Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy 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 comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances often included actors from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Awarded forOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded1954
Currently held byLiza Colón-Zayas,
The Bear (2024)
Websiteemmys.com

Winners and nominations

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1950s

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Year Actress Role Program Network
Best Series Supporting Actress
1954
(6th)
[note 1]
Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy CBS
Bea Benaderet Blanche Morton The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS
Ruth Gilbert Various characters The Milton Berle Show NBC
Marion Lorne Mrs. Gurney Mister Peepers
Audrey Meadows Alice Kramden The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series
1955
(7th)
[note 1]
Audrey Meadows Alice Kramden The Jackie Gleason Show CBS
Bea Benaderet Blanche Morton The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show CBS
Jean Hagen Margaret Williams Make Room for Daddy ABC
Marion Lorne Mrs. Gurney Mister Peepers NBC
Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy CBS
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1956
(8th)
[note 1]
Nanette Fabray Various characters Caesar's Hour NBC
Ann B. Davis Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings Show CBS
Jean Hagen Margaret Williams Make Room for Daddy ABC
Audrey Meadows Alice Kramden The Honeymooners CBS
Thelma Ritter # Aggie Hurley Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse NBC
Best Supporting Performance by an Actress
1957
(9th)
[note 1]
Pat Carroll Various characters Caesar's Hour NBC
Ann B. Davis Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings Show CBS
Audrey Meadows Various characters The Jackie Gleason Show
Mildred Natwick # Madame Arcati Ford Star Jubilee
Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy
Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
1958
(10th)
[note 1]
Ann B. Davis Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings Show CBS & NBC
Pat Carroll Various characters Caesar's Hour NBC
Verna Felton Hilda Crocker December Bride CBS
Marion Lorne Myrtle Banford Sally NBC
Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz I Love Lucy
Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series
1959
(11th)
Ann B. Davis Charmaine Schultz The Bob Cummings Show NBC
Rosemary DeCamp Margaret MacDonald The Bob Cummings Show NBC
Elinor Donahue Betty Father Knows Best CBS & NBC
Verna Felton Hilda Crocker December Bride CBS
Kathleen Nolan Kate McCoy The Real McCoys ABC
ZaSu Pitts Susanna Pomeroy Oh, Susanna CBS

1960s

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Year Actress Role Program Network
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support)
1960
(12th)
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Father Knows Best CBS
Donna Reed Donna Stone The Donna Reed Show ABC
Teresa Wright Margaret Bourke-White NBC Sunday Showcase NBC
Loretta Young Various characters The Loretta Young Show
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series
1961
(13th)
[note 1]
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
(14th)
[note 1]
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
(15th)
[note 1]
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
(16th)
[note 1]
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
(17th)
[note 1]
Leonard Bernstein Conductor New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein CBS
Lynn Fontanne Fanny Bowditch Holmes Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee" 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 Comedy Series
1966
(18th)
Alice Pearce (posthumously) Gladys Kravitz Bewitched ABC
Rose Marie Sally Rogers The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS
Agnes Moorehead Endora Bewitched ABC
1967
(19th)
Frances Bavier Aunt Bee The Andy Griffith Show CBS
Nancy Kulp Jane Hathaway The Beverly Hillbillies CBS
Marion Lorne Aunt Clara Bewitched ABC
1968
(20th)
Marion Lorne (posthumously) Aunt Clara Bewitched ABC
Agnes Moorehead Endora Bewitched ABC
Marge Redmond Sister Jacqueline The Flying Nun
Nita Talbot § Marya Hogan's Heroes CBS
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series
1969
(21st)
[note 1]
Susan Saint James Peggy Maxwell The Name of the Game NBC
Barbara Anderson Officer Eve Whitfield Ironside NBC
Agnes Moorehead Endora Bewitched ABC

1970s

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Year Actress Role Program Network
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy
1970
(22nd)
Karen Valentine Miss Alice Johnson Room 222 ABC
Agnes Moorehead Endora Bewitched ABC
Lurene Tuttle Hannah Yarby Julia NBC
1971
(23rd)
Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
Agnes Moorehead Endora Bewitched ABC
Karen Valentine Miss Alice Johnston Room 222
1972
(24th)
Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family
Cloris Leachman Phyllis Lindstrom The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
1973
(25th)
Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
Cloris Leachman Phyllis Lindstrom The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family
Best Supporting Actress in Comedy
1974
(26th)
Cloris Leachman Phyllis Lindstrom The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family
Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
1975
(27th)
Betty White Sue Ann Nivens The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda CBS
Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H
Nancy Walker Ida Morgenstern Rhoda
1976
(28th)
Betty White Sue Ann Nivens The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
Georgia Engel Georgette Franklin The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda
Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H
Nancy Walker Ida Morgenstern Rhoda
1977
(29th)
Mary Kay Place Loretta Haggers Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Syndicated
Georgia Engel Georgette Franklin The Mary Tyler Moore Show CBS
Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda
Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H
Betty White Sue Ann Nivens The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1978
(30th)
Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda CBS
Polly Holliday Florence Jean Castleberry Alice CBS
Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family
Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H
Nancy Walker Ida Morgenstern Rhoda
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series
1979
(31st)
Marion Ross Marion Cunningham Happy Days ABC
Polly Holliday Florence Jean Castleberry Alice CBS
Gloria Stivic All in the Family CBS
Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H CBS

1980s

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Year Actress Role Program Network
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series
1980
(32nd)
Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H CBS
Loni Anderson Jennifer Marlowe WKRP in Cincinnati CBS
Polly Holliday Florence Jean Castleberry Alice
Inga Swenson Gretchen Kraus Benson ABC
1981
(33rd)
Eileen Brennan Cpt. Doreen Lewis Private Benjamin CBS
Loni Anderson Jennifer Marlowe WKRP in Cincinnati CBS
Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons
Anne Meara Veronica Rooney Archie Bunker's Place
Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H
1982
(34th)
Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H CBS
Eileen Brennan Cpt. Doreen Lewis Private Benjamin CBS
Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons
Andrea Martin Various Characters SCTV Network NBC
Anne Meara Veronica Rooney Archie Bunker's Place CBS
Inga Swenson Gretchen Kraus Benson ABC
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series
1983
(35th)
Carol Kane Simka Dahblitz Taxi NBC
Eileen Brennan Cpt. Doreen Lewis Private Benjamin CBS
Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC
Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H CBS
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
1984
(36th)
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC
Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart CBS
Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons
Paula Kelly Liz Williams Night Court NBC
Marion Ross Marion Cunningham Happy Days ABC
1985
(37th)
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC
Selma Diamond Selma Hacker Night Court NBC
Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart CBS
Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons
Inga Swenson Gretchen Kraus Benson ABC
1986
(38th)
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC
Justine Bateman Mallory Keaton Family Ties NBC
Lisa Bonet Denise Huxtable The Cosby Show
Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart CBS
Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls NBC
Keshia Knight Pulliam Rudy Huxtable The Cosby Show NBC
1987
(39th)
Jackée Harry Sandra Clark 227 NBC
Justine Bateman Mallory Keaton Family Ties NBC
Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart CBS
Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls NBC
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers
1988
(40th)
Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls NBC
Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart CBS
Jackée Harry Sandra Clark 227 NBC
Katherine Helmond Mona Robinson Who's the Boss? ABC
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC
1989
(41st)
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC
Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart CBS
Faith Ford Corky Sherwood Murphy Brown
Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls NBC
Katherine Helmond Mona Robinson Who's the Boss? ABC

1990s

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Year Actress Role Program Episode Submissions Network
1990
(42nd)
Bebe Neuwirth Lilith Sternin Cheers "The Stork Brings a Crane" + "Severe Crane Damage" + "The Ghost and Mrs Lebec" NBC
Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart "Cupcake in a Cage" + "Lights, Camera, Contradictions!" + "Seein' Double" CBS
Faith Ford Corky Sherwood Murphy Brown "And the Whiner Is..." + "Bad Girls" + "Going to the Chapel"
Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls "Sick and Tired" + "Not Another Monday" + "Clinton Avenue Memoirs" NBC
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers "Death Takes a Holiday on Ice" + "50-50 Carla" + "The Ghost and Mrs Lebec"
1991
(43rd)
Bebe Neuwirth Lilith Sternin Cheers "Veggie-Boyd" + "Rat Girl" NBC
Elizabeth Ashley Frieda Evans Evening Shade "There Once Was a Boy Named Wood" + "Chip Off the Old Brick" CBS
Faith Ford Corky Sherwood Murphy Brown "Trouble in Sherwood-Forrest" + "Corky's Place"
Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls "Ebbtide's Revenge" + "There Goes the Bride: Part 1" NBC
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers "Carla Loves Clavin" + "Pitch It Again, Sam"
1992
(44th)
Laurie Metcalf Jackie Harris Roseanne "Why Jackie Becomes a Trucker" + "Kansas City, Here We Come" ABC
Faith Ford Corky Sherwood Murphy Brown "Love is a Blonde" + "A Chance of Showers" CBS
Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls "One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest" NBC
Alice Ghostley Bernice Clifton Designing Women "The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita" + "Just Say Doe" CBS
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine Benes Seinfeld "The Pen" + "The Tape" NBC
Frances Sternhagen § Esther Clavin Cheers "Heeeeeere's... Cliffy!"
1993
(45th)
Laurie Metcalf Jackie Harris Roseanne "Crime and Punishment" + "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" ABC
Shelley Fabares Christine Armstrong-Fox Coach "Love Me Tender" + "Vows" ABC
Sara Gilbert Darlene Conner Roseanne "Good Girls, Bad Girls" + "Playing With Matches"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine Benes Seinfeld "The Contest" + "The Airport" NBC
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers "Loathe and Marriage" + "It's Lonely on the Top"
1994
(46th)
Laurie Metcalf Jackie Harris Roseanne "Labor Day" + "Past Imperfect" ABC
Shelley Fabares Christine Armstrong-Fox Coach "Nice Job If You Can Get It" + "The Stand-In" ABC
Faith Ford Corky Sherwood Murphy Brown "The Young and the Rest of Us" + "The More Things Stay the Same" CBS
Sara Gilbert Darlene Conner Roseanne "Two Down, One to Go" + "Everybody Comes to Jackie's" ABC
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine Benes Seinfeld "The Mango" + "The Opposite" NBC
Liz Torres Mahalia Sanchez The John Larroquette Show "Pilot" + "God"
1995
(47th)
Christine Baranski Maryann Thorpe Cybill "Starting on the Wrong Foot" CBS
Lisa Kudrow Phoebe Buffay Friends "The One with the Monkey" + "The One with Two Parts: Part 1 " NBC
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine Benes Seinfeld "The Beard" + "The Fusilli Jerry"
Laurie Metcalf Jackie Harris Roseanne "Bed and Bored" + "Single Married Female" ABC
Liz Torres Mahalia Sanchez The John Larroquette Show "Faith" + "In the Pink" NBC
1996
(48th)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine Benes Seinfeld "The Soup Nazi" + "The Wait Out" NBC
Christine Baranski Maryann Thorpe Cybill "A Who's Who for What's His Name" + "Wedding Bell Blues" CBS
Janeane Garofalo Paula The Larry Sanders Show "Conflict of Interest" + "I Was a Teenage Lesbian" HBO
Jayne Meadows Alice Morgan-DuPont-Sutton-Cushing-Ferruke High Society "Family Val's" + "Alice Doesn't Pump Here Anymore" CBS
Renée Taylor Sylvia Fine The Nanny "Where's the Pearls?" + "The Cantor Show"
1997
(49th)
Kristen Johnston Sally Solomon 3rd Rock from the Sun "My Mother the Alien" + "Fifteen Minutes of Dick" NBC
Christine Baranski Maryann Thorpe Cybill CBS
Janeane Garofalo Paula The Larry Sanders Show HBO
Lisa Kudrow Phoebe Buffay Friends "The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel" + "The One with the Flashback" NBC
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine Benes Seinfeld "The Little Kicks"
1998
(50th)
Lisa Kudrow Phoebe Buffay Friends "The One with Ross's Wedding" NBC
Christine Baranski Maryann Thorpe Cybill "The Golden Years" CBS
Kristen Johnston Sally Solomon 3rd Rock from the Sun NBC
Jane Leeves Daphne Moon Frasier "Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name" + "First Date"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine Benes Seinfeld
1999
(51st)
Kristen Johnston Sally Solomon 3rd Rock from the Sun "Two-Faced Dick" + "Dick 'The Mouth' Solomon" NBC
Lisa Kudrow Phoebe Buffay Friends "The One Hundredth" + "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" NBC
Lucy Liu Ling Woo Ally McBeal "Angels and Blimps" + "Sex, Lies, and Politics" Fox
Wendie Malick Nina Van Horn Just Shoot Me! "Two Girls for Every Boy" + "Slow Donnie" NBC
Doris Roberts Marie Barone Everybody Loves Raymond "The Toaster" + "Frank's Tribute" CBS

2000s

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Year Actress Role Program Episode Submissions Network
2000
(52nd)
Megan Mullally Karen Walker Will & Grace "To Serve and Disinfect" + "Polk Defeats Truman" NBC
Jennifer Aniston Rachel Green Friends "The One with Rachel's Sister" + "The One Where Chandler Can't Cry" NBC
Kim Cattrall Samantha Jones Sex and the City "The Awful Truth" + "The Freak Show" HBO
Lisa Kudrow Phoebe Buffay Friends "The One That Could Have Been" NBC
Doris Roberts Marie Barone Everybody Loves Raymond "Sex Talk" + "Robert's Divorce" CBS
2001
(53rd)
Doris Roberts Marie Barone Everybody Loves Raymond "The Sneeze" + "Ray's Journal" CBS
Jennifer Aniston Rachel Green Friends "The One with Rachel's Assistant" + "The One Where They All Turn Thirty" NBC
Kim Cattrall Samantha Jones Sex and the City "Where There's Smoke..." + "Running with Scissors" HBO
Lisa Kudrow Phoebe Buffay Friends "The One with Phoebe's Cookies" + "The One with Joey's New Brain" NBC
Megan Mullally Karen Walker Will & Grace "Husbands and Trophy Wives" + "Crazy in Love"
2002
(54th)
Doris Roberts Marie Barone Everybody Loves Raymond "Lucky Suit" + "Marie's Sculpture" CBS
Kim Cattrall Samantha Jones Sex and the City "Belles of the Balls" + "I Heart NY" HBO
Wendie Malick Nina Van Horn Just Shoot Me! "Nina Van Grandma" + "The Boys in the Band" NBC
Megan Mullally Karen Walker Will & Grace "Grace in the Hole" + "A.I.: Artificial Insemination"
Cynthia Nixon Miranda Hobbes Sex and the City "My Motherboard, My Self" + "Change of a Dress" HBO
2003
(55th)
Doris Roberts Marie Barone Everybody Loves Raymond "Marie's Vision" + "Robert's Wedding" CBS
Kim Cattrall Samantha Jones Sex and the City "Cover Girl" + "Critical Condition" HBO
Cheryl Hines Cheryl David Curb Your Enthusiasm "The Terrorist Attack" + "Krazee-Eyez Killa"
Megan Mullally Karen Walker Will & Grace "The Honeymoon's Over" + "23" NBC
Cynthia Nixon Miranda Hobbes Sex and the City "Anchors Away" + "Cover Girl" HBO
2004
(56th)
Cynthia Nixon Miranda Hobbes Sex and the City "One" + "The Ick Factor" HBO
Kim Cattrall Samantha Jones Sex and the City "Out of the Frying Pan" + "An American Girl in Paris (Part Une)" HBO
Kristin Davis Charlotte York Goldenblatt "Hop, Skip, and a Week" + "Splat!"
Megan Mullally Karen Walker Will & Grace "Heart Like a Wheelchair" + "Speechless" NBC
Doris Roberts Marie Barone Everybody Loves Raymond "Thank You Notes" + "Liars" CBS
2005
(57th)
Doris Roberts Marie Barone Everybody Loves Raymond "Tasteless Frank" + "The Finale" CBS
Conchata Ferrell Berta Two and a Half Men "Can You Eat Human Flesh with Wooden Teeth?" + "Woo-Hoo, a Hernia Exam!" CBS
Megan Mullally Karen Walker Will & Grace "The Birds and the Bees" + "Saving Grace, Again: Part I" NBC
Holland Taylor Evelyn Harper Two and a Half Men "Those Big Pink Things with Coconut" + "A Sympathetic Crotch to Cry On" CBS
Jessica Walter Lucille Bluth Arrested Development "Motherboy XXX" + "Spring Breakout" Fox
2006
(58th)
Megan Mullally Karen Walker Will & Grace "The Finale" NBC
Cheryl Hines Cheryl David Curb Your Enthusiasm "The Bowtie" + "The Korean Bookie" HBO
Elizabeth Perkins Celia Hodes Weeds "You Can't Miss the Bear" + "The Punishment Light" Showtime
Jaime Pressly Joy Turner My Name Is Earl "Joy's Wedding" + "The Bounty Hunter" NBC
Alfre Woodard Betty Applewhite Desperate Housewives "You'll Never Get Away From Me" + "I Know Things Now" ABC
2007
(59th)
Jaime Pressly Joy Turner My Name Is Earl "Jump for Joy" NBC
Conchata Ferrell Berta Two and a Half Men "Repeated Blows to His Unformed Head" CBS
Jenna Fischer Pam Beesly The Office "The Job" NBC
Elizabeth Perkins Celia Hodes Weeds "Pittsburgh" Showtime
Holland Taylor Evelyn Harper Two and a Half Men "The Sea Is a Harsh Mistress" CBS
Vanessa Williams Wilhelmina Slater Ugly Betty "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ABC
2008
(60th)
Jean Smart Regina Newly Samantha Who? "The Girlfriend" ABC
Kristin Chenoweth Olive Snook Pushing Daisies "Girth" ABC
Amy Poehler Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Tina Fey" NBC
Holland Taylor Evelyn Harper Two and a Half Men "Media Room Slash Dungeon" CBS
Vanessa Williams Wilhelmina Slater Ugly Betty "Bananas for Betty" ABC
2009
(61st)
Kristin Chenoweth Olive Snook Pushing Daisies "Bad Habits" ABC
Jane Krakowski Jenna Maroney 30 Rock "The Ones" NBC
Elizabeth Perkins Celia Hodes Weeds "No Man Is Pudding" Showtime
Amy Poehler Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Josh Brolin" NBC
Kristen Wiig "Host: Neil Patrick Harris"
Vanessa Williams Wilhelmina Slater Ugly Betty "The Fall Issue" ABC

2010s

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Year Actress Role Program Episode Submissions Network
2010
(62nd)
[1]
Jane Lynch Sue Sylvester Glee "The Power of Madonna" Fox
Julie Bowen Claire Dunphy Modern Family "My Funky Valentine" ABC
Jane Krakowski Jenna Maroney 30 Rock "Black Light Attack!" NBC
Sofía Vergara Gloria Pritchett Modern Family "Not in My House" ABC
Holland Taylor Evelyn Harper Two and a Half Men "Give Me Your Thumb" CBS
Kristen Wiig Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: James Franco" NBC
2011
(63rd)
[2]
Julie Bowen Claire Dunphy Modern Family "Strangers on a Treadmill" ABC
Jane Krakowski Jenna Maroney 30 Rock "Queen of Jordan" NBC
Jane Lynch Sue Sylvester Glee "Funeral" Fox
Sofía Vergara Gloria Pritchett Modern Family "Slow Down Your Neighbors" ABC
Betty White Elka Ostrovsky Hot in Cleveland "Free Elka" TV Land
Kristen Wiig Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Jane Lynch" NBC
2012
(64th)
[3]
Julie Bowen Claire Dunphy Modern Family "Go Bullfrogs!" ABC
Mayim Bialik Amy Farrah Fowler The Big Bang Theory "The Shiny Trinket Maneuver" CBS
Kathryn Joosten[4] Karen McCluskey Desperate Housewives "Give Me the Blame" + "Finishing the Hat" ABC
Sofía Vergara Gloria Pritchett Modern Family "Tableau Vivant"
Merritt Wever Zoey Barkow Nurse Jackie "One-Armed Jacks" Showtime
Kristen Wiig Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Mick Jagger" NBC
2013
(65th)
[5]
Merritt Wever Zoey Barkow Nurse Jackie "Teachable Moments" Showtime
Mayim Bialik Amy Farrah Fowler The Big Bang Theory "The Fish Guts Displacement" CBS
Julie Bowen Claire Dunphy Modern Family "My Hero" ABC
Anna Chlumsky Amy Brookheimer Veep "First Response" HBO
Jane Krakowski Jenna Maroney 30 Rock "Hogcock!" + "Last Lunch" NBC
Jane Lynch Sue Sylvester Glee "Feud" Fox
Sofía Vergara Gloria Delgado-Pritchett Modern Family "Yard Sale" ABC
2014
(66th)
[6]
Allison Janney Bonnie Plunkett Mom "Estrogen and a Hearty Breakfast" CBS
Mayim Bialik Amy Farrah Fowler The Big Bang Theory "The Indecision Amalgamation" CBS
Julie Bowen Claire Dunphy Modern Family "The Feud" ABC
Anna Chlumsky Amy Brookheimer Veep "Detroit" HBO
Kate McKinnon Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Anna Kendrick" NBC
Kate Mulgrew Galina "Red" Reznikov Orange Is the New Black "Tit Punch" Netflix
2015
(67th)
[7]
Allison Janney Bonnie Plunkett Mom "Dropped Soap and a Big Guy on a Throne" CBS
Mayim Bialik Amy Farrah Fowler The Big Bang Theory "The Prom Equivalency" CBS
Julie Bowen Claire Dunphy Modern Family "Valentine's Day 4: Twisted Sister" ABC
Anna Chlumsky Amy Brookheimer Veep "Convention" HBO
Gaby Hoffmann Ali Pfefferman Transparent "Rollin'" Amazon
Jane Krakowski Jacqueline Voorhees Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Kimmy Gets a Job!" Netflix
Kate McKinnon Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Taraji P. Henson" NBC
Niecy Nash Denise "DiDi" Ortley Getting On "The 7th Annual Christmas Card Competition" HBO
2016
(68th)
[8]
Kate McKinnon Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Ariana Grande" NBC
Anna Chlumsky Amy Brookheimer Veep "C**tgate" HBO
Gaby Hoffmann Ali Pfefferman Transparent "Bulnerable" Amazon
Allison Janney Bonnie Plunkett Mom "Terrorists and Gingerbread" CBS
Judith Light Shelly Pfefferman Transparent "Flicky-Flicky Thump-Thump" Amazon
Niecy Nash Denise "DiDi" Ortley Getting On "Don't Let It Get in You or on You" HBO
2017
(69th)
[9]
Kate McKinnon Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Dave Chappelle" NBC
Vanessa Bayer Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Dwayne Johnson" NBC
Anna Chlumsky Amy Brookheimer Veep "Groundbreaking" HBO
Kathryn Hahn Raquel Fein Transparent "Life Sucks and Then You Die" Amazon
Leslie Jones Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Tom Hanks" NBC
Judith Light Shelly Pfefferman Transparent "Exciting and New" Amazon
2018
(70th)
[10]
Alex Borstein Susie Myerson The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Doink" Amazon
Zazie Beetz Vanessa "Van" Keefer Atlanta "Helen" FX
Aidy Bryant Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Chadwick Boseman" NBC
Betty Gilpin Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan GLOW "Debbie Does Something" Netflix
Leslie Jones Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Donald Glover" NBC
Kate McKinnon "Host: Bill Hader"
Laurie Metcalf Jackie Harris Roseanne "No Country for Old Women" ABC
Megan Mullally Karen Walker Will & Grace "Rosario's Quinceanera" NBC
2019
(71st)
[11]
Alex Borstein Susie Myerson The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy" Amazon
Anna Chlumsky Amy Brookheimer Veep "Pledge" HBO
Sian Clifford Claire Fleabag "Episode 203" Amazon
Olivia Colman Godmother "Episode 204"
Betty Gilpin Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan GLOW "Mother of All Matches" Netflix
Sarah Goldberg Sally Reed Barry "The Audition" HBO
Marin Hinkle Rose Weissman The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Simone" Amazon
Kate McKinnon Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Liev Schreiber" NBC

2020s

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Year Actress Role Program Episode Submission Network
2020
(72nd)
[12]
Annie Murphy Alexis Rose Schitt's Creek "The Presidential Suite" Pop TV
Alex Borstein Susie Myerson The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Marvelous Radio" Amazon
D'Arcy Carden Janet The Good Place "You've Changed, Man" NBC
Betty Gilpin Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan GLOW "A Very GLOW Christmas" Netflix
Marin Hinkle Rose Weissman The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo..." Amazon
Kate McKinnon Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Daniel Craig" NBC
Yvonne Orji Molly Carter Insecure "Lowkey Lost" HBO
Cecily Strong Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Eddie Murphy" NBC
2021
(73rd)
[13]
Hannah Waddingham Rebecca Welton Ted Lasso "All Apologies" Apple TV+
Aidy Bryant Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Regé-Jean Page" NBC
Hannah Einbinder Ava Daniels Hacks "I Think She Will" HBO Max
Kate McKinnon Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Bill Burr" NBC
Rosie Perez Megan Briscoe The Flight Attendant "Arrivals and Departures" HBO Max
Cecily Strong Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Anya Taylor-Joy" NBC
Juno Temple Keeley Jones Ted Lasso "For the Children" Apple TV+
2022
(74th)
[14]
Sheryl Lee Ralph Barbara Howard Abbott Elementary "New Tech" ABC
Alex Borstein Susie Myerson The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "Everything Is Bellmore" Prime Video
Hannah Einbinder Ava Daniels Hacks "The Captain's Wife" HBO Max
Janelle James Ava Coleman Abbott Elementary "Ava vs. Superintendent" ABC
Kate McKinnon Various characters Saturday Night Live "Host: Natasha Lyonne" NBC
Sarah Niles Dr. Sharon Fieldstone Ted Lasso "Headspace" Apple TV+
Juno Temple Keeley Jones "Midnight Train to Royston"
Hannah Waddingham Rebecca Welton "No Weddings and a Funeral"
2023
(75th)
[15]
Ayo Edebiri Sydney Adamu The Bear "Review" FX
Alex Borstein Susie Myerson The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel "The Testi-Roastial" Prime Video
Janelle James Ava Coleman Abbott Elementary "Fundraiser" ABC
Sheryl Lee Ralph Barbara Howard "Fire"
Juno Temple Keeley Jones Ted Lasso "We'll Never Have Paris" Apple TV+
Hannah Waddingham Rebecca Welton "International Break"
Jessica Williams Gaby Shrinking "Boop"
2024
(76th)
[16]
Liza Colón-Zayas Tina Marrero The Bear "Pop" FX
Carol Burnett Norma Dellacorte Palm Royale "Maxine Shakes the Tree" Apple TV+
Hannah Einbinder Ava Daniels Hacks "Bulletproof" Max
Janelle James Ava Coleman Abbott Elementary "Career Day, Part 1" ABC
Sheryl Lee Ralph Barbara Howard "Librarian"
Meryl Streep Loretta Durkin Only Murders in the Building "Grab Your Hankies" Hulu

Superlatives

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Superlative Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Actress with most awards Rhea Perlman, Doris Roberts (4)
Actress with most nominations Rhea Perlman, Loretta Swit (10)
Actress with most nominations
without ever winning
Julia Duffy (7)
Television program with most wins Cheers, The Mary Tyler Moore Show (6)
Television program with most nominations Saturday Night Live (21)
Actress with most consecutive wins Valerie Harper, Rhea Perlman, Laurie Metcalf, Doris Roberts (3)
First actress with multiple and consecutive wins Ann B. Davis

Programs with multiple wins

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Programs with multiple nominations

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Performers with multiple awards

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Performers with multiple nominations

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre-specific acting categories

References

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  12. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  13. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  14. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  15. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  16. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 18, 2024.