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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Primetime Emmy Awards · 148 nominations across 41 ceremonies · 40 wins

78th Emmys · 2026

77th Emmys · 2025

Winner Merritt Wever · Severance
Nominee Cherry Jones · The Handmaid's Tale
Nominee Kaitlyn Dever · The Last of Us
Nominee Gwendoline Christie · Severance
Nominee Jane Alexander · Severance
Nominee Catherine O'Hara · The Last of Us

76th Emmys · 2024

Winner Michaela Coel · Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Nominee Marcia Gay Harden · The Morning Show
Nominee Parker Posey · Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Nominee Claire Foy · The Crown
Nominee Sarah Paulson · Mr. & Mrs. Smith

75th Emmys · 2023

Winner Storm Reid · The Last of Us
Nominee Cherry Jones · Succession
Nominee Melanie Lynskey · The Last of Us
Nominee Hiam Abbass · Succession
Nominee Harriet Walter · Succession
Nominee Anna Torv · The Last of Us

74th Emmys · 2022

Winner Lee You-mi · Squid Game
Nominee Martha Kelly · Euphoria
Nominee Harriet Walter · Succession
Nominee Marcia Gay Harden · The Morning Show
Nominee Hope Davis · Succession
Nominee Sanaa Lathan · Succession

73rd Emmys · 2021

Winner Claire Foy · The Crown
Nominee Mckenna Grace · The Handmaid's Tale
Nominee Alexis Bledel · The Handmaid's Tale
Nominee Phylicia Rashad · This Is Us
Nominee Sophie Okonedo · Ratched

72nd Emmys · 2020

Winner Cherry Jones · Succession
Nominee Laverne Cox · Orange Is the New Black
Nominee Phylicia Rashad · This Is Us
Nominee Harriet Walter · Succession
Nominee Alexis Bledel · The Handmaid's Tale
Nominee Cicely Tyson · How to Get Away with Murder

71st Emmys · 2019

Winner Cherry Jones · The Handmaid's Tale
Nominee Phylicia Rashad · This Is Us
Nominee Jessica Lange · American Horror Story: Apocalypse
Nominee Carice van Houten · Game of Thrones
Nominee Cicely Tyson · How to Get Away with Murder
Nominee Laverne Cox · Orange Is the New Black

70th Emmys · 2018

Winner Samira Wiley · The Handmaid's Tale
Nominee Cherry Jones · The Handmaid's Tale
Nominee Cicely Tyson · How to Get Away with Murder
Nominee Viola Davis · Scandal
Nominee Diana Rigg · Game of Thrones
Nominee Kelly Jenrette · The Handmaid's Tale

69th Emmys · 2017

Winner Alexis Bledel · The Handmaid's Tale
Nominee Alison Wright · The Americans
Nominee Cicely Tyson · How to Get Away with Murder
Nominee Ann Dowd · The Leftovers
Nominee Shannon Purser · Stranger Things
Nominee Laverne Cox · Orange Is the New Black

68th Emmys · 2016

Winner Margo Martindale · The Americans
Nominee Molly Parker · House of Cards
Nominee Allison Janney · Masters of Sex
Nominee Carrie Preston · The Good Wife
Nominee Ellen Burstyn · House of Cards
Nominee Laurie Metcalf · Horace and Pete

67th Emmys · 2015

Winner Margo Martindale · The Americans
Nominee Khandi Alexander · Scandal
Nominee Allison Janney · Masters of Sex
Nominee Cicely Tyson · How to Get Away with Murder
Nominee Diana Rigg · Game of Thrones

66th Emmys · 2014

Winner Allison Janney · Masters of Sex
Nominee Diana Rigg · Game of Thrones
Nominee Margo Martindale · The Americans
Nominee Jane Fonda · The Newsroom
Nominee Kate Burton · Scandal

65th Emmys · 2013

Winner Carrie Preston · The Good Wife
Nominee Joan Cusack · Shameless
Nominee Diana Rigg · Game of Thrones
Nominee Margo Martindale · The Americans
Nominee Linda Cardellini · Mad Men
Nominee Jane Fonda · The Newsroom

64th Emmys · 2012

63rd Emmys · 2011

62nd Emmys · 2010

Winner Ann-Margret · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nominee Lily Tomlin · Damages
Nominee Shirley Jones · The Cleaner
Nominee Mary Kay Place · Big Love
Nominee Elizabeth Mitchell · Lost
Nominee Sissy Spacek · Big Love

61st Emmys · 2009

Winner Ellen Burstyn · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nominee Sharon Lawrence · Grey's Anatomy
Nominee Carol Burnett · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nominee Brenda Blethyn · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nominee C. C. H. Pounder · The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

60th Emmys · 2008

Winner Cynthia Nixon · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nominee Diahann Carroll · Grey's Anatomy
Nominee Ellen Burstyn · Big Love
Nominee Sharon Gless · Nip/Tuck
Nominee Anjelica Huston · Medium

59th Emmys · 2007

Winner Leslie Caron · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nominee Elizabeth Reaser · Grey's Anatomy
Nominee Kate Burton · Grey's Anatomy
Nominee Marcia Gay Harden · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nominee Jean Smart · 24

58th Emmys · 2006

Winner Patricia Clarkson · Six Feet Under
Nominee Joanna Cassidy · Six Feet Under
Nominee Swoosie Kurtz · Huff
Nominee Kate Burton · Grey's Anatomy
Nominee Christina Ricci · Grey's Anatomy

57th Emmys · 2005

Winner Amanda Plummer · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Winner Amanda Plummer · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nominee Jill Clayburgh · Nip/Tuck
Nominee Cloris Leachman · Joan of Arcadia
Nominee Swoosie Kurtz · Huff
Nominee Angela Lansbury · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

56th Emmys · 2004

Winner Sharon Stone · The Practice

55th Emmys · 2003

Winner Alfre Woodard · The Practice
Nominee Farrah Fawcett · The Guardian

54th Emmys · 2002

Winner Patricia Clarkson · Six Feet Under

53rd Emmys · 2001

Winner Sally Field · ER

52nd Emmys · 2000

Winner Beah Richards · The Practice

51st Emmys · 1999

Winner Debra Monk · NYPD Blue

50th Emmys · 1998

Winner Cloris Leachman · Promised Land

49th Emmys · 1997

Winner Dianne Wiest · Road to Avonlea

48th Emmys · 1996

Winner Amanda Plummer · Stitch in Time

47th Emmys · 1995

Winner Shirley Knight · NYPD Blue

46th Emmys · 1994

Winner Faye Dunaway · Columbo
Nominee Stockard Channing · Road to Avonlea

45th Emmys · 1993

Winner Elaine Stritch · Law & Order

43rd Emmys · 1991

Winner Peggy McCay · The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

42nd Emmys · 1990

Winner Viveca Lindfors · Life Goes On

41st Emmys · 1989

Winner Kay Lenz · Midnight Caller
Nominee Jean Simmons · Murder, She Wrote

40th Emmys · 1988

Winner Shirley Knight · Thirtysomething

39th Emmys · 1987

Winner Alfre Woodard · L.A. Law
Nominee Steve Allen · St. Elsewhere

30th Emmys · 1978

Nominee Beatrice Straight · The Dain Curse

29th Emmys · 1977

Winner Beulah Bondi · The Waltons