Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

2025

Aimee Lou Wood / The White Lotus

Natasha Rothwell / The White Lotus

Katherine LaNasa / The Pitt

Julianne Nicholson / Paradise (2025)

Carrie Coon / The White Lotus

Parker Posey / The White Lotus

2024

Christine Baranski / The Gilded Age

2023

Rhea Seehorn / Better Call Saul

Aubrey Plaza / The White Lotus

Sabrina Impacciatore / The White Lotus

Meghann Fahy / The White Lotus

Jennifer Coolidge / The White Lotus

Simona Tabasco / The White Lotus

J. Smith-Cameron / Succession

2022

J. Smith-Cameron / Succession

Rhea Seehorn / Better Call Saul

Christina Ricci / Yellowjackets

Sarah Snook / Succession

2021

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor / Lovecraft Country

2020

Fiona Shaw / Killing Eve

Sarah Snook / Succession

2019

Fiona Shaw / Killing Eve

Marsha Stephanie Blake / When They See Us

2016

Constance Zimmer / UnREAL

2013

Morena Baccarin / Homeland

2011

Kelly Macdonald / Boardwalk Empire

Margo Martindale / Justified

Michelle Forbes / The Killing (US)

2010

Rose Byrne / Damages

2009

Rose Byrne / Damages

2008

Candice Bergen / Boston Legal

2007

Aida Turturro / The Sopranos

Lorraine Bracco / The Sopranos

2006

Candice Bergen / Boston Legal

Blythe Danner / Huff

2005

CCH Pounder / The Shield

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Blythe Danner / Huff

2004

Drea de Matteo / The Sopranos

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Janel Moloney / The West Wing

2003

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Lauren Ambrose / Six Feet Under

Rachel Griffiths / Six Feet Under

2002

Janel Moloney / The West Wing

Lauren Ambrose / Six Feet Under

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Mary-Louise Parker / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

2001

Maura Tierney / ER

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Allison Janney / The West Wing

Aida Turturro / The Sopranos

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

2000

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Allison Janney / The West Wing

Nancy Marchand / The Sopranos

Holland Taylor / The Practice

1999

Holland Taylor / The Practice

Nancy Marchand / The Sopranos

Camryn Manheim / The Practice

Lara Flynn Boyle / The Practice

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

1998

Gloria Reuben / ER

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

Camryn Manheim / The Practice

Della Reese / Touched by an Angel

Laura Innes / ER

1997

Della Reese / Touched by an Angel

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

Laura Innes / ER

CCH Pounder / ER

Gloria Reuben / ER

1996

Barbara Bosson / Murder One

Julianna Margulies / ER

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

Tyne Daly / Christy

1995

Tyne Daly / Christy

Barbara Babcock / Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Julianna Margulies / ER

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

1994

Leigh Taylor-Young / Picket Fences

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

Jill Eikenberry / L.A. Law

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Jill Eikenberry / L.A. Law

Amy Brenneman / NYPD Blue

1993

Kellie Martin / Life Goes On

Cynthia Geary / Northern Exposure

Peg Phillips / Northern Exposure

Kay Lenz / Reasonable Doubts

Mary Alice / I'll Fly Away

1992

Kay Lenz / Reasonable Doubts

Cynthia Geary / Northern Exposure

Conchata Ferrell / L.A. Law

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Mary Alice / I'll Fly Away

Conchata Ferrell / L.A. Law

Northern Exposure

1991

Madge Sinclair / Gabriel's Fire

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

Piper Laurie / Twin Peaks

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

1990

Sherilyn Fenn / Twin Peaks

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

1989

Lois Nettleton / In the Heat of the Night

Michele Greene / L.A. Law

Amanda Plummer / L.A. Law

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

1988

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

Patricia Wettig / Thirtysomething

Polly Draper / Thirtysomething

1987

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

1986

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

1985

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

1984

Alfre Woodard / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

1983

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

1982

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Julie Harris / Knots Landing

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

1981

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Barrie / Breaking Away

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

1980

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Jessica Walter / Trapper John, M.D.

Nina Foch / Lou Grant

1979

Kristy McNichol / Family

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

1978

Tovah Feldshuh / Holocaust

Meredith Baxter / Family

Kristy McNichol / Family

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

1977

Jacqueline Tong / Upstairs, Downstairs

Lee Meriwether / Barnaby Jones

Kristy McNichol / Family

Meredith Baxter / Family

1976

Dorothy McGuire / Rich Man, Poor Man

Sada Thompson / Sandburg's Lincoln

Susan Howard / Petrocelli

Angela Baddeley / Upstairs, Downstairs

1975

Angela Baddeley / Upstairs, Downstairs

Nancy Walker / McMillan and Wife

1974

Nancy Walker / McMillan and Wife

1973

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Nancy Walker / McMillan and Wife

1972

Elena Verdugo / Marcus Welby, M.D.

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Jenny Agutter / Hallmark Hall Of Fame

1971

Margaret Leighton / Hallmark Hall Of Fame

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Elena Verdugo / Marcus Welby, M.D.

1970

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

1969

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

1968

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

Linda Cristal / The High Chaparral

1967

Tina Chen / CBS Playhouse

Agnes Moorehead / The Wild Wild West

Ruth Warrick / Peyton Place

1966

Pamela Franklin / Hallmark Hall Of Fame

Diane Baker / Hallmark Hall Of Fame

Jeanette Nolan / I Spy

Lee Grant / Peyton Place

1961

Barbara Hale / Perry Mason

1959

Amanda Blake / Gunsmoke

Barbara Hale / Perry Mason

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