Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Awarded for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Country United States
Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded 1986
Currently held by Tina Fey & Amy Poehler,
Saturday Night Live (2016)
Official website emmys.com

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.[1] Prior to 1989, the category was not gender specific, thus was called Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. These awards, like the other "Guest" awards, were previously not presented at the Primetime Emmy Award ceremony, but rather at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.

Winners and nominations

  indicates the winner

1980s

Year Performer Program Role Network
19851986
(38th)
Roscoe Lee Browne The Cosby Show Dr. Barnabus Foster NBC
Earle Hyman The Cosby Show Russell Huxtable NBC
Danny Kaye Dr. Burns
Clarice Taylor Anna Huxtable
Stevie Wonder Himself
19861987
(39th)
John Cleese Cheers Dr. Simon Finch-Royce NBC
Art Carney The Cavanaughs James "Weasel" Cavanaugh CBS
Herb Edelman The Golden Girls Stan NBC
Lois Nettleton Jean
Nancy Walker Angela
19871988
(40th)
Beah Richards Frank's Place Mrs. Varden CBS
Herb Edelman The Golden Girls Stan NBC
Geraldine Fitzgerald Anna
Eileen Heckart The Cosby Show Mrs. Hickson
Gilda Radner It's Garry Shandling's Show Herself Showtime
Year Actress Program Role Network
19881989
(41st)
Colleen Dewhurst Murphy Brown Avery Brown CBS
Eileen Brennan Newhart Corine Denby CBS
Diahann Carroll A Different World Marion Gilbert NBC
Doris Roberts Perfect Strangers Mrs. Bailey ABC
Maxine Stuart The Wonder Years Mrs. Carples

1990s

Year Actress Program Role Network
19891990
(42nd)
Swoosie Kurtz Carol & Company Laurie NBC
Georgia Brown Cheers Madame Lazora NBC
Morgan Fairchild Murphy Brown Julia St. Martin CBS
Alexis Smith Cheers Alice Anne Volkman NBC
Liz Torres The Famous Teddy Z Angie CBS
19901991
(43rd)
Colleen Dewhurst Murphy Brown Avery Brown CBS
Whoopi Goldberg A Different World Professor Jordan NBC
Frances Sternhagen Cheers Esther Clavin
Sada Thompson Mama Lozupone
Brenda Vaccaro The Golden Girls Angela Petrillo
19911992
(44th)
no award
19921993
(45th)
Tracey Ullman Love & War Dava Levine CBS
Carol Burnett The Larry Sanders Show Herself HBO
Ruby Dee Evening Shade Aurelia Danforth CBS
Shelley Long Cheers Diane Chambers NBC
Gwen Verdon Dream On Kitty HBO
19931994
(46th)
Eileen Heckart Love & War Rose Stein CBS
Diane Ladd Grace Under Fire Louise Burdett ABC
Cyndi Lauper Mad About You Marianne Lugasso NBC
Marlee Matlin Seinfeld Laura
Marcia Wallace Murphy Brown Secretary 66 CBS
19941995
(47th)
Cyndi Lauper Mad About You Marianne Lugasso NBC
Bebe Neuwirth Frasier Dr. Lilith Sternin NBC
Christina Pickles Friends Judy Geller
Jean Stapleton Grace Under Fire Aunt Vivian ABC
JoBeth Williams Frasier Madeline NBC
19951996
(48th)
Betty White The John Larroquette Show Herself NBC
Shelley Long Frasier Diane Chambers NBC
Rosie O'Donnell The Larry Sanders Show Herself HBO
Marlo Thomas Friends Sandra Green NBC
Irene Worth Remember WENN Mrs. Mellon AMC
19961997
(49th)
Carol Burnett Mad About You Theresa Stemple NBC
Ellen DeGeneres The Larry Sanders Show Herself HBO
Laura Dern Ellen Susan Richmond ABC
Marsha Mason Frasier Sherry NBC
Betty White Suddenly Susan Midge Haber
19971998
(50th)
Emma Thompson Ellen Herself ABC
Carol Burnett Mad About You Theresa Stemple NBC
Jan Hooks 3rd Rock from the Sun Vicki Dubcek
Patti LuPone Frasier Zora
Bette Midler Murphy Brown Caprice Feldman CBS
19981999
(51st)
Tracey Ullman Ally McBeal Tracy Clark Fox
Christine Baranski Frasier Dr. Nora Fairchild NBC
Kathy Bates 3rd Rock from the Sun Charlotte Everly
Piper Laurie Frasier Mrs. Mulhern
Laurie Metcalf 3rd Rock from the Sun Jennifer

2000s

Year Actress Program Role Network
19992000
(52nd)
Jean Smart Frasier Lorna Lynley NBC
Beatrice Arthur Malcolm in the Middle Mrs. White Fox
Cheri Oteri Just Shoot Me! Cindy Monroe NBC
Debbie Reynolds Will & Grace Bobbi Adler
Holland Taylor The Lot Letitia DeVine AMC
20002001
(53rd)
Jean Smart Frasier Lana Gardner NBC
Jami Gertz Ally McBeal Kimmy Bishop Fox
Cloris Leachman Malcolm in the Middle Grandma Ida
Bernadette Peters Ally McBeal Cassandra Lewis
Susan Sarandon Friends Cecilia Munroe NBC
20012002
(54th)
Cloris Leachman Malcolm in the Middle Grandma Ida Fox
Glenn Close Will & Grace Fannie Lieber NBC
Katherine Helmond Everybody Loves Raymond Lois Paymer CBS
Susan Sarandon Malcolm in the Middle Meg Burbank Fox
Frances Sternhagen Sex and the City Bunny MacDougal HBO
20022003
(55th)
Christina Applegate Friends Amy Green NBC
Georgia Engel Everybody Loves Raymond Pat MacDougall CBS
Betty Garrett Becker Molly Firth
Cloris Leachman Malcolm in the Middle Grandma Ida Fox
Betty White Yes, Dear Sylvia Weston CBS
20032004
(56th)
Laura Linney Frasier Charlotte Novak NBC
Christina Applegate Friends Amy Green NBC
Eileen Brennan Will & Grace Zandra Wilson
Georgia Engel Everybody Loves Raymond Pat MacDougall CBS
Cloris Leachman Malcolm in the Middle Grandma Ida Fox
20042005
(57th)
Kathryn Joosten Desperate Housewives Karen McCluskey ABC
Blythe Danner Will & Grace Marilyn Truman NBC
Georgia Engel Everybody Loves Raymond Pat MacDougall CBS
Cloris Leachman Malcolm in the Middle Grandma Ida Fox
Lupe Ontiveros Desperate Housewives Juanita Solis ABC
20052006
(58th)
Cloris Leachman Malcolm in the Middle Grandma Ida Fox
Blythe Danner Will & Grace Marilyn Truman NBC
Shirley Knight Desperate Housewives Phyllis Van De Kamp ABC
Laurie Metcalf Monk Cora Cross USA
Kate Winslet Extras Herself HBO
20062007
(59th)
Elaine Stritch 30 Rock Colleen Donaghy NBC
Dixie Carter Desperate Housewives Gloria Hodge ABC
Salma Hayek Ugly Betty Sofia Reyes
Judith Light Claire Meade
Laurie Metcalf Desperate Housewives Carolyn Bigsby
20072008
(60th)
Kathryn Joosten Desperate Housewives Karen McCluskey ABC
Polly Bergen Desperate Housewives Stella Wingfield ABC
Carrie Fisher 30 Rock Rosemary Howard NBC
Edie Falco Celeste "C. C." Cunningham
Sarah Silverman Monk Marci Maven USA
Elaine Stritch 30 Rock Colleen Donaghy NBC
20082009
(61st)
Tina Fey Saturday Night Live Sarah Palin NBC
Jennifer Aniston 30 Rock Claire Harper NBC
Christine Baranski The Big Bang Theory Dr. Beverly Hofstadter CBS
Gena Rowlands Monk Marge Nassell USA
Elaine Stritch 30 Rock Colleen Donaghy NBC
Betty White My Name Is Earl Grizelda Weezmer ("Crazy Witch Lady")

2010s

Year Actress Program Role Episode Network
20092010
(62nd)
Betty White Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Betty White" NBC
Christine Baranski The Big Bang Theory Dr. Beverly Hofstadter "The Maternal Congruence" CBS
Kristin Chenoweth Glee April Rhodes "The Rhodes Not Taken" Fox
Tina Fey Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Tina Fey" NBC
Kathryn Joosten Desperate Housewives Karen McCluskey "The Chase" ABC
Jane Lynch Two and a Half Men Dr. Linda Freeman "818-jklpuzo" CBS
Elaine Stritch 30 Rock Colleen Donaghy "The Moms" NBC
20102011
(63rd)
Gwyneth Paltrow Glee Holly Holliday "The Substitute" Fox
Elizabeth Banks 30 Rock Avery Jessup-Donaghy "Double-Edged Sword" NBC
Kristin Chenoweth Glee April Rhodes "Rumours" Fox
Tina Fey Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Tina Fey" NBC
Dot-Marie Jones Glee Coach Beiste "Never Been Kissed" Fox
Cloris Leachman Raising Hope Barbara "Maw Maw" Thompson "Don't Vote for This Episode"
20112012
(64th)
Kathy Bates Two and a Half Men The Ghost of Charlie Harper "Why We Gave Up Women" CBS
Elizabeth Banks 30 Rock Avery Jessup-Donaghy "The Return of Avery Jessup" NBC
Margaret Cho Kim Jong-il
Dot-Marie Jones Glee Coach Beiste "Choke" Fox
Melissa McCarthy Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Melissa McCarthy" NBC
Maya Rudolph "Host: Maya Rudolph"
20122013
(65th)
Melissa Leo Louie Laurie "Telling Jokes/Set Up" FX
Dot-Marie Jones Glee Coach Beiste "Shooting Star" Fox
Melissa McCarthy Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Melissa McCarthy" NBC
Molly Shannon Enlightened Eileen Foliente "The Ghost Is Seen" HBO
Elaine Stritch 30 Rock Colleen Donaghy "My Whole Life Is Thunder" NBC
Kristen Wiig Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Kristen Wiig"
20132014
(66th)
Uzo Aduba Orange Is the New Black Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren "Lesbian Request Denied" Netflix
Laverne Cox Orange Is the New Black Sophia Burset "Lesbian Request Denied" Netflix
Joan Cusack Shameless Sheila Jackson "Liver, I Hardly Know Her" Showtime
Tina Fey Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Tina Fey" NBC
Natasha Lyonne Orange Is the New Black Nicole "Nicky" Nichols "WAC Pack" Netflix
Melissa McCarthy Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Melissa McCarthy" NBC
20142015
(67th)
Joan Cusack Shameless Sheila Jackson "Milk of the Gods" Showtime
Pamela Adlon Louie Pamela "Bobby's House" FX
Elizabeth Banks Modern Family Sal "Fight or Flight" ABC
Christine Baranski The Big Bang Theory Dr. Beverly Hofstadter "The Maternal Combustion" CBS
Tina Fey Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Marcia "Kimmy Goes to Court!" Netflix
Gaby Hoffmann Girls Caroline Sackler "Home Birth" HBO
20152016
(68th)
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Tina Fey & Amy Poehler" NBC
Christine Baranski The Big Bang Theory Dr. Beverly Hofstadter "The Convergence Convergence" CBS
Melora Hardin Transparent Tammy Cashman "Flicky-Flicky Thump-Thump" Amazon
Melissa McCarthy Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Melissa McCarthy" NBC
Laurie Metcalf The Big Bang Theory Mary Cooper "The Convergence Convergence" CBS
Amy Schumer Saturday Night Live Various Characters "Host: Amy Schumer" NBC

Multiple awards

Multiple nominations

Multiple awards for lead, supporting and guest actress combined

7 awards
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
6 awards
  • Betty White
5 awards
  • Candice Bergen
  • Mary Tyler Moore
4 awards
  • Lucille Ball
  • Valerie Harper
  • Helen Hunt
  • Rhea Perlman
  • Doris Roberts
  • Jean Stapleton
3 awards
  • Tina Fey
  • Cloris Leachman
  • Laurie Metcalf
  • Jean Smart

2 awards
  • Bea Arthur
  • Shirley Booth
  • Julie Bowen
  • Jane Curtin
  • Ann B. Davis
  • Colleen Dewhurst
  • Nanette Fabray
  • Patricia Heaton
  • Allison Janney
  • Kristen Johnston
  • Kathryn Joosten
  • Carol Kane
  • Hope Lange
  • Megan Mullally
  • Bebe Neuwirth
  • Loretta Swit
  • Tracey Ullman
  • Jane Wyatt

Multiple nominations for lead, supporting and guest actress combined

18 nominations
  • Betty White
17 nominations
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
13 nominations
  • Tina Fey
12 nominations
  • Cloris Leachman
10 nominations
  • Bea Arthur
  • Mary Tyler Moore
  • Rhea Perlman
  • Loretta Swit
9 nominations
  • Christine Baranski
  • Laurie Metcalf
  • Amy Poehler
  • Jean Stapleton
8 nominations
  • Valerie Harper
  • Doris Roberts
7 nominations
  • Lucille Ball
  • Candice Bergen
  • Julia Duffy
  • Edie Falco
  • Estelle Getty
  • Patricia Heaton
  • Katherine Helmond
  • Helen Hunt
  • Jane Kaczmarek
  • Lisa Kudrow
  • Melissa McCarthy
  • Megan Mullally
  • Isabel Sanford
6 nominations
  • Kirstie Alley
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Julie Bowen
  • Eileen Brennan
  • Shelley Long
  • Sarah Jessica Parker
5 nominations
  • Kim Cattrall
  • Ellen DeGeneres
  • Faith Ford
  • Marla Gibbs
  • Debra Messing
  • Elizabeth Montgomery
  • Agnes Moorehead
  • Sally Struthers
  • Holland Taylor
  • Marlo Thomas
  • Kristen Wiig

3 nominations
  • Gracie Allen
  • Elizabeth Banks
  • Shirley Booth
  • Blair Brown
  • Carol Burnett
  • Jane Curtin
  • Cathryn Damon
  • Lena Dunham
  • Jenna Elfman
  • Calista Flockhart
  • Gaby Hoffmann
  • Allison Janney
  • Kristen Johnston
  • Dot-Marie Jones
  • Swoosie Kurtz
  • Kate McKinnon
  • Bebe Neuwirth
  • Cynthia Nixon
  • Mary Louise Parker
  • Elizabeth Perkins
  • Amy Schumer
  • Cybill Shepherd
  • Jean Smart
  • Ann Sothern
  • Frances Sternhagen
  • Inga Swenson
  • Liz Torres
  • Vanessa Williams
4 nominations
  • Christina Applegate
  • Roseanne Barr
  • Mayim Bialik
  • Kristin Chenoweth
  • Anna Chlumsky
  • Ann B. Davis
  • Georgia Engel
  • Polly Holliday
  • Kathryn Joosten
  • Julie Kavner
  • Jane Krakowski
  • Jane Lynch
  • Rue McClanahan
  • Aubrey Meadows
  • Donna Reed
  • Patricia Richardson
  • Marion Ross
  • Elaine Stritch
  • Vivian Vance
  • Sofía Vergara
  • Nancy Walker

2 nominations
  • Loni Anderson
  • Eve Arden
  • Justine Bateman
  • Kathy Bates
  • Delta Burke
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Nell Carter
  • Toni Collette
  • Joan Cusack
  • Blythe Danner
  • Colleen Dewhurst
  • Fran Drescher
  • Shelley Fabares
  • Nanette Fabray
  • Barbara Feldon
  • Conchata Ferrell
  • America Ferrera
  • Janeane Garofalo
  • Jackee Harry
  • Eileen Heckart
  • Cheryl Hines
  • Felicity Huffman
  • Carol Kane
  • Hope Lange
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Judith Light
  • Laura Linney
  • Marion Lorne
  • Wendie Malick
  • Anne Meara
  • Niecy Nash
  • Suzanne Pleshette
  • Jaime Pressly
  • Susan Saint James
  • Susan Sarandon
  • Sarah Silverman
  • Lily Tomlin
  • Tracey Ullman
  • Karen Valentine
  • Merritt Wever
  • Jane Wyatt
  • Loretta Young

References

  1. Official Website. "OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES". emmys.com. Television Academy. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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