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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
	The 2023 recipient: Quinta Brunson
Awarded for	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded	1954
Currently held by	Quinta Brunson, ; Abbott Elementary (2023)
Website	emmys.com

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Award for lead actress in a television comedy series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Beginning with the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, leading actresses in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances included actresses from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:

# – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, prior to the category's creation
§ – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation

Quick Facts for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Awarded for ...

The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards are the first Emmys where there is no representation from any of the big four broadcast networks.

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Year	Actress	Role	Program	Network
Best Female Star of a Regular Series
1954 (6th) ^{[note 1]} ^[1]	Eve Arden	Connie Brooks	Our Miss Brooks	CBS
	Lucille Ball	Lucy Ricardo	I Love Lucy	CBS
	Imogene Coca	Various characters	Your Show of Shows	NBC
	Dinah Shore	Herself	The Dinah Shore Show
	Loretta Young	Various characters	The Loretta Young Show
Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series
1955 (7th) ^{[note 1]} ^[2]	Loretta Young	Various characters	The Loretta Young Show	NBC
	Gracie Allen	Gracie Allen	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	CBS
	Eve Arden	Connie Brooks	Our Miss Brooks
	Lucille Ball	Lucy Ricardo	I Love Lucy
	Ann Sothern	Susie McNamara	Private Secretary
Best Actress - Continuing Performance
1956 (8th) ^{[note 1]} ^[3]	Lucille Ball	Lucy Ricardo	I Love Lucy	CBS
	Gracie Allen	Gracie Allen	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	CBS
	Eve Arden	Connie Brooks	Our Miss Brooks	CBS
	Jean Hagen	Margaret Williams	Make Room for Daddy	ABC
	Ann Sothern	Susie McNamara	Private Secretary	CBS
Best Continuing Performance by an Actress
1957 (9th) ^{[note 1]} ^[4]	Loretta Young	Various characters	The Loretta Young Show	NBC
	Jan Clayton	Ellen Miller	Lassie	CBS
	Ida Lupino	Various characters	Four Star Playhouse
	Peggy Wood	Mama	Mama
	Jane Wyman	Various characters	Jane Wyman Theatre	NBC
Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
1958 (10th) ^{[note 1]} ^[5]	Jane Wyatt	Margaret Anderson	Father Knows Best	NBC
	Eve Arden	Liza Hammond	The Eve Arden Show	CBS
	Spring Byington	Lily Ruskin	December Bride
	Jan Clayton	Ellen Miller	Lassie
	Ida Lupino	Eve Drake	Mr. Adams and Eve
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series
1959 (11th)
	Jane Wyatt	Margaret Anderson	Father Knows Best	CBS & NBC
	Gracie Allen	Gracie Allen	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	CBS
	Spring Byington	Lily Ruskin	December Bride
	Ida Lupino	Eve Adams	Mr. Adams and Eve
	Donna Reed	Donna Stone	The Donna Reed Show	ABC
	Ann Sothern	Katy O'Connor	The Ann Sothern Show	CBS

Year	Actress	Role	Program	Network
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support)
1960 (12th) ^{[note 1]} ^[6]	Jane Wyatt	Margaret Anderson	Father Knows Best	CBS
	Donna Reed	Donna Stone	The Donna Reed Show	ABC
	Teresa Wright	Margaret Bourke-White	NBC Sunday Showcase	NBC
	Loretta Young	Various characters	The Loretta Young Show	NBC
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)
1961 (13th) ^{[note 1]} ^[7]	Barbara Stanwyck	Various characters	The Barbara Stanwyck Show	NBC
	Donna Reed	Donna Stone	The Donna Reed Show	ABC
	Loretta Young	Various characters	The Loretta Young Show	NBC
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)
1962 (14th) ^{[note 1]} ^[8]	Shirley Booth	Hazel Burke	Hazel	NBC
	Gertrude Berg	Sarah Green	The Gertrude Berg Show	CBS
	Donna Reed	Donna Stone	The Donna Reed Show	ABC
	Mary Stuart	Joanne Gardner	Search for Tomorrow	CBS
	Cara Williams	Gladys Porter	Pete and Gladys	CBS
1963 (15th) ^{[note 1]} ^[9]	Shirley Booth	Hazel Burke	Hazel	NBC
	Lucille Ball	Lucy Carmichael	The Lucy Show	CBS
	Shirl Conway	Liz Thorpe	The Nurses
	Mary Tyler Moore	Laura Petrie	The Dick Van Dyke Show
	Irene Ryan	Granny	The Beverly Hillbillies
1964 (16th) ^{[note 1]} ^[10]	Mary Tyler Moore	Laura Petrie	The Dick Van Dyke Show	CBS
	Shirley Booth	Hazel Burke	Hazel	NBC
	Patty Duke	Cathy Lane	The Patty Duke Show	ABC
	Irene Ryan	Granny	The Beverly Hillbillies	CBS
	Inger Stevens	Katy Holstrum	The Farmer's Daughter	ABC
Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers
1965 (17th) ^{[note 1]}
	Leonard Bernstein	Conductor	New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein	CBS
	Lynn Fontanne	Fanny Bowditch Holmes	Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee"	NBC
	Alfred Lunt	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee"	NBC
	Barbra Streisand	Herself	My Name Is Barbra	CBS
	Dick Van Dyke	Rob Petrie	The Dick Van Dyke Show	CBS
	Julie Andrews	Herself	The Andy Williams Show: "November 30, 1964"	NBC
	Johnny Carson	Host	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
	Gladys Cooper	Margaret St. Clair	The Rogues
	Robert Coote	Timmy St. Clair	The Rogues
	Richard Crenna	James Slattery	Slattery's People	CBS
	Julie Harris	Florence Nightingale	Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Holy Terror"	NBC
	Bob Hope	Himself	Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special
	Dean Jagger	Principal Albert Vane	Mr. Novak
	Danny Kaye	Host	The Danny Kaye Show	CBS
	David McCallum	Illya Kuryakin	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	NBC
	Red Skelton	Himself	The Red Skelton Hour	CBS
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series
1966 (18th)
	Mary Tyler Moore	Laura Petrie	The Dick Van Dyke Show	CBS
	Lucille Ball	Lucy Carmichael	The Lucy Show	CBS
	Elizabeth Montgomery	Samantha Stephens	Bewitched	ABC
1967 (19th)
	Lucille Ball	Lucy Carmichael	The Lucy Show	CBS
	Elizabeth Montgomery	Samantha Stephens	Bewitched	ABC
	Agnes Moorehead	Endora	Bewitched
	Marlo Thomas	Ann Marie	That Girl
1968 (20th)
	Lucille Ball	Lucy Carmichael	The Lucy Show	CBS
	Barbara Feldon	Agent 99	Get Smart	NBC
	Elizabeth Montgomery	Samantha Stephens	Bewitched	ABC
	Paula Prentiss	Paula Hollister	He & She	CBS
	Marlo Thomas	Ann Marie	That Girl	ABC
1969 (21st)
	Hope Lange	Carolyn Muir	The Ghost & Mrs. Muir	NBC
	Diahann Carroll	Julia Baker	Julia	NBC
	Barbara Feldon	Agent 99	Get Smart	NBC
	Elizabeth Montgomery	Samantha Stephens	Bewitched	ABC

Year	Actress	Role	Program	Network
1970 (22nd)
	Hope Lange	Carolyn Muir	The Ghost & Mrs. Muir	ABC
	Elizabeth Montgomery	Samantha Stephens	Bewitched	ABC
	Marlo Thomas	Ann Marie	That Girl	ABC
1971 (23rd)
	Jean Stapleton	Edith Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
	Marlo Thomas	Ann Marie	That Girl	ABC
	Mary Tyler Moore	Mary Richards	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
1972 (24th)
	Jean Stapleton	Edith Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
	Sandy Duncan	Sandy Stockton	Funny Face	CBS
	Mary Tyler Moore	Mary Richards	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
1973 (25th)
	Mary Tyler Moore	Mary Richards	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Jean Stapleton	Edith Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
	Bea Arthur	Maude Findlay	Maude	CBS
1974 (26th)
	Mary Tyler Moore	Mary Richards	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Bea Arthur	Maude Findlay	Maude	CBS
	Jean Stapleton	Edith Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
1975 (27th)
	Valerie Harper	Rhoda Morgenstern	Rhoda	CBS
	Jean Stapleton	Edith Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
	Mary Tyler Moore	Mary Richards	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
1976 (28th)
	Mary Tyler Moore	Mary Richards	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	CBS
	Lee Grant	Fay Stewart	Fay	NBC
	Bea Arthur	Maude Findlay	Maude	CBS
	Cloris Leachman	Phyllis Lindstrom	Phyllis
	Valerie Harper	Rhoda Morgenstern	Rhoda
1977 (29th)
	Bea Arthur	Maude Findlay	Maude	CBS
	Jean Stapleton	Edith Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
	Valerie Harper	Rhoda Morgenstern	Rhoda
	Suzanne Pleshette	Emily Hartley	The Bob Newhart Show
	Mary Tyler Moore	Mary Richards	The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1978 (30th)
	Jean Stapleton	Edith Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
	Bea Arthur	Maude Findlay	Maude	CBS
	Valerie Harper	Rhoda Morgenstern	Rhoda	CBS
	Cathryn Damon	Mary Campbell	Soap	ABC
	Katherine Helmond	Jessica Tate	Soap	ABC
	Suzanne Pleshette	Emily Hartley	The Bob Newhart Show	CBS
1979 (31st)
	Ruth Gordon §	Dee Wilcox	Taxi	ABC
	Linda Lavin	Alice Hyatt	Alice	CBS
	Jean Stapleton	Edith Bunker	All in the Family	CBS
	Katherine Helmond	Jessica Tate	Soap	ABC
	Isabel Sanford	Louise Jefferson	The Jeffersons	CBS

Year	Actress	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
1980 (32nd)
	Cathryn Damon	Mary Campbell	Soap	—	ABC
	Polly Holliday	Flo Castleberry	Flo	—	CBS
	Sheree North §	Dotty Wertz	Archie Bunker's Place	—
	Isabel Sanford	Louise Jefferson	The Jeffersons	—
	Katherine Helmond	Jessica Tate	Soap	—	ABC
1981 (33rd)
	Isabel Sanford	Louise Jefferson	The Jeffersons	"And the Doorknobs Shined Like Diamonds"	CBS
	Eileen Brennan §	Mrs. McKenzie	Taxi	"Thy Boss's Wife"	ABC
	Cathryn Damon	Mary Campbell	Soap	—
	Katherine Helmond	Jessica Tate	Soap	—
	Lynn Redgrave	Ann Atkinson	House Calls	—	CBS
1982 (34th)
	Carol Kane §	Simka Dahblitz	Taxi	"Simka Returns"	ABC
	Swoosie Kurtz	Laurie Morgan	Love, Sidney	—	NBC
	Nell Carter	Nellie Harper	Gimme a Break!	—
	Charlotte Rae	Edna Garrett	The Facts of Life	—
	Bonnie Franklin	Ann Romano	One Day at a Time	—	CBS
	Isabel Sanford	Louise Jefferson	The Jeffersons	—	CBS
1983 (35th)
	Shelley Long	Diane Chambers	Cheers	"Give Me a Ring Sometime"	NBC
	Mariette Hartley	Jennifer Barnes	Goodnight, Beantown	—	CBS
	Isabel Sanford	Louise Jefferson	The Jeffersons	—	CBS
	Nell Carter	Nellie Harper	Gimme a Break!	—	NBC
	Swoosie Kurtz	Laurie Morgan	Love, Sidney	—	NBC
	Rita Moreno	Violet Newstead	9 to 5	—	ABC
1984 (36th)
	Jane Curtin	Allie Lowell	Kate & Allie	—	CBS
	Joanna Cassidy	Jo Jo White	Buffalo Bill	—	NBC
	Shelley Long	Diane Chambers	Cheers	—	NBC
	Susan Saint James	Kate McArdle	Kate & Allie	—	CBS
	Isabel Sanford	Louise Jefferson	The Jeffersons	—	CBS
1985 (37th)
	Jane Curtin	Allie Lowell	Kate & Allie	—	CBS
	Shelley Long	Diane Chambers	Cheers	—	NBC
	Phylicia Rashad	Clair Huxtable	The Cosby Show	—	NBC
	Susan Saint James	Kate McArdle	Kate & Allie	—	CBS
	Isabel Sanford	Louise Jefferson	The Jeffersons	—	CBS
1986 (38th)
	Betty White	Rose Nylund	The Golden Girls	"In a Bed of Rose's"	NBC
	Shelley Long	Diane Chambers	Cheers	—	NBC
	Bea Arthur	Dorothy Zbornak	The Golden Girls	"The Triangle"
	Rue McClanahan	Blanche Devereaux	The Golden Girls	"The Way We Met"
	Phylicia Rashad	Clair Huxtable	The Cosby Show	"Cliff in Love"
1987 (39th)
	Rue McClanahan	Blanche Devereaux	The Golden Girls	"End of the Curse"	NBC
	Blair Brown	Molly Bickford Dodd	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	—	NBC
	Bea Arthur	Dorothy Zbornak	The Golden Girls	"The Stan Who Came to Dinner"
	Betty White	Rose Nylund	The Golden Girls	"Isn't It Romantic?"
	Jane Curtin	Allie Lowell	Kate & Allie	—	CBS
1988 (40th)
	Bea Arthur	Dorothy Zbornak	The Golden Girls	"My Brother, My Father"	NBC
	Kirstie Alley	Rebecca Howe	Cheers	"Backseat Becky, Upfront"	NBC
	Blair Brown	Molly Bickford Dodd	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	—
	Rue McClanahan	Blanche Devereaux	The Golden Girls	"Strange Bedfellows"
	Betty White	Rose Nylund	The Golden Girls	"Bringing Up Baby"
1989 (41st)
	Candice Bergen	Murphy Brown	Murphy Brown	"Respect"	CBS
	Blair Brown	Molly Bickford Dodd	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	—	Lifetime
	Rue McClanahan	Blanche Devereaux	The Golden Girls	"Yes, We Have No Havanas"	NBC
	Betty White	Rose Nylund		"High Anxiety"
	Bea Arthur	Dorothy Zbornak		"Love Me Tender"

Year	Actress	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
1990 (42nd)
	Candice Bergen	Murphy Brown	Murphy Brown	"Brown Like Me"	CBS
	Kirstie Alley	Rebecca Howe	Cheers	"The Improbable Dream, Part 1"	NBC
	Betty White	Rose Nylund	The Golden Girls	"Rose Fights Back"	NBC
	Blair Brown	Molly Bickford Dodd	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	—	Lifetime
	Delta Burke	Suzanne Sugarbaker	Designing Women	"They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?"	CBS
1991 (43rd)
	Kirstie Alley	Rebecca Howe	Cheers	"The Days of Wine and Neuroses"	NBC
	Candice Bergen	Murphy Brown	Murphy Brown	"On Another Plane"	CBS
	Delta Burke	Suzanne Sugarbaker	Designing Women	"The Bachelor Auction"	CBS
	Blair Brown	Molly Bickford Dodd	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	"Here's a Pregnant Pause"	Lifetime
	Betty White	Rose Nylund	The Golden Girls	"Once, in St. Olaf"	NBC
1992 (44th)
	Candice Bergen	Murphy Brown	Murphy Brown	"Birth 101"	CBS
	Roseanne Barr	Roseanne Conner	Roseanne	"A Bitter Pill to Swallow"	ABC
	Kirstie Alley	Rebecca Howe	Cheers	"An Old Fashioned Wedding"	NBC
	Tyne Daly §	Mimsy Borogroves	Wings	"My Brother's Keeper"
	Betty White	Rose Nylund	The Golden Girls	"Dateline: Miami"
	Marion Ross	Sophie Berger	Brooklyn Bridge	"Brave New World"	CBS
1993 (45th)
	Roseanne Barr	Roseanne Conner	Roseanne	"Wait Till Your Father Gets Home"	ABC
	Candice Bergen	Murphy Brown	Murphy Brown	"Games Mothers Play"	CBS
	Marion Ross	Sophie Berger	Brooklyn Bridge	"Brave New Worlds"	CBS
	Kirstie Alley	Rebecca Howe	Cheers	"One for the Road"	NBC
	Helen Hunt	Jamie Buchman	Mad About You	"Pilot"	NBC
1994 (46th)
	Candice Bergen	Murphy Brown	Murphy Brown	"It's Just Like Riding a Bike"	CBS
	Helen Hunt	Jamie Buchman	Mad About You	"Cold Feet"	NBC
	Annie Potts	Dana Palladino	Love & War	"I've Got a Crush on You"	CBS
	Roseanne Barr	Roseanne Conner	Roseanne	"The Driver's Seat"	ABC
	Patricia Richardson	Jill Taylor	Home Improvement	"The Colonel"	ABC
1995 (47th)
	Candice Bergen	Murphy Brown	Murphy Brown	"Requiem for a Crew Guy"	CBS
	Roseanne Barr	Roseanne Conner	Roseanne	"Thanksgiving 1994"	ABC
	Ellen DeGeneres	Ellen Morgan	Ellen	"The Spa"	ABC
	Helen Hunt	Jamie Buchman	Mad About You	"The Ride Home"	NBC
	Cybill Shepherd	Cybill Sheridan	Cybill	"Virgin, Mother, Crone"	CBS
1996 (48th)
	Helen Hunt	Jamie Buchman	Mad About You	"The Finale"	NBC
	Ellen DeGeneres	Ellen Morgan	Ellen	"Witness"	ABC
	Fran Drescher	Fran Fine	The Nanny	"The Hockey Show"	CBS
	Cybill Shepherd	Cybill Sheridan	Cybill	"When You're Hot, You're Hot"	CBS
	Patricia Richardson	Jill Taylor	Home Improvement	"The Longest Day"	ABC
1997 (49th)
	Helen Hunt	Jamie Buchman	Mad About You	"The Birth"	NBC
	Ellen DeGeneres	Ellen Morgan	Ellen	"The Puppy Episode"	ABC
	Patricia Richardson	Jill Taylor	Home Improvement	"Family Unties"	ABC
	Fran Drescher	Fran Fine	The Nanny	"The Facts of Lice"	CBS
	Cybill Shepherd	Cybill Sheridan	Cybill	"In Her Dreams"	CBS
1998 (50th)
	Helen Hunt	Jamie Buchman	Mad About You	"Moody Blues"	NBC
	Ellen DeGeneres	Ellen Morgan	Ellen	"Neighbors"	ABC
	Jenna Elfman	Dharma Montgomery	Dharma & Greg	"Haus Arrest"
	Patricia Richardson	Jill Taylor	Home Improvement	"Bright Christmas"
	Kirstie Alley	Veronica Chase	Veronica's Closet	"Pilot"	NBC
	Calista Flockhart	Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal	"One Hundred Tears Away"	Fox
1999 (51st)
	Helen Hunt	Jamie Buchman	Mad About You	"The Final Frontier"	NBC
	Jenna Elfman	Dharma Montgomery	Dharma & Greg	"Are You Ready for Some Football?"	ABC
	Calista Flockhart	Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal	"Sideshow"	Fox
	Patricia Heaton	Debra Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Be Nice"	CBS
	Sarah Jessica Parker	Carrie Bradshaw	Sex and the City	"The Drought"	HBO

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

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Year	Actress	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
2000 (52nd)
	Patricia Heaton	Debra Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Bad Moon Rising"	CBS
	Jenna Elfman	Dharma Montgomery	Dharma & Greg	"Lawyers, Beer, and Money"	ABC
	Jane Kaczmarek	Lois	Malcolm in the Middle	"Red Dress"	Fox
	Debra Messing	Grace Adler	Will & Grace	"Das Boob"	NBC
	Sarah Jessica Parker	Carrie Bradshaw	Sex and the City	"Ex and the City"	HBO
2001 (53rd)
	Patricia Heaton	Debra Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"The Canister"	CBS
	Calista Flockhart	Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal	"Falling Up"	Fox
	Jane Kaczmarek	Lois	Malcolm in the Middle	"Flashback"	Fox
	Debra Messing	Grace Adler	Will & Grace	"Lows in the Mid-Eighties"	NBC
	Sarah Jessica Parker	Carrie Bradshaw	Sex and the City	"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"	HBO
2002 (54th)
	Jennifer Aniston	Rachel Green	Friends	"The One Where Rachel Has a Baby"	NBC
	Patricia Heaton	Debra Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"A Vote for Debra"	CBS
	Jane Kaczmarek	Lois	Malcolm in the Middle	"Poker"	Fox
	Debra Messing	Grace Adler	Will & Grace	"Bed, Bath and Beyond"	NBC
	Sarah Jessica Parker	Carrie Bradshaw	Sex and the City	"The Real Me"	HBO
2003 (55th)
	Debra Messing	Grace Adler	Will & Grace	"The Kid Stays Out of the Picture"	NBC
	Jennifer Aniston	Rachel Green	Friends	"The One Where Monica Sings"	NBC
	Patricia Heaton	Debra Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Baggage"	CBS
	Jane Kaczmarek	Lois	Malcolm in the Middle	"Baby"	Fox
	Sarah Jessica Parker	Carrie Bradshaw	Sex and the City	"Anchors Away"	HBO
2004 (56th)
	Sarah Jessica Parker	Carrie Bradshaw	Sex and the City	"An American Girl in Paris (Part Deux)"	HBO
	Jennifer Aniston	Rachel Green	Friends	"The One with Rachel's Going Away Party"	NBC
	Patricia Heaton	Debra Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"Fun with Debra"	CBS
	Bonnie Hunt	Bonnie Malloy	Life with Bonnie	"Ironing Out Our Differences"	ABC
	Jane Kaczmarek	Lois	Malcolm in the Middle	"Block Party"	Fox
2005 (57th)
	Felicity Huffman	Lynette Scavo	Desperate Housewives	"Pilot"	ABC
	Marcia Cross	Bree Van de Kamp	Desperate Housewives	"Running to Stand Still"	ABC
	Teri Hatcher	Susan Mayer	Desperate Housewives	"Move On"	ABC
	Patricia Heaton	Debra Barone	Everybody Loves Raymond	"The Finale"	CBS
	Jane Kaczmarek	Lois	Malcolm in the Middle	"Lois Battles Jamie"	Fox
2006 (58th)
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Christine Campbell	The New Adventures of Old Christine	"Supertramp"	CBS
	Stockard Channing	Lydia Barnes	Out of Practice	"And I'll Cry If I Want To"	CBS
	Jane Kaczmarek	Lois	Malcolm in the Middle	"Lois Strikes Back"	Fox
	Lisa Kudrow	Valerie Cherish	The Comeback	"Valerie Does Another Classic Leno"	HBO
	Debra Messing	Grace Adler	Will & Grace	"The Finale"	NBC
2007 (59th)
	America Ferrera	Betty Suarez	Ugly Betty	"Pilot"	ABC
	Tina Fey	Liz Lemon	30 Rock	"Up All Night"	NBC
	Felicity Huffman	Lynette Scavo	Desperate Housewives	"Bang"	ABC
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Christine Campbell	The New Adventures of Old Christine	"Playdate with Destiny"	CBS
	Mary-Louise Parker	Nancy Botwin	Weeds	"Mrs. Botwin's Neighborhood"	Showtime
2008 (60th)
	Tina Fey	Liz Lemon	30 Rock	"Sandwich Day"	NBC
	Christina Applegate	Samantha Newly	Samantha Who?	"The Restraining Order"	ABC
	America Ferrera	Betty Suarez	Ugly Betty	"Odor in the Court"	ABC
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Christine Campbell	The New Adventures of Old Christine	"One and a Half Men"	CBS
	Mary-Louise Parker	Nancy Botwin	Weeds	"Bill Sussman"	Showtime
2009 (61st)
	Toni Collette	Tara Gregson	United States of Tara	"Pilot"	Showtime
	Christina Applegate	Samantha Newly	Samantha Who?	"The Pill"	ABC
	Tina Fey	Liz Lemon	30 Rock	"Reunion"	NBC
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Christine Campbell	The New Adventures of Old Christine	"Everyone Says I Love You Except Richie"	CBS
	Mary-Louise Parker	Nancy Botwin	Weeds	"Lady's a Charm"	Showtime
	Sarah Silverman	Sarah Silverman	The Sarah Silverman Program	"There's No Place Like Homeless"	Comedy Central

Year	Actress	Role	Program	Episode Submissions	Network
2010 (62nd) ^[11]
	Edie Falco	Jackie Peyton	Nurse Jackie	"Pilot"	Showtime
	Tina Fey	Liz Lemon	30 Rock	"Dealbreakers Talk Show#0001"	NBC
	Amy Poehler	Leslie Knope	Parks and Recreation	"Telethon"	NBC
	Toni Collette	Tara Gregson	United States of Tara	"Torando!"	Showtime
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Christine Campbell	The New Adventures of Old Christine	"I Love What You Do for Me"	CBS
	Lea Michele	Rachel Berry	Glee	"Sectionals"	Fox
2011 (63rd) ^[12]
	Melissa McCarthy	Molly Flynn	Mike & Molly	"First Date"	CBS
	Edie Falco	Jackie Peyton	Nurse Jackie	"Rat Falls"	Showtime
	Tina Fey	Liz Lemon	30 Rock	"Double-Edged Sword"	NBC
	Laura Linney	Cathy Jamison	The Big C	"Pilot"	Showtime
	Martha Plimpton	Virginia Chance	Raising Hope	"Say Cheese"	Fox
	Amy Poehler	Leslie Knope	Parks and Recreation	"Flu Season"	NBC
2012 (64th) ^[13]
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Selina Meyer	Veep	"Tears"	HBO
	Zooey Deschanel	Jessica Day	New Girl	"Bad in Bed"	Fox
	Lena Dunham	Hannah Horvath	Girls	"She Did"	HBO
	Edie Falco	Jackie Peyton	Nurse Jackie	"Disneyland Sucks"	Showtime
	Tina Fey	Liz Lemon	30 Rock	"The Tuxedo Begins"	NBC
	Melissa McCarthy	Molly Flynn	Mike & Molly	"The Dress"	CBS
	Amy Poehler	Leslie Knope	Parks and Recreation	"Win, Lose, or Draw"	NBC
2013 (65th) ^[14]
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Selina Meyer	Veep	"Running"	HBO
	Laura Dern	Amy Jellicoe	Enlightened	"All I Ever Wanted"	HBO
	Lena Dunham	Hannah Horvath	Girls	"Bad Friend"	HBO
	Edie Falco	Jackie Peyton	Nurse Jackie	"Luck of the Drawing"	Showtime
	Tina Fey	Liz Lemon	30 Rock	"Hogcock!" + "Last Lunch"	NBC
	Amy Poehler	Leslie Knope	Parks and Recreation	"Emergency Response" + "Leslie and Ben"	NBC
2014 (66th) ^[15]
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Selina Meyer	Veep	"Crate"	HBO
	Lena Dunham	Hannah Horvath	Girls	"Beach House"	HBO
	Edie Falco	Jackie Peyton	Nurse Jackie	"Super Greens"	Showtime
	Melissa McCarthy	Molly Flynn	Mike & Molly	"Mind Over Molly"	CBS
	Amy Poehler	Leslie Knope	Parks and Recreation	"Recall Vote"	NBC
	Taylor Schilling	Piper Chapman	Orange Is the New Black	"The Chickening"	Netflix
2015 (67th) ^[16]
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Selina Meyer	Veep	"Election Night"	HBO
	Edie Falco	Jackie Peyton	Nurse Jackie	"I Say a Little Prayer"	Showtime
	Lisa Kudrow	Valerie Cherish	The Comeback	"Valerie Is Taken Seriously"	HBO
	Amy Poehler	Leslie Knope	Parks and Recreation	"One Last Ride"	NBC
	Amy Schumer	Various characters	Inside Amy Schumer	"Cool With It"	Comedy Central
	Lily Tomlin	Frankie Bergstein	Grace and Frankie	"The Vows"	Netflix
2016 (68th) ^[17]
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Selina Meyer	Veep	"Mother"	HBO
	Ellie Kemper	Kimmy Schmidt	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	"Kimmy Goes to a Hotel!"	Netflix
	Laurie Metcalf	Dr. Jenna James	Getting On	"Am I Still Me?"	HBO
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Dr. Rainbow Johnson	Black-ish	"Sink or Swim"	ABC
	Amy Schumer	Various characters	Inside Amy Schumer	"Welcome to the Gun Show"	Comedy Central
	Lily Tomlin	Frankie Bergstein	Grace and Frankie	"The Test"	Netflix
2017 (69th) ^[18]
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Selina Meyer	Veep	"Groundbreaking"	HBO
	Pamela Adlon	Sam Fox	Better Things	"Future Fever"	FX
	Allison Janney	Bonnie Plunkett	Mom	"Tush Push and Some Radishes"	CBS
	Ellie Kemper	Kimmy Schmidt	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	"Kimmy Goes to College!"	Netflix
	Jane Fonda	Grace Hanson	Grace and Frankie	"The Pot"	Netflix
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Dr. Rainbow Johnson	Black-ish	"Being Bow-racial"	ABC
	Lily Tomlin	Frankie Bergstein	Grace and Frankie	"The Burglary"	Netflix
2018 (70th) ^[19]
	Rachel Brosnahan	Miriam "Midge" Maisel	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"Thank You and Good Night"	Amazon
	Pamela Adlon	Sam Fox	Better Things	"Eulogy"	FX
	Allison Janney	Bonnie Plunkett	Mom	"Phone Confetti and a Wee Dingle"	CBS
	Issa Rae	Issa Dee	Insecure	"Hella Great"	HBO
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Dr. Rainbow Johnson	Black-ish	"Elder. Scam."	ABC
	Lily Tomlin	Frankie Bergstein	Grace and Frankie	"The Home"	Netflix
2019 (71st)
	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Fleabag	Fleabag	"Episode 1"	Amazon
	Christina Applegate	Jen Harding	Dead to Me	"I've Gotta Get Away"	Netflix
	Rachel Brosnahan	Miriam "Midge" Maisel	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"Midnight at the Concord"	Amazon
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Selina Meyer	Veep	"Veep"	HBO
	Natasha Lyonne	Nadia Vulvokov	Russian Doll	"Nothing in This World Is Easy"	Netflix
	Catherine O'Hara	Moira Rose	Schitt's Creek	"The Crowening"	Pop TV

Year	Actress	Role	Program	Episode Submission	Network
2020 (72nd)
	Catherine O'Hara	Moira Rose	Schitt's Creek	"The Incident"	Pop TV
	Christina Applegate	Jen Harding	Dead to Me	"It's Not You, It's Me"	Netflix
	Rachel Brosnahan	Miriam "Midge" Maisel	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo..."	Amazon
	Linda Cardellini	Judy Hale	Dead to Me	"If Only You Knew"	Netflix
	Issa Rae	Issa Dee	Insecure	"Lowkey Happy"	HBO
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Dr. Rainbow Johnson	Black-ish	"Kid Life Crisis"	ABC
2021 (73rd)
	Jean Smart	Deborah Vance	Hacks	"1.69 Million"	HBO Max
	Aidy Bryant	Annie Easton	Shrill	"Ranchers"	Hulu
	Kaley Cuoco	Cassie Bowden	The Flight Attendant	"In Case of Emergency"	HBO Max
	Allison Janney	Bonnie Plunkett	Mom	"My Kinda People and the Big To-Do"	CBS
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Dr. Rainbow Johnson	Black-ish	"Babes in Boyland"	ABC
2022 (74th)
	Jean Smart	Deborah Vance	Hacks	"The Click"	HBO Max
	Rachel Brosnahan	Miriam "Midge" Maisel	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?"	Prime Video
	Quinta Brunson	Janine Teagues	Abbott Elementary	"Pilot"	ABC
	Kaley Cuoco	Cassie Bowden	The Flight Attendant	"Drowning Women"	HBO Max
	Elle Fanning	Catherine the Great	The Great	"Alone at Last"	Hulu
	Issa Rae	Issa Dee	Insecure	"Reunited, Okay?!"	HBO
2023 (75th)
	Quinta Brunson	Janine Teagues	Abbott Elementary	"Teacher Conference"	ABC
	Christina Applegate	Jen Harding	Dead to Me	"We've Reached the End"	Netflix
	Rachel Brosnahan	Miriam "Midge" Maisel	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"Four Minutes"	Prime Video
	Natasha Lyonne	Charlie Cale	Poker Face	"Dead Man's Hand"	Peacock
	Jenna Ortega	Wednesday Addams / Goody Addams	Wednesday	"Friend or Woe"	Netflix

Superlative	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Actress with most awards	Julia Louis-Dreyfus (7)
Actress with most nominations	Julia Louis-Dreyfus (12)
Actress with most nominations without ever winning	Jane Kaczmarek (7)