Every Emmys Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 25 different winners. The longest run was Regina King, 2 years straight (2015–2016).

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie was previously known as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.

It has been Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie since 2015 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie since 2021.

Regina King ×2

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

Vanessa Redgrave'00

Tammy Blanchard'01

Stockard Channing'02

Gena Rowlands'03

Mary-Louise Parker'04

Jane Alexander'05

Kelly Macdonald'06

Judy Davis'07

Eileen Atkins'08

Shohreh Aghdashloo'09

Julia Ormond'10

Maggie Smith'11

Jessica Lange'12

Ellen Burstyn'13

Kathy Bates'14

Regina King'15–'16×2

Laura Dern'17

Merritt Wever'18

Patricia Arquette'19

Uzo Aduba'20

Julianne Nicholson'21

Jennifer Coolidge'22

Niecy Nash-Betts'23

Jessica Gunning'24

Erin Doherty'25

Wins by network

HBO1038%
Netflix415%
ABC312%
FX312%
PBS28%
USA28%
Other28%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Sarah Paulson4 noms
Alfre Woodard3 noms
Jean Smart3 noms
Mare Winningham3 noms
Angela Bassett2 noms
Anjelica Huston2 noms

Most losses

Kathy Bates5L · 1W
Sarah Paulson4L · 0W
Alfre Woodard3L · 0W
Jean Smart3L · 0W
Mare Winningham3L · 0W
Angela Bassett2L · 0W

The full list

Year	Winner	Network
2025	Erin Doherty (Adolescence) beat 5 others Ruth Negga (Presumed Innocent) Deirdre O'Connell (The Penguin) Chloë Sevigny (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story) Jenny Slate (Dying for Sex) Christine Tremarco (Adolescence)	Netflix
2024	Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer) beat 6 others Dakota Fanning (Ripley) Lily Gladstone (Under the Bridge) Aja Naomi King (Lessons in Chemistry) Diane Lane (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans) Nava Mau (Baby Reindeer) Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country)	Netflix
2023	Niecy Nash-Betts (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) beat 6 others Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome to Chippendales) Maria Bello (Beef) Claire Danes (Fleishman Is in Trouble) Juliette Lewis (Welcome to Chippendales) Camila Morrone (Daisy Jones & the Six) Merritt Wever (Tiny Beautiful Things)	Netflix
2022	Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus) beat 6 others Connie Britton (The White Lotus) Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus) Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick) Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus) Sydney Sweeney (The White Lotus) Mare Winningham (Dopesick)	HBO
2021	Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown) beat 5 others Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton) Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision) Moses Ingram (The Queen's Gambit) Jean Smart (Mare of Easttown) Phillipa Soo (Hamilton)	HBO
2020	Uzo Aduba (Mrs. America) beat 5 others Toni Collette (Unbelievable) Margo Martindale (Mrs. America) Jean Smart (Watchmen) Holland Taylor (Hollywood) Tracey Ullman (Mrs. America)	FX
2019	Patricia Arquette (The Act) beat 5 others Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us) Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects) Vera Farmiga (When They See Us) Margaret Qualley (Fosse/Verdon) Emily Watson (Chernobyl)	Hulu
2018	Merritt Wever (Godless) beat 5 others Sara Bareilles (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert) Penélope Cruz (The Assassination of Gianni Versace) Judith Light (The Assassination of Gianni Versace) Adina Porter (American Horror Story: Cult) Letitia Wright (Black Museum (Black Mirror))	Netflix
2017	Laura Dern (Big Little Lies) beat 5 others Judy Davis (Feud: Bette and Joan) Jackie Hoffman (Feud: Bette and Joan) Regina King (American Crime) Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies) Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)	HBO
2016	Regina King (American Crime)repeat beat 5 others Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Hotel) Olivia Colman (The Night Manager) Melissa Leo (All the Way) Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Hotel) Jean Smart (Fargo)	ABC
2015	Regina King (American Crime) beat 5 others Angela Bassett (American Horror Story: Freak Show) Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Freak Show) Zoe Kazan (Olive Kitteridge) Mo'Nique (Bessie) Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Freak Show)	ABC
2014	Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Coven) beat 5 others Angela Bassett (American Horror Story: Coven) Ellen Burstyn (Flowers in the Attic) Frances Conroy (American Horror Story: Coven) Julia Roberts (The Normal Heart) Allison Tolman (Fargo)	FX
2013	Ellen Burstyn (Political Animals) beat 4 others Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Asylum) Charlotte Rampling (Restless) Imelda Staunton (The Girl) Alfre Woodard (Steel Magnolias)	USA
2012	Jessica Lange (American Horror Story) beat 4 others Frances Conroy (American Horror Story) Judy Davis (Page Eight) Sarah Paulson (Game Change) Mare Winningham (Hatfields & McCoys)	FX
2011	Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey) beat 4 others Eileen Atkins (Upstairs, Downstairs) Melissa Leo (Mildred Pierce) Mare Winningham (Mildred Pierce) Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce)	PBS
2010	Julia Ormond (Temple Grandin) beat 4 others Kathy Bates (Alice) Catherine O'Hara (Temple Grandin) Susan Sarandon (You Don't Know Jack) Brenda Vaccaro (You Don't Know Jack)	HBO
2009	Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Saddam) beat 4 others Marcia Gay Harden (The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler) Janet McTeer (Into the Storm) Jeanne Tripplehorn (Grey Gardens) Cicely Tyson (Relative Stranger)	HBO
2008	Eileen Atkins (Cranford) beat 4 others Laura Dern (Recount) Ashley Jensen (Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale) Audra McDonald (A Raisin in the Sun) Alfre Woodard (Pictures of Hollis Woods)	PBS
2007	Judy Davis (The Starter Wife) beat 4 others Toni Collette (Tsunami: The Aftermath) Samantha Morton (Longford) Anna Paquin (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Greta Scacchi (Broken Trail)	USA
2006	Kelly Macdonald (The Girl in the Café) beat 4 others Ellen Burstyn (Mrs. Harris) Shirley Jones (Hidden Places) Cloris Leachman (Mrs. Harris) Alfre Woodard (The Water Is Wide)	HBO
2005	Jane Alexander (Warm Springs) beat 4 others Kathy Bates (Warm Springs) Camryn Manheim (Elvis) Charlize Theron (The Life and Death of Peter Sellers) Joanne Woodward (Empire Falls)	HBO
2004	Mary-Louise Parker (Angels in America) beat 4 others Julie Andrews (Eloise at Christmastime) Anne Heche (Gracie's Choice) Anjelica Huston (Iron Jawed Angels) Angela Lansbury (The Blackwater Lightship)	HBO
2003	Gena Rowlands (Hysterical Blindness) beat 4 others Kathy Baker (Door to Door) Anne Bancroft (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone) Juliette Lewis (Hysterical Blindness) Helen Mirren (Door to Door)	HBO
2002	Stockard Channing (The Matthew Shepard Story) beat 4 others Joan Allen (The Mists of Avalon) Anjelica Huston (The Mists of Avalon) Diana Rigg (Victoria and Albert) Sissy Spacek (Last Call)	NBC
2001	Tammy Blanchard (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows) beat 4 others Anne Bancroft (Haven) Brenda Blethyn (Anne Frank: The Whole Story) Holly Hunter (Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her) Audra McDonald (Wit)	ABC
2000	Vanessa Redgrave (If These Walls Could Talk 2) beat 4 others Kathy Bates (Annie) Elizabeth Franz (Death of a Salesman) Melanie Griffith (RKO 281) Maggie Smith (David Copperfield)	HBO

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