Most nominated, never won this award
- 01CBChristine Baranski7 noms
- 02CHChristina Hendricks6 noms
- 03LHLena Headey5 noms
- 04SOSandra Oh5 noms
- 05CWChandra Wilson4 noms
- 06ECEmilia Clarke3 noms
A visual history · Emmys
The winners who defined Supp. Actress (Drama).
60 ceremonies, 1959–2025. 46 different winners. The longest run belongs to Nancy Marchand, with 3 straight wins.
- Who won most recently?
- Katherine LaNasa in 2025 for The Pitt.
- Who has won the most?
- Nancy Marchand, 4 wins (1978, 1980, 1981, 1982).
- The PittKatherine LaNasa
- The CrownElizabeth Debicki
- The White LotusJennifer Coolidge
- OzarkJulia Garner
- The CrownGillian Anderson
- OzarkJulia Garner
- Years explored
- 1959–2025
- Different winners
- 46
- Category leader
- Nancy Marchand · 4
About this record
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series was first awarded in 1959, so it does not run the full 1951–2025 window.
2000–2025
26 ceremonies
19592025
01 / The reigns
Allison Janney set the longest run.
The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited network.
- 01Julia Garner3 wins
- 02Allison Janney2 wins
- 03Anna Gunn2 wins
- 04Blythe Danner2 wins
- 05Maggie Smith2 wins
Allison Janney'00–'01×2
Stockard Channing'02
Tyne Daly'03
Drea de Matteo'04
Blythe Danner'05–'06×2
Katherine Heigl'07
Dianne Wiest'08
Cherry Jones'09
Archie Panjabi'10
Margo Martindale'11
Maggie Smith'12
Anna Gunn'13–'14×2
Uzo Aduba'15
Maggie Smith'16
Ann Dowd'17
Thandiwe Newton'18
Julia Garner'19–'20×2
Gillian Anderson'21
Julia Garner'22
Jennifer Coolidge'23
Elizabeth Debicki'24
Katherine LaNasa'25
02 / The power map
Who stood behind the winners?
Netflix leads the recorded network credits with 6 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.
Netflix6 wins01
HBO5 wins02
NBC3 wins03
AMC2 wins04
CBS2 wins05
PBS2 wins06
Wins by network
- Netflix623%
- HBO519%
- NBC312%
- AMC28%
- CBS28%
- PBS28%
- Other623%
03 / The near misses
The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.
Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.
Most losses in this category
- 01CBChristine Baranski7L · 0W
- 02CHChristina Hendricks6L · 0W
- 03LHLena Headey5L · 0W
- 04SOSandra Oh5L · 0W
- 05SCStockard Channing5L · 1W
- 06TDTyne Daly5L · 1W
04 / The archive
Every year.
Every winner.
The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.
| Year | Winner | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt)beat 6 others
| HBO Max |
| 2024 | Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)beat 6 others
| Netflix |
| 2023 | Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)beat 7 others
| HBO |
| 2022 | Julia Garner (Ozark)beat 7 others
| Netflix |
| 2021 | Gillian Anderson (The Crown)beat 7 others
| Netflix |
| 2020 | Julia Garner (Ozark)repeatbeat 7 others
| Netflix |
| 2019 | Julia Garner (Ozark)beat 5 others
| Netflix |
| 2018 | Thandiwe Newton (Westworld)beat 6 others
| HBO |
| 2017 | Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale)beat 5 others
| Hulu |
| 2016 | Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)beat 5 others
| PBS |
| 2015 | Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)beat 5 others
| Netflix |
| 2014 | Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad)repeatbeat 5 others
| AMC |
| 2013 | Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad)beat 5 others
| AMC |
| 2012 | Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)beat 5 others
| PBS |
| 2011 | Margo Martindale (Justified)beat 5 others
| FX |
| 2010 | Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)beat 5 others
| CBS |
| 2009 | Cherry Jones (24)beat 5 others
| Fox |
| 2008 | Dianne Wiest (In Treatment)beat 4 others
| HBO |
| 2007 | Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy)beat 5 others
| ABC |
| 2006 | Blythe Danner (Huff)repeatbeat 4 others
| Showtime |
| 2005 | Blythe Danner (Huff)beat 4 others
| Showtime |
| 2004 | Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos)beat 4 others
| HBO |
| 2003 | Tyne Daly (Judging Amy)beat 4 others
| CBS |
| 2002 | Stockard Channing (The West Wing)beat 4 others
| NBC |
| 2001 | Allison Janney (The West Wing)repeatbeat 4 others
| NBC |
| 2000 | Allison Janney (The West Wing)beat 4 others
| NBC |
| 1999 | Holland Taylor (The Practice)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| ABC |
| 1998 | Camryn Manheim (The Practice)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| ABC |
| 1997 | Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| ABC |
| 1996 | Tyne Daly (Christy)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| CBS |
| 1995 | Julianna Margulies (ER)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| NBC |
| 1994 | Leigh Taylor-Young (Picket Fences)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| CBS |
| 1993 | Mary Alice (I'll Fly Away)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| NBC |
| 1992 | Valerie Mahaffey (Northern Exposure)unverifiedbeat 6 others
| CBS |
| 1991 | Madge Sinclair (Gabriel's Fire)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| ABC |
| 1990 | Marg Helgenberger (China Beach)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| ABC |
| 1989 | Melanie Mayron (Thirtysomething)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| ABC |
| 1988 | Patricia Wettig (Thirtysomething)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| ABC |
| 1987 | Bonnie Bartlett (St. Elsewhere)repeatunverifiedbeat 4 others
| NBC |
| 1986 | Bonnie Bartlett (St. Elsewhere)unverifiedbeat 3 others
| NBC |
| 1985 | Betty Thomas (Hill Street Blues)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| NBC |
| 1984 | Alfre Woodard (Hill Street Blues)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| NBC |
| 1983 | Doris Roberts (St. Elsewhere)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| NBC |
| 1982 | Nancy Marchand (Lou Grant)repeatunverifiedbeat 4 others
| CBS |
| 1981 | Nancy Marchand (Lou Grant)repeatunverifiedbeat 4 others
| CBS |
| 1980 | Nancy Marchand (Lou Grant)unverifiedbeat 3 others
| CBS |
| 1979 | Kristy McNichol (Family)unverifiedbeat 2 others
| ABC |
| 1978 | Nancy Marchand (Lou Grant)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| CBS |
| 1977 | Kristy McNichol (Family)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| ABC |
| 1976 | Ellen Corby (The Waltons)repeatunverifiedbeat 4 others
| CBS |
| 1975 | Ellen Corby (The Waltons)unverifiedbeat 2 others
| CBS |
| 1974 | Joanna Miles (The Glass Menagerie)unverifiedbeat 2 others
| ABC |
| 1973 | Ellen Corby (The Waltons)unverifiedbeat 2 others
| CBS |
| 1972 | Jenny Agutter (The Snow Goose: Hallmark Hall of Fame)unverifiedbeat 2 others
| NBC |
| 1971 | Margaret Leighton (Hamlet: Hallmark Hall of Fame)unverifiedbeat 3 others
| NBC |
| 1970 | Gail Fisher (Mannix)unverifiedbeat 2 others
| CBS |
| 1968 | Barbara Anderson (Ironside)unverifiedbeat 2 others
| NBC |
| 1967 | Agnes Moorehead (The Wild Wild West)unverifiedbeat 2 others
| CBS |
| 1966 | Lee Grant (Peyton Place)unverifiedbeat 3 others
| ABC |
| 1959 | Barbara Hale (Perry Mason)unverifiedbeat 3 others
| CBS |
