A list of actresses and television series that won and were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama.
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1960s
- 1961note : Pauline Frederick
- 1962note : Donna Reed for The Donna Reed Show as Donna Stone
- 1963note : Inger Stevens for The Farmer's Daughter as Katrin "Katy" Holstrum
- Shirley Booth for Hazel as Hazel Burke
- Dorothy Loudon for The Garry Moore Show as various characters
- Carolyn Jones for Burke's Law as Betsy Richards / Meredith Richards / Jane Richards
- Gloria Swanson for Burke's Law as Venus Walsh
- 1964note : Mary Tyler Moore for The Dick Van Dyke Show as Laura Petrie
- Dorothy Malone for Peyton Place as Constance MacKenzie
- Yvette Mimieux for Dr. Kildare as Pat Holmes
- Elizabeth Montgomery for Bewitched as Samantha Stephens
- Julie Newmar for My Living Doll as Rhoda Miller
- 1965note : Anne Francis for Honey West as Honey West
- Patty Duke for The Patty Duke Show as Patty Lane / Cathy Lane
- Mia Farrow for Peyton Place as Allison MacKenzie
- Dorothy Malone for Peyton Place as Constance MacKenzie
- Barbara Stanwyck for The Big Valley as Victoria Barkley
- 1966note : Marlo Thomas for That Girl as Ann Marie
- Phyllis Diller for The Pruitts of Southampton as Phyllis Pruitt
- Barbara Eden for I Dream of Jeannie as Jeannie
- Elizabeth Montgomery for Bewitched as Samantha Stephens
- Barbara Stanwyck for The Big Valley as Victoria Barkley
- 1967note : Carol Burnett for The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
- Barbara Bain for Mission: Impossible as Cinnamon Carter
- Lucille Ball for The Lucy Show as Lucy Carmichael
- Nancy Sinatra for Movin' with Nancy as various characters
- Barbara Stanwyck for The Big Valley as Victoria Barkley
- 1968note : Diahann Carroll for Julia as Julia Baker
- Doris Day for The Doris Day Show as Doris Martin
- Hope Lange for The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as Carolyn Muir
- Elizabeth Montgomery for Bewitched as Samantha Stephens
- Nancy Sinatra for The Nancy Sinatra Show as various characters
- 1969note : Linda Cristal for The High Chaparral as Victoria Montoya-Cannon
- Amanda Blake for Gunsmoke as Kathleen "Kitty" Russell
- Peggy Lipton for The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes
- Denise Nicholas for Room 222 as Liz McIntyre
- Eleanor Parker for Bracken's World as Sylvia Caldwell
1970s
- 1970note : Peggy Lipton for The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes
- Amanda Blake for Gunsmoke as Kathleen "Kitty" Russell
- Linda Cristal for The High Chaparral as Victoria Montoya-Cannon
- Yvette Mimieux for The Most Deadly Game as Vanessa Smith
- Denise Nicholas for Room 222 as Liz McIntyre
- 1971note : Patricia Neal for The Waltons as Olivia Walton
- Lynda Day George for Mission: Impossible as Lisa Casey
- Peggy Lipton for The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes
- Denise Nicholas for Room 222 as Liz McIntyre
- Susan Saint James for McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan
- 1972note : Gail Fisher for Mannix as Peggy Fair
- Ellen Corby for The Waltons as Esther Walton
- Michael Learned for The Waltons as Olivia Walton
- Peggy Lipton for The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes
- Susan Saint James for McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan
- 1973note : Lee Remick for The Blue Knight as Cassie Walters
- Michael Learned for The Waltons as Olivia Walton
- Julie London for Emergency! as Dixie McCall
- Emily McLaughlin for General Hospital as Jessie Brewer
- Susan Saint James for McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan
- 1974note : Angie Dickinson for Police Woman as Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
- Teresa Graves for Get Christie Love! as Christie Love
- Michael Learned for The Waltons as Olivia Walton
- Jean Marsh for Upstairs Downstairs as Rose Buck
- Emily McLaughlin for General Hospital as Jessie Brewer
- Lee Meriwether for Barnaby Jones as Betty Jones
- 1975note : Lee Remick for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Jeanette "Jennie" Spencer-Churchill
- Angie Dickinson for Police Woman as Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
- Rosemary Harris for Notorious Woman as George Sand
- Michael Learned for The Waltons as Olivia Walton
- Lee Meriwether for Barnaby Jones as Betty Jones
- 1976note : Susan Blakely for Rich Man, Poor Man as Julie Prescott
- Angie Dickinson for Police Woman as Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
- Farrah Fawcett for Charlie's Angels as Jill Munroe
- Kate Jackson for Charlie's Angels as Sabrina Duncan
- Jean Marsh for Upstairs Downstairs as Rose Buck
- Sada Thompson for Family as Kate Lawrence
- Lindsay Wagner for The Bionic Woman as Jaime Sommers
- 1977note : Lesley Ann Warren for 79 Park Avenue as Marja Fludjicki / Marianne
- Angie Dickinson for Police Woman as Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
- Kate Jackson for Charlie's Angels as Sabrina Duncan
- Leslie Uggams for Roots as Kizzy Reynolds
- Lindsay Wagner for The Bionic Woman as Jaime Sommers
- 1978note : Rosemary Harris for Holocaust as Berta Palitz-Weiss
- Kate Jackson for Charlie's Angels as Sabrina Duncan
- Kristy McNichol for Family as Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence
- Lee Remick for Wheels as Erica Trenton
- Sada Thompson for Family as Kate Lawrence
- 1979note : Natalie Wood for From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
- Barbara Bel Geddes for Dallas as Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing
- Kate Mulgrew for Mrs. Columbo as Kate Columbo
- Stefanie Powers for Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
- Sada Thompson for Family as Kate Lawrence
1980s
- 1980note : Yoko Shimada for Shōgun as Lady Toda Mariko
- Barbara Bel Geddes for Dallas as Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing
- Linda Gray for Dallas as Sue Ellen Ewing
- Melissa Gilbert for Little House on the Prairie as Laura Ingalls
- Stefanie Powers for Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
- 1981: Tie
- Linda Evans for Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
- Barbara Bel Geddes for Dallas as Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing
- Joan Collins for Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Morgan Fairchild for Flamingo Road as Constance Weldon-Carlyle
- Linda Gray for Dallas as Sue Ellen Ewing
- Stefanie Powers for Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
- 1982: Joan Collins for Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Linda Evans for Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
- Stefanie Powers for Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
- Victoria Principal for Dallas as Pamela "Pam" Barnes-Ewing
- Jane Wyman for Falcon Crest as Angela Channing
- 1983: Jane Wyman for Falcon Crest as Angela Channing
- Joan Collins for Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Tyne Daly for Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey
- Linda Evans for Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
- Stefanie Powers for Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
- 1984: Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Joan Collins for Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Tyne Daly for Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey
- Linda Evans for Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
- Sharon Gless for Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
- Kate Jackson for Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Amanda King
- 1985: Sharon Gless for Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
- Joan Collins for Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Tyne Daly for Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey
- Linda Evans for Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
- Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- 1986: Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Joan Collins for Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Tyne Daly for Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey
- Sharon Gless for Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
- Connie Sellecca for Hotel as Christine Francis
- 1987: Susan Dey for L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen
- Jill Eikenberry for L.A. Law as Ann Kelsey
- Sharon Gless for Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
- Linda Hamilton for Beauty and the Beast as Catherine Chandler
- Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- 1988: Jill Eikenberry for L.A. Law as Ann Kelsey
- Susan Dey for L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen
- Sharon Gless for Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
- Linda Hamilton for Beauty and the Beast as Catherine Chandler
- Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- 1989: Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Dana Delany for China Beach as Colleen McMurphy
- Susan Dey for L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen
- Jill Eikenberry for L.A. Law as Ann Kelsey
- Mel Harris for thirtysomething as Hope Murdoch-Steadman
1990s
- 1990: Tie
- Sharon Gless for The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Fiona "Rosie" O'Neill
- Patricia Wetting for thirtysomething as Nancy Krieger-Weston
- Dana Delany for China Beach as Colleen McMurphy
- Susan Dey for L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen
- Jill Eikenberry for L.A. Law as Ann Kelsey
- Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- 1991: Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Susan Dey for L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen
- Sharon Gless for The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Fiona "Rosie" O'Neill
- Marlee Matlin for Reasonable Doubts as Tess Kaufman
- Janine Turner for Northern Exposure as Margaret "Maggie" O'Connell
- 1992: Regina Taylor for I'll Fly Away as Lilly Harper
- Mariel Hemingway for Civil Wars as Sydney Guilford
- Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Marlee Matlin for Reasonable Doubts as Tess Kaufman
- Janine Turner for Northern Exposure as Margaret "Maggie" O'Connell
- 1993: Kathy Baker for Picket Fences as Jill Brock
- Heather Locklear for Melrose Place as Amanda Woodward
- Jane Seymour for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn
- Janine Turner for Northern Exposure as Margaret "Maggie" O'Connell
- Sela Ward for Sisters as Theodora "Teddy" Reed
- 1994: Claire Danes for My So-Called Life as Angela Chase
- Kathy Baker for Picket Fences as Jill Brock
- Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Heather Locklear for Melrose Place as Amanda Woodward
- Jane Seymour for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn
- 1995: Jane Seymour for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn
- Gillian Anderson for The X-Files as Special Agent Dana Scully
- Kathy Baker for Picket Fences as Jill Brock
- Heather Locklear for Melrose Place as Amanda Woodward
- Sherry Stringfield for ER as Dr. Susan Lewis
- 1996: Gillian Anderson for The X-Files as Special Agent Dana Scully
- Christine Lahti for Chicago Hope as Dr. Kate Austin
- Heather Locklear for Melrose Place as Amanda Woodward
- Jane Seymour for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn
- Sherry Stringfield for ER as Dr. Susan Lewis
- 1997: Christine Lahti for Chicago Hope as Dr. Kate Austin
- Gillian Anderson for The X-Files as Special Agent Dana Scully
- Kim Delaney for NYPD Blue as Detective Diane Russell
- Roma Downey for Touched by an Angel as Monica
- Julianna Margulies for ER as Dr. Carol Hathaway
- 1998: Keri Russell for Felicity as Felicity Porter
- Gillian Anderson for The X-Files as Special Agent Dana Scully
- Kim Delaney for NYPD Blue as Detective Diane Russell
- Roma Downey for Touched by an Angel as Monica
- Julianna Margulies for ER as Dr. Carol Hathaway
- 1999: Edie Falco for The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Lorraine Bracco for The Sopranos as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
- Amy Brenneman for Judging Amy as Amy Gray
- Julianna Margulies for ER as Dr. Carol Hathaway
- Sela Ward for Once and Again as Lily Manning
2000s
- 2000: Sela Ward for Once and Again as Lily Manning
- Jessica Alba for Dark Angel as Max Guevara
- Lorraine Bracco for The Sopranos as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
- Amy Brenneman for Judging Amy as Amy Gray
- Edie Falco for The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Sarah Michelle Gellar for Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Buffy Summers
- 2001: Jennifer Garner for Alias as Sydney Bristow
- Lorraine Bracco for The Sopranos as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
- Amy Brenneman for Judging Amy as Amy Gray
- Edie Falco for The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Lauren Graham for Gilmore Girls as Lorelai Gilmore
- Marg Helgenberger for CSI as Catherine Willows
- Sela Ward for Once and Again as Lily Manning
- 2002: Edie Falco for The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Jennifer Garner for Alias as Sydney Bristow
- Rachel Griffiths for Six Feet Under as Brenda Chenowith
- Marg Helgenberger for CSI as Catherine Willows
- Allison Janney for The West Wing as Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg
- 2003: Frances Conroy for Six Feet Under as Ruth Fisher
- Jennifer Garner for Alias as Sydney Bristow
- Allison Janney for The West Wing as Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg
- Joely Richardson for Nip/Tuck as Julia McNamara
- Amber Tamblyn for Joan of Arcadia as Joan Girardi
- 2004: Mariska Hargitay for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Olivia Benson
- Edie Falco for The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Jennifer Garner for Alias as Sydney Bristow
- Christine Lahti for Jack & Bobby as Grace McCallister
- Joely Richardson for Nip/Tuck as Julia McNamara
- 2005: Geena Davis for Commander in Chief as President Mackenzie "Mac" Allen
- Patricia Arquette for Medium as Allison DuBois
- Glenn Close for The Shield as Captain Monica Rawling
- Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
- Polly Walker for Rome as Atia of the Julii
- 2006: Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
- Patricia Arquette for Medium as Allison DuBois
- Edie Falco for The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Evangeline Lilly for Lost as Kate Austen
- Ellen Pompeo for Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Meredith Grey
- 2007: Glenn Close for Damages as Patricia "Patty" Hewes
- Patricia Arquette for Medium as Allison DuBois
- Minnie Driver for The Riches as Dahlia Malloy
- Edie Falco for The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Sally Field for Brothers & Sisters as Nora Walker
- Holly Hunter for Saving Grace as Grace Hanadarko
- Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
- 2008: Anna Paquin for True Blood as Sookie Stackhouse
- Sally Field for Brothers & Sisters as Nora Walker
- Mariska Hargitay for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Olivia Benson
- January Jones for Mad Men as Elizabeth "Betty" Draper
- Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
- 2009: Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- Glenn Close for Damages as Patricia "Patty" Hewes
- January Jones for Mad Men as Elizabeth "Betty" Draper
- Anna Paquin for True Blood as Sookie Stackhouse
- Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
2010s
- 2010: Katey Sagal for Sons of Anarchy as Gemma Teller-Morrow
- Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- Elisabeth Moss for Mad Men as Margaret "Peggy" Olson
- Piper Perabo for Covert Affairs as Annie Walker
- Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer as Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
- 2011: Claire Danes for Homeland as Carrie Mathison
- Mireille Enos for The Killing as Detective Sarah Linden
- Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- Madeleine Stowe for Revenge as Victoria Grayson
- Callie Thorne for Necessary Roughness as Dr. Danielle "Dani" Santino
- 2012: Claire Danes for Homeland as Carrie Mathison
- Connie Britton for Nashville as Rayna Jaymes
- Glenn Close for Damages as Patricia "Patty" Hewes
- Michelle Dockery for Downton Abbey as Lady Mary Crawley
- Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- 2013: Robin Wright for House of Cards as Claire Underwood
- Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- Tatiana Maslany for Orphan Black as various characters
- Taylor Schilling for Orange Is the New Black as Piper Chapman
- Kerry Washington for Scandal as Olivia Pope
- 2014: Ruth Wilson for The Affair as Alison Lockhart
- Claire Danes for Homeland as Carrie Mathison
- Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder as Annalise Keating
- Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- Robin Wright for House of Cards as Claire Underwood
- 2015: Taraji P. Henson for Empire as Loretha "Cookie" Lyon
- Caitríona Balfe for Outlander as Claire Fraser
- Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder as Annalise Keating
- Eva Green for Penny Dreadful as Vanessa Ives
- Robin Wright for House of Cards as Claire Underwood
- 2016: Claire Foy for The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II of England
- Caitríona Balfe for Outlander as Claire Fraser
- Keri Russell for The Americans as Elizabeth Jennings
- Winona Ryder for Stranger Things as Joyce Byers
- Evan Rachel Wood for Westworld as Dolores Abernathy
- 2017: Elisabeth Moss for The Handmaid's Tale as June Osborne / Offred
- Caitríona Balfe for Outlander as Claire Fraser
- Claire Foy for The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II of England
- Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Deuce as Eileen "Candy" Merrell
- Katherine Langford for 13 Reasons Why as Hannah Baker
- 2018: Sandra Oh for Killing Eve as Eve Polastri
- Caitríona Balfe for Outlander as Claire Fraser
- Elisabeth Moss for The Handmaid's Tale as June Osborne / Offred
- Julia Roberts for Homecoming as Heidi Bergman
- Keri Russell for The Americans as Elizabeth Jennings
- 2019: Olivia Colman for The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II of England
- Jennifer Aniston for The Morning Show as Alexandra "Alex" Levy
- Jodie Comer for Killing Eve as Villanelle / Oksana Astankova
- Nicole Kidman for Big Little Lies as Celeste Wright
- Reese Witherspoon for The Morning Show as Bradley Jackson
2020s
- 2020: Emma Corrin for The Crown as Diana, Princess of Wales
- Olivia Colman for The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II of England
- Jodie Comer for Killing Eve as Villanelle / Oksana Astankova
- Laura Linney for Ozark as Wendy Byrde
- Sarah Paulson for Ratched as Mildred Ratched
- 2021: MJ Rodriguez for Pose as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista
- Uzo Aduba for In Treatment as Dr. Brooke Taylor
- Jennifer Aniston for The Morning Show as Alexandra "Alex" Levy
- Christine Baranski for The Good Fight as Diane Lockhart
- Elisabeth Moss for The Handmaid's Tale as June Osborne / Offred
- 2022: Zendaya for Euphoria as Ruby "Rue" Bennett
- Emma D'Arcy for House of the Dragon as Rhaenyra Targaryen
- Laura Linney for Ozark as Wendy Byrde
- Imelda Staunton for The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II of England
- Hilary Swank for Alaska Daily as Eileen Fitzgerald
- 2023: Sarah Snook for Succession as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy
- Helen Mirren for 1923 as Cara Dutton
- Bella Ramsey for The Last of Us as Ellie Williams
- Keri Russell for The Diplomat as Katherine "Kate" Wyler
- Imelda Staunton for The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II of England
- Emma Stone for The Curse as Whitney Siegel