Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Not to be confused with the Daytime Emmy Award with the same name.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama of Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded	1954
Currently held by	Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (2016)
Official website	emmys.com

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. 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:

# – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, prior to the category's creation.
§ – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation.

Winners and nominations

1950s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network
1953–1954 (6th) ^{[note 1]}
	Vivian Vance	I Love Lucy	Ethel Mertz	CBS
	Bea Benaderet	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Blanche Morton	CBS
	Ruth Gilbert	The Milton Berle Show	Max	NBC
	Marion Lorne	Mister Peepers	Mrs. Gurney	NBC
	Audrey Meadows	The Jackie Gleason Show	Alice Kramden	CBS
1954–1955 (7th) ^{[note 1]}
	Audrey Meadows	The Jackie Gleason Show	Alice Kramden	CBS
	Bea Benaderet	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Blanche Morton	CBS
	Jean Hagen	Make Room for Daddy	Margaret Williams	ABC
	Marion Lorne	Mister Peepers	Mrs. Gurney	NBC
	Vivian Vance	I Love Lucy	Ethel Mertz	CBS
1955–1956 (8th) ^{[note 1]}
	Nanette Fabray	Caesar's Hour	Various Characters	NBC
	Ann B. Davis	The Bob Cummings Show	Charmaine Schultz	CBS
	Jean Hagen	Make Room for Daddy	Margaret Williams	ABC
	Audrey Meadows	The Honeymooners	Alice Kramden	CBS
	Thelma Ritter #	The Catered Affair	Aggie Hurley	NBC
1956–1957 (9th) ^{[note 1]}
	Pat Carroll	Caesar's Hour	Various Characters	NBC
	Ann B. Davis	The Bob Cummings Show	Charmaine Schultz	CBS
	Audrey Meadows	The Jackie Gleason Show	Alice Kramden
	Mildred Natwick #	Blithe Spirit	Madame Arcati
	Vivian Vance	I Love Lucy	Ethel Mertz
1957–1958 (10th) ^{[note 1]}
	Ann B. Davis	The Bob Cummings Show	Charmaine Schultz	CBS
	Pat Carroll	Caesar's Hour	Various Characters	NBC
	Verna Felton	December Bride	Hilda Crocker	CBS
	Marion Lorne	Sally	Myrtle Banford
	Vivian Vance	I Love Lucy	Ethel Mertz
1958–1959 (11th)
	Barbara Hale	Perry Mason	Della Street	CBS
	Lola Albright	Peter Gunn	Edie Hart	NBC
	Amanda Blake	Gunsmoke	Kitty	CBS
	Hope Emerson	Peter Gunn	Mother	NBC

1960s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network
1959–1960 (12th)
1959–1960 (12th)	No Award
1960–1961 (13th) ^{[note 1]}
	Don Knotts	The Andy Griffith Show	Dep. Barney Fife	CBS
	Abby Dalton	Hennesey	Lt. Martha Hale	CBS
	Barbara Hale	Perry Mason	Della Street	CBS
1961–1962 (14th) ^{[note 1]}
	Pamela Brown #	Victoria Regina	The Duchess of Kent	NBC
	Jeanne Cooper §	Ben Casey	Anna Medalle	ABC
	Colleen Dewhurst #	Focus	Gertrude Hart	NBC
	Joan Hackett §	Ben Casey	Ellen Parker	ABC
	Mary Wickes	The Gertrude Berg Show	Maxfield	CBS
1962–1963 (15th) ^{[note 1]}
	Glenda Farrell §	Ben Casey	Martha Morrison	ABC
	Davey Davison §	The Eleventh Hour	Laura Hunter	NBC
	Nancy Malone	Naked City	Libby Kingston	ABC
	Rose Marie	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Sally Rogers	CBS
	Kate Reid #	The Invincible Mr. Disraeli	Queen Victoria	NBC
1963–1964 (16th) ^{[note 1]}
	Ruth White #	Little Moon of Alban	Shelagh Mangan	NBC
	Martine Bartlett §	Arrest and Trial	Miranda Ledoux Porter	ABC
	Anjanette Comer §	Arrest and Trial	Annabelle Selinsky	ABC
	Rose Marie	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Sally Rogers	CBS
	Claudia McNeil §	The Doctors and the Nurses	Mrs. Hill	CBS
1964–1965 (17th)
1964–1965 (17th)	No Award
1965–1966 (18th)
	Lee Grant	Peyton Place	Stella Chernak	ABC
	Diane Baker #	Inherit the Wind	Rachel Brown	NBC
	Pamela Franklin #	Eagle in a Cage	Betsy Balcombe	NBC
	Jeanette Nolan §	I Spy	Helen Robinson	CBS
1966–1967 (19th)
	Agnes Moorehead §	The Wild Wild West	Emma Valentine	CBS
	Tina Chen #	The Final War of Olly Winter	Vietnamese Girl	CBS
	Ruth Warrick	Peyton Place	Hannah Cord	ABC
1967–1968 (20th)
	Barbara Anderson	Ironside	Officer Eve Whitfield	NBC
	Linda Cristal	The High Chaparral	Victoria Cannon	NBC
	Tessie O'Shea #	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Tessie O'Toole	ABC
1968–1969 (21st) ^{[note 1]}
	Susan Saint James	The Name of the Game	Peggy Maxwell	NBC
	Barbara Anderson	Ironside	Officer Eve Whitfield	NBC
	Agnes Moorehead	Bewitched	Endora	ABC

1970s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network
1969–1970 (22nd)
	Gail Fisher	Mannix	Peggy Fair	CBS
	Barbara Anderson	Ironside	Officer Eve Whitfield	NBC
	Susan Saint James	The Name of the Game	Peggy Maxwell	NBC
1970–1971 (23rd)
	Margaret Leighton #	Hamlet	Gertrude	NBC
	Gail Fisher	Mannix	Peggy Fair	CBS
	Susan Saint James	The Name of the Game	Peggy Maxwell	NBC
	Elena Verdugo	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Consuelo Lopez	ABC
1971–1972 (24th)
	Jenny Agutter #	The Snow Goose	Frith	NBC
	Gail Fisher	Mannix	Peggy Fair	CBS
	Elena Verdugo	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Consuelo Lopez	ABC
1972–1973 (25th)
	Ellen Corby	The Waltons	Esther Walton	CBS
	Gail Fisher	Mannix	Peggy Fair	CBS
	Nancy Walker	McMillan & Wife	Mildred	NBC
1973–1974 (26th)
	Joanna Miles #	The Glass Menagerie	Laura Wingfield	ABC
	Ellen Corby	The Waltons	Esther Walton	CBS
	Nancy Walker	McMillan & Wife	Mildred	NBC
1974–1975 (27th)
	Ellen Corby	The Waltons	Esther Walton	CBS
	Angela Baddeley	Upstairs, Downstairs	Mrs. Bridges	PBS
	Nancy Walker	McMillan & Wife	Mildred	NBC
1975–1976 (28th)
	Ellen Corby	The Waltons	Esther Walton	CBS
	Angela Baddeley (posthumous)	Upstairs, Downstairs	Mrs. Bridges	PBS
	Susan Howard	Petrocelli	Maggie Petrocelli	NBC
	Dorothy McGuire #	Rich Man, Poor Man	Mary Jordache	ABC
	Sada Thompson #	Lincoln	Mary Todd Lincoln	NBC
1976–1977 (29th)
	Kristy McNichol	Family	Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence	ABC
	Meredith Baxter	Family	Nancy Lawrence Maitland	ABC
	Ellen Corby	The Waltons	Esther Walton	CBS
	Lee Meriwether	Barnaby Jones	Betty Jones	CBS
	Jacqueline Tong	Upstairs, Downstairs	Daisy Peel	PBS
1977–1978 (30th)
	Nancy Marchand	Lou Grant	Margaret Pynchon	CBS
	Meredith Baxter	Family	Nancy Lawrence Maitland	ABC
	Tovah Feldshuh #	Holocaust	Helena Slomova	NBC
	Linda Kelsey	Lou Grant	Billie Newman	CBS
	Kristy McNichol	Family	Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence	ABC
1978–1979 (31st)
	Kristy McNichol	Family	Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence	ABC
	Linda Kelsey	Lou Grant	Billie Newman	CBS
	Nancy Marchand	Lou Grant	Margaret Pynchon	CBS

1980s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network
1979–1980 (32nd)
	Nancy Marchand	Lou Grant	Margaret Pynchon	CBS
	Nina Foch §	Lou Grant	Mrs. Polk	CBS
	Linda Kelsey	Lou Grant	Billie Newman
	Jessica Walter	Trapper John, M.D.	Melanie McIntyre
1980–1981 (33rd)
	Nancy Marchand	Lou Grant	Margaret Pynchon	CBS
	Barbara Barrie	Breaking Away	Evelyn Stroller	ABC
	Barbara Bosson	Hill Street Blues	Fay Furillo	NBC
	Linda Kelsey	Lou Grant	Billie Newman	CBS
	Betty Thomas	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Lucille Bates	NBC
1981–1982 (34th)
	Nancy Marchand	Lou Grant	Margaret Pynchon	CBS
	Barbara Bosson	Hill Street Blues	Fay Furillo	NBC
	Julie Harris	Knots Landing	Lilimae Clements	CBS
	Linda Kelsey	Lou Grant	Billie Newman	CBS
	Betty Thomas	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Lucille Bates	NBC
1982–1983 (35th)
	Doris Roberts §	St. Elsewhere	Cora	NBC
	Barbara Bosson	Hill Street Blues	Fay Furillo	NBC
	Christina Pickles	St. Elsewhere	Nurse Helen Rosenthal	NBC
	Madge Sinclair	Trapper John, M.D.	Nurse Ernestine Shoop	CBS
	Betty Thomas	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Lucille Bates	NBC
1983–1984 (36th)
	Alfre Woodard §	Hill Street Blues	Doris Robson	NBC
	Barbara Bosson	Hill Street Blues	Fay Furillo	NBC
	Piper Laurie §	St. Elsewhere	Fran Singleton	NBC
	Madge Sinclair	Trapper John, M.D.	Nurse Ernestine Shoop	CBS
	Betty Thomas	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Lucille Bates	NBC
1984–1985 (37th)
	Betty Thomas	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Lucille Bates	NBC
	Barbara Bosson	Hill Street Blues	Fay Furillo	NBC
	Christina Pickles	St. Elsewhere	Nurse Helen Rosenthal
	Doris Roberts	Remington Steele	Mildred Krebs
	Madge Sinclair	Trapper John, M.D.	Nurse Ernestine Shoop	CBS
1985–1986 (38th)
	Bonnie Bartlett	St. Elsewhere	Ellen Craig	NBC
	Allyce Beasley	Moonlighting	Agnes DiPesto	ABC
	Christina Pickles	St. Elsewhere	Nurse Helen Rosenthal	NBC
	Betty Thomas	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Lucille Bates	NBC
1986–1987 (39th)
	Bonnie Bartlett	St. Elsewhere	Ellen Craig	NBC
	Allyce Beasley	Moonlighting	Agnes DiPesto	ABC
	Christina Pickles	St. Elsewhere	Nurse Helen Rosenthal	NBC
	Susan Ruttan	L.A. Law	Roxanne Melman
	Betty Thomas	Hill Street Blues	Sgt. Lucille Bates
1987–1988 (40th)
	Patricia Wettig	thirtysomething	Nancy Krieger Weston	ABC
	Bonnie Bartlett	St. Elsewhere	Ellen Craig	NBC
	Polly Draper	thirtysomething	Ellyn Warren	ABC
	Christina Pickles	St. Elsewhere	Nurse Helen Rosenthal	NBC
	Susan Ruttan	L.A. Law	Roxanne Melman	NBC
1988–1989 (41st)
	Melanie Mayron	thirtysomething	Melissa Steadman	ABC
	Michele Greene	L.A. Law	Abby Perkins	NBC
	Lois Nettleton	In the Heat of the Night	Joanne St. John
	Amanda Plummer	L.A. Law	Alice Hackett
	Susan Ruttan	L.A. Law	Roxanne Melman

1990s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Network
1989–1990 (42nd)
	Marg Helgenberger	China Beach	Karen "K.C." Koloski	ABC
	Sherilyn Fenn	Twin Peaks	Audrey Horne	ABC
	Melanie Mayron	thirtysomething	Melissa Steadman	ABC
	Diana Muldaur	L.A. Law	Rosalind Shays	NBC
	Susan Ruttan	L.A. Law	Roxanne Melman	NBC
1990–1991 (43rd)
	Madge Sinclair	Gabriel's Fire	Empress Josephine	ABC
	Marg Helgenberger	China Beach	Karen "K.C." Koloski	ABC
	Piper Laurie	Twin Peaks	Catherine Martell
	Melanie Mayron	thirtysomething	Melissa Steadman
	Diana Muldaur	L.A. Law	Rosalind Shays	NBC
1991–1992 (44th)
	Valerie Mahaffey §	Northern Exposure	Eve	CBS
	Mary Alice	I'll Fly Away	Marguerite Peck	NBC
	Barbara Barrie §	Law & Order	Mrs. Bream
	Conchata Ferrell	L.A. Law	Susan Bloom
	Cynthia Geary	Northern Exposure	Shelly Tambo	CBS
	Marg Helgenberger	China Beach	Karen "K.C." Koloski	ABC
	Kay Lenz	Reasonable Doubts	Maggie Zombro	NBC
1992–1993 (45th)
	Mary Alice	I'll Fly Away	Marguerite Peck	NBC
	Cynthia Geary	Northern Exposure	Shelly Tambo	CBS
	Kay Lenz	Reasonable Doubts	Maggie Zombro	NBC
	Kellie Martin	Life Goes On	Rebecca Thatcher	ABC
	Peg Phillips	Northern Exposure	Ruth-Anne Miller	CBS
1993–1994 (46th)
	Leigh Taylor-Young	Picket Fences	Rachel Harris	CBS
	Amy Brenneman	NYPD Blue	Janice Licalsi	ABC
	Jill Eikenberry	L.A. Law	Ann Kelsey	NBC
	Sharon Lawrence	NYPD Blue	Sylvia Costas	ABC
	Gail O'Grady	NYPD Blue	Donna Abandando	ABC
1994–1995 (47th)
	Julianna Margulies	ER	Carol Hathaway	NBC
	Barbara Babcock	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Dorothy Jennings	CBS
	Tyne Daly	Christy	Alice Henderson	CBS
	Sharon Lawrence	NYPD Blue	Sylvia Costas	ABC
	Gail O'Grady	NYPD Blue	Donna Abandando	ABC
1995–1996 (48th)
	Tyne Daly	Christy	Alice Henderson	CBS
	Barbara Bosson	Murder One	Miriam Grasso	ABC
	Sharon Lawrence	NYPD Blue	Sylvia Costas	ABC
	Julianna Margulies	ER	Carol Hathaway	NBC
	Gail O'Grady	NYPD Blue	Donna Abandando	ABC
1996–1997 (49th)
	Kim Delaney	NYPD Blue	Diane Russell	ABC
	Laura Innes	ER	Kerry Weaver	NBC
	C. C. H. Pounder	ER	Angela Hicks	NBC
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel	Tess	CBS
	Gloria Reuben	ER	Jeanie Boulet	NBC
1997–1998 (50th)
	Camryn Manheim	The Practice	Ellenor Frutt	ABC
	Kim Delaney	NYPD Blue	Diane Russell	ABC
	Laura Innes	ER	Kerry Weaver	NBC
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel	Tess	CBS
	Gloria Reuben	ER	Jeanie Boulet	NBC
1998–1999 (51st)
	Holland Taylor	The Practice	Roberta Kittleson	ABC
	Lara Flynn Boyle	The Practice	Helen Gamble	ABC
	Kim Delaney	NYPD Blue	Diane Russell
	Camryn Manheim	The Practice	Ellenor Frutt
	Nancy Marchand	The Sopranos	Livia Soprano	HBO

2000s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Episode(s)	Network
1999–2000 (52nd)
	Allison Janney	The West Wing	C. J. Cregg	"Celestial Navigation" + "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics"	NBC
	Stockard Channing	The West Wing	Abbey Bartlet	"The State Dinner" + "He Shall, from Time to Time..."	NBC
	Tyne Daly	Judging Amy	Maxine Gray	"Shaken, Not Stirred" + "Gray vs. Gray"	CBS
	Nancy Marchand (posthumous)	The Sopranos	Livia Soprano	"Do Not Resuscitate" + "Funhouse"	HBO
	Holland Taylor	The Practice	Roberta Kittleson	"Legacy" + "Oz"	ABC
2000–2001 (53rd)
	Allison Janney	The West Wing	C. J. Cregg	"In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" (Part 2) + "Galileo"	NBC
	Stockard Channing	The West Wing	Abbey Bartlet	"Bartlet's Third State of the Union" + "The War at Home"	NBC
	Tyne Daly	Judging Amy	Maxine Gray	"Unnecessary Roughness" + "Water World"	CBS
	Maura Tierney	ER	Abby Lockhart	"Fear of Commitment" + "Where the Heart Is"	NBC
	Aida Turturro	The Sopranos	Janice Soprano	"Proshai, Livushka" + "Employee of the Month"	HBO
2001–2002 (54th)
	Stockard Channing	The West Wing	Abbey Bartlet	"Dead Irish Writers" + "Gone Quiet"	NBC
	Lauren Ambrose	Six Feet Under	Claire Fisher	"The Trip" + "The Plan"	HBO
	Tyne Daly	Judging Amy	Maxine Gray	"Come Back Soon"	CBS
	Janel Moloney	The West Wing	Donna Moss	"On the Day Before" + "War Crimes"	NBC
	Mary-Louise Parker	The West Wing	Amy Gardner	"The Women of Qumar" + "H. Con-172"	NBC
2002–2003 (55th)
	Tyne Daly	Judging Amy	Maxine Gray	"Maxine, Interrupted" + "Requiem"	CBS
	Lauren Ambrose	Six Feet Under	Claire Fisher	"Nobody Sleeps" + "Twilight"	HBO
	Stockard Channing	The West Wing	Abbey Bartlet	"Privateers" + "Twenty Five"	NBC
	Rachel Griffiths	Six Feet Under	Brenda Chenowith	"Timing & Space" + "The Opening"	HBO
	Lena Olin	Alias	Irina Derevko	"A Dark Turn" + "Passage" (Part 2)	ABC
2003–2004 (56th)
	Drea de Matteo	The Sopranos	Adriana La Cerva	"Irregular Around the Margins" + "Long Term Parking"	HBO
	Stockard Channing	The West Wing	Abbey Bartlet	"7A WF 83429" + "No Exit"	NBC
	Tyne Daly	Judging Amy	Maxine Gray	"Ex Parte of Five" + "Roadhouse Blues"	CBS
	Janel Moloney	The West Wing	Donna Moss	"No Exit" + "Gaza"	NBC
	Robin Weigert	Deadwood	Calamity Jane	"Deep Water" + "No Other Sons or Daughters"	HBO
2004–2005 (57th)
	Blythe Danner	Huff	Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt	"Christmas is Ruined" + "Is She Dead?"	Showtime
	Stockard Channing	The West Wing	Abbey Bartlet	"Third-Day Story" + "The Wake Up Call"	NBC
	Tyne Daly	Judging Amy	Maxine Gray	"Early Winter" + "Too Little Too Late"	CBS
	Sandra Oh	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Cristina Yang	"Save Me" + "No Man's Land"	ABC
	C. C. H. Pounder	The Shield	Claudette Wyms	"Dog House" + "Tar Baby"	FX
2005–2006 (58th)
	Blythe Danner	Huff	Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt	"Maps Don't Talk" (Part 2) + "So… What Brings You to Armageddon"	Showtime
	Candice Bergen	Boston Legal	Shirley Schmidt	"Ass Fat Jungle" + "Live Big"	ABC
	Sandra Oh	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Cristina Yang	"Deny Deny Deny" + "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"	ABC
	Jean Smart	24	Martha Logan	"Day 5: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m." + "Day 5: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m."	Fox
	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Miranda Bailey	"Deny Deny Deny" + "As We Know It"	ABC
2006–2007 (59th)
	Katherine Heigl	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens	"Time After Time"	ABC
	Lorraine Bracco	The Sopranos	Dr. Jennifer Melfi	"The Blue Comet"	HBO
	Rachel Griffiths	Brothers & Sisters	Sarah Walker	"Bad News"	ABC
	Sandra Oh	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Cristina Yang	"From a Whisper to a Scream"	ABC
	Aida Turturro	The Sopranos	Janice Soprano	"Soprano Home Movies"	HBO
	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Miranda Bailey	"Oh, the Guilt"	ABC
2007–2008 (60th)
	Dianne Wiest	In Treatment	Dr. Gina Toll	"Week 1: Paul and Gina"	HBO
	Candice Bergen	Boston Legal	Shirley Schmidt	"The Mighty Rogues"	ABC
	Rachel Griffiths	Brothers & Sisters	Sarah Walker	"Domestic Issues"
	Sandra Oh	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Cristina Yang	"The Becoming"
	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Miranda Bailey	"Lay Your Hands with Me"
2008–2009 (61st)
	Cherry Jones	24	Allison Taylor	"Day 7: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."	Fox
	Rose Byrne	Damages	Ellen Parsons	"Trust Me"	FX
	Hope Davis	In Treatment	Mia Nesky	"Week 6: Mia"	HBO
	Sandra Oh	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Cristina Yang	"Elevator Love Letter"	ABC
	Dianne Wiest	In Treatment	Dr. Gina Toll	"Week 6: Gina"	HBO
	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Miranda Bailey	"Stairway to Heaven"	ABC

2010s

Year	Actress	Program	Role	Episode	Network
2009–2010 (62nd)
	Archie Panjabi	The Good Wife	Kalinda Sharma	"Hi"	CBS
	Christine Baranski	The Good Wife	Diane Lockhart	"Bang"	CBS
	Rose Byrne	Damages	Ellen Parsons	"Your Secrets Are Safe"	FX
	Sharon Gless	Burn Notice	Madeline Westen	"Devil You Know"	USA
	Christina Hendricks	Mad Men	Joan Harris	"Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency"	AMC
	Elisabeth Moss	Mad Men	Peggy Olson	"Love Among the Ruins"	AMC
2010–2011 (63rd)
	Margo Martindale	Justified	Mags Bennett	"Brother's Keeper"	FX
	Christine Baranski	The Good Wife	Diane Lockhart	"Silver Bullet"	CBS
	Michelle Forbes	The Killing	Mitch Larsen	"Pilot"	AMC
	Christina Hendricks	Mad Men	Joan Harris	"The Summer Man"	AMC
	Kelly Macdonald	Boardwalk Empire	Margaret Schroeder	"Family Limitation"	HBO
	Archie Panjabi	The Good Wife	Kalinda Sharma	"Getting Off"	CBS
2011–2012 (64th)
	Maggie Smith	Downton Abbey	Violet Crawley	"Episode One"	PBS
	Christine Baranski	The Good Wife	Diane Lockhart	"Alienation of Affection"	CBS
	Joanne Froggatt	Downton Abbey	Anna Bates	"Episode Seven"	PBS
	Anna Gunn	Breaking Bad	Skyler White	"Cornered"	AMC
	Christina Hendricks	Mad Men	Joan Harris	"The Other Woman"	AMC
	Archie Panjabi	The Good Wife	Kalinda Sharma	"The Dream Team"	CBS
2012–2013 (65th)
	Anna Gunn	Breaking Bad	Skyler White	"Fifty-One"	AMC
	Morena Baccarin	Homeland	Jessica Brody	"State of Independence"	Showtime
	Christine Baranski	The Good Wife	Diane Lockhart	"The Seven Day Rule"	CBS
	Emilia Clarke	Game of Thrones	Daenerys Targaryen	"And Now His Watch Is Ended"	HBO
	Christina Hendricks	Mad Men	Joan Harris	"A Tale of Two Cities"	AMC
	Maggie Smith	Downton Abbey	Violet Crawley	"Episode One"	PBS
2013–2014 (66th)
	Anna Gunn	Breaking Bad	Skyler White	"Ozymandias"	AMC
	Christine Baranski	The Good Wife	Diane Lockhart	"The Last Call"	CBS
	Joanne Froggatt	Downton Abbey	Anna Bates	"Episode Four"	PBS
	Lena Headey	Game of Thrones	Cersei Lannister	"The Lion and the Rose"	HBO
	Christina Hendricks	Mad Men	Joan Harris	"The Strategy"	AMC
	Maggie Smith	Downton Abbey	Violet Crawley	"Episode Eight"	PBS
2014–2015 (67th)
	Uzo Aduba	Orange Is the New Black	Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren	"Hugs Can Be Deceiving"	Netflix
	Christine Baranski	The Good Wife	Diane Lockhart	"Loser Edit"	CBS
	Emilia Clarke	Game of Thrones	Daenerys Targaryen	"The Dance of Dragons"	HBO
	Joanne Froggatt	Downton Abbey	Anna Bates	"Episode Eight"	PBS
	Lena Headey	Game of Thrones	Cersei Lannister	"Mother's Mercy"	HBO
	Christina Hendricks	Mad Men	Joan Harris	"Lost Horizon"	AMC
2015–2016 (68th)^[1]
	Maggie Smith	Downton Abbey	Violet Crawley	"Episode Six"	PBS
	Emilia Clarke	Game of Thrones	Daenerys Targaryen	"Book of the Stranger"	HBO
	Lena Headey		Cersei Lannister	"The Winds of Winter"
	Maisie Williams		Arya Stark	"No One"
	Maura Tierney	The Affair	Helen Solloway	"204"	Showtime
	Constance Zimmer	UnREAL	Quinn King	"Mother"	Lifetime

Multiple awards

4 awards

Nancy Marchand (3 consecutive)

3 awards

Ellen Corby (2 consecutive)

2 awards

Bonnie Bartlett (consecutive)
Tyne Daly (for 2 different roles)
Blythe Danner (consecutive)
Anna Gunn (consecutive)
Allison Janney (consecutive)
Kristy McNichol
Maggie Smith

Multiple nominations

8 nominations

Tyne Daly

7 nominations

6 nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories

References

↑ "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved July 14, 2016.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Barbara Hale (1959)
Pamela Brown (1962)
Glenda Farrell (1963)
Ruth White (1964)
Lee Grant (1966)
Agnes Moorehead (1967)
Barbara Anderson (1968)
Susan Saint James (1969)
Gail Fisher (1970)
Margaret Leighton (1971)
Jenny Agutter (1972)
Ellen Corby (1973)
Joanna Miles (1974)
Ellen Corby (1975)
Ellen Corby (1976)
Kristy McNichol (1977)
Nancy Marchand (1978)
Kristy McNichol (1979)
Nancy Marchand (1980)
Nancy Marchand (1981)
Nancy Marchand (1982)
Doris Roberts (1983)
Alfre Woodard (1984)
Betty Thomas (1985)
Bonnie Bartlett (1986)
Bonnie Bartlett (1987)
Patricia Wettig (1988)
Melanie Mayron (1989)
Marg Helgenberger (1990)
Madge Sinclair (1991)
Valerie Mahaffey (1992)
Mary Alice (1993)
Leigh Taylor-Young (1994)
Julianna Margulies (1995)
Tyne Daly (1996)
Kim Delaney (1997)
Camryn Manheim (1998)
Holland Taylor (1999)
Allison Janney (2000)
Allison Janney (2001)
Stockard Channing (2002)
Tyne Daly (2003)
Drea de Matteo (2004)
Blythe Danner (2005)
Blythe Danner (2006)
Katherine Heigl (2007)
Dianne Wiest (2008)
Cherry Jones (2009)
Archie Panjabi (2010)
Margo Martindale (2011)
Maggie Smith (2012)
Anna Gunn (2013)
Anna Gunn (2014)
Uzo Aduba (2015)
Maggie Smith (2016)

Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited Series Television Movie Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Reality-Competition Program Animated Program Children's Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Informational Series or Special Short-Format Animation Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Short Form Variety Series Special Class Program Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special

Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Narrator

Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for Nonfiction Programming

Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for Nonfiction Programming

Creative Arts	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Choreography Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Cinematography for a Reality Program Commercial Costumes for a Contemporary Series, Limited Series, or Movie Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Movie Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Achievement in Animation Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) Music and Lyrics Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Music Composition for a Series Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie, or Special Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More) Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Sound Editing for a Series Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special Special and Visual Effects / Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie

Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award

Retired	Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Animated Program (One Hour or More) Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Miniseries or Movie New Series Picture Editing for Reality Programming Program of the Year Reality Program Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program Stunt Coordination Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Winners and nominations

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2010s

Multiple awards

Multiple nominations

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