Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

2025

Katherine LaNasa / The Pitt

Parker Posey / The White Lotus

Aimee Lou Wood / The White Lotus

Natasha Rothwell / The White Lotus

Carrie Coon / The White Lotus

Julianne Nicholson / Paradise (2025)

2024

Christine Baranski / The Gilded Age

2023

Rhea Seehorn / Better Call Saul

J. Smith-Cameron / Succession

Sabrina Impacciatore / The White Lotus

Meghann Fahy / The White Lotus

Jennifer Coolidge / The White Lotus

Aubrey Plaza / The White Lotus

Simona Tabasco / The White Lotus

2022

Christina Ricci / Yellowjackets

Rhea Seehorn / Better Call Saul

J. Smith-Cameron / Succession

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

Michelle Forbes / The Killing (US)

Kelly Macdonald / Boardwalk Empire

Margo Martindale / Justified

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

Blythe Danner / Huff

CCH Pounder / The Shield

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

2004

Drea de Matteo / The Sopranos

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Janel Moloney / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

2003

Rachel Griffiths / Six Feet Under

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Lauren Ambrose / Six Feet Under

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

2002

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Lauren Ambrose / Six Feet Under

Janel Moloney / The West Wing

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Mary-Louise Parker / The West Wing

2001

Allison Janney / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Maura Tierney / ER

Aida Turturro / The Sopranos

2000

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Nancy Marchand / The Sopranos

Allison Janney / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Holland Taylor / The Practice

1999

Camryn Manheim / The Practice

Nancy Marchand / The Sopranos

Lara Flynn Boyle / The Practice

Holland Taylor / The Practice

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

1998

Laura Innes / ER

Della Reese / Touched by an Angel

Gloria Reuben / ER

Camryn Manheim / The Practice

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

1997

Della Reese / Touched by an Angel

Gloria Reuben / ER

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

CCH Pounder / ER

Laura Innes / ER

1996

Barbara Bosson / Murder One

Julianna Margulies / ER

Tyne Daly / Christy

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

1995

Tyne Daly / Christy

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Barbara Babcock / Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Julianna Margulies / ER

1994

Jill Eikenberry / L.A. Law

Leigh Taylor-Young / Picket Fences

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

Amy Brenneman / NYPD Blue

1993

Mary Alice / I'll Fly Away

Peg Phillips / Northern Exposure

Cynthia Geary / Northern Exposure

Kay Lenz / Reasonable Doubts

Kellie Martin / Life Goes On

1992

Conchata Ferrell / L.A. Law

Northern Exposure

Mary Alice / I'll Fly Away

Cynthia Geary / Northern Exposure

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Kay Lenz / Reasonable Doubts

1991

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

Madge Sinclair / Gabriel's Fire

Piper Laurie / Twin Peaks

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

1990

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

Sherilyn Fenn / Twin Peaks

1989

Lois Nettleton / In the Heat of the Night

Michele Greene / L.A. Law

Amanda Plummer / L.A. Law

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

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

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

1984

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Alfre Woodard / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

1983

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

1982

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Julie Harris / Knots Landing

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

1981

Barbara Barrie / Breaking Away

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

1980

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nina Foch / Lou Grant

Jessica Walter / Trapper John, M.D.

1979

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Kristy McNichol / Family

1978

Meredith Baxter / Family

Kristy McNichol / Family

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Tovah Feldshuh / Holocaust

1977

Meredith Baxter / Family

Kristy McNichol / Family

Lee Meriwether / Barnaby Jones

Jacqueline Tong / Upstairs, Downstairs

1976

Sada Thompson / Sandburg's Lincoln

Angela Baddeley / Upstairs, Downstairs

Susan Howard / Petrocelli

Dorothy McGuire / Rich Man, Poor Man

1975

Angela Baddeley / Upstairs, Downstairs

Nancy Walker / McMillan and Wife

1974

Nancy Walker / McMillan and Wife

1973

Nancy Walker / McMillan and Wife

Gail Fisher / Mannix

1972

Elena Verdugo / Marcus Welby, M.D.

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Jenny Agutter / Hallmark Hall of Fame

1971

Elena Verdugo / Marcus Welby, M.D.

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Margaret Leighton / Hallmark Hall of Fame

1970

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

1969

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

1968

Linda Cristal / The High Chaparral

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

1967

Ruth Warrick / Peyton Place

Tina Chen / CBS Playhouse

Agnes Moorehead / The Wild Wild West

1966

Lee Grant / Peyton Place

Pamela Franklin / Hallmark Hall of Fame

Jeanette Nolan / I Spy

Diane Baker / Hallmark Hall of Fame

1961

Barbara Hale / Perry Mason

1959

Barbara Hale / Perry Mason

Amanda Blake / Gunsmoke

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