Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
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The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy is one of the annual awards given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The formal title has varied since its inception and as of 2002 is officially called: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy.
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Winners and nominees [edit]
1960s [edit]
| Year | Actress | Program | Role |
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| 1969 (26th) |
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| Carol Burnett (tie) | The Carol Burnett Show | Various characters | |
| Julie Sommars (tie) | The Governor & J.J. | J.J. | |
| Lucille Ball | Here's Lucy | Lucy Carter | |
| Diahann Carroll | Julia | Julia Baker | |
| Barbara Eden | I Dream of Jeannie | Jeannie | |
| Debbie Reynolds | The Debbie Reynolds Show | Various Characters |
1970s [edit]
| Year | Actress | Program | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (27th) |
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| Mary Tyler Moore | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Mary Richards | |
| Carol Burnett | The Carol Burnett Show | Various characters | |
| Juliet Mills | Nanny and the Professor | Nanny Phoebe Figgalily | |
| Elizabeth Montgomery | Bewitched | Samantha Stephens | |
| Shirley Jones | The Partridge Family | Shirley Partridge |
1971: Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
- Lucille Ball – Here's Lucy as Lucy Carter
- Shirley Jones – The Partridge Family as Shirley Partridge
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
- Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
1972: Jean Stapleton – All In the Family as Edith Bunker
- Julie Andrews – The Julie Andrews Hour as various characters
- Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
- Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
1973: Cher – The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as various characters and
1973: Jean Stapleton – All In the Family as Edith Bunker
- Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
- Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
1974: Valerie Harper – Rhoda as Rhoda Morgenstern
- Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
- Esther Rolle – Good Times as Florida Evans
- Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
1975: Cloris Leachman – Phyllis as Phyllis Lindstrom
- Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
- Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
- Valerie Harper – Rhoda as Rhoda Morgenstern
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
1976: Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
- Bernadette Peters – All's Fair as Charlotte "Charley" Drake
- Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Wheezie" Jefferson
- Dinah Shore – Dinah! as Dinah
1977: Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
- Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
- Penny Marshall – Laverne & Shirley as Laverne DeFazio
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Wheezie" Jefferson
- Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
- Cindy Williams – Laverne & Shirley as Shirley Feeney
1978: Linda Lavin – Alice as Alice Hyatt
- Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various character
- Penny Marshall – Laverne & Shirley as Laverne DeFazio
- Suzanne Somers – Three's Company as Chrissy Snow
- Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
1979: Linda Lavin – Alice as Alice Hyatt
- Penny Marshall – Laverne & Shirley as Laverne DeFazio
- Donna Pescow – Angie as Angie Falco
- Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
- Loretta Swit – M*A*S*H as Maj. Margaret Houlihan
1980s [edit]
1980: Katherine Helmond – Soap as Jessica Tate
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- Loni Anderson – WKRP in Cincinnati as Jennifer Marlowe
- Polly Holliday – Flo as Flo Castleberry
- Linda Lavin – Alice as Alice Hyatt
- Lynn Redgrave – House Calls as Ann Atkinson
1981: Eileen Brennan – Private Benjamin as Capt. Doreen Lewis
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- Loni Anderson – WKRP in Cincinnati as Jennifer Marlowe
- Bonnie Franklin – One Day at a Time as Ann Romano
- Barbara Mandrell – Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters as herself
- Loretta Swit – M*A*S*H as Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
1982: Debbie Allen – Fame as Lydia Grant
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- Eileen Brennan – Private Benjamin as Capt. Doreen Lewis
- Nell Carter – Gimme a Break! as Nell Harper
- Bonnie Franklin – One Day at a Time as Ann Romano
- Rita Moreno – 9 to 5 as Violet Newstead
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezie" Jefferson
1983: Joanna Cassidy – Buffalo Bill as Jojo White
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- Debbie Allen – Fame as Lydia Grant
- Madeline Kahn – Oh Madeline as Madeline Wayne
- Shelley Long – Cheers as Diane Chambers
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezie" Jefferson
1984: Shelley Long – Cheers as Diane Chambers
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- Debbie Allen – Fame as Lydia Grant
- Nell Carter – Gimme a Break! as Nell Harper
- Susan Clark – Webster as Katherine Papadapolis
- Jane Curtin – Kate & Allie as Allie Lowell
- Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezie" Jefferson
- 1985: Estelle Getty – The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo
- 1985: Cybill Shepherd – Moonlighting as Maddie Hayes
- Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
- Rue McClanahan – The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux
- Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund
1986: Cybill Shepherd – Moonlighting as Maddie Hayes
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- Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
- Estelle Getty – The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo
- Rue McClanahan – The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux
- Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund
1987: Tracey Ullman – The Tracey Ullman Show as various characters
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- Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
- Rue McClanahan – The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux
- Cybill Shepherd – Moonlighting as Maddie Hayes
- Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund
1988: Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
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- Beatrice Arthur – The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
- Roseanne – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
- Tracey Ullman – The Tracey Ullman Show as various characters
- Betty White – The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund
1989: Jamie Lee Curtis – Anything but Love as Hannah Miller
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- Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
- Stephanie Beacham – Sister Kate as Sister Kate Lambert
- Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Tracey Ullman – The Tracey Ullman Show as various characters
1990s [edit]
1990: Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
- Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Carol Burnett – Carol & Company as various characters
- Roseanne – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
- Katey Sagal – Married... with Children as Peggy Bundy
1991: Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
- Jamie Lee Curtis – Anything but Love as Hannah Miller
- Roseanne Barr – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
- Katey Sagal – Married... with Children as Peggy Bundy
1992: Roseanne Barr – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
- Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
- Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Katey Sagal – Married... with Children as Peggy Bundy
1993: Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Roseanne Barr – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
- Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement as Jill Taylor
- Katey Sagal – Married... with Children as Peggy Bundy
1994: Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Brett Butler – Grace Under Fire as Grace Kelly
- Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
- Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement as Jill Taylor
1995: Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan
- Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
- Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
- Fran Drescher – The Nanny as Fran Fine
- Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
1996: Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Brett Butler – Grace Under Fire as Grace Kelly
- Fran Drescher – The Nanny as Fran Fine
- Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan
- Brooke Shields – Suddenly Susan as Susan Keane
- Tracey Ullman – Tracey Takes On... as various characters
1997: Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
- Kirstie Alley – Veronica's Closet as Veronica Chase
- Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
- Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg as Dharma Montgomery
- Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
- Brooke Shields – Suddenly Susan as Susan Keane
1998: Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg as Dharma Montgomery
- Christina Applegate – Jesse as Jesse Warner
- Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
- Laura San Giacomo – Just Shoot Me! as Maya Gallo
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw
1999: Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw
- Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg as Dharma Montgomery
- Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
- Felicity Huffman – Sports Night as Dana Whitaker
- Heather Locklear – Spin City as Caitlin Moore
- Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
2000s [edit]
2000: Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw
- Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
- Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois Wilkerson
- Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
- Bette Midler – Bette as Bette
2001: Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw
- Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
- Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois Wilkerson
- Heather Locklear – Spin City as Caitlin Moore
- Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
2002: Jennifer Aniston – Friends as Rachel Green
- Bonnie Hunt – Life with Bonnie as Bonnie Molloy
- Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois Wilkerson
- Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw
2003: Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw
- Bonnie Hunt – Life with Bonnie as Bonnie Molloy
- Reba McEntire – Reba as Reba Nell Hart
- Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
- Bitty Schram – Monk as Sharona Fleming
- Alicia Silverstone – Miss Match as Kate Fox
2004: Teri Hatcher – Desperate Housewives as Susan Mayer
- Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives as Bree Van De Kamp
- Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo
- Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
- Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw
2005: Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin
- Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives as Bree Hodge
- Teri Hatcher – Desperate Housewives as Susan Mayer
- Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo
- Eva Longoria – Desperate Housewives as Gabrielle Solis
2006: America Ferrera – Ugly Betty as Betty Suarez
- Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives as Bree Hodge
- Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine as Christine Campbell
- Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin
2007: Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Christina Applegate – Samantha Who? as Samantha "Sam" Newly
- America Ferrera – Ugly Betty as Betty Suarez
- Anna Friel – Pushing Daisies as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles
- Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin
2008: Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Christina Applegate – Samantha Who? as Samantha "Sam" Newly
- America Ferrera – Ugly Betty as Betty Suarez
- Debra Messing – The Starter Wife as Molly Kagan
- Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin
2009: Toni Collette – United States of Tara as Tara Gregson
- Courteney Cox – Cougar Town as Jules Cobb
- Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie as Jackie Peyton
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Lea Michele – Glee as Rachel Berry
2010s [edit]
2010: Laura Linney – The Big C as Cathy Jamison
- Toni Collette – United States of Tara as Tara
- Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie as Jackie Peyton
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Lea Michele – Glee as Rachel Berry
2011: Laura Dern – Enlightened as Amy Jellicoe
- Zooey Deschanel – New Girl as Jess Day
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Laura Linney – The Big C as Cathy Jamison
- Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope
2012: Lena Dunham – Girls as Hannah Horvath
- Zooey Deschanel – New Girl as Jess Day
- Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep as Selina Meyer
- Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope
Multiple Winners [edit]
2 wins
3 wins
4 wins
Multiple Nominations [edit]
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12 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
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3 nominations
2 nominations
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See also [edit]
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
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