Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (official name: Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama) is one of the annual television awards given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Winners and nominees
1960s
1969: Linda Cristal - The High Chaparral as Victoria Montoya
- Amanda Blake - Gunsmoke as Miss Kitty Russell
- Peggy Lipton - The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes
- Denise Nicholas - Room 222 as Miss Liz McIntyre
- Eleanor Parker - Bracken's World as Sylvia Caldwell
1970s
1970: Peggy Lipton - The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes
- Amanda Blake - Gunsmoke as Miss Kitty Russell
- Linda Cristal - The High Chaparral as Victoria Montoya
- Yvette Mimieux - The Most Deadly Game as Vannessa Smith
- Denise Nicholas - Room 222 as Miss Liz McIntyre
1971: Patricia Neal - The Homecoming: A Christmas Story as Olivia Walton
- Lynda Day George - Mission: Impossible as Lisa Casey
- Peggy Lipton - The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes
- Denise Nicholas - Room 222 as Miss Liz McIntyre
- Susan Saint James - McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan
1972: Gail Fisher - Mannix as Peggy Fair
- Ellen Corby - The Waltons as Esther "Grandma" Walton
- Anne Jeffreys - The Delphi Bureau as Sybil Van Lowreen
- Michael Learned - The Waltons as Olivia Walton
- Peggy Lipton - The Mod Squad as Julie Barnes
- Susan Saint James - McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan
1973: Lee Remick - The Blue Knight as Cassie Walters
- Michael Learned - The Waltons as Olivia Walton
- Julie London - Emergency! as Nurse Dixie McCall
- Emily McLaughlin - General Hospital as Nurse Jessie Brewer
- Susan Saint James - McMillan & Wife as Sally McMillan
1974: Angie Dickinson - Police Woman as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
- Teresa Graves - Get Christie Love! as Christie Love
- Michael Learned - The Waltons as Olivia Walton
- Jean Marsh - Upstairs, Downstairs as Rose Buck
- Emily McLaughlin - General Hospital as Nurse Jessie Brewer
- Lee Meriwether - Barnaby Jones as Betty Jones
1975: Lee Remick - Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill as Jennie Churchill
- Angie Dickinson - Police Woman as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
- Rosemary Harris - Notorious Woman as George Sand
- Michael Learned - The Waltons as Olivia Walton
- Lee Meriwether - Barnaby Jones as Betty Jones
1976: Susan Blakely - Rich Man, Poor Man as Julie Prescott
- Angie Dickinson - Police Woman as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
- Farrah Fawcett - Charlie's Angels as Jill Munroe
- Kate Jackson - Charlie's Angels as Sabrina Duncan
- Jean Marsh - Upstairs, Downstairs as Rose Buck
- Sada Thompson - Family as Kate Lawrence
- Lindsay Wagner - The Bionic Woman as Jaime Sommers
1977: Lesley Ann Warren - 79 Park Avenue as Marja Fludjicki/Marianne
- Angie Dickinson - Police Woman as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson
- Kate Jackson - Charlie's Angels as Sabrina Duncan
- Leslie Uggams - Roots as Kizzy
- Lindsay Wagner - The Bionic Woman as Jaime Sommers
1978: Rosemary Harris - Holocaust as Berta Palitz Weiss
- Kate Jackson - Charlie's Angels as Sabrina Duncan
- Kristy McNichol - Family as Leticia "Buddy" Lawrence
- Lee Remick - Wheels as Erica Trenton
- Sada Thompson - Family as Kate Lawrence
1979: Natalie Wood - From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
- Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas as Miss Ellie Ewing
- Kate Mulgrew - Mrs. Columbo as Kate Columbo
- Stefanie Powers - Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
- Sada Thompson - Family as Kate Lawrence
1980s
1980: Yoko Shimada - Shōgun as Lady Toda Buntaro
- Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas as Miss Ellie Ewing
- Linda Gray - Dallas as Sue Ellen Ewing
- Melissa Gilbert - Little House on the Prairie as Laura Ingalls
- Stefanie Powers - Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
1981: Linda Evans - Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
1981: Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas as Miss Ellie Ewing
- Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Morgan Fairchild - Flamingo Road as Constance Weldon Carlyle
- Linda Gray - Dallas as Sue Ellen Ewing
- Stefanie Powers - Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
1982: Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Linda Evans - Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
- Stefanie Powers - Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
- Victoria Principal - Dallas as Pamela Barnes Ewing
- Jane Wyman - Falcon Crest as Angela Channing
1983: Jane Wyman - Falcon Crest as Angela Channing
- Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey
- Linda Evans - Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
- Stefanie Powers - Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart
1984: Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey
- Linda Evans - Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
- Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey as Catherine Cagney
- Kate Jackson - Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Amanda King
1985: Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
- Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey
- Linda Evans - Dynasty as Krystle Carrington
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
1986: Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Joan Collins - Dynasty as Alexis Carrington
- Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey as Mary Beth Lacey
- Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
- Connie Sellecca - Hotel as Christine Francis
1987: Susan Dey - L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen
- Jill Eikenberry - L.A. Law as Ann Kelsey
- Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
- Linda Hamilton - Beauty and the Beast as Catherine Chandler
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
1988: Jill Eikenberry - L.A. Law as Ann Kelsey
- Susan Dey - L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen
- Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey as Christine Cagney
- Linda Hamilton - Beauty and the Beast as Catherine Chandler
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
1989: Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Dana Delany - China Beach as Colleen McMurphy
- Susan Dey - L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen
- Jill Eikenberry - L.A. Law as Ann Kelsey
- Mel Harris - thirtysomething as Hope Murdoch Steadman
1990s
1990: Sharon Gless - The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Fiona Rose "Rosie" O'Neill
1990: Patricia Wettig - thirtysomething as Nancy Weston
- Dana Delany - China Beach as Colleen McMurphy
- Susan Dey - L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen
- Jill Eikenberry - L.A. Law as Ann Kelsey
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
1991: Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Susan Dey - L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen
- Sharon Gless - The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Fiona Rose "Rosie" O'Neill
- Marlee Matlin - Reasonable Doubts as Tess Kaufman
- Janine Turner - Northern Exposure as Maggie O'Connell
1992: Regina Taylor - I'll Fly Away as Lily Harper
- Mariel Hemingway - Civil Wars as Sydney Guilford
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Marlee Matlin - Reasonable Doubts as Tess Kaufman
- Janine Turner - Northern Exposure as Maggie O'Connell
1993: Kathy Baker - Picket Fences as Jill Brock
- Heather Locklear - Melrose Place as Amanda Woodward
- Jane Seymour - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela Quinn
- Janine Turner - Northern Exposure as Maggie O'Connell
- Sela Ward - Sisters as Theodora "Teddy" Reed
1994: Claire Danes - My So-Called Life as Angela Chase
- Kathy Baker - Picket Fences as Jill Brock
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher
- Heather Locklear - Melrose Place as Amanda Woodward
- Jane Seymour - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela Quinn
1995: Jane Seymour - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela Quinn
- Gillian Anderson - The X-Files as Special Agent Dana Scully
- Kathy Baker - Picket Fences as Jill Brock
- Heather Locklear - Melrose Place as Amanda Woodward
- Sherry Stringfield - ER as Dr. Susan Lewis
1996: Gillian Anderson - The X-Files as Special Agent Dana Scully
- Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope as Dr. Kate Austin
- Heather Locklear - Melrose Place as Amanda Woodward
- Jane Seymour - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela Quinn
- Sherry Stringfield - ER as Dr. Susan Lewis
1997: Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope as Dr. Kate Austin
- Gillian Anderson - The X-Files as Special Agent Dana Scully
- Kim Delaney - NYPD Blue as Diane Russell
- Roma Downey - Touched by an Angel as Monica
- Julianna Margulies - ER as Nurse Carol Hathaway
1998: Keri Russell - Felicity as Felicity Porter
- Gillian Anderson - The X-Files as Dana Scully
- Kim Delaney - NYPD Blue as Diane Russell
- Roma Downey - Touched by an Angel as Monica
- Julianna Margulies - ER as Nurse Carol Hathaway
1999: Edie Falco - The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Lorraine Bracco - The Sopranos as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
- Amy Brenneman - Judging Amy as Amy Gray
- Julianna Margulies - ER as Nurse Carol Hathaway
- Sela Ward - Once and Again as Lily Manning
2000s
2000: Sela Ward - Once and Again as Lily Manning
- Jessica Alba - Dark Angel as Max Guevara
- Lorraine Bracco - The Sopranos as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
- Amy Brenneman - Judging Amy as Amy Gray
- Edie Falco - The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Sarah Michelle Gellar - Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Buffy Summers
2001: Jennifer Garner - Alias as Sydney Bristow
- Lorraine Bracco - The Sopranos as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
- Amy Brenneman - Judging Amy as Amy Gray
- Edie Falco - The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Lauren Graham - Gilmore Girls as Lorelai Gilmore
- Marg Helgenberger - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Catherine Willows
- Sela Ward - Once and Again as Lily Manning
2002: Edie Falco - The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Jennifer Garner - Alias as Sydney Bristow
- Rachel Griffiths - Six Feet Under as Brenda Chenowith
- Marg Helgenberger - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Catherine Willows
- Allison Janney - The West Wing as C.J. Cregg
2003: Frances Conroy - Six Feet Under as Ruth Fisher
- Jennifer Garner - Alias as Sydney Bristow
- Allison Janney - The West Wing as C.J. Cregg
- Joely Richardson - Nip/Tuck as Julia McNamara
- Amber Tamblyn - Joan of Arcadia as Joan Girardi
2004: Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Det. Olivia Benson
- Edie Falco - The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Jennifer Garner - Alias as Sydney Bristow
- Christine Lahti - Jack & Bobby as Grace McCallister
- Joely Richardson - Nip/Tuck as Julia McNamara
2005: Geena Davis - Commander In Chief as President Mackenzie Allen
- Patricia Arquette - Medium as Allison DuBois
- Glenn Close - The Shield as Monica Rawling
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
- Polly Walker - Rome as Atia of the Julii
2006: Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
- Patricia Arquette - Medium as Allison DuBois
- Edie Falco - The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Evangeline Lilly - Lost as Kate Austen
- Ellen Pompeo - Grey's Anatomy as Meredith Grey
2007: Glenn Close - Damages as Patty Hewes
- Patricia Arquette - Medium as Allison DuBois
- Minnie Driver - The Riches as Dahlia Malloy
- Edie Falco - The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano
- Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters as Nora Walker
- Holly Hunter - Saving Grace as Grace Hanadarko
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
2008: Anna Paquin - True Blood as Sookie Stackhouse
- Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters as Nora Walker
- Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Det. Olivia Benson
- January Jones - Mad Men as Betty Draper
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
2009: Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- Glenn Close - Damages as Patty Hewes
- January Jones - Mad Men as Betty Draper
- Anna Paquin - True Blood as Sookie Stackhouse
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
2010s
2010: Katey Sagal - Sons of Anarchy as Gemma Teller Morrow
- Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men as Peggy Olson
- Piper Perabo - Covert Affairs as Annie Walker
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
2011: Claire Danes - Homeland as Carrie Mathison
- Mireille Enos - The Killing as Sarah Linden
- Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- Madeleine Stowe - Revenge as Victoria Grayson
- Callie Thorne - Necessary Roughness as Dr. Danielle "Dani" Santino
2012: Claire Danes - Homeland as Carrie Mathison
- Connie Britton - Nashville as Rayna Jaymes
- Glenn Close - Damages as Patty Hewes
- Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey as Lady Mary Crawley
- Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
2013: Robin Wright - House of Cards as Claire Underwood
- Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black as Various Characters
- Taylor Schilling - Orange Is the New Black as Piper Chapman
- Kerry Washington - Scandal as Olivia Pope
2014: Ruth Wilson - The Affair as Alison Lockhart
- Claire Danes - Homeland as Carrie Mathison
- Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder as Professor Annalise Keating, J.D.
- Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
- Robin Wright - House of Cards as Claire Underwood
2015: Taraji P. Henson - Empire as Cookie Lyon
- Caitriona Balfe - Outlander as Claire Fraser
- Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder as Professor Annalise Keating, J.D.
- Eva Green - Penny Dreadful as Vanessa Ives
- Robin Wright - House of Cards as Claire Underwood
Multiple winners
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3 wins
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Multiple nominations
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See also
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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