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A visual history · Emmys

The winners who defined Supp. Actress (Limited).

47 ceremonies, 1979–2025. 43 different winners. The longest run belongs to Regina King, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?
Erin Doherty in 2025 for Adolescence.
Who has won the most?
Colleen Dewhurst, Jane Alexander, Judy Davis, Mare Winningham and Regina King, tied on 2 wins each.
  1. AdolescenceErin Doherty
  2. Baby ReindeerJessica Gunning
  3. Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StoryNiecy Nash-Betts
  4. The White LotusJennifer Coolidge
  5. Mare of EasttownJulianne Nicholson
  6. Mrs. AmericaUzo Aduba
Years explored
1979–2025
Different winners
43
Category leader
Colleen Dewhurst · 2
About this record

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie was first awarded in 1979, so it does not run the full 1951–2025 window.

It 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.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19792025

01 / The reigns

Regina King 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.

  1. 01
    Regina King2 wins
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

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

HBO leads the recorded network credits with 10 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

HBO10 wins
Netflix4 wins
ABC3 wins
FX3 wins
PBS2 wins
USA2 wins
Wins by network
  1. HBO1038%
  2. Netflix415%
  3. ABC312%
  4. FX312%
  5. PBS28%
  6. USA28%
  7. Other28%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Sarah Paulson
    4 noms
  2. 02
    Alfre Woodard
    3 noms
  3. 03
    Jean Smart
    3 noms
  4. 04
    Mare Winningham
    3 noms
  5. 05
    Angela Bassett
    2 noms
  6. 06
    Anjelica Huston
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Kathy Bates
    5L · 1W
  2. 02
    Sarah Paulson
    4L · 0W
  3. 03
    Alfre Woodard
    3L · 0W
  4. 04
    Jean Smart
    3L · 0W
  5. 05
    Mare Winningham
    3L · 0W
  6. 06
    Angela Bassett
    2L · 0W

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.

YearWinnerNetwork
2025Erin 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
2024Jessica 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
2023Niecy 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
2022Jennifer 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
2021Julianne 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
2020Uzo Aduba (Mrs. America)
beat 5 others
  • Toni Collette (Unbelievable)
  • Margo Martindale (Mrs. America)
  • Jean Smart (Watchmen)
  • Holland Taylor (Hollywood)
  • Tracey Ullman (Mrs. America)
FX
2019Patricia 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
2018Merritt 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
2017Laura 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
2016Regina 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
2015Regina 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
2014Kathy 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
2013Ellen Burstyn (Political Animals)
beat 4 others
  • Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Asylum)
  • Charlotte Rampling (Restless)
  • Imelda Staunton (The Girl)
  • Alfre Woodard (Steel Magnolias)
USA
2012Jessica 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
2011Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
beat 4 others
  • Eileen Atkins (Upstairs, Downstairs)
  • Melissa Leo (Mildred Pierce)
  • Mare Winningham (Mildred Pierce)
  • Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce)
PBS
2010Julia 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
2009Shohreh 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
2008Eileen 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
2007Judy 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
2006Kelly 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
2005Jane 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
2004Mary-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
2003Gena 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
2002Stockard 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
2001Tammy 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
2000Vanessa 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