Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

2025

Parker Posey / The White Lotus

Carrie Coon / The White Lotus

Katherine LaNasa / The Pitt

Julianne Nicholson / Paradise (2025)

Natasha Rothwell / The White Lotus

Aimee Lou Wood / The White Lotus

2024

Christine Baranski / The Gilded Age

2023

Aubrey Plaza / The White Lotus

Jennifer Coolidge / The White Lotus

Meghann Fahy / The White Lotus

Sabrina Impacciatore / The White Lotus

J. Smith-Cameron / Succession

Simona Tabasco / The White Lotus

Rhea Seehorn / Better Call Saul

2022

Rhea Seehorn / Better Call Saul

Sarah Snook / Succession

J. Smith-Cameron / Succession

Christina Ricci / Yellowjackets

2021

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor / Lovecraft Country

2020

Sarah Snook / Succession

Fiona Shaw / Killing Eve

2019

Fiona Shaw / Killing Eve

Marsha Stephanie Blake / When They See Us

2016

Constance Zimmer / UnREAL

2013

Morena Baccarin / Homeland

2011

Margo Martindale / Justified

Kelly Macdonald / Boardwalk Empire

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

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Blythe Danner / Huff

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

CCH Pounder / The Shield

2004

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Janel Moloney / The West Wing

Drea de Matteo / The Sopranos

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

2003

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Rachel Griffiths / Six Feet Under

Lauren Ambrose / Six Feet Under

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

2002

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Janel Moloney / The West Wing

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Lauren Ambrose / Six Feet Under

Mary-Louise Parker / The West Wing

2001

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Maura Tierney / ER

Allison Janney / The West Wing

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Aida Turturro / The Sopranos

2000

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Allison Janney / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Holland Taylor / The Practice

Nancy Marchand / The Sopranos

1999

Nancy Marchand / The Sopranos

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

Camryn Manheim / The Practice

Holland Taylor / The Practice

Lara Flynn Boyle / The Practice

1998

Laura Innes / ER

Camryn Manheim / The Practice

Gloria Reuben / ER

Della Reese / Touched by an Angel

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

1997

Gloria Reuben / ER

CCH Pounder / ER

Laura Innes / ER

Della Reese / Touched by an Angel

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

1996

Tyne Daly / Christy

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Barbara Bosson / Murder One

Julianna Margulies / ER

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

1995

Barbara Babcock / Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Tyne Daly / Christy

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

Julianna Margulies / ER

1994

Jill Eikenberry / L.A. Law

Leigh Taylor-Young / Picket Fences

Jill Eikenberry / L.A. Law

Amy Brenneman / NYPD Blue

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

1993

Peg Phillips / Northern Exposure

Mary Alice / I'll Fly Away

Cynthia Geary / Northern Exposure

Kellie Martin / Life Goes On

Kay Lenz / Reasonable Doubts

1992

Northern Exposure

Mary Alice / I'll Fly Away

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Cynthia Geary / Northern Exposure

Conchata Ferrell / L.A. Law

Kay Lenz / Reasonable Doubts

1991

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Madge Sinclair / Gabriel's Fire

Piper Laurie / Twin Peaks

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

1990

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Sherilyn Fenn / Twin Peaks

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

1989

Lois Nettleton / In the Heat of the Night

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

Michele Greene / L.A. Law

Amanda Plummer / L.A. Law

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

1988

Polly Draper / Thirtysomething

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

Patricia Wettig / Thirtysomething

1987

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

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

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

1983

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

1982

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Julie Harris / Knots Landing

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

1981

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Barrie / Breaking Away

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

1980

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Nina Foch / Lou Grant

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Jessica Walter / Trapper John, M.D.

1979

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Kristy McNichol / Family

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

1978

Meredith Baxter / Family

Kristy McNichol / Family

Tovah Feldshuh / Holocaust

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

1977

Meredith Baxter / Family

Lee Meriwether / Barnaby Jones

Kristy McNichol / Family

Jacqueline Tong / Upstairs, Downstairs

1976

Susan Howard / Petrocelli

Sada Thompson / Sandburg's Lincoln

Dorothy McGuire / Rich Man, Poor Man

Angela Baddeley / Upstairs, Downstairs

1975

Nancy Walker / McMillan and Wife

Angela Baddeley / Upstairs, Downstairs

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

Elena Verdugo / Marcus Welby, M.D.

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Margaret Leighton / Hallmark Hall of Fame

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

1970

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

1969

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

1968

Linda Cristal / The High Chaparral

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

1967

Tina Chen / CBS Playhouse

Agnes Moorehead / The Wild Wild West

Ruth Warrick / Peyton Place

1966

Jeanette Nolan / I Spy

Pamela Franklin / Hallmark Hall of Fame

Diane Baker / Hallmark Hall of Fame

Lee Grant / Peyton Place

1961

Barbara Hale / Perry Mason

1959

Amanda Blake / Gunsmoke

Barbara Hale / Perry Mason

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