Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Primetime Emmy Awards · 243 nominations across 52 ceremonies · 52 wins
78th Emmys · 2026
- Nominee Joy Sunday · DTF St. Louis
- Nominee Youn Yuh-jung · Beef
- Nominee Laurie Metcalf · Monster: The Ed Gein Story
- Nominee Constance Zimmer · Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette
- Nominee Linda Cardellini · DTF St. Louis
- Nominee Dakota Fanning · All Her Fault
77th Emmys · 2025
- Winner Erin Doherty · Adolescence
- Nominee Chloë Sevigny · Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
- Nominee Christine Tremarco · Adolescence
- Nominee Jenny Slate · Dying for Sex
- Nominee Ruth Negga · Presumed Innocent
- Nominee Deirdre O'Connell · The Penguin
76th Emmys · 2024
- Winner Jessica Gunning · Baby Reindeer
- Nominee Aja Naomi King · Lessons in Chemistry
- Nominee Kali Reis · True Detective: Night Country
- Nominee Nava Mau · Baby Reindeer
- Nominee Lily Gladstone · Under the Bridge
- Nominee Dakota Fanning · Ripley
- Nominee Diane Lane · Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
75th Emmys · 2023
- Winner Niecy Nash · Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
- Nominee Juliette Lewis · Welcome to Chippendales
- Nominee Annaleigh Ashford · Welcome to Chippendales
- Nominee Maria Bello · Beef
- Nominee Claire Danes · Fleishman Is in Trouble
- Nominee Camila Morrone · Daisy Jones & the Six
- Nominee Merritt Wever · Tiny Beautiful Things
74th Emmys · 2022
- Winner Jennifer Coolidge · The White Lotus
- Nominee Natasha Rothwell · The White Lotus
- Nominee Alexandra Daddario · The White Lotus
- Nominee Connie Britton · The White Lotus
- Nominee Mare Winningham · Dopesick
- Nominee Sydney Sweeney · The White Lotus
- Nominee Kaitlyn Dever · Dopesick
73rd Emmys · 2021
- Winner Julianne Nicholson · Mare of Easttown
- Nominee Moses Ingram · The Queen's Gambit
- Nominee Phillipa Soo · Hamilton
- Nominee Jean Smart · Mare of Easttown
- Nominee Renée Elise Goldsberry · Hamilton
- Nominee Kathryn Hahn · WandaVision
72nd Emmys · 2020
- Winner Uzo Aduba · Mrs. America
71st Emmys · 2019
- Winner Patricia Arquette · The Act
70th Emmys · 2018
- Winner Merritt Wever · Godless
69th Emmys · 2017
- Winner Laura Dern · Big Little Lies
68th Emmys · 2016
- Winner Regina King · American Crime
67th Emmys · 2015
- Winner Regina King · American Crime
66th Emmys · 2014
- Winner Kathy Bates · American Horror Story: Coven
- Nominee Ellen Burstyn · Flowers in the Attic
- Nominee Frances Conroy · American Horror Story: Coven
- Nominee Julia Roberts · The Normal Heart
- Nominee Angela Bassett · American Horror Story: Coven
- Nominee Allison Tolman · Fargo
65th Emmys · 2013
- Winner Ellen Burstyn · Political Animals
- Nominee Alfre Woodard · Steel Magnolias
- Nominee Imelda Staunton · The Girl
- Nominee Sarah Paulson · American Horror Story: Asylum
- Nominee Charlotte Rampling · Restless
64th Emmys · 2012
- Winner Jessica Lange · American Horror Story: Murder House
- Nominee Frances Conroy · American Horror Story: Murder House
- Nominee Sarah Paulson · Game Change
- Nominee Mare Winningham · Hatfields & McCoys
- Nominee Judy Davis · Page Eight
63rd Emmys · 2011
- Winner Maggie Smith · Downton Abbey
- Nominee Eileen Atkins · Upstairs Downstairs
- Nominee Evan Rachel Wood · Mildred Pierce
- Nominee Mare Winningham · Mildred Pierce
- Nominee Melissa Leo · Mildred Pierce
62nd Emmys · 2010
- Winner Julia Ormond · Temple Grandin
- Nominee Catherine O'Hara · Temple Grandin
- Nominee Brenda Vaccaro · You Don't Know Jack
- Nominee Kathy Bates · Alice
- Nominee Susan Sarandon · You Don't Know Jack
61st Emmys · 2009
- Winner Shohreh Aghdashloo · House of Saddam
- Nominee Jeanne Tripplehorn · Grey Gardens
- Nominee Cicely Tyson · Relative Stranger
- Nominee Marcia Gay Harden · The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
- Nominee Janet McTeer · Into the Storm
60th Emmys · 2008
- Winner Eileen Atkins · Cranford
- Nominee Laura Dern · Recount
- Nominee Audra McDonald · A Raisin in the Sun
- Nominee Alfre Woodard · Pictures of Hollis Woods
- Nominee Ashley Jensen · Extras
59th Emmys · 2007
- Winner Judy Davis · The Starter Wife
- Nominee Greta Scacchi · Broken Trail
- Nominee Samantha Morton · Longford
- Nominee Anna Paquin · Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- Nominee Toni Collette · Tsunami: The Aftermath
58th Emmys · 2006
- Winner Kelly Macdonald · The Girl in the Café
- Nominee Ellen Burstyn · Mrs. Harris
- Nominee Cloris Leachman · Mrs. Harris
- Nominee Shirley Jones · Hidden Places
- Nominee Alfre Woodard · The Water Is Wide
57th Emmys · 2005
- Winner Jane Alexander · Warm Springs
- Nominee Joanne Woodward · Empire Falls
- Nominee Camryn Manheim · Elvis
- Nominee Charlize Theron · The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
- Nominee Kathy Bates · Warm Springs
56th Emmys · 2004
- Winner Mary-Louise Parker · Angels in America
- Nominee Angela Lansbury · The Blackwater Lightship
- Nominee Julie Andrews · Eloise at Christmastime
- Nominee Anne Heche · Gracie's Choice
- Nominee Anjelica Huston · Iron Jawed Angels
55th Emmys · 2003
- Winner Gena Rowlands · Hysterical Blindness
- Nominee Juliette Lewis · Hysterical Blindness
- Nominee Anne Bancroft · The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
- Nominee Helen Mirren · Door to Door
- Nominee Kathy Baker · Door to Door
54th Emmys · 2002
- Winner Stockard Channing · The Matthew Shepard Story
- Nominee Anjelica Huston · The Mists of Avalon
- Nominee Diana Rigg · Victoria & Albert
- Nominee Sissy Spacek · Last Call
- Nominee Joan Allen · The Mists of Avalon
53rd Emmys · 2001
- Winner Tammy Blanchard · Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
- Nominee Audra McDonald · Wit
- Nominee Brenda Blethyn · Anne Frank: The Whole Story
- Nominee Anne Bancroft · Haven
- Nominee Holly Hunter · Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
52nd Emmys · 2000
- Winner Vanessa Redgrave · If These Walls Could Talk 2
- Nominee Melanie Griffith · RKO 281
- Nominee Elizabeth Franz · Death of a Salesman
- Nominee Kathy Bates · Annie
- Nominee Maggie Smith · David Copperfield
51st Emmys · 1999
- Winner Anne Bancroft · Deep in My Heart
- Nominee Dianne Wiest · The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
- Nominee Olympia Dukakis · Joan of Arc
- Nominee Jacqueline Bisset · Joan of Arc
- Nominee Cicely Tyson · A Lesson Before Dying
- Nominee Bebe Neuwirth · Dash and Lilly
50th Emmys · 1998
- Winner Mare Winningham · George Wallace
- Winner Mare Winningham · George Wallace
- Nominee Angelina Jolie · George Wallace
- Nominee Judith Ivey · What the Deaf Man Heard
- Nominee Julie Harris · Ellen Foster
- Nominee Julie Harris · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee Helena Bonham Carter · Merlin
49th Emmys · 1997
- Winner Diana Rigg · Rebecca
- Nominee Kirstie Alley · The Last Don
- Nominee Glenne Headly · Bastard Out of Carolina
- Nominee Bridget Fonda · In the Gloaming
- Nominee Frances McDormand · Hidden in America
48th Emmys · 1996
- Winner Greta Scacchi · Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Nominee Mare Winningham · The Boys Next Door
- Nominee Alfre Woodard · Gulliver's Travels
- Nominee Kathy Bates · The Late Shift
- Nominee Diana Scarwid · Truman
47th Emmys · 1995
46th Emmys · 1994
- Winner Cicely Tyson · Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
- Nominee Anne Bancroft · Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
- Nominee Lee Purcell · Secret Sins of the Father
- Nominee And the Band Played On
45th Emmys · 1993
- Winner Mary Tyler Moore · Stolen Babies
- Nominee Ann-Margret · Alex Haley's Queen
- Nominee Peggy McCay · Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
- Nominee Joan Plowright · Stalin
- Nominee Lee Grant · Citizen Cohn
44th Emmys · 1992
- Winner Amanda Plummer · Miss Rose White
- Nominee Maureen Stapleton · Miss Rose White
- Nominee Broadway Bound
- Nominee Bibi Besch · Doing Time on Maple Drive
- Nominee Penny Fuller · Miss Rose White
- Nominee Anne Bancroft · Broadway Bound
43rd Emmys · 1991
- Winner Ruby Dee · Decoration Day
- Nominee Doris Roberts · The Sunset Gang
- Nominee Elaine Stritch · An Inconvenient Woman
- Nominee Olympia Dukakis · Lucky Day
- Nominee Vanessa Redgrave · Young Catherine
42nd Emmys · 1990
- Winner Eva Marie Saint · People Like Us
- Nominee Swoosie Kurtz · The Image
- Nominee Colleen Dewhurst · Lantern Hill
- Nominee Irene Worth · The Shell Seekers
- Nominee Stockard Channing · Perfect Witness
41st Emmys · 1989
- Winner Colleen Dewhurst · Those She Left Behind
- Nominee Paula Kelly · The Women of Brewster Place
- Nominee Polly Bergen · War and Remembrance
- Nominee Glenne Headly · Lonesome Dove
- Nominee Peggy Ashcroft · A Perfect Spy
40th Emmys · 1988
- Winner Jane Seymour · Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
- Nominee Stockard Channing
- Nominee Julie Harris · The Woman He Loved
- Nominee Lisa Jacobs · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
- Nominee Ruby Dee · Lincoln
39th Emmys · 1987
- Winner Piper Laurie · Promise
- Nominee Claudette Colbert · The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
- Nominee Elizabeth Wilson · Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder
- Nominee Olivia de Havilland · Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
- Nominee Christine Lahti · Amerika
38th Emmys · 1986
- Winner Colleen Dewhurst · Between Two Women
- Nominee Vanessa Redgrave · Peter the Great
- Nominee Dorothy McGuire · Amos
- Nominee Sylvia Sidney · An Early Frost
- Nominee Phyllis Frelich · Love Is Never Silent
37th Emmys · 1985
- Winner Kim Stanley · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Nominee Alfre Woodard · Words by Heart
- Nominee Ann Jillian · Ellis Island
- Nominee Deborah Kerr · A Woman of Substance
- Nominee Penny Fuller · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
36th Emmys · 1984
- Winner Roxana Zal · Something About Amelia
- Nominee Beverly D'Angelo · A Streetcar Named Desire
- Nominee Patty Duke · George Washington
- Nominee Tuesday Weld · The Winter of Our Discontent
- Nominee Cloris Leachman · Between the Laughter
35th Emmys · 1983
- Winner Jean Simmons · The Thorn Birds
- Nominee Piper Laurie · The Thorn Birds
- Nominee Judith Anderson · Medea
- Nominee Polly Bergen · The Winds of War
- Nominee Bette Davis · Little Gloria... Happy at Last
34th Emmys · 1982
- Winner Penny Fuller · The Elephant Man
- Nominee Claire Bloom · Brideshead Revisited
- Nominee Rita Moreno · Portrait of a Showgirl
- Nominee Judy Davis · A Woman Called Golda
- Nominee Vicki Lawrence · Eunice
33rd Emmys · 1981
- Winner Jane Alexander · Playing for Time
- Nominee Shirley Knight · Playing for Time
- Nominee Piper Laurie · The Bunker
- Nominee Patty Duke · The Women's Room
- Nominee Colleen Dewhurst · The Women's Room
32nd Emmys · 1980
- Winner Mare Winningham · Amber Waves
- Nominee Carrie Nye · Moviola
- Nominee Eileen Heckart · F.D.R.: The Last Year
- Nominee Patricia Neal · All Quiet on the Western Front
31st Emmys · 1979
- Winner Esther Rolle · Summer of My German Soldier
- Nominee Colleen Dewhurst · Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
- Nominee Ruby Dee · Roots: The Next Generations
- Nominee Celeste Holm · Backstairs at the White House
- Nominee Eileen Heckart · Backstairs at the White House
30th Emmys · 1978
- Winner Eva Le Gallienne · The Royal Family
- Nominee Patty Duke · A Family Upside Down
- Nominee Viveca Lindfors · A Question of Guilt
- Nominee Tyne Daly · Intimate Strangers
- Nominee Cloris Leachman · It Happened One Christmas
- Nominee Mariette Hartley · The Last Hurrah
29th Emmys · 1977
- Winner Diana Hyland · The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
- Nominee Susan Oliver · Amelia Earhart
- Nominee Patricia Neal · Tail Gunner Joe
- Nominee Ruth Gordon · The Great Houdini
- Nominee Rosemary Murphy · Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
28th Emmys · 1976
- Winner Rosemary Murphy · Eleanor and Franklin
- Nominee Lilia Skala · Eleanor and Franklin
- Nominee Irene Tedrow · Eleanor and Franklin
- Nominee Lois Nettleton · Fear on Trial
27th Emmys · 1975
- Winner Juliet Mills · QB VII
- Nominee Eileen Heckart · Wedding Band
- Nominee Charlotte Rae · Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
- Nominee Lee Remick · QB VII