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
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by	Martha Plimpton,; The Good Wife (2012)
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.

Superlatives [edit]

Superlative	Lead Actress - Drama Series		Supporting Actress - Drama Series		Guest Actress - Drama Series		Overall
Actress with most awards	Michael Learned, Tyne Daly	4	Nancy Marchand	4	Shirley Knight, Alfre Woodard, Amanda Plummer, Patricia Clarkson	2	Tyne Daly	6
Actress with most nominations	Angela Lansbury	12	Tyne Daly	8	Alfre Woodard	4	Tyne Daly	14
Actress with most nominations without ever winning	Angela Lansbury	12	Barbara Bosson	6	Penny Fuller, Veronica Cartwright, Swoosie Kurtz, Marlee Matlin, Jean Smart	3	Angela Lansbury	13
Television program with most wins	Cagney & Lacey	6	Lou Grant	4	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	5	The Waltons	7
Television program with most nominations	Cagney & Lacey, Murder, She Wrote	12	Hill Street Blues	13	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	15	ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	23

Award winners and nominations [edit]

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 [edit]

2000: Beah Richards – The Practice as Gertrude Turner
- Jane Alexander – Law & Order / 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 / 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 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 Cresswell
- 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 Andrea Curtin

2010s [edit]

2010: Ann-Margret – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Rita Wills
- Shirley Jones – The Cleaner as Lola Zellman
- Elizabeth Mitchell – Lost as Dr. 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 Dr. Faye Miller
- Joan Cusack – Shameless as Sheila Jackson
- Randee Heller – Mad Men as Ida Blankenship
- Mary McDonnell – The Closer as Capt. Sharon Raydor
- Julia Stiles – Dexter as Lumen Pierce
- Alfre Woodard – True Blood as Ruby Jean Reynolds

2012: Martha Plimpton – The Good Wife as Patti Nyholm
- Joan Cusack – Shameless as Sheila Jackson
- Loretta Devine – Grey's Anatomy as Adele Webber
- Julia Ormond – Mad Men as Marie Calvet
- Jean Smart – Harry's Law as Roseanna Remmick
- Uma Thurman – Smash as Rebecca Duvall

Multiple winners [edit]

2 wins

Multiple nominations [edit]

2 nominations

3 nominations

4 nominations

Alfre Woodard

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

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