Every Emmys Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 20 different winners. The longest run was Allison Janney, 2 years straight (2000–2001).

Julia Garner ×3Allison Janney ×2Anna Gunn ×2Blythe Danner ×2Maggie Smith ×2

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by network; hover for details.

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

Wins by network

Netflix6HBO5NBC3AMC2CBS2PBS2Other6

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Christine Baranski7 noms
Christina Hendricks6 noms
Lena Headey5 noms
Sandra Oh5 noms
Chandra Wilson4 noms
Emilia Clarke3 noms

Most losses

Christine Baranski7L · 0W
Christina Hendricks6L · 0W
Lena Headey5L · 0W
Sandra Oh5L · 0W
Stockard Channing5L · 1W
Tyne Daly5L · 1W

The full list

Year	Winner	Network
2025	Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt) beat 6 others Patricia Arquette (Severance) Julianne Nicholson (Paradise) Parker Posey (The White Lotus) Carrie Coon (The White Lotus) Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus) Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)	HBO Max
2024	Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown) beat 6 others Christine Baranski (The Gilded Age) Nicole Beharie (The Morning Show) Greta Lee (The Morning Show) Lesley Manville (The Crown) Karen Pittman (The Morning Show) Holland Taylor (The Morning Show)	Netflix
2023	Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus) beat 7 others Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown) Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus) Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus) Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus) Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul) J. Smith-Cameron (Succession) Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus)	HBO
2022	Julia Garner (Ozark) beat 7 others Patricia Arquette (Severance) Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game) Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets) Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul) J. Smith-Cameron (Succession) Sarah Snook (Succession) Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria)	Netflix
2021	Gillian Anderson (The Crown) beat 7 others Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown) Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid's Tale) Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale) Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Lovecraft Country) Emerald Fennell (The Crown) Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid's Tale) Samira Wiley (The Handmaid's Tale)	Netflix
2020	Julia Garner (Ozark)repeat beat 7 others Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown) Laura Dern (Big Little Lies) Thandiwe Newton (Westworld) Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve) Sarah Snook (Succession) Meryl Streep (Big Little Lies) Samira Wiley (The Handmaid's Tale)	Netflix
2019	Julia Garner (Ozark) beat 5 others Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve) Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones)	Netflix
2018	Thandiwe Newton (Westworld) beat 6 others Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid's Tale) Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale) Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid's Tale)	HBO
2017	Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale) beat 5 others Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) Chrissy Metz (This Is Us) Thandiwe Newton (Westworld) Samira Wiley (The Handmaid's Tale)	Hulu
2016	Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey) beat 5 others Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) Maura Tierney (The Affair) Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) Constance Zimmer (UnREAL)	PBS
2015	Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) beat 5 others Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)	Netflix
2014	Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad)repeat beat 5 others Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)	AMC
2013	Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) beat 5 others Morena Baccarin (Homeland) Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)	AMC
2012	Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey) beat 5 others Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)	PBS
2011	Margo Martindale (Justified) beat 5 others Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) Michelle Forbes (The Killing) Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire) Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)	FX
2010	Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) beat 5 others Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) Rose Byrne (Damages) Sharon Gless (Burn Notice) Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)	CBS
2009	Cherry Jones (24) beat 5 others Rose Byrne (Damages) Hope Davis (In Treatment) Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy) Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy) Dianne Wiest (In Treatment)	Fox
2008	Dianne Wiest (In Treatment) beat 4 others Candice Bergen (Boston Legal) Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters) Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy) Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy)	HBO
2007	Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy) beat 5 others Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy) Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy) Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos) Aida Turturro (The Sopranos) Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters)	ABC
2006	Blythe Danner (Huff)repeat beat 4 others Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy) Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy) Candice Bergen (Boston Legal) Jean Smart (24)	Showtime
2005	Blythe Danner (Huff) beat 4 others Stockard Channing (The West Wing) Tyne Daly (Judging Amy) Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy) CCH Pounder (The Shield)	Showtime
2004	Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos) beat 4 others Stockard Channing (The West Wing) Janel Moloney (The West Wing) Tyne Daly (Judging Amy) Robin Weigert (Deadwood)	HBO
2003	Tyne Daly (Judging Amy) beat 4 others Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) Stockard Channing (The West Wing) Lena Olin (Alias)	CBS
2002	Stockard Channing (The West Wing) beat 4 others Janel Moloney (The West Wing) Mary-Louise Parker (The West Wing) Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) Tyne Daly (Judging Amy)	NBC
2001	Allison Janney (The West Wing)repeat beat 4 others Stockard Channing (The West Wing) Maura Tierney (ER) Tyne Daly (Judging Amy) Aida Turturro (The Sopranos)	NBC
2000	Allison Janney (The West Wing) beat 4 others Stockard Channing (The West Wing) Tyne Daly (Judging Amy) Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos) Holland Taylor (The Practice)	NBC

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