The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a guest starring role on a television drama series for the primetime network season.
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | |
|---|---|
 The 2023 recipient: Storm Reid | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by a Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1975 |
| Currently held by | Storm Reid, The Last of Us (2023) |
| Website | http://www.emmys.com |
The award was first presented at the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards on May 19, 1975, to Zohra Lampert, for her performance on Kojak, and to Cloris Leachman, for her role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It has undergone several name changes, originally honoring single leading and supporting appearances in drama and comedy series through 1978. The award was re-introduced at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards under the name Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series, honoring actors and actresses in guest starring roles on television drama series. In 1989, the category was split into categories for each gender, resulting in the name change to its current title.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 35 actresses. Patricia Clarkson, Cherry Jones, Shirley Knight, Margo Martindale, Amanda Plummer, and Alfre Woodard have won the most awards in this category, with two each. Cicely Tyson has been nominated for the award on five occasions, the most in the category. Meanwhile, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit holds the most awardees, with 5 winners coming from the show.
Winners and nominations edit
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
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1970s edit
| Year | Actress | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 (27th) [1] | |||||
| Zohra Lampert | Kojak | Marina Sheldon | "Queen of the Gypsies" | CBS | |
| Cloris Leachman | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Phyllis Lindstrom | "Phyllis Whips Inflation" | ||
| Shelley Winters | McCloud | Thelma | "The Barefoot Girls of Bleaker Street" | NBC | |
| 1976 (28th) | |||||
| Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series[2] | |||||
| Kathryn Walker | The Adams Chronicles | Abigail Adams | "John Adams, Lawyer" | PBS | |
| Helen Hayes | Hawaii Five-O | Aunt Clara | "Retire In Sunny Hawaii... Forever" | CBS | |
| Sheree North | Marcus Welby, M.D. | June Monica | "How Do You Know What Hurts Me?" | ABC | |
| Pamela Payton-Wright | The Adams Chronicles | Louisa Catherine Adams | "John Quincy Adams, Diplomat" | PBS | |
| Martha Raye | McMillan & Wife | Agatha | "Greed" | NBC | |
| Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series[3] | |||||
| Fionnula Flanagan | Rich Man, Poor Man | Clothilde | "Part II" | ABC | |
| Kim Darby | Rich Man, Poor Man | Virginia Calderwood | "Part II" | ABC | |
| Ruth Gordon | Rhoda | Carlton's Mother | "Kiss Your Epaulets Goodbye" | CBS | |
| Eileen Heckart | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Flo Meredith | "Mary's Aunt" | ||
| Kay Lenz | Rich Man, Poor Man | Kate Jordache | "Part VIII" | ABC | |
| 1977 (29th) | |||||
| Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series[4] | |||||
| Beulah Bondi | The Waltons | Aunt Martha Corinne Walton | "The Pony Cart" | CBS | |
| Susan Blakely | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | Julie Prescott | "Chapter 1" | ABC | |
| Madge Sinclair | Roots | Bell Reynolds | "Part IV" | ||
| Leslie Uggams | Kizzy Reynolds | "Part VI" | |||
| Jessica Walter | The Streets of San Francisco | Maggie Jarris / Mrs. Reston / Mrs. McCluskey | "Till Death Do Us Part" | ||
| Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series[5] | |||||
| Olivia Cole | Roots | Mathilda | "Part VIII" | ABC | |
| Sandy Duncan | Roots | Missy Anne Reynolds | "Part V" | ABC | |
| Eileen Heckart | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Flo Meredith | "Lou Proposes" | CBS | |
| Cicely Tyson | Roots | Binta | "Part I" | ABC | |
| Nancy Walker | Rhoda | Ida Morgenstern | "The Separation" | CBS | |
| 1978 (30th) | |||||
| Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Comedy or Drama Series[6] | |||||
| Rita Moreno | The Rockford Files | Rita Capkovic | "The Paper Palace" | NBC | |
| Patty Duke | Having Babies III | Leslee Wexler | — | ABC | |
| Kate Jackson | Jamie at 16 | Robin | "Pilot" | NBC | |
| Jayne Meadows | Meeting of Minds | Florence Nightingale | "Luther, Voltaire, Plato, Nightingale" | PBS | |
| Irene Tedrow | Jamie at 16 | Miss Jordan | "Ducks" | NBC | |
| Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series[7] | |||||
| Blanche Baker | Holocaust | Anna Weiss | "Part I" | NBC | |
| Ellen Corby | The Waltons | Esther Walton | "Grandma Comes Home" | CBS | |
| Jeanette Nolan | The Awakening Land | Granny McWhirter | "Part I" | NBC | |
| Beulah Quo | Meeting of Minds | Empress Tz'u-hsi | "Douglass, Tz'u-Hsi, Beccaria, De Sade" | PBS | |
| Beatrice Straight | The Dain Curse | Alice Dain Leggett | "Part 1" | CBS | |
1980s edit
| Year | Actress | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series | ||||||
| 1986 (38th) [8] | ||||||
| John Lithgow | Amazing Stories | John Walters | "The Doll" | NBC | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | Moonlighting | Camille | "Camille" | ABC | ||
| Edward Herrmann | St. Elsewhere | Father Joseph McCabe | "Time Heals" | NBC | ||
| Peggy McCay | Cagney & Lacey | Mrs. Carruthers | "Mothers and Sons" | CBS | ||
| James Stacy | Ted Peters | "The Gimp" | ||||
| 1987 (39th) [9] | ||||||
| Alfre Woodard | L.A. Law | Adrianne Moore | "Pilot" | NBC | ||
| Steve Allen | St. Elsewhere | Lech Osoranski | "Visiting Daze" | NBC | ||
| Jeanne Cooper | L.A. Law | Gladys Becker | "Fry Me to the Moon" | |||
| Edward Herrmann | St. Elsewhere | Father Joseph McCabe | "Where There's Hope, There's Crosby" | |||
| Jayne Meadows | Olga Osoranski | "Visiting Daze" | ||||
| 1988 (40th) [10] | ||||||
| Shirley Knight | Thirtysomething | Ruth Murdock | "The Parents Are Coming" | ABC | ||
| Imogene Coca | Moonlighting | Clara DiPesto | "Los Dos DiPietos" | ABC | ||
| Lainie Kazan | St. Elsewhere | Frieda Fiscus | "The Abby Singer Show" | NBC | ||
| Gwen Verdon | Magnum, P.I. | Catherine Peters | "Infinity And Jelly Doughnuts" | CBS | ||
| Alfre Woodard | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Roxanne Turner | "The Abby Singer Show" | NBC | ||
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | ||||||
| 1989 (41st) [11] | ||||||
| Kay Lenz | Midnight Caller | Tina Cassidy | "After It Happened" | NBC | ||
| Shirley Knight | The Equalizer | Kay | "Time Present, Time Past" | CBS | ||
| Jean Simmons | Murder, She Wrote | Eudora McVeigh | "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Part 1" | |||
| Maureen Stapleton | B.L. Stryker | Auntie Sue | "Auntie Sue" | ABC | ||
| Chloe Webb | China Beach | Laurette Barber | "Chao Ong" | |||
| Teresa Wright | Dolphin Cove | Nina Rothman | "The Elders" | CBS | ||
1990s edit
- ^ Valerie Mahaffey won in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her guest appearance on Northern Exposure.
- ^ Barbara Barrie was nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her guest appearance on Law & Order.
- ^ Shirley Knight was nominated in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her guest appearance on Law & Order, but lost to Dana Delaney, who won for her role on China Beach.
- ^ Kate Nelligan was nominated in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her guest appearance on Road to Avonlea, but lost to Dana Delaney, who won for her role on China Beach.
2000s edit
2010s edit
2020s edit
Performers with multiple wins edit
- 2 wins
- Patricia Clarkson
- Cherry Jones (consecutive)
- Shirley Knight
- Margo Martindale (consecutive)
- Amanda Plummer
- Alfre Woodard
Programs with multiple wins edit
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Performers with multiple nominations edit
Programs with multiple nominations edit
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See also edit
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