Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Country	United States
Currently held by	Loretta Devine, Grey's Anatomy (2011)
Official website	http://www.emmys.com/

This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Guest Supporting Actress.

Award winners and nominations

1970s

• 1975: Zohra Lampert – Kojak (tie with Cloris Leachman -Mary Tyler Moore)
• 1976: Fionnula Flanagan – Rich Man, Poor Man
• 1977: Beulah Bondi – The Waltons
• 1978: Rita Moreno – The Rockford Files

1980s

• 1987: Alfre Woodard – L.A. Law
• 1988: Shirley Knight – thirtysomething
• 1989: Kay Lenz – Midnight Caller

1990s

• 1990: Viveca Lindfors – Life Goes On as Mrs. Doubcha
  • Ruby Dee - China Beach as Ruby
  • Colleen Dewhurst - Road to Avonlea as Marilla Cuthbert
  • Shirley Knight - thirtysomething as Ruth Murdoch
  • Kay Lenz - Midnight Caller as Tina Cassidy

• 1991: Peggy McCay – The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Irene Hayes
  • Eileen Brennan - thirtysomething as Margaret Weston
  • Colleen Dewhurst - Road to Avonlea as Marilla Cuthbert
  • Penny Fuller - China Beach as Margaret Mary McMurphy
• 1992: no award

• 1993: Elaine Stritch – Law & Order as Lanie Stieglitz
  • Bibi Besch - Northern Exposure as Jane O'Connell
  • Rosanna Carter - I'll Fly Away as various characters
  • Diane Ladd - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Charlotte Cooper
  • Gwen Verdon - Homicide: Life on the Street as Jessie Doohen

• 1994: Faye Dunaway – Columbo: It's All in the Game as Lauren Staton
  • Bonnie Bedelia - Fallen Angels as Sally Creighton
  • Stockard Channing - Road to Avonlea as Viola Elliot
  • Laura Dern - Fallen Angels as Annie Ainsley
  • Penny Fuller - NYPD Blue as Roberta Taub
  • Marlee Matlin - Picket Fences as Mayor Laurie Bey

• 1995: Shirley Knight – NYPD Blue as Agnes Cantwell
  • Amy Brenneman - NYPD Blue as Janice Licalsi
  • Rosemary Clooney - ER as Madame X/ Mary Cavanaugh
  • Colleen Flynn - ER as Jodi O'Brien
  • CCH Pounder - The X-Files as Agent Lucy Kazdin

• 1996: Amanda Plummer – The Outer Limits as Dr. Theresa Givens
  • Louise Fletcher - Picket Fences as Christine Bey
  • Penny Fuller - ER as Mrs. Constantine
  • Carol Kane - Chicago Hope as Marguerite Birch
  • Maureen Stapleton - Road to Avonlea as Maggie MacPhee
  • Lily Tomlin - Homicide: Life on the Street as Rose Halligan

• 1997: Dianne Wiest – Road to Avonlea as Lillian Hepworth
  • Veronica Cartwright - ER as Norma Houston
  • Diane Ladd - Touched by an Angel as Carolyn Sellers
  • Anne Meara - Homicide: Life on the Street as Donna DiGrazi
  • Isabella Rossellini - Chicago Hope as Prof. Marina Giannini

• 1998: Cloris Leachman – Promised Land as Aunt Ethel Mooster
  • Veronica Cartwright - The X-Files as Cassandra Spender
  • Swoosie Kurtz - ER as Tina Marie Chambliss
  • Lili Taylor - The X-Files as Marty Glenn
  • Alfre Woodard - Homicide: Life on the Street as Dr. Roxanne Turner

• 1999: Debra Monk – NYPD Blue as Katie Sipowicz
  • Veronica Cartwright - The X-Files as Cassandra Spender
  • Patty Duke - Touched by an Angel as Nancy Williams
  • Julia Roberts - Law & Order as Katrina Ludlow
  • Marion Ross - Touched by an Angel as Emma

2000s

• 2000: Beah Richards – The Practice as Gertrude Turner
  • Jane Alexander – Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Regina Mulroney
  • Kathy Baker – Touched by an Angel as Ellen
  • Marlee Matlin – The Practice as Sally Berg
  • Tracy Pollan – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Harper Anderson

• 2001: Sally Field – ER as Maggie Lockhart
  • Kathy Baker – Boston Public as Meredith Peters
  • Dana Delany – Family Law as Mary Sullivan
  • Annabella Sciorra – The Sopranos as Gloria Trillo
  • Jean Smart – The District as Sherry Regan

• 2002: Patricia Clarkson – Six Feet Under as Sarah O'Connor
  • Illeana Douglas – Six Feet Under as Angela
  • Mary McDonnell – ER as Eleanor Carter
  • Martha Plimpton – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Claire Rinato
  • Lili Taylor – Six Feet Under as Lisa Kimmel Fisher

• 2003: Alfre Woodard – The Practice as Denise Freeman
  • Barbara Barrie – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Paula Haggerty
  • Kathy Bates – Six Feet Under as Bettina
  • Farrah Fawcett – The Guardian as Mary Gressler
  • Tovah Feldshuh – Law & Order as Danielle Melnick
  • Sally Field – ER as Maggie Lockhart

• 2004: Sharon Stone – The Practice as Sheila Carlisle
  • Louise Fletcher – Joan of Arcadia as Eva
  • Marlee Matlin – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Amy Solwey
  • Betty White – The Practice as Catherine Piper
  • Mare Winningham – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sandra Blaine

• 2005: Amanda Plummer – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Miranda Cole
  • Jill Clayburgh – Nip/Tuck as Bobbi Broderick
  • Swoosie Kurtz – Huff as Madeleine Sullivan
  • Angela Lansbury – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Eleanor Duvall
  • Cloris Leachman – Joan of Arcadia as Aunt Olive

• 2006: Patricia Clarkson – Six Feet Under as Sarah O'Connor
  • Kate Burton – Grey's Anatomy as Ellis Grey
  • Joanna Cassidy – Six Feet Under as Margaret Chenowith
  • Swoosie Kurtz – Huff as Madeleine Sullivan
  • Christina Ricci – Grey's Anatomy as Hannah Davies

• 2007: Leslie Caron – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lorraine Delmas
  • Kate Burton – Grey's Anatomy as Ellis Grey
  • Marcia Gay Harden – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Special Agent Dana Lewis
  • Elizabeth Reaser – Grey's Anatomy as Rebecca Pope
  • Jean Smart – 24 as Martha Logan

• 2008: Cynthia Nixon – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Janis Donovan
  • Ellen Burstyn – Big Love as Nancy Davis Dutton
  • Diahann Carroll – Grey's Anatomy as Jane Burke
  • Sharon Gless – Nip/Tuck as Colleen Rose
  • Anjelica Huston – Medium as Cynthia Keener

• 2009: Ellen Burstyn – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Bernie Stabler
  • Brenda Blethyn – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Linnie Malcolm/Caroline Cantwell
  • Carol Burnett – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Birdie Sulloway
  • Sharon Lawrence – Grey's Anatomy as Robbie Stevens
  • CCH Pounder – The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as Mrs. Curtin

2010s

• 2010: Ann-Margret – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Rita Wills
  • Shirley Jones – The Cleaner as Lola Zellman
  • Elizabeth Mitchell – Lost as Juliet Burke
  • Mary Kay Place – Big Love as Adaleen Grant
  • Sissy Spacek – Big Love as Marilyn Densham
  • Lily Tomlin – Damages as Marilyn Tobin

• 2011: Loretta Devine – Grey's Anatomy as Adele Webber
  • Cara Buono – Mad Men as Faye Miller
  • Joan Cusack – Shameless as Sheila Jackson
  • Randee Heller – Mad Men as Miss Ida Blankenship
  • Mary McDonnell – The Closer as Capt. Sharon Raydor
  • Julia Stiles – Dexter as Lumen Pierce
  • Alfre Woodard – True Blood as Ruby Jean Reynolds

Multiple winners

2 wins

• Alfre Woodard
• Patricia Clarkson
• Amanda Plummer

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

• Kathy Baker
• Ellen Burstyn
• Kate Burton
• Patricia Clarkson
• Colleen Dewhurst
• Sally Field
• Louise Fletcher
• Shirley Knight
• Diane Ladd
• Cloris Leachman
• Mary McDonnell
• Amanda Plummer
• CCH Pounder
• Lili Taylor
• Lily Tomlin

3 nominations

• Veronica Cartwright
• Penny Fuller
• Swoosie Kurtz
• Marlee Matlin

4 nominations

• Alfre Woodard