Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama of Series |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| Currently held by | Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (2011) |
| Official website | http://www.emmys.com/ |
For the Daytime Emmy Awards, see Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – a Drama Series.
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| Superlative | Lead Actress - Drama Series | Supporting Actress - Drama Series | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress with most awards | Tyne Daly, Michael Learned | 4 | Nancy Marchand | 4 | Tyne Daly | 6 |
| Actress with most nominations | Angela Lansbury | 12 | Tyne Daly | 8 | Tyne Daly | 14 |
| Actress with most nominations without ever winning |
Angela Lansbury | 12 | Barbara Bosson | 7 | Angela Lansbury | 12 |
| Television program with most wins | Cagney and Lacey | 6 | Lou Grant | 4 | Cagney and Lacey | 6 |
| Television program with most nominations | Cagney and Lacey, Murder, She Wrote | 12 | Lou Grant | 8 | Hill Street Blues | 19 |