Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

🏆 WinnerSally FieldRemarkably Bright Creatures (2026)

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🏆 WinnerCristin MiliotiThe Penguin (2024)

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🏆 WinnerAli WongBEEF (2023)

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🏆 WinnerRegina KingWatchmen (2019)

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🏆 WinnerMichelle WilliamsFosse/Verdon (2019)

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🏆 WinnerRegina KingSeven Seconds (2018)

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Jessica BielThe SinnerNominee

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🏆 WinnerNicole KidmanBig Little Lies (2017)

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🏆 WinnerSarah PaulsonThe People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story

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🏆 WinnerFrances McDormandOlive Kitteridge (2014)

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🏆 WinnerJessica LangeAmerican Horror Story: Coven

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Cicely TysonNominee

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🏆 WinnerLaura LinneyThe Big C (2010)

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🏆 WinnerJulianne MooreGame Change (2012)

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🏆 WinnerKate WinsletMildred Pierce (2011)

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Taraji P. HensonTaken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin StoryNominee

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🏆 WinnerClaire DanesTemple Grandin (2010)

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Joan AllenGeorgia O'KeeffeNominee

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🏆 WinnerJessica LangeGrey Gardens (2009)

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🏆 WinnerLaura LinneyJohn Adams (2008)

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Catherine KeenerAn American CrimeNominee

Jean SmartSamantha Who?Nominee

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🏆 WinnerHelen MirrenPrime Suspect (1991)

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🏆 WinnerHelen MirrenElizabeth I (2005)

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A Little Thing Called MurderNominee

Gillian AndersonBleak HouseNominee

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🏆 WinnerS. Epatha MerkersonLackawanna Blues (2005)

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Halle BerryTheir Eyes Were Watching GodNominee

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🏆 WinnerMeryl StreepAngels in America (2003)

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🏆 WinnerMaggie SmithMy House in Umbria (2003)

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🏆 WinnerLaura LinneyWild Iris (2001)

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🏆 WinnerJudy DavisLife with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

LW

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Holly HunterWhen Billie Beat BobbyNominee

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🏆 WinnerHalle BerryIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)

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Holly HunterHarlan County WarNominee

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🏆 WinnerHelen MirrenThe Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)

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BBStockard ChanningBaby BluesNominee

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🏆 WinnerEllen BarkinBefore Women Had Wings

BW

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Jamie Lee CurtisNicholas’ GiftNominee

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🏆 WinnerAlfre WoodardMiss Evers' Boys (1997)

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Stockard ChanningNominee

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🏆 WinnerHelen MirrenPrime Suspect (1991)

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🏆 WinnerGlenn CloseServing in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)

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Buffalo GirlsNominee

Diane KeatonAmelia Earhart: The Final FlightNominee

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🏆 WinnerKirstie AlleyDavid's Mother

DM

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HHJoanne WoodwardHallmark Hall of FameNominee

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🏆 WinnerHolly HunterThe Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)

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Joanne WoodwardBlind SpotNominee

Great PerformancesNominee

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🏆 WinnerGena Rowlands

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Anne BancroftAmerican PlayhouseNominee

Meredith BaxterA Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick StoryNominee

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🏆 WinnerLynn WhitfieldThe Josephine Baker Story (1991)

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🏆 WinnerBarbara HersheyA Killing in a Small Town (1990)

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Farrah Fawcett-MajorsSmall SacrificesNominee

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🏆 WinnerHolly HunterRoe vs. Wade

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🏆 WinnerJessica TandyFoxfire (1987)

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Mary SteenburgenThe Attic: The Hiding of Anne FrankNominee

LMary Tyler MooreLincolnNominee

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🏆 WinnerGena RowlandsThe Betty Ford Story (1987)

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🏆 WinnerMarlo ThomasNobody's Child

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Second ServeNominee

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🏆 WinnerJoanne WoodwardDo You Remember Love

DY

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Farrah Fawcett-MajorsThe Burning BedNominee

HMary Tyler MooreHeartsoundsNominee

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🏆 WinnerJane FondaThe Dollmaker

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🏆 WinnerBarbara StanwyckThe Thorn Birds (1983)

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Rosanna ArquetteThe Executioner's SongNominee

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🏆 WinnerIngrid BergmanA Woman Called Golda (1982)

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HHCicely TysonHallmark Hall of FameNominee

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🏆 WinnerVanessa RedgravePlaying for Time (1980)

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Joanne WoodwardCrisis at Central HighNominee

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🏆 WinnerPatty DukeThe Miracle Worker (1979)

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🏆 WinnerBette DavisStrangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979)

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Mary Tyler MooreNominee

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🏆 WinnerMeryl StreepHolocaust (1978)

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KCicely TysonKingNominee

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🏆 WinnerSally FieldSybil

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🏆 WinnerPatty DukeCaptains and the Kings

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Great PerformancesNominee

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🏆 WinnerJessica WalterAmy Prentiss

AP

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🏆 WinnerCicely TysonThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

🏆 WinnerMildred NatwickThe Snoop Sisters

TS

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🏆 WinnerSusan HampshireVanity Fair

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🏆 WinnerGlenda JacksonElizabeth R

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🏆 WinnerLee Grant

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🏆 WinnerPatty DukeMy Sweet Charlie

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🏆 WinnerGeraldine PageThe Thanksgiving Visitor

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🏆 WinnerGeraldine PageABC Stage 67

AS

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🏆 WinnerSimone SignoretBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

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🏆 WinnerLynn FontanneHallmark Hall of Fame

HH

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🏆 WinnerShelley WintersBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

BH

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🏆 WinnerKim StanleyBen Casey (1961)

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🏆 WinnerJulie HarrisHallmark Hall of Fame

HH

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🏆 WinnerJudith AndersonMacbeth (1964)

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🏆 WinnerJulie HarrisHallmark Hall of Fame

HH

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🏆 WinnerPolly BergenPlayhouse 90 (1956)

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🏆 WinnerClaire TrevorProducers' Showcase

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🏆 WinnerMary MartinProducers' Showcase

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🏆 WinnerJudith AndersonMacbeth

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Joey KingThe ActNominee

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🏆 WinnerRosemary Harris

🏆 WinnerKatharine Hepburn

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Mary-Louise ParkerNominee