beach
| rowspan="2"| Showtime
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| Alfre Woodard || Wanda Dean || Holiday Heart
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| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2001 <br /><small>(59th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Judy Davis || Judy Garland || Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows || ABC
| rowspan="6"|
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| Bridget Fonda || Linda Sinclair || After Amy || Lifetime
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| Julianna Margulies || Morgaine || The Mists of Avalon || TNT
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| Leelee Sobieski || Tosia Altman || Uprising || NBC
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| Hannah Taylor-Gordon || Anne Frank || Anne Frank: The Whole Story || ABC
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| Emma Thompson || Vivian Bearing || Wit || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2002 <br /><small>(60th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Uma Thurman || Debby Miller || Hysterical Blindness || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Helena Bonham Carter || Ingrid Formanek || Live from Baghdad || HBO
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| Shirley MacLaine || Mary Kay Ash || Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay || CBS
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| Helen Mirren || Mrs. Porter || Door to Door || HBO
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| Vanessa Redgrave || Clementine Churchill || The Gathering Storm || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2003 <br /><small>(61st)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Meryl Streep || Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia || Angels in America || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
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| Judy Davis || Nancy Reagan || The Reagans || Showtime
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| Jessica Lange || Irma Applewood || Normal || HBO
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| Helen Mirren || Karen Stone || The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone || Showtime
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| Maggie Smith || Emily Delahunty || My House in Umbria || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2004 <br /><small>(62nd)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Glenn Close || Queen Eleanor || The Lion in Winter || Showtime
| rowspan="5"|
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| Blythe Danner || Rebecca Holmes Davitch || Back When We Were Grownups || CBS
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| Julianna Margulies || Maren Jackson || The Grid || TNT
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| Miranda Richardson || Queen Mary || The Lost Prince || PBS
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| Hilary Swank || Alice Paul || Iron Jawed Angels || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2005 <br /><small>(63rd)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| S. Epatha Merkerson || Rachel "Nanny" Crosby || Lackawanna Blues || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
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| Halle Berry || Janie Crawford || Their Eyes Were Watching God || ABC
|-
| Kelly Macdonald || Gina || The Girl in the Café
| rowspan="2"| HBO
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| Cynthia Nixon || Eleanor Roosevelt || Warm Springs
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| Mira Sorvino || Agent Kate Morozov / Katya Morozova || Human Trafficking || Lifetime
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2006 <br /><small>(64th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Helen Mirren || Queen Elizabeth I || Elizabeth I || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
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| Gillian Anderson || Lady Honoria Dedlock || Bleak House || PBS
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| Annette Bening || Jean Harris || Mrs. Harris || HBO
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| Helen Mirren || Jane Tennison || Prime Suspect: The Final Act || PBS
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| Sophie Okonedo || Susie Carter || Tsunami: The Aftermath || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2007 <br /><small>(65th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Queen Latifah || Ana Wallace || Life Support || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
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| Bryce Dallas Howard || Rosalind ||As You Like It || HBO
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| Debra Messing || Molly Kagan || The Starter Wife || USA
|-
| Sissy Spacek || Josie Cahill || Pictures of Hollis Woods || CBS
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| Ruth Wilson || Jane Eyre || Jane Eyre || PBS
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2008 <br /><small>(66th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Laura Linney || Abigail Adams || John Adams || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Judi Dench || Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns || Cranford || PBS
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| Catherine Keener || Gertrude Baniszewski || An American Crime || Showtime
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| Shirley MacLaine || Coco Chanel || Coco Chanel || Lifetime
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| Susan Sarandon || Doris Duke || Bernard and Doris || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2009 <br /><small>(67th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Drew Barrymore || Edith "Little Edie" Beale || Grey Gardens || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
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| Joan Allen || Georgia O'Keeffe || Georgia O'Keeffe || Lifetime
|-
| Jessica Lange || Edith "Big Edie" Beale || Grey Gardens || HBO
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| Anna Paquin || Irena Sendler || The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler || CBS
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| Sigourney Weaver || Mary Griffith || Prayers for Bobby || Lifetime
|}
2010s
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! style="width:10%;"| Year
! style="width:25%;"| Actor
! style="width:25%;" | Role
! style="width:30%;"| Program
! style="width:10%;"| Network
! style="width:5%;" | Ref
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2010 <br /><small>(68th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Claire Danes || Temple Grandin || Temple Grandin || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
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| Hayley Atwell || Aliena || The Pillars of the Earth || Starz
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| Judi Dench || Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns || Return to Cranford
| rowspan="2"| PBS
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| Romola Garai || Emma Woodhouse || Emma
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| Jennifer Love Hewitt || Samantha Horton || The Client List || Lifetime
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2011 <br /><small>(69th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Kate Winslet || Mildred Pierce || Mildred Pierce || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
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| Romola Garai || Bel Rowley || The Hour || BBC America
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| Diane Lane || Pat Loud || Cinema Verite || HBO
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| Elizabeth McGovern || Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham || Downton Abbey || PBS
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| Emily Watson || Janet Leach || Appropriate Adult || Sundance Channel
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2012 <br /><small>(70th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Julianne Moore || Sarah Palin || Game Change || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Nicole Kidman || Martha Gellhorn || Hemingway & Gellhorn || HBO
|-
| Jessica Lange || Sister Jude Martin / Judy Martin || American Horror Story: Asylum || FX
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| Sienna Miller || Tippi Hedren || The Girl || HBO
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| Sigourney Weaver || Elaine Barrish || Political Animals || USA
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2013 <br /><small>(71st)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Elisabeth Moss || Det. Robin Griffin || Top of the Lake || Sundance Channel
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Helena Bonham Carter || Elizabeth Taylor || Burton & Taylor || BBC America
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| Rebecca Ferguson || Elizabeth Woodville || The White Queen || Starz
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| Jessica Lange || Fiona Goode || American Horror Story: Coven || FX
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| Helen Mirren || Linda Kenney Baden || Phil Spector || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2014 <br /><small>(72nd)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Maggie Gyllenhaal || Nessa Stein, Baroness Stein of Tilbury || The Honourable Woman || Sundance Channel
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Jessica Lange || Elsa Mars || American Horror Story: Freak Show || FX
|-
| Frances McDormand || Olive Kitteridge || Olive Kitteridge || HBO
|-
| Frances O'Connor || Emily Hughes || The Missing || Starz
|-
| Allison Tolman || Molly Solverson || Fargo || FX
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2015 <br /><small>(73rd)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Lady Gaga || Elizabeth Johnson / The Countess || American Horror Story: Hotel || FX
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Kirsten Dunst || Peggy Blumquist || Fargo || FX
|-
| Sarah Hay || Claire Robbins || Flesh and Bone || Starz
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| Felicity Huffman || Barbara "Barb" Hanlon || American Crime || ABC
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| Queen Latifah || Bessie Smith || Bessie || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2016 <br /><small>(74th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Sarah Paulson || Marcia Clark || The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story || FX
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Felicity Huffman || Leslie Graham || American Crime || ABC
|-
| Riley Keough || Christine Reade || The Girlfriend Experience || Starz
|-
| Charlotte Rampling || Frances Turner || London Spy || BBC America
|-
| Kerry Washington || Anita Hill || Confirmation || HBO
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2017 <br /><small>(75th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Nicole Kidman || Celeste Wright || Big Little Lies || HBO
| rowspan="5" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|
|-
| Jessica Biel || Cora Tannetti || The Sinner || USA
|-
| Jessica Lange
| Joan Crawford
| rowspan="2"| Feud: Bette and Joan
| rowspan="2"| FX
|-
| Susan Sarandon || Bette Davis
|-
| Reese Witherspoon || Madeline Martha Mackenzie || Big Little Lies || HBO
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2018 <br /><small>(76th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Patricia Arquette || Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell || Escape at Dannemora || Showtime
| rowspan="5" style="background:#B0C4DE;"|
|-
| Amy Adams || Camille Preaker || Sharp Objects || HBO
|-
| Connie Britton || Debra Newell || Dirty John || Bravo
|-
| Laura Dern || Jennifer Fox || The Tale || HBO
|-
| Regina King || Latrice Butler || Seven Seconds || Netflix
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2019 <br /><small>(77th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Michelle Williams || Gwen Verdon || Fosse/Verdon || FX
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" rowspan="5"|
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| Kaitlyn Dever || Marie Adler || Unbelievable || Netflix
|-
| Joey King || Gypsy-Rose Blanchard|| The Act || Hulu
|-
| Helen Mirren || Catherine the Great || Catherine the Great || HBO
|-
| Merritt Wever || Detective Karen Duvall || Unbelievable || Netflix
|-
|}
2020s
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! style="width:7%;"| Year
! style="width:23%;"| Actor
! style="width:29%;" | Role
! style="width:30%;"| Program
! style="width:13%;"| Network
! style="width:3%;" | Ref
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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2020 <br /><small>(78th)</small>
|-style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|Anya Taylor-Joy || Beth Harmon || The Queen's Gambit || Netflix || rowspan=6|
|-
|Cate Blanchett || Phyllis Schlafly || Mrs. America || FX / Hulu
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|Daisy Edgar-Jones || Marianne Sheridan || Normal People || BBC / Hulu
|-
|Shira Haas || Esther "Esty" Shapiro || Unorthodox || Netflix
|-
|Nicole Kidman || Grace Fraser || The Undoing || HBO
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2021 <br /><small>(79th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Kate Winslet || Marianne "Mare" Sheehan || Mare of Easttown || HBO
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| Jessica Chastain || Mira Phillips || Scenes from a Marriage || HBO
|-
| Cynthia Erivo || Aretha Franklin || Genius || NatGeo
|-
| Elizabeth Olsen || Wanda Maximoff || WandaVision || Disney+
|-
| Margaret Qualley || Alex Russell || Maid || Netflix
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2022 <br /> <small>(80th)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|Amanda Seyfried
|Elizabeth Holmes
|The Dropout
|Hulu
| rowspan="6" |
|-
|Jessica Chastain
|Tammy Wynette
|George & Tammy
|Showtime
|-
|Julia Garner
|Anna Delvey
|Inventing Anna
|Netflix
|-
|Lily James
|Pamela Anderson
|Pam & Tommy
|Hulu
|-
|Julia Roberts
|Martha Mitchell
|Gaslit
|Starz
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center"|2023 <br /><small>(81st)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|Ali Wong
|Amy Lau
|Beef
|Netflix
| rowspan="7" |
|-
| Riley Keough
| Daisy Jones
| Daisy Jones & the Six
| Prime Video
|-
| Brie Larson
| Elizabeth Zott
| Lessons in Chemistry
| Apple TV+
|-
| Elizabeth Olsen
| Candy Montgomery
| Love & Death
| HBO Max
|-
| Juno Temple
| Dorothy "Dot" Lyon
| Fargo
| FX
|-
| Rachel Weisz
| Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
| Dead Ringers
| Prime Video
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center"|2024 <br /><small>(82nd)</small>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|Jodie Foster
|Liz Danvers
|True Detective: Night Country
|HBO
| rowspan="7" |
|-
| Cate Blanchett
| Catherine Ravenscroft
| Disclaimer
| Apple TV+
|-
| Cristin Milioti
| Sofia Falcone
| The Penguin
| HBO
|-
| Sofia Vergara
| Griselda Blanco
| Griselda
| Netflix
|-
| Naomi Watts
| Barbara "Babe" Paley
| Feud: Capote vs. the Swans
| FX
|-
| Kate Winslet
| Elena Vernham
| The Regime
| HBO
|-
|-
|rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2025 <br /><small> (83rd)</small>
|-style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| Michelle Williams
| Molly Kochan
| Dying for Sex
| FX on Hulu
| rowspan="7" |
|-
| Claire Danes
| Agatha "Aggie" Wiggs
| The Beast in Me
| rowspan="2" | Netflix
|-
| Rashida Jones
| Amanda Waters
| Black Mirror
|-
| Amanda Seyfried
| Mickey Fitzpatrick
| Long Bright River
| rowspan="2" | Peacock
|-
| Sarah Snook
| Marissa Irvine
| All Her Fault
|-
| Robin Wright
| Laura Sanderson
| The Girlfriend
| Prime Video
|-
|}
Superlatives
Multiple wins
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! scope="col"| Wins
! scope="col" align="center"| Name
|-
| rowspan="5"| 2
| Ann-Margret
|-
| Judy Davis
|-
| Helen Mirren
|-
| Michelle Williams
|-
| Kate Winslet
|}
Multiple nominations
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
! scope="col" align="center" | Name
|-
| rowspan="2"| 8
| Jessica Lange
|-
| Helen Mirren
|-
| rowspan="6"| 4
| Ann-Margret
|-
| Glenn Close
|-
| Judy Davis
|-
| Farrah Fawcett
|-
| Vanessa Redgrave
|-
| Jane Seymour
|-
| rowspan="9"| 3
| Helena Bonham Carter
|-
| Judi Dench
|-
| Laura Dern
|-
| Holly Hunter
|-
| Nicole Kidman
|-
| Shirley MacLaine
|-
| Gena Rowlands
|-
| Kate Winslet
|-
| Joanne Woodward
|-
| rowspan="27"| 2
| Drew Barrymore
|-
| Halle Berry
|-
| Cate Blanchett
|-
| Jessica Chastain
|-
| Claire Danes
|-
| Romola Garai
|-
| Felicity Huffman
|-
| Glenda Jackson
|-
| Ann Jillian
|-
| Riley Keough
|-
| Christine Lahti
|-
| Queen Latifah
|-
| Julianna Margulies
|-
| Frances O'Connor
|-
| Elizabeth Olsen
|-
| Miranda Richardson
|-
| Susan Sarandon
|-
| Amanda Seyfried
|-
| Leelee Sobieski
|-
| Mira Sorvino
|-
| Meryl Streep
|-
| Marlo Thomas
|-
| Rachel Ward
|-
| Sigourney Weaver
|-
| Michelle Williams
|-
| Alfre Woodard
|-
| Loretta Young
|}
See also
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie