Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

2026

Karolina Wydra / PLUR1BUS

Sepideh Moafi / The Pitt

Fiona Dourif / The Pitt

Katherine LaNasa / The Pitt

Taylor Dearden / The Pitt

2025

Katherine LaNasa / The Pitt

Julianne Nicholson / Paradise (2025)

Parker Posey / The White Lotus

Aimee Lou Wood / The White Lotus

Natasha Rothwell / The White Lotus

Carrie Coon / The White Lotus

2024

Christine Baranski / The Gilded Age

2023

Sabrina Impacciatore / The White Lotus

Rhea Seehorn / Better Call Saul

J. Smith-Cameron / Succession

Simona Tabasco / The White Lotus

Meghann Fahy / The White Lotus

Jennifer Coolidge / The White Lotus

Aubrey Plaza / The White Lotus

2022

Christina Ricci / Yellowjackets

Sarah Snook / Succession

J. Smith-Cameron / Succession

Rhea Seehorn / Better Call Saul

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

Michelle Forbes / The Killing (US)

Kelly Macdonald / Boardwalk Empire

2010

Rose Byrne / Damages

2009

Rose Byrne / Damages

2008

Candice Bergen / Boston Legal

2007

Lorraine Bracco / The Sopranos

Aida Turturro / The Sopranos

2006

Blythe Danner / Huff

Candice Bergen / Boston Legal

2005

CCH Pounder / The Shield

Blythe Danner / Huff

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

2004

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Drea de Matteo / The Sopranos

Janel Moloney / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

2003

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Lauren Ambrose / Six Feet Under

Rachel Griffiths / Six Feet Under

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

Aida Turturro / The Sopranos

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Allison Janney / The West Wing

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Maura Tierney / ER

2000

Allison Janney / The West Wing

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Holland Taylor / The Practice

Nancy Marchand / The Sopranos

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

1999

Lara Flynn Boyle / The Practice

Holland Taylor / The Practice

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

Camryn Manheim / The Practice

Nancy Marchand / The Sopranos

1998

Della Reese / Touched by an Angel

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

Gloria Reuben / ER

Laura Innes / ER

Camryn Manheim / The Practice

1997

Della Reese / Touched by an Angel

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

CCH Pounder / ER

Laura Innes / 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

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Barbara Babcock / Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Tyne Daly / Christy

Julianna Margulies / ER

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

1994

Amy Brenneman / NYPD Blue

Leigh Taylor-Young / Picket Fences

Jill Eikenberry / L.A. Law

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

1993

Mary Alice / I'll Fly Away

Cynthia Geary / Northern Exposure

Peg Phillips / Northern Exposure

Kay Lenz / Reasonable Doubts

Kellie Martin / Life Goes On

1992

Kay Lenz / Reasonable Doubts

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Conchata Ferrell / L.A. Law

Cynthia Geary / Northern Exposure

Mary Alice / I'll Fly Away

Northern Exposure

1991

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

Madge Sinclair / Gabriel's Fire

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Piper Laurie / Twin Peaks

1990

Sherilyn Fenn / Twin Peaks

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

1989

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Lois Nettleton / In the Heat of the Night

Amanda Plummer / L.A. Law

Michele Greene / L.A. Law

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

1988

Patricia Wettig / Thirtysomething

Polly Draper / Thirtysomething

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

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

Alfre Woodard / Hill Street Blues

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

1983

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

1982

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Julie Harris / Knots Landing

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

1981

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Barbara Barrie / Breaking Away

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

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Tovah Feldshuh / Holocaust

1977

Meredith Baxter / Family

Jacqueline Tong / Upstairs, Downstairs

Lee Meriwether / Barnaby Jones

Kristy McNichol / Family

1976

Angela Baddeley / Upstairs, Downstairs

Sada Thompson / Sandburg's Lincoln

Dorothy McGuire / Rich Man, Poor Man

Susan Howard / Petrocelli

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

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Jenny Agutter / Hallmark Hall of Fame

Elena Verdugo / Marcus Welby, M.D.

1971

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Margaret Leighton / Hallmark Hall of Fame

Elena Verdugo / Marcus Welby, M.D.

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

1970

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

1969

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

1968

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

Linda Cristal / The High Chaparral

1967

Agnes Moorehead / The Wild Wild West

Tina Chen / CBS Playhouse

Ruth Warrick / Peyton Place

1966

Diane Baker / Hallmark Hall of Fame

Jeanette Nolan / I Spy

Lee Grant / Peyton Place

Pamela Franklin / Hallmark Hall of Fame

1961

Barbara Hale / Perry Mason

1959

Amanda Blake / Gunsmoke

Barbara Hale / Perry Mason

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