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

Sarah Snook / Succession

J. Smith-Cameron / Succession

Rhea Seehorn / Better Call Saul

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

Blythe Danner / Huff

Candice Bergen / Boston Legal

2005

Blythe Danner / Huff

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

CCH Pounder / The Shield

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

2004

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Drea de Matteo / The Sopranos

Janel Moloney / The West Wing

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

2003

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Rachel Griffiths / Six Feet Under

Lauren Ambrose / Six Feet Under

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

2002

Janel Moloney / The West Wing

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Lauren Ambrose / Six Feet Under

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Mary-Louise Parker / The West Wing

2001

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Allison Janney / The West Wing

Aida Turturro / The Sopranos

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Maura Tierney / ER

2000

Tyne Daly / Judging Amy

Stockard Channing / The West Wing

Allison Janney / The West Wing

Nancy Marchand / The Sopranos

Holland Taylor / The Practice

1999

Lara Flynn Boyle / The Practice

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

Holland Taylor / The Practice

Camryn Manheim / The Practice

Nancy Marchand / The Sopranos

1998

Camryn Manheim / The Practice

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

Laura Innes / ER

Gloria Reuben / ER

Della Reese / Touched by an Angel

1997

Kim Delaney / NYPD Blue

Gloria Reuben / ER

Della Reese / Touched by an Angel

CCH Pounder / ER

Laura Innes / ER

1996

Julianna Margulies / ER

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

Barbara Bosson / Murder One

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Tyne Daly / Christy

1995

Julianna Margulies / ER

Tyne Daly / Christy

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Barbara Babcock / Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

1994

Sharon Lawrence / NYPD Blue

Amy Brenneman / NYPD Blue

Gail O'Grady / NYPD Blue

Jill Eikenberry / L.A. Law

Leigh Taylor-Young / Picket Fences

1993

Mary Alice / I'll Fly Away

Kellie Martin / Life Goes On

Peg Phillips / Northern Exposure

Cynthia Geary / Northern Exposure

Kay Lenz / Reasonable Doubts

1992

Mary Alice / I'll Fly Away

Conchata Ferrell / L.A. Law

Cynthia Geary / Northern Exposure

Northern Exposure

Kay Lenz / Reasonable Doubts

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

1991

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Madge Sinclair / Gabriel's Fire

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

Piper Laurie / Twin Peaks

1990

Diana Muldaur / L.A. Law

Sherilyn Fenn / Twin Peaks

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

Marg Helgenberger / China Beach

1989

Melanie Mayron / Thirtysomething

Michele Greene / L.A. Law

Amanda Plummer / L.A. Law

Susan Ruttan / L.A. Law

Lois Nettleton / In the Heat of the Night

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

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

1984

Madge Sinclair / Trapper John, M.D.

Alfre Woodard / Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

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

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Julie Harris / Knots Landing

1981

Barbara Barrie / Breaking Away

Barbara Bosson / Hill Street Blues

Betty Thomas / Hill Street Blues

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

1980

Jessica Walter / Trapper John, M.D.

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nina Foch / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

1979

Kristy McNichol / Family

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

1978

Tovah Feldshuh / Holocaust

Kristy McNichol / Family

Nancy Marchand / Lou Grant

Linda Kelsey / Lou Grant

Meredith Baxter / Family

1977

Jacqueline Tong / Upstairs, Downstairs

Meredith Baxter / Family

Lee Meriwether / Barnaby Jones

Kristy McNichol / Family

1976

Angela Baddeley / Upstairs, Downstairs

Dorothy McGuire / Rich Man, Poor Man

Susan Howard / Petrocelli

Sada Thompson / Sandburg's Lincoln

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

Jenny Agutter / Hallmark Hall of Fame

Gail Fisher / Mannix

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

Gail Fisher / Mannix

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

1969

Barbara Anderson / Ironside

Susan St. James / The Name of the Game

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

Diane Baker / Hallmark Hall of Fame

Pamela Franklin / 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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